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 theyre 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."
Wow. What a take charge kinda guy. /s
LOL, and how many paying jobs has Barry had? Were any CEO level? Right, didn’t think so. How has Barry dealt w/ the oil spill to date? Oh right, a complete failure. Perhaps Barry is the one least competent in this case and just needs to put a cap on his gusher.
...before, or after, he took campaign donations from BP?
Yes, wasn’t it Bush and Cheney who were (sinister voice here) seriously tied to big oil?
(Whispering like rosebud) Halliburton, Halliburton, Halliburton.
ZerO is a slimebag. Instead of dealing with problems, he’s always either looking for someone to blame or trying to figure out a way to use it to get more of our money.
hard to believe, considering he hasn’t fired any of the losers in his own administration who have been screwing up nonstop.
A silk purse does not a sow’s ear make. Nor does a weak man a leader make.
BO has such vast experience in oil, I am quite certain that oil execs hang upon his every word for advice. Then again, people in China shops watch every horn movement of a bull.
After all, the most important thing is to demonize the oil industry and to hide the fact that it's the leftists who have been forcing the oil industry to drill in deep water. I'm not saying that BP is blameless here, but that there's plenty of blame to go around, though that should fall by the wayside until the problem is solved.
Mark
Well ‘said’. Like it says in my tagline ...
[He sure knows how to pick-em.]
Did you plug the hole with a blue dress yet, Daddy? [Ann Coulter]
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=%20161797
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Oil is spewing from beneath a British Petroleum oil rig into the Gulf of Mexico at a rate of about 1 million gallons a day. There’s no end in sight although White House officials have made it clear their goal is to stop the leak before the midterm elections in November.
Obama now spends at least half of every day answering pointed, increasingly aggressive questions about the oil spill, most of them from his daughter Malia.
The president finally went down to take a look at the oil disaster last week which is weird because I didn’t even know there were golf courses near the Gulf. To show his concern, Obama is thinking about returning some of the nearly $1 million the oil industry donated to his campaign.
Ha, ha just kidding. He’s not returning any oil money. But the situation has gotten so urgent that Obama did take time off from his golf game to praise the Phoenix Suns for protesting Arizona’s new immigration law.
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What a terribly small man.
I would love to have seen the look on BO's face when he landed in the Gulf for the first time after the oil spill.
"Hey guys, where's the club house? I told you I wanted to go play golf, not go to the Gulf"!
” ... it’s the leftists who have been forcing the oil industry to drill in deep water.”
But haven’t you ever enjoyed the beautiful ice slab at ANWR? And a wandering polar bear could get oil on his paw. Look at the big picture!
Study: Wind Farms = Bird Killers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2529428/posts
[Looking at it from their perspective, let the planet burn up so we don’t feel bad about a few birds. Of course, that would kill ALL the birds, but ... uh ...]
“Can’t I just finish my waffle?”
there is talk of the Government taking over US operations of BP.... and so it begins.
Obama’s premise makes no sense. If he were head of BP, he would have fired the CEO? That would mean he would have fired himself. Really stupid statement.
The list, ping
That is his main "accomplishment" - making stupid statements.
"57 states"
Austrian citizens speak "Austrian"
"police acted stupidly"
et cetera ...
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