FACT CHECK!: Obama Left Blanks In Oil Spill Speech

[masquerade]

WASHINGTON – In assuring Americans that BP won't control the compensation fund for Gulf oil spill recovery, President Barack Obama failed to mention that the government won't control it, either.

That means it's anyone's guess whether the government can, in fact, make BP pay all costs related to the spill.

Obama aimed high in his prime-time Oval Office address Tuesday night — perhaps higher than the facts support and history teaches — as he vowed to restore livelihoods and nature from the still-unfolding calamity in the Gulf of Mexico.

A look at some of his statements and how they compare with those facts:

Masq, please keep linked material to around 3 paragraphs, and do not post an entire article per USMB's copyright policy! thanks! care

FACT CHECK: Obama left blanks in oil spill speech

 

[rdean]

Well, at least he didn't tell outright lies like Bush and the Republicans.

 

[hboats]

Well, at least he didn't tell outright lies like Bush and the Republicans.

Boooooosssssssshhhhhhh. This whole world revolves around Bush for you doesn't it?

Rick

 

[VaYank5150]

Well, at least he didn't tell outright lies like Bush and the Republicans.

Boooooosssssssshhhhhhh. This whole world revolves around Bush for you doesn't it?

Rick

We are still stuck in Iraq...costing us TRILLIONS...because of Bush. Did you REALLY think he would no longer have culpability simply because his term ended?

 

[masquerade]

Well, at least he didn't tell outright lies like Bush and the Republicans.

Typical response. When faced with facts, you turn to Bush.

 

[masquerade]

Well, at least he didn't tell outright lies like Bush and the Republicans.

Boooooosssssssshhhhhhh. This whole world revolves around Bush for you doesn't it?

Rick

We are still stuck in Iraq...costing us TRILLIONS...because of Bush. Did you REALLY think he would no longer have culpability simply because his term ended?

This thread isn't about the war in Iraq, how much it's costing or former President Bush. Stay on topic please.

 

[VaYank5150]

Boooooosssssssshhhhhhh. This whole world revolves around Bush for you doesn't it?

Rick

We are still stuck in Iraq...costing us TRILLIONS...because of Bush. Did you REALLY think he would no longer have culpability simply because his term ended?

This thread isn't about the war in Iraq, how much it's costing or former President Bush. Stay on topic please.

Oh, that's right...you righties want to dismiss the TRILLIONS this bumble is costing us, but bitch about new spending from Obama.....

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

rdean.. the quintessential mental midget.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

We are still stuck in Iraq...costing us TRILLIONS...because of Bush. Did you REALLY think he would no longer have culpability simply because his term ended?

This thread isn't about the war in Iraq, how much it's costing or former President Bush. Stay on topic please.

Oh, that's right...you righties want to dismiss the TRILLIONS this bumble is costing us, but bitch about new spending from Obama.....

Then why did the Democrats ramp us up to this war back in the nineties insisting there were WMD's and that Iraq had to be dealt with?

 

[masquerade]

We are still stuck in Iraq...costing us TRILLIONS...because of Bush. Did you REALLY think he would no longer have culpability simply because his term ended?

This thread isn't about the war in Iraq, how much it's costing or former President Bush. Stay on topic please.

Oh, that's right...you righties want to dismiss the TRILLIONS this bumble is costing us, but bitch about new spending from Obama.....

I'm not trying to dismiss anything and I haven't said a word about Obama's out-of-control spending .... in this thread.

Please re-read the article I posted in the OP.

 

[Angelhair]

Well, at least he didn't tell outright lies like Bush and the Republicans.

Boooooosssssssshhhhhhh. This whole world revolves around Bush for you doesn't it?

Rick

We are still stuck in Iraq...costing us TRILLIONS...because of Bush. Did you REALLY think he would no longer have culpability simply because his term ended?

Gee, well let's go back all the way to the WW1 and then on to WW2, Vietnam, and ad infinitum! Let's play the blame game all the way back to this country's inception.

 

[Gremlin-USA]

Well, at least he didn't tell outright lies like Bush and the Republicans.

So small lies are OK?

Is that like it is less wrong to kill one person instead of two?


BO has told so many lies, I gave up counting!!!!!!!!


.

 

[Gremlin-USA]

Well, at least he didn't tell outright lies like Bush and the Republicans.

Boooooosssssssshhhhhhh. This whole world revolves around Bush for you doesn't it?

Rick

We are still stuck in Iraq...costing us TRILLIONS...because of Bush. Did you REALLY think he would no longer have culpability simply because his term ended?

BO promised during his long drawn out Campaign to get the Troops out of Iraq by June 2010, after he got elected he has changed it to August 2010, It will not be long before we find he is a double liar on that one.

.

 

[hboats]

Well, at least he didn't tell outright lies like Bush and the Republicans.

Boooooosssssssshhhhhhh. This whole world revolves around Bush for you doesn't it?

Rick

We are still stuck in Iraq...costing us TRILLIONS...because of Bush. Did you REALLY think he would no longer have culpability simply because his term ended?

Wow, it's easy to see that liberals around here don't know how to read very well. This thread has had what to do with the war in Iraq?

Rick

 

[Jarhead]

Boooooosssssssshhhhhhh. This whole world revolves around Bush for you doesn't it?

Rick

We are still stuck in Iraq...costing us TRILLIONS...because of Bush. Did you REALLY think he would no longer have culpability simply because his term ended?

Wow, it's easy to see that liberals around here don't know how to read very well. This thread has had what to do with the war in Iraq?

Rick

It is known as diversion. If one can not refute what the OP says, then one diverts to another topic.

 

[hboats]

We are still stuck in Iraq...costing us TRILLIONS...because of Bush. Did you REALLY think he would no longer have culpability simply because his term ended?

This thread isn't about the war in Iraq, how much it's costing or former President Bush. Stay on topic please.

Oh, that's right...you righties want to dismiss the TRILLIONS this bumble is costing us, but bitch about new spending from Obama.....

And once again, you might benefit from some tutors in reading. Where is this thread about out of control spending?

Here's a clue for you. This thread is about fact checking President Obama's speech from the Oval Office last night that was televised on all major networks. Now, do you have something to say about that topic or are you going to keep trying to derail this thread?

Rick

 

[hboats]

We are still stuck in Iraq...costing us TRILLIONS...because of Bush. Did you REALLY think he would no longer have culpability simply because his term ended?

Wow, it's easy to see that liberals around here don't know how to read very well. This thread has had what to do with the war in Iraq?

Rick

It is known as diversion. If one can not refute what the OP says, then one diverts to another topic.

And screams BUSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rick

 

[Skull Pilot]

Well Obama inspired me.

He's willing to fight for the America he wants to leave our children.....even if he doesn't know what it looks like or how to get there.

 

[The Rabbi]

Well, at least he didn't tell outright lies like Bush and the Republicans.

Actually, he did and does tell outright lies. Check it on CSPAN.
And Bush never lied. Sorry to disappoint you and the voices in your head.
But maybe you can address the OP in your next post.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

Well, at least he didn't tell outright lies like Bush and the Republicans.

Boooooosssssssshhhhhhh. This whole world revolves around Bush for you doesn't it?

Rick

We are still stuck in Iraq...costing us TRILLIONS...because of Bush. Did you REALLY think he would no longer have culpability simply because his term ended?

Didn't Obama promise to get our troops out of Iraq? Didn't Obama promise to close Gitmo ? Didn't Obama promise a lot of things that he never delivered on?

You stupid partisan hack!