Two Vacations During Oil Spill: It's Good To Be The King.

[LibocalypseNow]

The President is set to embark on his second vacation since the tragic BP oil spill began over a month ago. Before this,he is expected to head out to California for a hefty Barbara Boxer fundraiser. Two vacations in a month? Yikes! This shocking stuff makes me want to ask two questions...(1) Is it right for our President to go on numerous vacations during such an awful national calamity? (2) Would the MSM give this same free pass they are giving this current President if he were a Republican? I would be very interested in hearing what others think about this. This is an incredibly horrific disaster and i just haven't seen any real leadership on it so far. Thanks.

 

[Sinatra]

The President is set to embark on his second vacation since the tragic BP oil spill began over a month ago. Before this,he is expected to head out to California for a hefty Barbara Boxer fundraiser. Two vacations in a month? Yikes! This shocking stuff makes me want to ask two questions...(1) Is it right for our President to go on numerous vacations during such an awful national calamity? (2) Would the MSM give this same free pass they are giving this current President if he were a Republican? I would be very interested in hearing what others think about this. This is an incredibly horrific disaster and i just haven't seen any real leadership on it so far. Thanks.

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Obama is an absolute tool, proving to be a political fiasco of EPIC proportions...

 

[hjmick]

I said it when Bush was slammed for his vacations, I'll say it now:

If you believe that a President is truly on vacation when he goes on vacation, I have some beach front property in Las Cruces I'd like to sell you...

 

[Sherry]

I said it when Bush was slammed for his vacations, I'll say it now:

If you believe that a President is truly on vacation when he goes on vacation, I have some beach front property in las Cruces I'd like to sell you...

I agree. In response to the OP's second question, my answer would be a definitive NO.

 

[masquerade]

The President is set to embark on his second vacation since the tragic BP oil spill began over a month ago. Before this,he is expected to head out to California for a hefty Barbara Boxer fundraiser. Two vacations in a month? Yikes! This shocking stuff makes me want to ask two questions...(1) Is it right for our President to go on numerous vacations during such an awful national calamity? (2) Would the MSM give this same free pass they are giving this current President if he were a Republican? I would be very interested in hearing what others think about this. This is an incredibly horrific disaster and i just haven't seen any real leadership on it so far. Thanks.

We must remember ... this isn't about him.
I read this morning that he hasn't been back to Chicago in some time and since he's sending his side-kick Biden to the Memorial Day services at Arlington National Cemetary, this vacation is really about his peeps back home.

 

[VaYank5150]

The President is set to embark on his second vacation since the tragic BP oil spill began over a month ago. Before this,he is expected to head out to California for a hefty Barbara Boxer fundraiser. Two vacations in a month? Yikes! This shocking stuff makes me want to ask two questions...(1) Is it right for our President to go on numerous vacations during such an awful national calamity? (2) Would the MSM give this same free pass they are giving this current President if he were a Republican? I would be very interested in hearing what others think about this. This is an incredibly horrific disaster and i just haven't seen any real leadership on it so far. Thanks.

I sure hope the GOP is paying you well to make such an ass of yourself day in and day out.

 

[LibocalypseNow]

The President is set to embark on his second vacation since the tragic BP oil spill began over a month ago. Before this,he is expected to head out to California for a hefty Barbara Boxer fundraiser. Two vacations in a month? Yikes! This shocking stuff makes me want to ask two questions...(1) Is it right for our President to go on numerous vacations during such an awful national calamity? (2) Would the MSM give this same free pass they are giving this current President if he were a Republican? I would be very interested in hearing what others think about this. This is an incredibly horrific disaster and i just haven't seen any real leadership on it so far. Thanks.

I sure hope the GOP is paying you well to make such an ass of yourself day in and day out.

Uh ok?

 

[VaYank5150]

The President is set to embark on his second vacation since the tragic BP oil spill began over a month ago. Before this,he is expected to head out to California for a hefty Barbara Boxer fundraiser. Two vacations in a month? Yikes! This shocking stuff makes me want to ask two questions...(1) Is it right for our President to go on numerous vacations during such an awful national calamity? (2) Would the MSM give this same free pass they are giving this current President if he were a Republican? I would be very interested in hearing what others think about this. This is an incredibly horrific disaster and i just haven't seen any real leadership on it so far. Thanks.

I sure hope the GOP is paying you well to make such an ass of yourself day in and day out.

