Obama on the spill: “I can’t suck it up with a straw” (video)

Hot Air ^ | June 11, 2010 | Allahpundit

[Free ThinkerNY]

Via WaPo, a week that began with a stupid soundbite ends with an even stupider one. Skip ahead to 3:00 for presidential oratorical glory.

This really is the new meme among his supporters, believe it or not, per the fact that the video below comes from the White House itself: Not only shouldn’t our global messiah be expected to plug the damn hole — he’s not Superman, people! — but evidently he shouldn’t be expected to find out if there’s any containment boom sitting in a warehouse somewhere waiting to be used either.

What he’s supposed to do, apparently, is go around reminding people why he’s really not to blame. I’ll say this for him: He’s awfully good at that, at least.

[MrEdd]

Well. If anyone knows about sucking, it would be the big O.

[Retired Greyhound]

Obama just sucks.

Period.

[combat_boots]

But straw ITSELF soaks it up........

http://www.dogpile.com/dogpile/ws/results/Web/straw%20to%20soak%20up%20oil/1/417/TopNavigation/Relevance/iq=true/zoom=off/_iceUrlFlag=7?_IceUrl=true

So will some peat mosses.

I’ve watched videos on YouTube of some guys demonstrating how hay attached oil to it.

So what if it gets heavier as a result?

[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

[DoughtyOne]

Finally, Obama accidentally stumbles across the first real idea to help out on record. I say let him try. We could actually be surprised.

[mojitojoe]

[gaijin]

Didn’t he do blow.

Aren’t there those here who state he’s gay..? He could suck chrome off a trailer hitch, is what some have told me...

[combat_boots]

Here’s a video link about the straw/hay demo I posted earlier: http://vodpod.com/watch/3596378-raw-video-could-hay-cleanup-oil-spill

[Paladin2]

Why wouldn’t the oil be easier to collect if it weren’t mixed with dispersant?

[Raebie]

Why not? Sucking is something he excels at.

[skr]

No one was expecting him to personally apply a straw; he sounds more like a wise-cracking 11 year-old than a mature adult.

[Canedawg]

LMAO!

This thread has great potential.

[w1andsodidwe]

How does he know? Has he tried? I really think he sucks quite a bit.

[MrEdd]

They used hay on the big spills in the 70s.

[Admin Moderator]

Solution

[Soothesayer]

He probably tried it and decided that oil tasted too yucky.

[Danae]

Stupid is as stupid talks... enough said.

[SandRat]

Why not? You suck at everything else O-Bozo.

[Danae]

AND IT WORKED TOO!