Obama Likens Gulf Disaster to 9/11

NEWSMAX ^ | Monday, 14 Jun 2010 09:03 AM | Unknown

[maddog55]

President Barack Obama likened the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to the September 11 attacks in an interview published on the eve of his fourth visit Monday to the stricken region.

"In the same way that our view of our vulnerabilities and our foreign policy was shaped profoundly by 9/11, I think this disaster is going to shape how we think about the environment and energy for many years to come," he told Politico.com.

Obama said he would be making a fresh bid to get Congress to pass a major energy and climate bill.

He was quoted as vowing to "move forward in a bold way in a direction that finally gives us the kind of future-oriented ... visionary energy policy that we so vitally need and has been absent for so long."

"One of the biggest leadership challenges for me going forward is going to be to make sure that we draw the right lessons from this disaster," he said.

[Redleg Duke]

Oh, please!

The main difference is that the real damage, the delay, is caused by a terrorist in the White House!

[chuck_the_tv_out]

This whole thing stinks.

[chuck_the_tv_out]

So you’re saying...

“Obama knew, well blew”

or

“Obama teed, oil peed”

[rightwingcrazy]

“move forward” = “sweep this one under the rug”.

[jessduntno]

“In the same way that our view of our vulnerabilities and our foreign policy was shaped profoundly by 9/11, I think this disaster is going to shape how we think about the environment and energy for many years to come...”

Here it comes...the takeover of the Oil Companies is next.

[kempster]

Good luck with that premise. I don’t remember President Bush going to a fund raiser instead of a memorial service for those that perished. This guy is a real piece of work.

[Northern Yankee]

What's that saying?

Never let a crisis go to waste?

[MissEdie]

Too bad his leadership skills aren’t like what we had back then.

[diverteach]

“Obama teed, oil peed”

More like Oil peed, Obama we weed

[rintense]

Oh brother. He's completely pissing on the graves of the men and women who died on 9/11. There's only one reason he's making this comparison- so it seems like he was powerless to stop it.

Hey, dumbass, it isn't that you couldn't stop it. Its the fact you haven't done jack squat in the aftermath- and have continually refused help from other countries.

Imagine if Bush had acted the way Obama did in the hours/days after 9/11...

[Carley]

Psycho, no other word to describe him.

[avacado]

"One of the biggest leadership challenges for me going forward is going to be to make sure that we draw the right lessons from this disaster," he said.

In other words, on the job training. Great! Just frikin' great! Asshat!

[ILS21R]

I liken Obama’s election to 9/11.

[mellow velo]

Komrade KickAss has been spending the last 50+ days reading 'My Pet Goat'!

[sam_paine]

Gulf Spill Was an Inside Job!

[DManA]

Islamists caused this?

[org.whodat]

If that is true then he’s been hiding under the bed!!

[JDoutrider]

Well...

Someone with the intelligence level of zero might really, truly believe that!

What a piece of work indeed...

[Truth29]

The right lessons are to fix the oil blowout, overcome Dear Learder’s attempt to prolong and use the crisis, and to remove Obammie the Commie from office.