Uh ok?

Hey....that response actually SOUNDED like the parrot that you are. Good show!

 

[Si modo]

Where's Kanye West when LA needs him?

 

[VaYank5150]

Where's Kanye West when LA needs him?

Why? Who needs an ass whippin' this time?

 

[LibocalypseNow]

In fact i'll go even one step further. I believe that if a Republican was in the White House right now,most of these Socialists/Progressives on this very board would be screeching for Impeachment 24/7 over this awful catastrophe. This President also took the most cash from BP of any politician in America. You don't hear too much about that from the MSM huh? Has he even criticized BP yet? Imagine a Republican in the White House right now who had received the most cash from BP. What would all these Hopey Changeys being saying about that? Hmm?

 

[Sinatra]

In fact i'll go even one step further. I believe that if a Republican was in the White House right now,most of these Socialists/Progressives on this very board would be screeching for Impeachment 24/7 over this awful catastrophe. This President also took the most cash from BP of any politician in America. You don't hear too much about that from the MSM huh? Has he even criticized BP yet? Imagine a Republican in the White House right now who had received the most cash from BP. What would all these Hopey Changeys being saying about that? Hmm?

You are correct - but now even the liberal media is getting pissed at how utterly stupid and incompetent Obama is proving to be.

Even by liberals standards Obama is a fuck up...

 

[LibocalypseNow]

In fact i'll go even one step further. I believe that if a Republican was in the White House right now,most of these Socialists/Progressives on this very board would be screeching for Impeachment 24/7 over this awful catastrophe. This President also took the most cash from BP of any politician in America. You don't hear too much about that from the MSM huh? Has he even criticized BP yet? Imagine a Republican in the White House right now who had received the most cash from BP. What would all these Hopey Changeys being saying about that? Hmm?

You are correct - but now even the liberal media is getting pissed at how utterly stupid and incompetent Obama is proving to be.

Even by liberals standards Obama is a fuck up...

You could be right. I'll wait and see on that though. I haven't seen them criticize this White House's epic incompetence on this awful disaster yet. Taking another vacation? My God,the MSM should be ripping him a new one over that. I'm sure if he were a Republican,they would be doing that ripping 24/7.

 

[hjmick]

The President is set to embark on his second vacation since the tragic BP oil spill began over a month ago. Before this,he is expected to head out to California for a hefty Barbara Boxer fundraiser. Two vacations in a month? Yikes! This shocking stuff makes me want to ask two questions...(1) Is it right for our President to go on numerous vacations during such an awful national calamity? (2) Would the MSM give this same free pass they are giving this current President if he were a Republican? I would be very interested in hearing what others think about this. This is an incredibly horrific disaster and i just haven't seen any real leadership on it so far. Thanks.

I have put in bold what I consider to be the more pertinent part of your OP.

This is interesting to me because I was giving some thought yesterday as to why the administration has not pushed BP aside and taken the reigns. It's obvious BP is at a loss as to what to do. Faced with a disaster no one was apparently prepared for, with no clue as to how to stop it, BP looks more and more like the Keystone Cops of drilling and clean-up. Now, I am fairly certain that our government is no more better equipped to stop the flow than BP, unless one wants to resort to really high explosives, but they could do no worse and we would not be left questioning the answers to questions posed to BP.

There are any number of companies whose expertise could be tapped by the feds for help.

We deal with it, send BP the bill. They've had more than a month to work this out and put an end to the destruction.

So, why has the Obama administration, after thirty-six days, not pushed BP aside and taken control?

I have come up with only one answer. Because when they do, it becomes "Obama's oil spill." Not in the sense that he caused it, that should go without saying. But in the sense that it isn't being stopped, that the clean up isn't happening fast enough. As long as BP is in charge, it's their fault. The administration can blame someone else. They are not responsible.

I do not come by this answer because I "hate Obama," because I do not hate the man. I do not come by this answer because I am a Republican, as I am not. I do not come by this answer through any thing other than a pattern of behavior.

For nearly eighteen months, nothing has been Obama's fault. The wars? Bush. The economy? Bush. Jobs? Bush. Bush Bush Bush...

Did Bush make mistakes? Absolutely. Did Obama inherit an economy on it's way down? There can be no doubt about it. But nothing he has done thus far has worked all that well. The economy is still in the tank, unemployment numbers are still too high, and the country is in debt up to it's proverbial armpits. Bush didn't do all of that from Crawford. When does Obama man up and take responsibility for the work he has done?

