That's rich, coming from a guy who's never run a profit making company.
Posted on 06/08/2010 5:39:27 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Obama says he would have fired BP CEO By Michael O'Brien - 06/08/10 07:45 AM ET
BP's chief executive wouldn't have a job if President Barack Obama were in charge of the oil company, the president said Tuesday.
Obama said he had not spoken to BP CEO Tony Hayward directly, but added that he thought that Hayward should probably be out of work in the aftermath of the massive oil spill triggered by an accident in a BP-leased pipeline and rig.
"He wouldn't be working for me after any of those statements," Obama said during an interview on NBC's "Today" show, referencing comments made by Hayward in which said he wanted his life back before the spill.
Hayward apologized for the remarks, which were seen as dismissive to the families of 11 oil rig workers who died after a massive explosion that set off the leak. But the BP CEO has also faced criticism for his company's overall handling of the crisis, as well as its corporate practices. Lawmakers have called on plans for the company to suspend its dividend to shareholders this summer, and have questioned an ad blitz the oil company has waged to fight back against an increasingly negative perception in the wake of the spill.
The president said he hadn't spoken to Hayward directly, but emphasized that administration officials were constantly in touch with the chief executive and other top officials at BP. Obama reiterated that the company was acting at the direction of the U.S. government.
The company, the president said, would also be made to make sure that those adversely affected by the spill are properly compensated for losses.
"We are going to have to make sure that not only do they shut down the cap, we are not only going to have to make sure any deep well drilling process out there is in fact fail safe, and oil companies know what they’re doing, but we also have to make sure that every single person that has been affected by this is properly compensated and made whole.," he said.
"Absolutely they can afford it," the president added. "If I see BP nickel-and-diming people down there, they are going to have to answer to us."
That's rich, coming from a guy who's never run a profit making company.
This guy we call president is a real idiot...I don’t care that he went to Harvard...he is an idiot. What possible good can come from his constant divisive and reactionary statements? What president in our history has been so inclined to criticize and ridicule individuals by name? What a real schmuck.
Contradict much?
“The president said he hadn’t spoken to Hayward directly, but emphasized that administration officials were constantly in touch with the chief executive and other top officials at BP.”
In other words, Barry was on vacation. We all know that.
Mr. Mom Jeans is so tough.
FIX THE PROBLEM
not the blame
But then Zero has lived by the former.
Spoken like a true USURPER, PHONEY, KENYAN, SOCIALIST!
Just what I was gonna say.
Once we get a new Congress in November, we need to DEMAND THE IMPEACHMENT OF THIS LOSER, try him for treason and send him to Gitmo to rot.
Talk is cheap..................Coulda - Woulda - Shoulda belong in the realm of juvenile fantasy.................
Only that he hasn’t nationalized oil & gas....yet.
Our gay communist president and his massive ego speak yet again.
woof woof.
He sure is going out of his way to impress Spike Lee, no?
Look, let’s face it, Mr. Obama couldn’t run a 7-Eleven.
He loathes corporate America, too.
Good Lord, where does he think all that $$$ comes from in the US General Fund?
I reckon he thinks it floats down out of the sky.
Mr Obama, we American Citizens are going to fire you in a little more than two years, if you aren’t impeached and removed beforehand.
These statements scream of irony.
“If I were in charge I’d . . . . . “
Hey bozo, you are in charge!!! You aren’t a spectator sitting in front of your TV shooting off your mouth about what you’d do if you were in charge. You run something a lot bigger than BP. Use it to mitigate the damage.
A very astute comment.
Hey Bammi, yo ass are toast too...
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