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Gibbs: Obama hasn't talked to Hayward because BP board calls the shots
wapo ^ | 6/9/10 | Michael D. Shear

Posted on 06/09/2010 6:26:32 PM PDT by Nachum

When President Obama was asked by NBC's Matt Lauer why he had not yet called the CEO of BP about the Gulf oil spill, he said he assumed CEO's just told presidents things they wanted to hear.

On Wednesday, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs had another answer.

Gibbs said Obama hasn't called CEO Tony Hayward because -- according to what Gibbs called the "executive structure of corporate governance" -- the CEO alone isn't the final word on company decisions, which are made by the board of directors.

(Excerpt) Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: board; gibbs; hayward; obama
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To: Nachum
"The dog ate my copy of the CEO's phone number..."


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

21 posted on 06/09/2010 6:33:14 PM PDT by The Comedian (Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
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To: Nachum

What utter BS. Zero said he didn’t mind negotiating with Iran but he won’t meet with CEO of BP... maybe if the head of BP were a black and/or Muslim then zero would have met with him.

All zero knows is to follow Alinsky and Alinsky didn’t preach how to actually solve problems - just how to create them.


22 posted on 06/09/2010 6:33:15 PM PDT by Aria ( "The US republic will endure until Congress discovers it can bribe the public with the people's $.")
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To: Nachum
When do you know when someone is lying? When the story keeps changing.

NOAA video shows estimate of Gulf Oil leak at 65,000 to 110,000 barrels a day on April 20th at 6:40 and 9:24 in video
23 posted on 06/09/2010 6:33:21 PM PDT by ignoramus2010
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To: Nachum

So who the hell has Salazar been giving orders to at BP?


24 posted on 06/09/2010 6:33:58 PM PDT by kevao
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To: Nachum
Now I'm confused. 0 said the gubment has been in control since day 1.

In all my years I have never seen or heard a president behave the way 0 does. Today's Wall Street Journal absolutely nails it.

25 posted on 06/09/2010 6:34:00 PM PDT by Drill Thrawl (Another day, another injury, another step closer. Are you prepared?)
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To: Nachum

Robert Gibbs, the coolest and most sexy man in the world!


26 posted on 06/09/2010 6:34:12 PM PDT by Lockbar (March toward the sound of the guns.)
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To: Ann Archy

Yup.

Someone else said it, he is deliberately letting this thing get out of control while blaming others and plotting how to use this to HIS ends.


27 posted on 06/09/2010 6:35:16 PM PDT by mylife
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To: Aria

“Alinsky didn’t preach how to actually solve problems - just how to create them.”

Good point


28 posted on 06/09/2010 6:36:38 PM PDT by mylife
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To: chris37
So then, he has talked to the BP board right?

Unfortunately the quarterly board meeting conflicted with the Paul McCartney night. However, Obama has cleared his calendar for the next quarterly board meeting.

29 posted on 06/09/2010 6:36:56 PM PDT by NewHampshireDuo
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To: Nachum

Fortunately they’re fooling fewer and fewer. I saw on another post where even DemocraticUnderground is furious at the WH. The lower he sinks in the polls, the more Obama parties.

Yeah, that’s the ticket, Obama. If people see you partying every other day, they’re sure to love you, right? /s


30 posted on 06/09/2010 6:37:43 PM PDT by Fantasywriter
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To: chris37
So then, he has talked to the BP board right?

Some of them are probably on his 'staff'.

31 posted on 06/09/2010 6:40:11 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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To: Nachum
The Obama Administration CANNOT speak without lying. It is just that simple.

I work for a Fortune 500 company that everyone would know if I spelled out their three letter "name" Believe me, oh please believe me, If we did something like BP, our CEO would have his door removed! Our CEO would damn well be talking to the president every minute between senior staff meetings.

Willful malfeasance indeed! Absolute, low down black liars are Zero's lackeys - and their is only one person on this planet with the power to force these staffers to lie.

Impeachable offenses, every g*# Da%n day with these people

32 posted on 06/09/2010 6:41:22 PM PDT by atc23
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To: UCANSEE2
Isn't BP heavily invested in green energies?


33 posted on 06/09/2010 6:43:05 PM PDT by mylife
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To: NewHampshireDuo

Lmao! that was great :)


34 posted on 06/09/2010 6:43:21 PM PDT by chris37
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To: Nachum

This administration is Who’s On First ..on steroids .
First Barry makes a huge mess with his Miss Cleo act -
“ I already know what Hayward will say, so I don’t have to speak to him. “
Then Gibbs compounds it with his usual moronic Gibberish .
This is unbelievable.


35 posted on 06/09/2010 6:44:05 PM PDT by Wild Irish Rogue
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To: UCANSEE2

Hmmm...visual image forming...


36 posted on 06/09/2010 6:44:21 PM PDT by chris37
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To: GnL

I agree Gibbs is a dolt....BUT, I’m glad I don’t have to go before the public and try to explain and make sense out of POTUS comments!


37 posted on 06/09/2010 6:46:32 PM PDT by lonestar (Better Obama picks his nose than our pockets!)
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To: Wild Irish Rogue

http://www.nachumlist.com/BP.htm


38 posted on 06/09/2010 6:46:57 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

One can only imagine the Bush-Bashing-Bonanza had Bush been President and said something like that.


39 posted on 06/09/2010 6:47:47 PM PDT by historyrepeatz
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To: Nachum

So then firing Hayward would be just as ineffective as everything else 0bama’s done.


40 posted on 06/09/2010 6:48:22 PM PDT by whatexit
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