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Pretty much the same across the board. Pathetic, disappointing, useless, meaningless, playing politics in an attempt to push his Cap&Tax.
Can we say now for certain that the WH staffers and obama are completely tone deaf? They are mostly young, inexperienced, immature ideologues (exactly like their boss) who have no idea what they are doing. Imagine coming out with a speech like that, at this late date in the crisis.
And that, in short, is why his speech to the nation fell so flat even as he delivered it.
Instead, there was far too much of: a dissertation on the inscrutability of the future; a discussion of the commissions and studies he planned to set up; the fine credentials of his advisers; and a partial admission that he had been way too credulous in accepting “assurances” earlier this year that it was safe to ramp up off-shore drilling off the American coasts.
The few sound bytes I heard on NPR this morning were exceedingly week, even by George W. Bush standards. Moreover, even those on the president’s side were disappointed if not outright angry.
My initial thoughts when I was reading some of the “leaked” previews yesterday were that it sounded like a speech Jimmy Carter would have given. Indeed, like speeches Jimmy Carter give thirty-odd years ago.
Carter redux, on steroids. Anybody taken a look at Carter's "malaise" speech and this one?
I am really not entirely sure what the point to this Oval Office address was!
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Obama really, really wants to stop the oil spill. And he really, really wants to hold BP accountable for the damage they've done. And he really, really wants the Gulf Coast to come through this hardship and he really, really wants to wean us from our dependency on foreign oil, and oil in general.
Yes, we'd all like to see that happen, at least the first two. Reiterating his desires did absolutely nothing to tell the American people what his PLAN is to contain and clean up the oil. And the reason is - HE DOESN'T HAVE A PLAN, after 60 days, no plan.
Do watch the CNN video, where even David Gergen has a hard time stomaching the rhetoric.
And one of the gentlemen with Cooper asks a really great question at the end.
"Alternative energy makes up only 3% of all the energy in this country.
No nukes, no oil, no transmission lines for wind and solar, what is it exactly
we're going to do to get up to alternative energy where it can CARRY this country's energy needs."
He's right - nobody ever asks the president that question.
These two local officials are really on point and focused on the issues.
I think part of the problem is people are starting to get up to speed. These speeches worked early on because they were fresh and new. But Obama hasn’t said anything new since this same stuff was new back when he was the Jr. Senator from Ill.
The other part of the problem is, as per usual, Obama says one thing but does another. Pretty speeches are nice when you’ve been listening to GWB (who I like) say things like OBGYNs practicing their love on their patients.... but eventually we presidents have to do stuff. and the doing of stuff is not matching the speeches.
The good news is, Obama is a liberal and he is ruining their side. Not mine. The bad news is Obama is ruining the part of America I live in and love so much.
White House aides say he still supports a tax on carbon, but he didn't mention it last night, an omission that probably disappointed environmentalists.
I think part of the problem is people are starting to get up to speed. These speeches worked early on because they were fresh and new. But Obama hasn’t said anything new since this same stuff was new back when he was the Jr. Senator from Ill.
The other part of the problem is, as per usual, Obama says one thing but does another. Pretty speeches are nice when you’ve been listening to GWB (who I like) say things like OBGYNs practicing their love on their patients.... but eventually we presidents have to do stuff. and the doing of stuff is not matching the speeches.
The good news is, Obama is a liberal and he is ruining their side. Not mine. The bad news is Obama is ruining the part of America I live in and love so much.
Hi speeches are basically boilerplate tripe, just replace one issue with another and you wouldn't have to change anything else.
"As we recover from this recession, the transition to clean energy has the potential to grow our economy and create millions of good, middle-class jobs, but only if we accelerate that transition," Obama said. "Only if we seize the moment. And only if we rally together and act as one nation -- workers and entrepreneurs; scientists and citizens; the public and private sectors."
Gosh, doesn't that sound familiar? Just replace "clean energy" with healthcare. Same speech, same ridiculous sense of urgency.
White House aides say he still supports a tax on carbon, but he didn't mention it last night, an omission that probably disappointed environmentalists.
The words "battle plan" came from obama and his pathetic speech.
Did you see the links I posted? Mainly from the Left. The consensus is clear - a really disappointing, pathetic speech.
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