"Just as Bush was criticized for being on vacation in Texas when Katrina bore down on New Orleans, Obama has been criticized for golfing, fund-raising, and, on last night, heading to Chicago for a holiday weekend while oil laps up in the marshes and beaches of Louisiana....
Obama will try to defuse that by interrupting his Chicago homecoming today for his second day trip to Louisiana"
Yeah, he is REALLY CONCERNED, isn't he?
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See who he IS CONCERNED ABOUT, America?
"Obama accepts blame on oil spill response; Says US will act to stop, clean up leak" by New York Times | May 28, 2010
WASHINGTON — “In case you’re wondering who’s responsible, I take responsibility,’’ Obama said as he concluded the news conference.
Then YOU are FIRED!
“It is my job to make sure that everything is done to shut this down. That doesn’t mean it’s going to be easy. It doesn’t mean it’s going to happen right away or the way I’d like it to happen. It doesn’t mean that we’re not going to make mistakes. But there shouldn’t be any confusion here. The federal government is fully engaged, and I’m fully engaged.’’
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But critics were not mollified, and Republicans kept up their efforts to equate Obama’s problems in the gulf with President George W. Bush’s response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. A Web video posted by the National Republican Senatorial Committee spliced Obama’s own “never again’’ words about Katrina together with liberal commentators demanding that he do something about the oil spill.
“And he just looks like he is not involved in this,’’ James Carville, the Democratic strategist and television pundit, said from Louisiana in the video. “Man, you got to get down here and take control of this and put somebody in charge of this thing and get this thing moving. We’re about to die down here.’’
Yes, I WATCHED HIM and his wife on Anderson Cooper, readers.
Maybe we should throw a tea party for 'em, huh?
Obama brushed off the Katrina comparisons, arguing that the government has made “the largest effort of its kind in US history’’ and was in charge of BP’s response.
Oh, the ARROGANCE!!!!
“Those who think we were either slow in our response or lacked urgency don’t know the facts,’’ he said....
That lying PoS is talking "facts?"
Still, there were uncomfortable echoes of Katrina. Just as Bush cast aside Michael Brown, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Obama addressed reporters just hours after Elizabeth Birnbaum, his director of the Minerals Management Service, resigned under pressure.
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Are those the sites the meth addicts were frequenting?
Just as Bush was criticized for being on vacation in Texas when Katrina bore down on New Orleans, Obama has been criticized for golfing, fund-raising, and, on last night, heading to Chicago for a holiday weekend while oil laps up in the marshes and beaches of Louisiana.
Obama will try to defuse that by interrupting his Chicago homecoming today for his second day trip to Louisiana....
But the president’s concessions of missteps were striking. Admitting fault, after all, is not a common presidential habit and happens only under great duress.
The passive voice has been a favorite technique.
President George Bush said “mistakes were made’’ during Iran-contra. President Bill Clinton said “mistakes were made’’ during campaign finance scandals. And President George W. Bush said “mistakes were made’’ during the firing of federal prosecutors.
And on the IRAQ WAR and the LIES, right, MSM?
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"The president’s entourage wrecked his runway"
Then stay away, Obomber!
