Obama, Pressed to Get Tough on Oil Spill, Talks About ‘Kicking Ass’

CNS News ^ | 6/8/2010 | Tom Raum

[IbJensen]

Washington (AP) - President Barack Obama says his talks with Gulf fishermen and oil spill experts are not an academic exercise. They're "so I know whose ass to kick."

One target for the presidential foot: Tony Hayward, the embattled chief executive of BP.

Obama was asked by Matt Lauer of NBC's "Today" about Hayward's past comments that "I want my life back," that the Gulf was "a big ocean" and that "the environmental impact of this disaster is likely to be very, very modest."

"He wouldn't be working for me after any of those statements," Obama said, according to excerpts released by NBC.

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He strongly defended his role in dealing with the crisis, including his three visits to the region since the spill began.

"I was down there a month ago before most of these talking heads were even paying attention to the Gulf," Obama said.

Obama said he has talked to a variety of "experts" on the oil spill in addition to the fishermen.

"I don't sit around just talking to experts because this is a college seminar, we talk to these folks because they potentially have the best answers -- so I know whose ass to kick," the president said.

[IbJensen]

The ass to be kicked is domiciled in the White House.

[MNJohnnie]

Same stick, different day.

How many times do they think they can trot out this "angry Obama" line before they realize most voters are no longer buying the lies?

[scooby321]

too bad he is was asking experts what can be done to contain the leak and stop it.

[linn37]

Thanks for the early morning laugh! haha

[silverleaf]

If he sold tickets to kick ass, the line would stretch around the White House- and help pay off some of the debt

[Sooth2222]

Did Zero say he wanted to know whose "ass to kick" or "ass to kiss"?

[kempster]

This milquetoast couldn’t kick his way out of a paper bag.

[blueyon]

From the mouth of our street talker in chief...Shame on you Mr. President!

[wny]

I’ve always considered him disgusting. This proves he’s an a$$hole too....

[Man50D]

They're "so I know whose ass to kick."

BO?BS ides of kicking a$$ is different from most people given the following articles:

BP, feds could make millions from runaway well's oil

Top PR firm for BP tied to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel

Bombshell expose'. The real reason the oil still flows into the Gulf of Mexico.

[Mouton]

When you hire someone with no work skills or ideas except for an ability to point out problems and ostracize, this is what you get.

[whatshotandwhatsnot]

LOL! Sorry, but that mental visual just doesn’t work. The skinny jug eared Kenyan even playing punch buggy with a child seems a bit too rough for his delicate sensibilities.

[Paladin2]

H! needs to go to the (get) White(y) House and be first in line to start the ass-kicking of Zer0.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

His evil Kenyan ass needs to be kicked back to Kenya.

[cbkaty]

I still can’t get the picture of his “girlie-throwing” a baseball......he may be capable of a “bitch-slap”...but ass-kick...don’t think so....

[SMARTY]

NOT ready for prime time!

[2nd Bn, 11th Mar]

I am disgusted with this rookie.

[bert]

Mommy , Mommy!!

The Messiah has no clothes on!

[CASchack]

Before he starts kicking, maybe he can borrow Jimmy Carter's sweater. Come winter, he'll need it to go with his moratorium on drilling.

[DemforBush]

“...so I know whose ass to kick,” the president said.”

Okay, I’ll bite. Is Obama channeling his inner Beavis, or Butthead?