Oh, Yeah. and cart too.
Posted on 05/28/2010 12:12:48 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
As he travels the Gulf Coast on Friday, President Obama is trying to reinforce the message he pushed during a White House news conference Thursday: that he and his administration are "fully engaged" in trying to fix, and clean up, the increasingly devastating oil spill. "I take responsibility," Obama said. "It is my job to make sure that everything is done to shut this down."
Obama needs to reinforce the message that he's accepting responsibility for the Gulf mess — especially since recent polls show that the public is increasingly dismayed over his handling of the catastrophe.
But stepping forward with a more prominent message of responsibility is also politically tricky, because the spill is a situation that neither he nor anybody in his administration seems able to really control. As Obama acknowledged Thursday, the government does not have the technology to take over BP's attempts to plug the underwater well. And it's BP that's in charge of the coastal cleanup.
Obama has argued that the government is in control because it is policing BP's attempts to fix the mess. But as he told reporters Thursday, the government largely relies on BP's word. "It's a legitimate concern," Obama admitted.
In making his second trip to the region, Obama could also be exposing himself to even greater political fallout, especially if BP can't get the spill stopped. No doubt a presidential photo-op can be helpful in pushing the main players in an emergency to get their acts together. But if these moves are ultimately meaningless in fixing a situation, it's damaging to the White House.
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Read somewhere he’s spending 3 hrs touring the coast whereas on any given day he spends 5 hrs golfing. Wow. Thanks for that chief!
omg. The left is trying to blame Bush. No joke - they really are - a year and a half later. LOL. Talk about stuck on stupid!
Penelope, I feel your rage on this issue and I’m just as peed-off at how this Chicago style admin is trying to weasel itself from the Sestak scandal.
I wake up every morning and it’s something different with this incompetant and un-qualified so-called president.
Oh, Yeah. and cart too.
( I wrote this in another thread)
I was most struck with how he “read” off his written remarks in front of him, his supposedly heartfelt remarks, were all cradfted in advance, laid out in large text so he would not lose his place, word for word...it was ridiculous..he did not extrapolate for a second when it came to these choreographed, packaged-up “caring” statements..it was bizarre...looking up and looking down to read each word about how he was ‘so concerned’ yada yada...
The only two times he risked’ flying without his net’ (his pre-written script) was an aside in mentioning booms ( a convo he had moments before going on TV..obviously within his short term memory radius) and a canned ‘thank you’ wrap up.
He is the tin man....or I should say pot-metal, tin is too refined, too genuine—he is anything but genuine.
Does this man ever speak from the heart?
More more O-bots are learning a new word: DITHERING
You know what? It would appear to me that there are more conservatives pissed off about this economic and environmental catastrophy than liberals! Liberals are such hypocrites! They don’t really care about our environment..it’s just a tool to use to pass their marxist plans! If President Bush had been President and acted like Obama has during this spill..he would have been pillored by the media 24/7 and he would have deserved it!
Obama gets a total pass from everyone! BTW..Where’s Hollywood? Where’s Sean Penn? (eye roll)
oblamaa is looking for the Clampets
Can't I just eat my waffles?
Obama: "I'm gonna need my wedge-iron to get out of this sandtrap..."
This one reminds me of the photos of Toulouse Lautrec pinching a loaf on a beach.
"Alright 5 minutes of acting concerned for the cameras is enough, I got a tee time to keep."
The only ‘tar ball’ I see in that picture is the one on his shoulders. THICK!
He’s in control....he’s not in control.
It’s his responsibility....it’s BP’s responsibility.
We need to drill, but oil companies that drill are bad.
A response will be coming shortly...
Looks like a remake of the Clinton photo op when he found the pebbles on the beach in the shape of a cross.
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