The AP headline says it all: “On Day 37, Obama claims oil mess as his”.
This is like stepping up to the plate after the game is over, the crowds are leaving and the grounds crew is pulling a tarp over the infield.
Barry, in 2012, yer OUTTA here!
Update: Looks like AP changed the headline; now it just reads "Obama claims oil mess as his job to fix." It also looks like some of the more pungent criticisms have been edited out, too. Way to truckle, guys!
Update II: Try this on for size.
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The Boy-in-Chief will never take responsibility.
ReplyDeleteThat said, I do think it's unfair to blame him for "failing to cap the well". That was BP's job, and I believe they are doing whatever they can, not only for "the environment", but because this is costing them beaucoup money. It's just one of those nasty, ugly things.
OTOH, The Great O's PR machine is as ham-handed as Bush's was. And at least, Bush would have been interested.
I for one am impressed with his lightning response
ReplyDeleteRebeccaH, the Administration has been hamstringing this deal from the word 'go', between their inept micromanagement and their insistence that nothing be done without the approval they weren't there to give...
ReplyDeleteThe guy in this mess with real cojones is Jindal. Look for the Obis to be planning some payback for him...
Gotcha, Richard. Perhaps the Obami saw some political advantage to delaying the fix? Like, for instance, killing the movement to drill more (so he wouldn't have to live up to his sop to the public), or nationalizing the oil (and energy) sector, perhaps? I've always entertained conspiracy theories as a kind of amusement, never taking the vast majority of them seriously, but you know, it's not funny anymore.
ReplyDeleteSortof OT. Does anyone find it interesting that there are many deep-sea platforms around the planet, and that this one was the one that failed off our coast? Especially at a time when there is a talk of energy independence. Not to mention a president that would like to see gas go beyond seven dollars so that we don't use so much. Anyone, or is it just me?
ReplyDeleteDeborah Leigh
Mark Steyn notes the tin-eared irony of a recent Ob speech invoking 'steering currents (of metaphor)' -
ReplyDeletehttp://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/535733/201005281430/The-Vanity-Of-Big-Government.aspx