Obama's Oil Spill - Just Blame Bush

By Douglas V. Gibbs

So what is a president to do after attacking the last president over a hurricane, and then fouling up his own handling of an oil spill?

Blame Bush, or course. It worked during his campaign.

Besides, Obama has much more pressing matters than to worry about the ecological devastation of an oil spill. He has the dire need to attend Democratic fundraisers, play golf, host basketball and football teams at the White House and deliver commencement speeches (and that isn't even considering the parties and concerts).

Those things are much more important that the oil spill, right?

Besides, after two weeks passed, he did actually show up in Lousiana to survey the situation.

Now remember, Bush was criticized for not getting FEMA into the hurricane devastated zone for days, even though he could not constitutionally do so until the state allowed the federal government to assist. Obama's spill, however, is in U.S. waters outside State jurisdiction, which means unlike Bush, Obama didn't have to wait for State approval. It turns out Obama just didn't show up in a timely manner because he didn't want to, or care to, for whatever reason.

But, hey, they've hired a bunch of people to smell the shrimp to make sure it isn't tainted with oil! That's something, isn't it? [Rolling my eyes]

Maybe it was all the concerts that got Obama so bamboozled.

Just remember, despite Obama's slower response than Bush, and the fact the rig that exploded received a safety award during Obama's watch, it is all Bush's fault. It must be. Obama says so.

And this must be an unbelievable crisis that the Democrats can use as a lauch pad for political opportunism, right? It's not like such volumes of oil would enter the ocean naturally, right?

BUZZ - The Left is wrong again.

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Obama Brings Nixonian Twist to Oil Spill - Washington Examiner

Interior Department Gave Deepwater Horizon Operators Safety Award in 2009 - All Gov.

We Done Did Stupid – Lets Not Compound the Issue People (Smell Test) - PPJ Gazette

Obama the Incompetent - Dick Morris

Natural oil leaks equal to 8–80 Exxon Valdez spills - InTech, ISA