Barack Obama: I’m not anti-British

The Times ^ | 6/13/2010 | Jonathan Oliver

[bruinbirdman]

BARACK OBAMA yesterday told David Cameron that his aggressive stance towards BP over the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster was not motivated by anti-British prejudice.

The US president, whose grandfather was allegedly tortured by the British in colonial Kenya, has pointedly referred to the oil giant as “British Petroleum”, although it changed its name nine years ago. British politicians claimed he was exploiting BP’s origins to deflect attention from his failure to manage the crisis.

After yesterday’s 30-minute telephone conversation, No 10 issued a carefully worded statement to defuse the growing transatlantic tensions. It stated: “President Obama said to the prime minister that BP was a multinational global company and that frustrations about the oil spill had nothing to do with national identity. The prime minister stressed the economic importance of BP to the UK, US and other countries. The president made it clear that he had no interest in undermining BP’s value.”

The softening of the row comes as BP prepares to offer new concessions to the US government, including a plan to set aside billions of dollars in a ring-fenced “clean-up fund”.

[Paladin2]

I believe that it was part of the branding associated with at least one of her campaigns.

[bray]

Whenever you have to say you’re not British must mean there is a reason to think you are.

Pray for America

[AnAmericanMother]

You forgot that unidentified Obama staffer who told the Sunday Telegraph, “There’s nothing special about Britain. You’re just the same as the other 190 countries in the world. You shouldn’t expect special treatment.”

And the sideline-sitting in the Falklands controversy.

Obama really, really, really hates Britain.

[LibLieSlayer]

Yeah and you ain't no muzzie either... are you kenyan?

LLS

[Paladin2]

With common language, culture and legal systems, the US, Canada, Australia and the UK would seem to be natural allies, especially against Jihad.

[DCPatriot]

But he sure is anti-American.

[rlmorel]

LOL...no kidding! Never saw that one...she must have been trying to Oprahize her image. (Okay, bad, BAD mental image there)

Talk about bad branding attempts...

Anyone else remember THIS from the campaign?

They had this absurd idea of the Obama hand salute. The idea was, you could make this sign to someone else to let them know you supported Obama, kind of unobtrusively with your hands in front and close to your chest or abdomen. Or, at a rally, you could hold it up above your head for all to see, swaying back and forth.

I kid you not, I am NOT making this up! The interlocked fingers were supposed to represent unity, many coming together, crap like that.

What struck me as hilarious is how quickly the Libtards floated it, then discarded it. It was weird, even for them (which is saying a lot)

Of course, they knew it was ripe for people like me to make comparisons like THIS (an animation I put together):

[nolongerademocrat]

LOL! Correct!

[Balding_Eagle]

Even better, it could be hand carried and presented by Madame President.

Can you imagine the Liberal rage?! Wonderful just to contemplate.

[Rembrandt]

“The softening of the row comes as BP prepares to offer new concessions to the US government, including a plan to set aside billions of dollars in a ring-fenced “clean-up fund”.”

These poor Brits just don’t understand The Messiah and his minions. As soon as something is offered, that becomes the point at which they start braying about “that’s not nearly enough, we’ll starve, we’ll die, etc.” The Brits need to understand how this Affirmative Action Prez thinks.

[rlmorel]

Man, THAT would be great!

[Migraine]

Has Obama ever had a course in American History?

I think he must've read the revisionist garbage by Howard Zinn (may he rest in piss), perhaps a dozen times. It is called "The People's History of the US". Mel Brooks' "History of the World Part I" was far more acurate.

[Walkingfeather]

Who would have thought that the president of the united states would have to say this after the mid 1800’s

[Brugmansian]

“Frustrations”?

Community organizers are frustrated. Or act frustrated. Executives are supposed to overcome problems. That is why, like, they are hired.

[omega4179]

0Slime has never been pro British, pro American, or Christian.

[max americana]

>”anti-British prejudice. “
Yo, B0z0, why send the bust of Churchill back?
*****

Exactly. It’s hard when Mau Mau granddaddy got the FU from the Brits.

[Category Four]

That and being an Empty Suit — spot on.

[Nachum]

The list, ping

[originalbuckeye]

Not just side-line sitting.......didn’t Hillary just encourage Argentina to make a move to acquire the Falkland Islands? The Falkland residents are BRITISH! The people leading our beloved country are the antithesis of everything that is good here. We MUST retake BOTH Houses of Congress this year!

[D-fendr]

referred to the oil giant as “British Petroleum”, although it changed its name nine years ago.

Obama claims incompetence, not malice.