Sorry for the vanity PING here:
I was born in New Orleans, and have lived within an hours drive my entire life. This disaster has not impacted me but I have an uncle who is a commercial fisherman whos life will never be the same. And several other relatives and acquaintances fish recreationally in or near the Gulf.
People are not yet realizing the impact will be nationwide. The moratorium will do more long-term economic damage than the leak itself—nationwide. So obozos response IS incompetent AND intentional.
Something needs to stick to this commie. Maybe if enough people connect him to the 3 A.M. phone call the oil will FINALLY weigh him down like it is the pelicans.
Why did it take 70 days before they asked for help from foreign skimmer ships?
Why did the Coast Guard order barges back into dock in Louisiana?
Why have Governor Jindal's requests been denied?
Why is the president not on this 24/7 with shirt sleeves rolled up on the phone in the White House (like JFK during the Cuban Missle Crisis, looking engaged and concerned) and actively locating all 2000 skimmer ships to requisition and get them out there cleaning up the biggest environmental disaster in American history??? Pronto. Not tomorrow, not next week, not in a month, or six months from now.
Instead, while all of this was going on and no one knew where the skimmer ships were, he went on vacation, he golfed, he went to a Nats game, he schmoozed and partied with Paul McCartney and other liberal pop stars. If this is the leadership, judgment, competence, and demeanor that a Harvard Law degree confers, he should ask for a tuition refund.
"It's 3 AM. Do you know where your puppet is?"
Didn’t he put them on hold for a week or two?