Spill reveals Obama's lack of executive experience, page 2

In the first 48 hours the POTUS did more to address the crisis than Bush did in the month following Katrina.

He directed the Coast Guard to be immediately involved.
He sent the Deputy Secretery of the Interior to New Orleans.
He activated the National response Teams and Unified Area Command Centers.
He directed his staff to make sure the "entire federal government was offering all assistance needed in the rescue effort as well as in mitigating and responding to the environmental impact"

"The President asked the responding departments to devote every resource needed to respond to this incident and investigate its cause."

And he met with..
Department of Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano,
Admiral Thad Allen, United States Coast Guard Commandant,
Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar,
EPA Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepe,
FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate as well as a host of senior white house officials including Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Carol Browner, Chair of Council on Environmental Quality Nancy Sutley and Director of the National Economic Council Lawrence Summers.

AND THIS IS JUST THE FIRST 48 HOURS

April 22nd, 2010

Statement by the Press Secretary on the President's Oval Office Meeting to Discuss the Situation in the Gulf of Mexico
The President and First Lady's thoughts and prayers are with the family members and loved ones facing the tragic situation in the Gulf of Mexico. The President was briefed in the Oval Office this afternoon by a number of senior officials including Department of Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano, Admiral Thad Allen, United States Coast Guard Commandant, Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, EPA Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepe, FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate as well as a host of senior white house officials including Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Carol Browner, Chair of Council on Environmental Quality Nancy Sutley and Director of the National Economic Council Lawrence Summers.

The United States Coast Guard informed the President that search and rescue efforts are ongoing. The President made sure that the entire federal government was offering all assistance needed in the rescue effort as well as in mitigating and responding to the environmental impact and that this response was being treated as the number one priority. The President asked the responding departments to devote every resource needed to respond to this incident and investigate its cause.

The National Response Team has been activated and Unified and Area Commands have been established near New Orleans to coordinate search and rescue operations and oil spill response efforts.

The Department of the Interior and the Minerals Management Service as well as the Coast Guard are also working with responsible parties to support their important efforts to secure the pollution sources. Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Hayes was dispatched to the region yesterday to assist with coordination and response. The President wishes to thank the bravery of the professionals across the government who have worked non-stop over the last two days to save lives and protect the environment.

Now the SAME CROWD THAT WAS CHANTING DRILL BABY DRILL!! IS WONDERING WHY THE POTUS CAN'T SINGLE HANDIDLY STOP A LEAK THAT THE MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION THAT ACTUALLY BUILT THE WELL HAS FAILED TO PLUG?

What type of desperate idiots has the right wing become?

This rhetoric is transparent, hypocritical and stupid.

God help me I thought the GOP had a chance in November, but seriously I think the majority of Americans...ya know...the quite ones not blathering on about what Rush or Glen said last week...they will be at the voting booth more fearful than ever of letting these idiots have further power.

Hypocracy and idiocy is an art form for these spin dufuses.

[edit on 8-6-2010 by maybereal11]