Chambliss' Bizarre Reaction To Whistleblower In Aftermath Of Imperial Sugar Fire Tragedy

[johndgray1]

Damn guvmint getting in the way of an honest company making a buck with all them damn safety regulations!So what if you kill a few folks?Hell, it's the cost of doing business!

[OscarLewis]

Chambliss just did what his bosses wanted him to do. He attacked the messenger. 

Chambliss is a corporate stooge.

[cracktroop75]

Hes the first guy to vote for troops handing out rations on Bull st.

[Mutedvox]

Truth be known I would bet that Saxby is responsible for the Imperial tragedy by proxy. Someone called him for the favor of stopping the proper oversight on OSHA regulations.

[mrkleen07]

How could Georgia voters re-elect this guy?

Shameful.

[knowitx]

Ever since the tragedy of the Max Cleland Senate seat loss in 2002 to this Chambliss, it has appeared that something is wrong down there in Georgia.

Max Cleland was a gift to Georgia, and he was voted out in a most twisted campain of deceipt manipulation.

Max was in fact VERY fortunate to have not been reelected, because he has always been a man of the highest integrity, and decency, and might have ended up like Paul Wellstone because of it. Max Cleland was and is a true Hero.

[cracktroop75]

I and others voted for Martin, without even looing at martins site..

seriously, rigged voting amchines

[vixvix801]

chambliss more like shameless! This guy smells of corruption i. e. the sugar factory scandal makes piss poor excuses on trying to defend himself because he doesn't know wtf a recession is or means he runs a dirty and low hateful campaign ad on the internet he wouldnt dare air on TV this guy is a real SOB!

[ibphotos]

Thisis the guythat Sarah Palin is backing. God help us. I'm not from Georgia, but sincerley hope this guy loses big.

Further more, Sarah Palin for president? OMFG! I hope she runs, that would certainly gaurantee that Obama or Hillary wins.

[NeilSagan]

Saxby Chambliss questioned the honesty of the witness only after Saxby got an answer that clearly put the finger on company management EVEN after the witness has raised the issue internally, on multiple occasions, and the company chose to kick the can down the road. Later 14 workers dies in a fire.

Who does Saxby work for?

1. All citizens of Georgia

2. Wealthy Georgians

3. George Bush and his agenda

4. Imperial Sugar

5. 2,3 and 4 but not 1 above.

Who protects Georgians from danger?

[auscanadien]

bravo

[AgnesBojaxhiu2000]

chambliss is a fraud ... calls in the queen of fakes ... palin ... but it is time for a change ... we cannot let the govt stand by while loan sharks go wild ... in the 12/01/08 issue of business week magazine, junk loan sharks are still at it ... and the govt regulators still only watch them as they make junk loans that will be paid off by your govt bailout tax money ... it is because palin and the gop rushie neocons still believe that govt is bad .. and needs to stay out of the way of business.

[ProlefeedTV]

Saxby Chambliss is despicable. Questioning the sincerity of the whistleblower? You've got to be kidding me.

[aeonjoey]

I know! he recaps the dire statement about ending up in a morgue, and then asks "why didn't you do that" HELLO!? WHAT THE HELL!?

It makes me sad that this entirely ridiculous coercion seems to be a hallmark of the republican party as a hole, and that for their own means, the issue at hand goes by the wayside so that they can put on political theater... oh and then literally accuse the sane rational people of putting on political theater.

[TBRambo]

I'm ashamed of Saxby after ALL he's done to us in Georgia.

I can't wait to vote against him during the run-off with Jim Martin.

[lefthooklyrics]

another republican that doesn't give a damn about working men and women.

[ReliableInsider]

What Sen. Saxby Chambliss is doing is acting EXACTLY the way a clever sleazy lawyer working on behalf of Imperial Sugar would act. He's blaming the whistleblower because he's trying to confuse the jury and protect the executives at Imperial Sugar who are responsible. Is Chambliss really "pro-business" or is he just anti-employee?

[aeonjoey]

despicable, absolutely disgusting, he recaps the whistle blower's passionate plea, then asks why he didn't make a plea!

[ReliableInsider]

Exactly. The question is: What has happened to Georgia?

They're smart enough to see through this guy.

[mangokitty]

This guy Chambliss embodies why Republicans deserve to go the way of the Whig Party. So many of these thugs value protecting the business interests of corporate executives over the lives of the little people. They literally don't care if people die, as long as corporations profit (see Iraq War). What a scumbag. This guy ran the sleaziest campaign against triple amputee war veteran Max Cleland in a tainted election in '02. He needs to be voted the hell out of the U.S. Senate.

[eliotemo]

Typical Bush lap dog performance from Chambliss. Protect executives and leave workers to fend for themselves. VOTE JIM MARTIN on Dec.2.

[Stephanjnj]

Notice how Chambliss refuses to make eye contact with the witness when addressing him. His demeanor betrays an inner conflict between being a corporate shill and taking the "necessary" step of beating up on the witness for his candid testimony. "I question your sincerity?" Chabliss seems to imply that a potential whistleblower should either (1) put up & shut up, or (2) quit. Y'all just don't make waves with them good folks at the company. This is the plantation mentality ar its worst.

[thucy2]

Given Chambliss's repeated concerns about the evils of "big government" and all the terrible things the federal government does, I'm surprised he continues to work in the Senate, and his continued presence there makes me question his sincerity.

[safuna]

If this guy had done what Chambliss demands here , Chambliss would have been out attacking him for interfering with free enterprise. A real no-win situation.

[j0hnwi11iams]

All whistleblowers should quit. Typical republican values.

[toosinbeymen]

Not only quite but should be fired but the company when they criticize the safety environment. GOP = BFF of big business at all costs.

[Plutonwolf]

Saxby Chambliss, todays worst person in the MULTIVERSE!

But boy howdy do the cooters from joeja luv them some Chambliss!

Keep electing scum like this and keep wondering why people keep thinking you're a bunch of inbred jackass sister kissers.