Sarah Palin: BP (NYSE:BP) and Obama Connection

Sarah Palin lashed into Barack Obama this weekend for his cozy relationship with oil companies like BP (NYSE:BP), and others in the industry, saying it is Obama's Katrina in the way he responded.

Palin said, "I don't know why the question isn't asked by the mainstream media and by others if there's any connection with the contributions made to president Obama and his administration and the support by the oil companies to the administration."

Obama's lack of action in the beginning has been questioned by a growing number of people, saying his relationship with big oil has been too close.

Citing the response of mainstream media against President George W. Bush, Palin added if this was Bush, he would have been scrutinized much tougher than Obama has.

Obama has received the largest contribution from BP in the last two decades, getting $77,051 in one donation from them, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

According to Palin, this is why he took "so doggone long to get in there, to dive in there, and grasp the complexity and the potential tragedy that we are seeing here in the Gulf of Mexico."