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» posted on Monday, June 21st, 2010 at 9:01 am by 84rules
Obama Turning The Corner On The Gulf Oil Spill?
After all the rhetoric Obama and his cronies spewed last week, they apparently seem to think the crisis is over since their attention is no longer focused on the spill.
According to Michael D. Shear of the Washington Post:
| Has the president turned the corner on the oil drilling crisis?
This week’s schedule for President Obama suggests that the White House believes he has. After dominating the conversation in Washington all last week, the environmental crisis in the Gulf of Mexico does not appear front and center on the White House calendar. Not that the West Wing can afford to take their eye off the ball, as chief of staff Rahm Emanuel acknowledged yesterday during a rare Sunday morning television appearance. “What’s important is, are we capping the well?,” he told ABC’s Jake Tapper on the network’s “This Week” program. “Are we capturing the oil? Are we containing the clean-up? Are we filing the claims? Are we also cleaning up the mess? That’s what’s important.” But the administration is clearly expecting — maybe hoping — that the intense public attention on the spill fades a bit, starting with this week, giving them a chance to turn to other subjects. |
Wait a minute! We are entering Summer vacation time and a large segment of America’s vacation region is being threatened by a massive oil spill and the White House actually believes that our attention can be directed elsewhere? This is just another attempt by Obama to cover-up his own incompetence at handling the situation.
Here is what Obama has planned as a diversion:
| For the rest of the week, Obama and his aides hope they can focus on Afghanistan, health insurance reform, relations with Russia (whose president arrives for a visit on Thursday) and the global economy.
Obama departs Thursday for Canada for the G-20 gathering of the world’s largest economies. Ahead of the meeting, the president warned the group last week that members must redouble their prior commitments or risk allowing the global economy to sink once again. Tuesday’s meeting with state health care commissioners is another chance for Obama to remind the public of the benefits he predicts will come from the massive overhaul of the nation’s health-care system. And Tuesday night’s White House celebration of gay and lesbian pride month should be an upbeat event for Obama. That constituency — which has been angry about the slow pace of some changes — is likely to be happier at this year’s version of the annual event, as Congress is on the verge of ending the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. |
Yes! God forbid that the worst environmental disaster in the Gulf take any time away from pandering to the radical agenda of gays and lesbians! Clearly listening to the complaints of the gay community is more important than solving the problem that is putting thousands of people in the Gulf region out of work and destroying the livelihood of thousands more!
Whatever complaints the Dems had about the way George w. Bush handled Katrina, Obama has proven to be at least twice as bad.
You can access the complete article on-line here:
Turning The Corner On The Gulf Oil Spill?
Michael D. Shear
Washington Post
June 21, 2010
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» posted on Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 at 2:08 pm by Jim Hoft
White Flag Wavers in White House Say Cheney Failed in Afghanistan
Barack Obama told supporters in 2007 that genocide was not an excuse to keep US troops in Iraq. He voted to surrender to Al-Qaeda and the Iraqi terrorists several times. His pride prevented him from admitting that the Bush Surge was one of the most successful military campaigns in US history.
Today the dithering and waffling White House attacked Cheney for failing in Afghanistan.
This is despite the fact that US troop deaths in Afghanistan will nearly double under Barack Obama’s leadership this year.
(ICasualties)
The Politico reported:
A day after former Vice President Cheney charged the Obama administration …
… with “dithering” over its strategy for the war in Afghanistan, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs returned fire with guns blazing.
“What Vice President Cheney calls dithering, President Obama calls his solemn responsibility to the men and women in uniform,” Gibbs said Thursday. “I think we’ve all seen what happens when somebody doesn’t take that responsibility seriously.”
Calling Cheney’s comment “curious,” Gibbs attacked the Bush administration for allegedly taking years to provide the support necessary for the war effort in Afghanistan.
“I think it’s pretty safe to say that the vice president was for seven years not focused on Afghanistan,” Gibbs said. “Even more curious given the fact that an increase in troops sat on desks in this White House, including the vice president’s, for more than eight months.”
Sorry guys.
Your whiney excuses are wearing thin.
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» posted on Monday, October 19th, 2009 at 6:33 am by Jim Hoft
Obama Fiddles As Kabul Burns
“His plan comes up short. There’s not enough troops, not enough resources and not enough urgency. What President Bush and Senator McCain don’t understand is that the central front in the War on Terror is not in Iraq and never was. The central front is in Afghanistan and Pakistan where the terrorists who hit us on 9-11 are still plotting attacks seven years later.”
Barack Obama
Campaign Speech
September 9, 2008
Here’s a reminder of what tough-talking Barack Obama said about “the central front in the War on Terror” during the campaign:
But that was last year during the campaign.
Now Barack Obama says the future of American support for Afghanistan will depend on whether or not the fledgling Afghan government is a “true partner” with the United States or not.
The BBC reported:
The White House has said that it will take no decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan until it determines the new government is a “true partner”.
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel told CNN TV it would be “reckless” to take such a decision without a thorough analysis of the new government.
Washington is debating a request for 40,000 more troops in Afghanistan.
Results from an investigation into fraud claims in the presidential poll are due in the next few days.
It is expected to reveal that incumbent President Hamid Karzai did not achieve more than the 50% of votes needed to avoid a second round.
But wasn’t Afghanistan supposed to be the central front on the War on Terror?
What could have possibly changed since last year?
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