If a corporation hired a new CEO with the idea he would help it grow, lead it to prosperity, and keep the employees happy, what do you think the board of directors would do if the new CEO spent his first two years blaming the last guy for the continued decline of the company?

I like Obama fine. I'd like him more if he would lead...

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Even Carville has commented that the Gulf oil spill seems to be nothing more than a nuiscance to Obama and that he seems to be out to lunch.

Gee James.... YA THINK?

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Obama has ben in a perpetual state of vacation since 1/20/2009. Or is out to lunch a better description?

 

[LibocalypseNow]

He should postpone this vacation. That really would be the right thing to do.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

It's time to face it... Obama is in so far over his head it is scary.

 

[rightwinger]

The President is set to embark on his second vacation since the tragic BP oil spill began over a month ago. Before this,he is expected to head out to California for a hefty Barbara Boxer fundraiser. Two vacations in a month? Yikes! This shocking stuff makes me want to ask two questions...(1) Is it right for our President to go on numerous vacations during such an awful national calamity? (2) Would the MSM give this same free pass they are giving this current President if he were a Republican? I would be very interested in hearing what others think about this. This is an incredibly horrific disaster and i just haven't seen any real leadership on it so far. Thanks.

Ughh...

I need a vacation

 

[MaggieMae]

The President is set to embark on his second vacation since the tragic BP oil spill began over a month ago. Before this,he is expected to head out to California for a hefty Barbara Boxer fundraiser. Two vacations in a month? Yikes! This shocking stuff makes me want to ask two questions...(1) Is it right for our President to go on numerous vacations during such an awful national calamity? (2) Would the MSM give this same free pass they are giving this current President if he were a Republican? I would be very interested in hearing what others think about this. This is an incredibly horrific disaster and i just haven't seen any real leadership on it so far. Thanks.

I have put in bold what I consider to be the more pertinent part of your OP.

This is interesting to me because I was giving some thought yesterday as to why the administration has not pushed BP aside and taken the reigns. It's obvious BP is at a loss as to what to do. Faced with a disaster no one was apparently prepared for, with no clue as to how to stop it, BP looks more and more like the Keystone Cops of drilling and clean-up. Now, I am fairly certain that our government is no more better equipped to stop the flow than BP, unless one wants to resort to really high explosives, but they could do no worse and we would not be left questioning the answers to questions posed to BP.

There are any number of companies whose expertise could be tapped by the feds for help.

We deal with it, send BP the bill. They've had more than a month to work this out and put an end to the destruction.

So, why has the Obama administration, after thirty-six days, not pushed BP aside and taken control?

I have come up with only one answer. Because when they do, it becomes "Obama's oil spill." Not in the sense that he caused it, that should go without saying. But in the sense that it isn't being stopped, that the clean up isn't happening fast enough. As long as BP is in charge, it's their fault. The administration can blame someone else. They are not responsible.

I do not come by this answer because I "hate Obama," because I do not hate the man. I do not come by this answer because I am a Republican, as I am not. I do not come by this answer through any thing other than a pattern of behavior.

For nearly eighteen months, nothing has been Obama's fault. The wars? Bush. The economy? Bush. Jobs? Bush. Bush Bush Bush...

Did Bush make mistakes? Absolutely. Did Obama inherit an economy on it's way down? There can be no doubt about it. But nothing he has done thus far has worked all that well. The economy is still in the tank, unemployment numbers are still too high, and the country is in debt up to it's proverbial armpits. Bush didn't do all of that from Crawford. When does Obama man up and take responsibility for the work he has done?

If a corporation hired a new CEO with the idea he would help it grow, lead it to prosperity, and keep the employees happy, what do you think the board of directors would do if the new CEO spent his first two years blaming the last guy for the continued decline of the company?

I like Obama fine. I'd like him more if he would lead...

I don't know why I have to keep reminding people that if Obama just "took over" BP, the righties would be yelling so hard and fast that they'd forget there was still oil gushing out of that hole in favor of lambasting him as a dictator. Even his "boot on the neck" comment resulted in all kinds of screaming from the right, although it was a simple cliche.

It's totally, hysterically funny that the die-hard "conservatives" want no part of any assistance from the federal government, UNLESS it is an opportunity to bash this administration or is something that would benefit THEM.

Fucking hypocrites.