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Our Classy President Tries to Pretend He’s All That
Axis of Right ^ | 6/8/2010 | Sal

Posted on 06/08/2010 9:51:20 AM PDT by SalAOR

Yesterday, Obama attempted to be hip and cool and tried to show some emotional investment in the BP oil crisis that is rapidly becoming Obama’s Katrina by showing BP that he meant business:

I was down there a month ago, before most of these talkin’ heads were even paying attention to the gulf. A month ago I was meeting with fishermen down there, standin’ in the rain talking about what a potential crisis this could be. and I don’t sit around just talking to experts because this is a college seminar, we talk to these folks because they potentially have the best answers, so I know whose ass to kick.

When this quote broke, the Conservative reaction on Twitter seemed to be that it is unfortunate that we went to elect a “Cool President” rather than one who had substance. While I understand the sentiment, I have to strongly disagree with my fellow Conservatives who espouse this view.

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: alltalk; bp; gulfoilcrisis; obama; pos; tarbama; weakling
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1 posted on 06/08/2010 9:51:21 AM PDT by SalAOR
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To: SalAOR
If I said that my Mom would have been on me like a coat of paint.

2 posted on 06/08/2010 9:53:03 AM PDT by Genoa (Luke 12:2)
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To: SalAOR

No class Chicago thug!


3 posted on 06/08/2010 9:54:23 AM PDT by notaliberal (It's the Constitution---- Stupid!)
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To: SalAOR

4 posted on 06/08/2010 9:54:29 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Article IV - Section 4 - The United States shall protect each of them against Invasion)
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To: SalAOR

Why?


5 posted on 06/08/2010 9:54:38 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: SalAOR

Spike Lee & other libs call for him to “go off” ...”get emotional”...and he does exactly what they tell him to do. Obama simply cannot work, act, or think for himself.


6 posted on 06/08/2010 9:55:08 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: SalAOR

7 posted on 06/08/2010 9:55:34 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (0bummer calls opponents "Teabaggers". So we can call Kagan "Carpet Muncher." Right?)
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To: SalAOR

That was SO fake ... you could tell because of the change in voice inflection.


8 posted on 06/08/2010 9:56:04 AM PDT by Fast Moving Angel (We'll remember in November!)
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To: SalAOR

90 pound weakling on the beach hoping to kick oily sand in some big guys face. Yeah, I’m sure BP people are hiding under their beds.
What a childish, puny, ignorant thing to say.


9 posted on 06/08/2010 9:57:04 AM PDT by two23 (Everything About Them Is a Lie)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor
"Obama simply cannot work, act, or think for himself."

Obama works well when he cashes payoff checks or sells out America.


1) Pres_ _ent Obama and Rahm and the DNC gets $$$$$ from BP ............. check
"Obama biggest recipient of BP cash
.. more than $3.5 million…with the largest chunk of their money going to Obama"

"British Petroleum (BP) pumped $71,000 into Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign"

"White House chief tied to BP adviser"

"Top PR firm for BP tied to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel"

Bombshell expose'. The real money is in the use of dispersements.
NALCO is based in Chicago with subsidiaries in Brazil, Russia, India, China and Indonesia. "

FACTOID:
Oil dispersant manufacturer NALCO is associated with Exelon
which was Rahm Emanuel's first big deal on Wall Street,
and with ComEd -for which Axelrod did the PR which Bill Ayers' father was CEO.
ComED & Exelon are connected to NALCO through UChicago Argonne and Fermilab.
UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC--Stimulus Contract: $163,724,912.00 DOE May 22, 2009

Agencies to Study Dispersant Use and Ecosystem Impacts of Dispersed Oil in the Gulf of Mexico"


2) The secret reasons for the $$$$$ to Obama ............. check
BP oil leak: Fallen Deepwater Horizon was tapping second largest oil deposit in the world"


3) Pres_ _ent Obama exempts BP from normal requirements ......... check
U.S. exempted BP's Gulf of Mexico drilling from environmental impact study (Obama let it happen)"

"RICO Investigation Needed NOW about Gulf, Energy & CCX"

"Washington Post Exposes BP ties to Eco-Groups, Other Media Ignore Controversy"

Gulf oil spill: BP has a long record of legal, ethical violations "

Federal Regulator Repeatedly Failed to Inspect Deepwater Horizon "

"U.S. exempted BP's Gulf of Mexico drilling from environmental impact study"

"Obama admin exempted BP's Gulf drilling from environmental impact study "

"Obama sheltered BP's Deepwater Horizon rig from regulatory requirement"

"Red Flags Were Ignored Aboard Doomed Rig "

"US allowed drilling 'without required permits"

"U.S. Said to Allow Drilling Without Needed Permits"


4) Pres_ _ent Obama creates a dangerous, negligent environment before, during, and after the event ......... check

BP's new plan risks worsening oil spill"

Internal Documents Show Early Worries About Safety of Rig"

BP reports warning signs before gulf oil rig explosion"

"Heated Argument on Rig Hours Before Blast ( Deepwater Horizon oil spill )"

"Workers on doomed BP oil rig: Corners were cut to save money"

"BP Used Riskier Method to Seal Oil Well Before Blast"

"U.S. oil drilling regulator ignored experts' red flags on environmental risks"


5) Pres_ _ent Obama, BP, and the DNC begin the obstruction ......... check
"Coast Guard Logs Show Administration Knew Extent of Oil Spill within 24 Hours"

"There Was 'Nobody in Charge' (Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Fire)"

Limited Media Access to Oil Spill"

"McCarthy: Obama hasn't returned call of lawmaker representing district of rig!! "

"Obama sat on sand berm request 2 weeks, still no reply"

"Frustration over sand barriers boils in Louisiana as federal government offers few answers"


6) Pres_ _ent Obama, BP and the DNC begin the coverup ......... check
"Washington Post Exposes BP ties to Eco-Groups, Other Media Ignore Controversy"

"BP well may be spewing 100,000 barrels a day"

In their most tenacious effort to control the 'spin' on the worst oil spill disaster in the history,
BP has purchased top internet search engine words so they can re-direct people away from real news on the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe."

