Of course. Political correctness precludes andything else.
"“You are talking about massive economic loss to our tourism, our beaches, to our fisheries, very possibly disruption of our military testing and training, which is in the Gulf of Mexico,” he told CNN’s “State of the Union” program."
Hype.
"I said its a bad situation, you disagree with that?"
Yes, it's an unfortunate occurrence, but hardly the unprecedented catastrophe it is being made out to be. Google "Ixtoc oil spill". Also read up on what Saddam Hussein did in the Persian Gulf before the invasion of Kuwait.
http://www.gomr.mms.gov/PI/PDFImages/ESPIS/3/3973.pdf