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BP oil spill: Is Barack Obama the man for a crisis?
telegraph.co.uk ^ | June 11, 2010 | Alex Spillius

Posted on 06/11/2010 4:11:40 AM PDT by rdl6989

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To: Daisyjane69
“voters craved the more considered, cerebral and often inspirational persona”

Really? I've not seen any evidence of any of those qualities in POSER. In fact, every day he reveals more and more that he's a fraud. He reads words other people write. Off teleprompter, he's a stuttering, stammering fool.
People that believe Obama is an example of “cerebral” have spent way too much time watching Jerry Springer.

21 posted on 06/11/2010 4:36:27 AM PDT by bitterohiogunclinger (America held hostage - day 393)
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To: rdl6989
Definitely, resoundingly, NO! In fact, obama is a man best suited for ... Well, ya got me there. I don't know what obama is really qualified for.
22 posted on 06/11/2010 4:38:47 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (obama out now! I'll keep my money, my guns, and my freedom - you can keep the change.)
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I don't know what obama is really qualified for.

A balm for liberal white guilt?

23 posted on 06/11/2010 4:41:42 AM PDT by Stentor
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To: rdl6989

THE ARTICLES BIG LAUGH LINE:As Politico, a Washington insiders’ paper put it, he has failed to “rouse the American people to turn their hearts toward the Gulf and to assure them that their world – still built on the plentiful supply of fossil fuels – is not falling apart”.


24 posted on 06/11/2010 4:41:45 AM PDT by TalBlack
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To: Non-Sequitur

“No I’m saying that 30 years experience or no experience, neither one seems to have a clue on how to deal with the crisis. “

I don’t expect BO to have a clue so thats not disappointing. He’s never had a clue so the expectation is low.

I would wager BP could easily have handled this spill if it were on land or in shallow water. Environmentalists have forced drilling deep offshore which is making this much more difficult.

I don’t really blame BP for having trouble fixing it, its a tough problem. I blame them for taking shortcuts leading to the disaster and not being prepared.


25 posted on 06/11/2010 4:41:48 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: rdl6989
Answer: No!

Answer: Yes, "the Won" created the crisis.

(BP caused the gusher)

26 posted on 06/11/2010 4:46:10 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Who allowed the worst oil pollution disaster in American history and did nothing?)
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To: driftdiver

I am thinking that out of sheer incompetence 0’s bureaucrats have put every roadblock possible in the way of BP solving this and doing what they do best.


27 posted on 06/11/2010 4:47:57 AM PDT by Bookwoman ("...and I am unanimous in this...")
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To: rdl6989

He is not a leader. He is not an alpha male. Everyone senses it - that’s what causes a lot of that feeling of disconnect with him. When we think “President” we think “Leader”. When we see Obama we see follower. He’s not Martin Luther King talking about having a dream. At best, he’s the guy in the background shouting “say it, brother”.

To use an analogy, if this was Braveheart he is not Longshanks. He is the whiney son longing to come to power but being too weak to sieze it. He feels he is owed reverence and deference without realizing that the world demands you to earn it.


28 posted on 06/11/2010 4:49:55 AM PDT by Personal Responsibility (I can see November from my house!)
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Add Carol Browner to this list of incompetent dipshinolas! I just saw her on FOX being asked about why she hasn't lifted the JONES ACT so others could help with the oil spill. She said she wasn't ask by the Admiral of the Coastguard to do so, and then they show a clip of him basically saying the administration hasn't asked him to do anything about it!

These leftist are destroying our way of life with their idiocy and we are just sitting back letting it happen...If this doesn't change in Nov we are screwed!!

29 posted on 06/11/2010 4:54:59 AM PDT by sirchtruth (Freedom is not free)
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To: billorites

bad adventure

30 posted on 06/11/2010 4:56:46 AM PDT by FrankR (Standing against tyranny must start somewhere, or the future belongs to the tyrants.)
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“big city law professor.”
No ‘Professor’ Obama at U. of C.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/sweet/867973,CST-NWS-sweet30.article

Not a professor, not a cowboy, not a leader.


31 posted on 06/11/2010 5:01:38 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (The best is the enemy of the good!)
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To: rdl6989

Well, if I wanted to create and extend a crisis, 0 is the go to guy.


32 posted on 06/11/2010 5:05:23 AM PDT by kenth
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To: rdl6989

“BP oil spill: Is Barack Obama the man for a crisis?”

Zero is a man? I thought Michelle was the man in the house.


33 posted on 06/11/2010 5:06:01 AM PDT by Frenchtown Dan
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To: rdl6989

Thanks for the article. If only the U. S. press was as accurate about this situation.

To me, Obama always seems to be jockeying for position. He doesn’t hold the same values that most Americans do (and neither do his advisors), so they have to guess at how they should respond to situations in which they are trying to sway public opinion.

Saying “hope and change” (vague concepts left to the listener to define) over and over worked for them during the campaign, but when a real crisis presents itself, they are missing the skill set (as the article so succinctly puts it) to meet it.


34 posted on 06/11/2010 5:07:58 AM PDT by chickadee
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To: Non-Sequitur

BP is doing the best thing, drilling the relief wells. Hopefully they won’t cut corners this time. lol. In the meantime, they’re trying to capture as much oil as possible. Could have they done better. Most likely, but 0 is orders of magnitude more incompetent.


35 posted on 06/11/2010 5:08:04 AM PDT by kenth
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To: ThunderSleeps

And on top of that I will honor him as he honors our Flag and Country.


36 posted on 06/11/2010 5:08:45 AM PDT by mcshot (The compounding nightmare is never-ending and growing.)
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To: Non-Sequitur
What is the one thing 0 and BP have in common?

Answer: He is a lawyer and ALL of BP’s response systems are being run by lawyers. Lawyers are the bane of our society.

37 posted on 06/11/2010 5:09:33 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Don't go chasing waterfalls.....)
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To: driftdiver

Both parties are to blame for the oil disaster. There are supposed to be disaster plans by both parties. Nothing was done for weeks.

I agree with what you are saying about the eco-nuts being responsible for offshore drilling. We should be drilling on land or shallow waters where the spill could be easily contained. And, we should be drilling for natural gas.


38 posted on 06/11/2010 5:10:47 AM PDT by Frenchtown Dan
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To: rdl6989

Survey says...NO!

39 posted on 06/11/2010 5:12:44 AM PDT by McGruff (So how is that Hopey Changey thingy working out for ya America?)
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To: rdl6989

Obama is not the man you would trust to turn the water hose off after he washed your car.


40 posted on 06/11/2010 5:18:54 AM PDT by nolongerademocrat ("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
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