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I come back from vacation to see Cassy’s spot is the one to watch if you really want to find out what’s going on. OBambi compared the oil spill to 9/11 then disappeared into a golf course. For several hours.
Barack Obama told Politico yesterday that this oil spill in the Gulf… why, it’s like the next 9/11 or something! Because, you know, an oil spill is just like the murders of 3,000 innocent Americans by bloodthirsty terrorists.
Obama — facing mounting criticism of his handling of the BP gusher, even from longtime allies — vowed to make a “bold” push for a new energy law even as the calamity continues to unfold. And he said he will use the rest of his presidency to try to put the United States on a course toward a “new way of doing business when it comes to energy.”
“In the same way that our view of our vulnerabilities and our foreign policy was shaped profoundly by 9/11,” the president said in an Oval Office interview on Friday, “I think this disaster is going to shape how we think about the environment and energy for many years to come.”
This, of course, was followed by some more finger-pointing (we didn’t start this mess!). Obama’s leadership style stays constant as always: refusal to take any responsibility for his own actions, and using inflammatory rhetoric without actually taking any action to back it up.
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And if this is just as bad as 9/11, then why is it that Obama has been spending more time on the golf course than he has in the Gulf? After his Politico interview Sunday, exactly what did Obama do? He played golf. Again. For four hours.Ah, our brave leader. He’s never afraid to kick some ass on the golf course, to fearlessly conquer all 18 holes, all while ignoring his actual job responsibilities. Leadership, guys. Real leadership. Gotta love it.
Here’s what drives me crazy about these democrats: If you watch the way they run their party, their campaigns, you’ll see them behave exactly the way we want the leaders of our nation to behave.
If the fulfillment of a goal requires the consumption of a resource, it’s gone.
If the only way out is through, they go through and don’t apologize.
If they have to use disproportionate force or none at all, they will deploy disproportionate force.
The positions they occupy are positions of service — not personal titles, like out of the English aristocracy, or assets. They know there are responsibilities attached to these roles, and for the good of the party, they dispatch them.
They worry about being respected for their loyalty. If they figure out someone is being disloyal, they drum him out toot-sweet.
They can’t wait to waterboard a Republican.
By their actions and by their statements, it is abundantly clear they fully understand the simple concept of destroying one thing to preserve another. But only for the good of the party. Not for the nation.
Worst crisis since 9/11, so hey let’s play some golf. Yeah, we’re in some good hands.
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“In the same way that our view of our vulnerabilities and our foreign policy was shaped profoundly by 9/11,” the president said in an Oval Office interview…”
Ya’ mean the “failed policies of the last eight years’?
““I think this disaster is going to shape how we think about the environment and energy for many years to come.”
Which explains the flawed government response. Why bother putting much effort into containment/clean up, when your motto is “can’t let a good crises go to waste”.
I think this disaster that is the Obama presidency will shape how we think about electing another teleprompter reader/community organizers/can’t lead the neighborhood drunk to the liquor store, ever again.
- tim | 06/14/2010 @ 09:51Yup, good point. I see Chairman Zero as the perfect pointy-haired boss: Once the next “Bestest Speech Ever” can be made, and has been made, the job is done. Sprinkle in some popular catchphrases and the day’s work is over, go play golf. People feel good? Seize the credit. People not happy? Deflect the blame. Decision to make? Punt.
What then does an Obama voter look like. If he works for a living, he probably knows a lot of bad bosses like this. He’s been reminded he just elected one of them President.
If he doesn’t work for a living he’s never known a boss like this. It will take a lot of news events to unfold like this, before he figures out what this type of manager is all about. Once he does figure it out, he’ll remember it.
The loyal-democrat vote will, of course, remain affixed to Obama the longest. He’s losing the hardcore zealots through the environmental issues, the peacenik issues and the gay issues. They’re going to go Green Party, except for the avowed communists — nuthin’ pro-free-enterprise about PrezBO. The middle of the road people who thought McCain was old and crazy and Palin was a ditz, they’re still recoiling in horror from the pictures of birds covered with oil. Hopefully, most of those have deserted His Holy Eminence and aren’t ever coming back.
We certainly deserve all the grief that is coming to us, if this brand of laziness and incompetence is re-elected.
- mkfreeberg | 06/14/2010 @ 11:04