Obama in way over his head
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President Obama just made some brief statement regarding the Gulf Oil Spill. Now he’s blaming communication problems. That might have been acceptable in the first week or two after the disaster, but not now. Are you telling me that they couldn’t find a way to communicate between boats before now? How about marine radios? How about temporary cell phone towers and handing out cell phones? How about using the Coast Guard to aid in communications?
So far, here’s a recap of Obama’s actions during this crisis:
- He ignored it
- He made a trip to the Gulf when it looked like the Top Kill method was working (but before we could know that it wasn’t)
- He made a trip when it looked like the cap would work
- He’s making a trip now after BP gave a plan to speed up containment (but before anything could be done) and before actually meeting with BP
- He sent plenty of lawyers to start placing blame
- He’s already talking about new regulations (and I’m sure Cap & Trade will be included). Maybe his administration should have been enforcing the current regulations. Missing inspections, unrealistic contingency plans, and safety awards. A third of your term is already over, you can’t blame Bush anymore.
- Played plenty of Gulf, had plenty of vacation time, and plenty of social events
His lack of ever having a real job, and total lack of management experience, are painfully apparent. Mike Huckabee managed to find and air 9 possible clean-up solutions (on his show last Saturday). At least two of them were already EPA approved and already proven. Can’t Obama’s Nobel prize winning and “best and brightest” scientists do the same?
The disaster is not his fault. It’s BPs. But his lack of leadership is sadly grossly apparent.
Mr Obama, please find someone who knows how to manage a disaster and get out of their way.
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April 25th, 2011 at 7:36 pm
Superior thinking dmoenstrtaed above. Thanks!