Butt Stops Here

IBD Editorials ^ | June 8, 2010 | Investors Business Daily staff

[Kaslin]

Leadership: The president says he went to the Gulf to find out whose derriere to kick. After he gets his foot out of his own mouth, perhaps he can talk to us about that Coast Guard memo.

Scapegoating has become a hallmark of this administration. Certainly BP was responsible for the safe operation and maintenance of Deepwater Horizon. But after an accident in federal waters the federal government, which has a plan to save the entire planet from greenhouse gases, had no plan to save the Gulf from a single gushing well, with the possible exception of finger-pointing. In this administration, "BP" stands for "buck-passing."

In an interview with NBC's Matt Lauer on Tuesday, President Obama said: "I was down there a month ago, before most of these talking heads were even paying attention to the Gulf. A month ago, I was meeting with fishermen down there, standing in the rain. ... We talk to these folks because they potentially had the best answers, so I know whose ass to kick."

The talking heads were talking about the Gulf in the two weeks it took the president to make his first appearance there. But Fox News and talk radio had no fire booms to instantly deploy — booms the government was supposed to have, according to a 1994 plan.

The president who has said he would not rest until the hole was plugged has had time to entertain celebrities from Bono to Paul McCartney, get in a few rounds of golf, attend concerts and fundraisers, and even yuk it up at the White House Correspondent's Dinner. He did not have time, apparently, to expedite Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's request for additional sand berm construction.

[bareford101]

your wife has it right.... that is a type of lower body girdle from the calves up..

[twister881]

Zero may want to kick some @$$, but he seems to be proficient only at checking it out:

[twister881]

Could it be that the left-wing media and Hollywood finally are catching up with real Americans who have known from the start that Zero is an international joke and a disgrace?

[Eyes Unclouded]

AHHHHHHH! FRiends we have rules for this.

[Cyber Liberty]

I think there was one earlier....

[BigSkyFreeper]

Obama’s biggest concern is keeping the handicap low by plugging the 18 holes on the Golf Coast.

[BigSkyFreeper]

That’s not a thong, if anything that’s a pair of granny panties she’s wearing.

[FroggyTheGremlim]

Wow! That guitar is identical to mine.

[petercooper]

bttt

[Tzimisce]

But after an accident in federal waters the federal government, which has a plan to save the entire planet from greenhouse gases, had no plan to save the Gulf from a single gushing well, with the possible exception of finger-pointing. - IBD Editorials

[murdoog]

Wow! That guitar is identical to mine.

She has a guitar?

[FBD]

woof.

[counterpunch]

Heckuva job, Barry!

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

“That’s not a thong, if anything that’s a pair of granny panties she’s wearing.”

So he wears “mom pants” and she wears “grandmom panties.”

Hmmm.