Posted on 06/15/2010 10:40:19 AM PDT by lbryce
More than 30 years ago in an era of gas lines and OPEC boycotts, Jimmy Carter addressed the American people from the Oval Office and confronted this political conundrum: "Why have we not been able to get together as a nation to resolve our serious energy problem?"
Tuesday night, in the first Oval Office address of his presidency, Barack Obama is going to confront the environmental consequences of America's three-decade failure to resolve its serious energy problem. Far more than the president's pedestrian East Room press conference in late May, this speech probably will be what voters remember when they assess how Obama handled the tragedy of oil poured onto the troubled waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
An Oval Office address is the most formal and, in many ways, the most formidable persuasive device in a president's arsenal. A prime-time press conference uses reporters as presidential foils and an address to Congress inspires restless TV cameras to highlight partisan reactions from choreographed standing ovations to spontaneous shouts of "You lie." But when a president speaks from the Oval Office, there are no sideshows competing with the man sitting at the "Buck Stops Here" desk.
The American people do not need an Oval Office address to be convinced of the gravity of the BP oil spill. But clearly Obama and his image-makers believe that they need this speech to reinforce the belated message of presidential leadership.
The problem facing the president is that what Americans crave more than anything in the face of this eco-catastrophe is reassurance. But Barack Obama cannot play King Canute and order the oily waters to recede. In fact, the administration's initial mistake in reacting to this crisis was to pass along without appropriate skepticism the oily optimism of BP executives that the company could
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Is he gonna be wearing a sweater and seated in from of a roaring fireplace?
Good Lord, that speech stunk the place out. What a jerk.
YAYAYAYAYAY
Nearly SIXTY - yes 60 days later - the prez is giving a speech!!!!!!
lol - can’t make this stuff up.
You will have gas lines again. Maybe soon.
Rather then cling to the failed dogmas of the 1970s, the solution is simply, mine here, drill here, build here NOW.
Just get OUT of our way 0.
He's best in front of an adoring crowd. Alone, staring into a camera is not the best venue for his oratorical skills.
BFL
BFD. It’s still pouring out... the locals are still demanding equipment, and Obama’s Administration is still sitting on it’s thumbs and not allowing equipment on site, demanding BP present their ideas to some Yes-Man, flooding the region with lawyers, adding more red tape. And Obama’s gonna preen for the cameras. FYBO!!
I hope he puts the Billy Beer away before the cameras start rolling.
More utter BS from the Regime propaganda machine
Malaise II ?
So, that means no more press conferences for a long while. But why does Hussein think anybody gives a rat's patootie about what he reads off the TelePrompter?
We haven't had one of those since the '70s.
Wonder if he will sit at the desk? If he does, I assume TOTUS will become a screen behind the camera..
Any bets on whether hear “the previous administration” in the first sentence? Paragraph? I hope we do.
In response, we need to all say “Whiny Little Bitch!”
Is Boy Zer0 going to lecture us about a “Crah-sus uhv cown-fuh-dunce?” I remember watching part of that speech and thinking what the hell is he saying other than “It’s yer fault, America!”
Carter was incompetant.
Ozero is inexperienced, ignorant and angry at this country.
But both hate Isreal.
so there is a connection.
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