BP's Photo Blockade of the Gulf Oil Spill"

BP buses in 400 for photo op with Obama

"BP shipped in workers for president's visit"

"Oil Spill - CBS Threatened With Arrest For Filming The Oil Spill (Coast Guard: "This Is BP's Rules."

"Lab Chosen To Test Oil Spill Water & Animal Samples Has Ties To BP"

President Delays Oil Spill Recovery Efforts For San Francisco Fundraiser With Getty Oil Heirs"


7) The REAL DEAL: Pres_ _ent Obama displays utter incompetance (again) ......... check
"Louisianans take oil cleanup in own hands as frustration mounts."

"The President couldn't determine if MMS head Elizabeth Birnbaum was fired or she resigned."

"President Obama Returns to LA to Assess the Oil Crisis"


8) The REAL DEAL: Pres_ _ent Obama destroys America (again) ......... check
"Analysis: Could U.S. Lose 200 Rigs by the End of Summer? "

"RICO Investigation Needed NOW about Gulf, Energy & CCX"

10 posted on 06/08/2010 9:57:44 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Article IV - Section 4 - The United States shall protect each of them against Invasion)
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To: Fast Moving Angel

Nothing rings more hollow than when a pussy opens a can of whoopass...


11 posted on 06/08/2010 9:57:58 AM PDT by dogcaller
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To: SalAOR
When this quote broke, the Conservative reaction on Twitter seemed to be that it is unfortunate that we went to elect a “Cool President” rather than one who had substance.

The conservative reaction on Twitter? Are they serious? Conservatism on twitter, FB and other social media is pathetic and inefficient. I'd like to see these people wobbling on the streets of their neighborhood, but they're unable to function once removed from the comfort of the social media.
12 posted on 06/08/2010 9:59:06 AM PDT by MollyKuehl (Contribute to FR: $10 $20 $50 $100 REMEMBER, LURKING IS A FORM OF ENTITLEMENT!!!)
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To: SalAOR

A month ago is still two weeks after the explosion.


13 posted on 06/08/2010 9:59:14 AM PDT by jersey117
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To: SalAOR
FREUDIAN SLIP!!!

He's saying...

I don’t sit around just talking to experts because this is a college seminar

But he's thinking...

"Of course, my actual experience is pretty much limited to listening to experts at college seminars!"

14 posted on 06/08/2010 9:59:56 AM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies (I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself...)
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To: SalAOR

15 posted on 06/08/2010 10:00:02 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: dogcaller

“Daddy, did you open the can of Whoop Ass yet?”
“No, now go get your mother.”


16 posted on 06/08/2010 10:01:51 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Because he has never had to work, act, or think for himself.


17 posted on 06/08/2010 10:01:52 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: SalAOR
More from the article:

He tries to be tough, but yet somehow it comes off like he’s trying too hard. It carries no weight because we all know that he isn’t going to back it up with anything...

Obama is the kid that wants to be cool but isn’t...

Unfortunately, I realize the President is "not cool", and you realize the President's "not cool", but he (and too many other grown-up wanna-be-cool's) doesn't/don't...and yes, that's dangerous. Be prepared, is all I can say!

(If I were Gov. Jindal, and the people of Louisiana, I think I would go ahead with whatever I thought needed to be done to save my state, and worry about whose arse gets kicked later...except the Feds would probably arrest me?!)

18 posted on 06/08/2010 10:11:45 AM PDT by 88keys (they will pry my salt shaker from my cold dead hands)
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To: trisham
Why?

You have to click on the blog pimp's blog to find out. That's the hallmark of a successful Blog Pimp: Always cut off the excerpt right before a lame punchline.

19 posted on 06/08/2010 10:14:01 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Build a man a fire; he'll be warm for a night. Set a man on fire; he'll be warm the rest of his life)
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To: SalAOR
Does nobody get it?

That quote is all about I. I, I, I.

The same with Nancy Pelosi, and Carly Fiorina, and Barabara Boxer, and by definition virtually all Leftists, the domination of Ego over reason (American female is categorically the worse). That's why Hollywood is what it is. This makes every indulgent Egotist a Phony, one who attempts to project themselves as more than they are (then use extortion to advance it). How obvious is it with Barack Obama?

That is not the way truth is revealed, nor how problems are solved, nor prosperity achieved. Indeed quite the opposite, the prevalence of reason and imagination over personal Ego.

Try living on the West Coast sometime, particularly in California. Juvenile Sickness.

If one was truthfully concerned about the Gulf oil crisis and one were in an influential position (like POTUS) one would be working behind the scenes to muster all the technical resources one could offer and defer to those resources to publicly explain the issues, rather than from the Media and Politicians.

We have allowed the pretension of "self-esteem" and Ego to destroy us. And Barack Obama (Harvard) is the epitome.

20 posted on 06/08/2010 10:23:57 AM PDT by jnsun (The Left: the need to manipulate others because of nothing productive to offer.)
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