BP oil spill: Is Barack Obama the man for a crisis?

telegraph.co.uk ^ | June 11, 2010 | Alex Spillius

[rdl6989]

Many Americans who elected Barack Obama thought George W Bush was too much the cowboy. After eight years of Texas swagger and a shoot-first-ask-questions-later foreign policy, voters craved the more considered, cerebral and often inspirational persona of a big city law professor. Now, in the midst of a real crisis, they are having second thoughts.

[rdl6989]

Answer: No!

[Non-Sequitur]

BP oil spill: Is Barack Obama the man for a crisis?

Probably not. But the only ones who seem to be less capable than Obama of handling the crisis are the BP management.

[Diogenesis]

“….. thirteen entities had offered the U.S. oil spill
assistance within about two weeks of the Horizon rig explosion. They were the
governments of Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands,
Norway, Romania, Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the
United Nations.
The U.S. response - Thank you, but no thank you, we've got it.
‘..While there is no need right now that the U.S. cannot meet, the U.S. Coast Guard is
assessing these offers of assistance to see if there will be something which we will need
in the near future.’”

Actually - it was at least 17 countries ignored by Pres_ _ent Obama.

Obama pride, MSM hide, Patriots tried ... America died.

[comps4spice]

A Cub Scout has more leadership ability than B.H. Obama.

[driftdiver]

“Probably not. But the only ones who seem to be less capable than Obama of handling the crisis are the BP manageme”

So you’d take a guy who’s built a small gazebo over group of people with an average of 30 years experience in the oil industry?

[Oceander]

[musicman]

"BP oil spill: Is Barack Obama the man for a crisis?"

[cripplecreek]

My motto is ‘be angry but be rational’.

[Diogenesis]

[Daisyjane69]

If I smelled smoke in my place, thinking there was a fire someplace, I’d shuttle Obama out the front door...he could wave for the fire trucks. But no more than that. He would be in my way, as I rounded up other people, documents, valuables, etc.

Translation = he would be treated like a six year old that had to be given a grown up “job” to do, in order to keep them out of my hair.

[driftdiver]

“My motto is ‘be angry but be rational’.”

Sounds better than choosing BO for any purpose.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

I know a woman through family that still likes Obama. When she changes her mind about him, I’ll be optimistic.

[arkady_renko]

Written by Alex Spillius. Cool name...

[Ann Archy]

uh....give me the COWBOY.....he was at least an ADULT, and not a Party Boy President!

[ThePatriotsFlag]

“My motto is ‘be angry but be rational’.”

No, I think be RATIONAL, then if there's anything left and when it is over, get angry. The problem we've got, folks put anger first and it interferes with rationality.

[billorites]

[driftdiver]

‘No, I think be RATIONAL, then if there’s anything left and when it is over, get angry. The problem we’ve got, folks put anger first and it interferes with rationality.”

Only if you’ve got anger control issues. For most people it is entirely possible to be angry and rational. Righteous thoughtful anger at the damage to the gulf, wetlands, fisheries, business, tourism, lives and so on.

Oh and then the righteous anger at what the enviro-whacko’s will do to stop future drilling for energy we need.

[Cyropaedia]

Remember how everyone in the MSM used to complain about the "unilateralism" of the Bush administration...?

Obama, on the other hand, was supposed the guy with the proper "internationalist" mindset...?

Here, we desperately need all the help we can get, and Obama tells everyone trying to offer us a helping hand to "stuff it".

[Non-Sequitur]

So you’d take a guy who’s built a small gazebo over group of people with an average of 30 years experience in the oil industry?

No I'm saying that 30 years experience or no experience, neither one seems to have a clue on how to deal with the crisis.