Obama skips Memorial for oil spill victims; Robert Gibbs has no clue as to why (video)

PolitiPage.com ^ | 06/11/10 | Kevin Kristy

[ignoramus2010]

The memorial service was May 25.

DAY 36 May 25
Obama flies to San Fran to party with Getty Oil family


And raise millions for Barbara Boxer
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- images and text copied from Obama during oil spill golf, parties, photo-ops and more golf!

"As CNN reported today [25th May], Obama will headline three fundraisers in San Francisco for Boxer and for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. The events are scheduled to be held at the Fairmont Hotel, in the city's affluent Nob Hill district, and at the home of Ann and Gordon Getty, wealthy philanthropists who head their family's billion dollar trust.

The decision to raise campaign funds with Getty the heir to the multi-billion-dollar Getty Oil fortune draws even further attention to the President’s misplaced priorities as he flies across the continent for a campaign fundraiser while a major man-made disaster damages the ecosystem and economy of the Gulf Coast.

President Obama and Barbara Boxer’s hypocrisy is astonishing. In the wake of this ongoing national crisis, why didn’t the Democrats reschedule his fancy fundraiser with the billionaire oil heirs and allow the President to direct his full attention toward the massive disaster that is plaguing the Gulf Coast? asked National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokeswoman Amber Marchand. While the President makes time to fly across the country to rake in campaign cash for struggling Democrats like Barbara Boxer, today’s trip comes at a special cost for residents of the Gulf Coast region who want the President’s full attention on this enormous problem." - link

[Finalapproach29er]

I detest the guy but he met with the families at the White House and spoke to each personally.

I cut him some slack on this one.

[FreeAtlanta]

The ridiculous spin that the Whitehouse put out about it was that Obama was going to get information from the families to assure this never happens again. WTH? Wouldn't bringing in Oil Platform workers and engineers be a better idea for doing this? Or, maybe his plan to make sure it doesn't happen again is to just end all offshore drilling.

And, why did this clown fly all those families to Washington? Why didn't he just go to their homes on one of his photo op missions? That would have saved us taxpayers something, and he would get to experience how America's working class lives. I am really trying not to hate this imbecile, but every little screw up he makes now boils my American Blood.

[basil]

There’s a lot more truth than fiction in your comment—I think you’ve nailed it!

[cameraeye]

His is busy planning his next vacation.