Succinctly sums up the AmeriKan MSM's Gulf Gusher coverage, doesn't it?
"Obama says Gulf Coast ‘open for business’; Presidential family visit aims to boost region" by Julie Pace, Associated Press | August 15, 2010
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. — President Obama declared Gulf Coast beaches clean, safe, and open for business as he brought his family to the Florida Panhandle and promised residents that the government would not forget them once efforts to stop the leak are finished.
The president pledged to “keep up our efforts until the environment is cleaned, polluters are held accountable, businesses and communities are made whole, and the people of the Gulf Coast are back on their feet.’’
Obama is in the region for a brief weekend trip with his wife Michelle, his daughter Sasha (daughter Malia is at summer camp), and the family dog, Bo.
The Obama family’s 27-hour stop in the Sunshine State is as much a family vacation as it is an attempt by the president to convince Americans that this region, so dependent on tourism revenue, is safe for travel.
They SURE HAVE BEEN TAKING a LOT of those lately!
See: AmeriKa's Marie Antoinette
No, it is the POLICIES, stoo-pid!
And your lying government and mouthpiece MSM could never convince me of anything now.
To reinforce the message that the water is clean despite absorbing 200 million gallons of oil, Obama and Sasha swam in the gulf, said White House spokesman Bill Burton. The dip was away from the view of reporters.
Obama said his family wanted to “enjoy the beach and the water, to let our fellow Americans know that they should come on down here.’’
Then why don't you stay the week rather than going to Martha's Vineyard?
The White House scheduled the trip after facing criticism that the president was not heeding his own advice that Americans vacation in the gulf. Obama has vacationed in North Carolina this summer and is heading to Martha’s Vineyard later in August. Michelle Obama traveled to Spain this month with Sasha.
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Gulf Coast residents and local officials are hoping that the president’s stop here will jump-start the tourism industry, which has been reeling since the spill. Though only 16 of the 180 beaches in the western part of the Panhandle were affected by the spill, tourism officials say many potential visitors have stayed away, deterred by images of oil-slicked water and tarball-strewn beaches in other parts of the region.
“It’s the biggest single commercial you could imagine,’’ Governor Charlie Crist said of the president’s visit....
And they call it a newspaper.
Update:
"Vacationing Obamas take cruise on Gulf waters
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. — President Obama and his family cruised the waters off their Florida Panhandle hotel yesterday, offering a portrait of a family on vacation....
Another one?
Actually, the whole job is one.
Just mouth the lies and go to the fund-raisers.
The Obamas boarded the 50-foot Bay Point Lady on a rainy, overcast morning, the second and final day of a weekend getaway during which the president assured residents that his administration will not forget the region even though oil has stopped spewing from a broken well in the Gulf of Mexico....
Has it?
The Obamas, who have returned to Washington, are scheduled to be in Martha’s Vineyard later this week.
Not going back to the Gulf?
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