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Obama defending Gulf effort in Oval Office address
AP on Yahoo ^ | 6/15/10 | Jennifer Loven - ap

Posted on 06/15/2010 2:32:34 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

WASHINGTON – National anger rising, President Barack Obama is defending his efforts against the country's worst environmental disaster and hoping his first Oval Office address Tuesday night will stoke confidence that he can see the job through until the gushing oil is gone and Gulf Coast lives are back to normal.

"We're going to fight back with everything that we've got," Obama said in Pensacola, Fla., capping a two-day inspection tour of the stricken region before flying back to Washington for his evening address to the nation.

Eight weeks to the day after an offshore oil rig leased by BP PLC exploded, killed 11 workers and sent tens of millions of gallons of crude flooding into the Gulf of Mexico, Obama's high-stakes speech came during a week of constantly unfolding drama.

Lightning even struck. A bolt hit the ship siphoning oil from the still-spewing undersea leak on — injuring no one but halting containment efforts for a few hours.

Back on land, as long as the oil keeps flowing, no one seems happy with what anyone is doing to deal with it, from Obama on down.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: defending; effort; gulf; obama; ovaloffice
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56 days.

Prese__nt Obama addresses the nation from the Oval Office.

1 posted on 06/15/2010 2:32:34 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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Pres__ent Obama


2 posted on 06/15/2010 2:33:30 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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Ought to call him ol’ Tee Time ToTUS


3 posted on 06/15/2010 2:34:41 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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Way too little, way too late. He can’t talk his way out of this one.


4 posted on 06/15/2010 2:34:46 PM PDT by cblue55 (Choose life; abort Obamacare)
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To: NormsRevenge

“President Plugs” is looking better and better each day.


5 posted on 06/15/2010 2:36:00 PM PDT by ssaftler (Arizonans: Doing the job that Americans won't do.)
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To: NormsRevenge

I don’t know about you, but nothing this POS will ever say or do, will convince me that he is doing what needs to be done (or allowing others to do what needs to be done) or that he should EVER deserve anyone’s confidence in him for ANYTHING!

He never had my trust, he never had my respect and he never had my approval....and he NEVER will!!!


6 posted on 06/15/2010 2:36:24 PM PDT by Lucky9teen (I'll just say the 2nd amendment to the Constitution is there for a reason!)
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To: NormsRevenge

The ONLY circumstance I would regret missing a Zero speech would be if he resigned and I didn’t see it live...


7 posted on 06/15/2010 2:37:03 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Hey Dude, my electricity bills skyrocketed and I will have to listen to you on by hand crank radio.


8 posted on 06/15/2010 2:37:27 PM PDT by dila813
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To: cblue55

Way too little, way too late. He can’t talk his way out of this one.


He’ll make an ass of himself tonight.


9 posted on 06/15/2010 2:37:36 PM PDT by unkus
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To: NormsRevenge

We’ll see but I see this address as highlighting his incompetence. Jindal, Palin, Barbour, even Crist would have been all over this as executives. The AKTUS (or KATUS) makes you pay attention for a moment and then you realize how very small he is compared to the pubbie bench.


10 posted on 06/15/2010 2:38:07 PM PDT by jimfree (In 2012 Sarah Palin will continue to have more relevant quality executive experience than B. Obama.)
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To: NormsRevenge
That piece of garbage better not make me lose out on 'Hell's Kitchen'.

"You DONKEY!"

11 posted on 06/15/2010 2:38:23 PM PDT by The Iceman Cometh (What do Snap-On and Obama have in common? They're both tools.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Heckuva job, Barry!


12 posted on 06/15/2010 2:38:40 PM PDT by counterpunch (Heckuva job, Barry!)
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To: cblue55

“He can’t talk his way out of this one.”

Sure he will. He has the medias head stuck up his butt, and he has environmental groups like the Sierra Club saying he has done a masterful job on the disaster.


13 posted on 06/15/2010 2:40:14 PM PDT by chessplayer
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To: unkus
He’ll make an ass of himself tonight.

Might make it worth watching.

14 posted on 06/15/2010 2:40:22 PM PDT by RetroSexual
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To: cblue55

Here’s my prediction:

0’bummer will weasel and whine and make excuse after excuse. He will come off as detached and defensive. His rating number will further decline.

He’s great at teleprompted grand rhetoric and cheer-leading the dumb and dumber. He isn’t so good at selling a stinky product.

But I will not be watching as the man-boy makes me want to puke whenever I here him speak.


15 posted on 06/15/2010 2:40:35 PM PDT by downtownconservative
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To: NormsRevenge

What time is it on? It didn’t say, I don’t think. Sure have the address during the pre-game Boston/L.A. game or during the actual game itself. This is much like having the address on a Sunday at 3AM.


16 posted on 06/15/2010 2:40:48 PM PDT by library user
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To: NormsRevenge

From the Chief Flake.


17 posted on 06/15/2010 2:40:58 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: NormsRevenge

Defending the indefensible


18 posted on 06/15/2010 2:42:00 PM PDT by mort56
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To: RetroSexual

What time does the ass go on TV?


19 posted on 06/15/2010 2:42:37 PM PDT by unkus
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To: NormsRevenge

Well, ain’t that where the $100/lb, the Krystaal, and the party is everynight?


20 posted on 06/15/2010 2:43:36 PM PDT by Gaffer ("Profiling: The only profile I need is a chalk outline around their dead ass!")
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