“Who’s The Boss” of Disastrous Gulf Oil Spill Operation? Weak Leadership of Obama’s Team Flip-Flopping to Avoid Blame (video)
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on June 11, 2010
“Who’s The Boss?” was a popular sitcom in the 1980s starring Tony Danza as the hapless Tony Micelli.
America’s asking now, “Who’s the boss of the Gulf oil spill?” — and Barack Obama is starring as the hapless windbag of a leading man.
But this is no sitcom with a happy ending in 22 minutes.
On May 27, Pres. Obama declared in a lengthy press conference that he and his team were in charge of the Gulf oil spill and had been since “Day 1″ — you remember that, right? Of course you do.
I wrote this on June 2:
Remember WAAAAAY back on May 27 when Pres. Obama said this in his press conference?
The American people should know that from the moment this disaster began, the federal government has been in charge of the response effort… But make no mistake: BP is operating at our direction. Every key decision and action they take must be approved by us in advance.
Uh, not anymore. Especially now that the devastating oil spill is getting closer to Florida’s beaches, and is about to hit Mississippi and Alabama. Man-child flip-flop, eh?
As of yesterday, 53 days into the oil spill catastrophe (today is 54), they’re still not sure. If the news were good about the containment of the oil spill, however, they’d know. But the news isn’t good.
Obama’s Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is asked if BP has refused to do anything the federal government has asked the oil company to to do. Watch the video.
I think we know whose a$$ needs kicking…
They’re Still Not Sure… 53 Days Later Salazar & Obama Still Not Sure Who’s In Charge
I also wrote this on June 2:
Reminder: Pres. Obama said, “Every key decision and action they take must be approved by us in advance.”
FIFY Correction: “Every key decision and action they take must be approved by us in advance — UNLESS those decisions and actions fail, then we’ll be squirrels about it, run for the trees, and lob acorns as hard and as fast as we can at British Petroleum.”
So, who’s the boss? Team Obama’s not saying anymore…
BREAKING from Gateway Pundit: Oh My!… Team Obama Fudged Report to Push Their Oil Drilling Moratorium
Related reading:
Sweetness & Light: Obama administration moves to distance itself from BP on oil spill response
Hot Air: Obama WH now distancing itself from BP response efforts
Ben Stein, American Spectator: Oil of Today
The New Ledger, Big Government: White House Failure: On Markets, Corruption, and the Oil Spill
GayPatriot: Gulf Oil Spill & the “dominant narrative of Katrina”
No Sheeples Here: BREAKING: WH Energy Czar Browner Unaware Adm. Allen Willing to Waive Jones Act That Is Slowing Oil Spill Disaster Clean-Up and No Living Creature Should Endure This Kind Of Suffering
HillBuzz: QUESTION: What would happen if Governor Jindal just said “Screw you, I’m defending my state” to the federal government and built those barrier islands, Obama be damned
Tom Russo, Big Government: Louisiana Coast — Last Line of Defense?
Quin Hillyer, American Spectator: What the Oil Spill Means
Mcnorman’s Weblog: 10 Biggest Oil Spills
ABC World News: BP Oil Spill: Gov. Jindal Asks for Permission to Build Barrier Islands
Diary of a Mad Conservative: Gulf oil spill spells major inconvenience for the White House that still finds time for a party or 2 and Government take over of BP might be coming
Gateway Pundit: Oil Slick, What Oil Slick?… Feds Ban Flights Over Affected Gulf Coast Region and Obama Knew From the Beginning That the Oil Would Leak For Months and OBAMA OPENS CAN!… It’s Hope-&-KickA$$ Time and Barack Obama’s Golf Oil Spill – Days 1 thru 42 (Video) …Update: Obama & McCartney Sing “Hey Crude” (Video) and Change!… Bush Restored the Iraqi Marshes – Obama Destroyed the US Marshes and Rudy Giuliani on Obama’s Response to BP Oil Spill: “If You Taught Leadership 101 This Would Be an Example of Exactly NOT What to Do” (Video) and Gulf Oil Spill Nears Florida’s White Sand Beaches and Liz Cheney on Obama’s Response to BP Oil Spill: “A Gift for Reading the TelePrompter Is Not the Same as Leadership” (Video) and Louisiana Official to Obama: Your Oil Drilling Suspension “Will Kill Us” and Obama to Hold a Few More Photo Ops Before Addressing Gulf Oil Spill Disaster and Louisiana Rep. Scalise Screams at Obama: “We’re Tired of the Excuses” (Video) and Shameless… Obama Takes Swipe At Sarah Palin During Oil Spill Disaster Press Conference (Video) and Coast Guard Says BP Plugged Oil Leak in Gulf and and Sarah Palin Slams Obama For Lax Response to Gulf Oil Spill Crisis and Jindal Furious: Rips Obama For Dismal Response to Oil Spill Disaster and Dem Congress Jumps Into Action… Will Quadruple Gas Tax After Gulf Oil Spill and Kirsten Powers: Obama Administration’s Response to Gulf Oil Spill “Is Not About Campaign Donations, It’s About Incompetence” (Video) and Thick Blobs of Tar Begin Washing Up on Alabama Shore – Obama Goes Golfing and Scientists Find Giant Plumes of Oil Under Gulf… Obama Shoots Hoops and Leaked Report From April 28 Shows US Government Believed Gulf Spill Could Become “Unchecked Gusher” and It Begins… GOP Reps Call for Investigation into Obama Administration’s Slow and Weak Response to BP Gulf Oil Spill
Political Pistachio: Gulf Oil Spill and the President’s Schedule
Frugal Café Blog Zone: Obama’s Oil Spill — Liz Cheney: “Gift for Reading the TelePrompter Is Not the Same As Leadership’ — Gov Jindal: “There Could Have Been a Greater Sense of Urgency” (video)
Political Writer Peggy Noonan: “Obama Was Suppose to Be Competent,” Gulf Oil Spill Debacle May Be His Undoing and Gulf Oil Leak Plug Failure — “Top Kill” Didn’t Work, Obama Likely Won’t Accept Blame Even Though BP Is Operating Under His Authority, Rep. Scalise Hits the Roof (video) and Louisiana Coast Oil Spill Photo Op… What in the Heck Is Obama Doing in This Photo? and Gulf Oil Spill Roundup: Obama’s Press Conference, Diving into the Gulf Oil Spill to See the Disaster, & Obama’s Head of Mineral Management Service Resigns in Wake of BP Spill (video) and Do or Die on the Gulf: Carville’s Oil Rant Against Obama, Dowd on Illegal Immigration (video) and Priorities: Oil Spill Help or More AZ Bashing? Obama Thrilled with Phoenix Suns Pro-Illegal Alien “Los Suns” Jerseys in NBA Interview, Drags Feet Responding to Jindal’s Pleas for Help with Louisiana Oil Spill Crisis and Louisiana’s Gov. Bobby Jindal Fed Up, Won’t Continue to Wait for Team Obama’s Help with Oil Disaster — Won’t Wait for Permission, Will Start Building Sand Booms to Save Coast and The Gulf & Golf: Oil Continues to Gush & Contaminate Louisiana Coastline, Bureaucrat Commission Named in Lieu of Actually Getting Involved, & Obama Golfs… Again (video)
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Sister Toldjah: Feds consult with director James Cameron for #oilspill ideas
Motor City Times: Obama Decides To Unilaterally Stop Drilling For Oil
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