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View Poll Results: Who deserves more blame for the BP oil spill?
BP CEO Tony Hayward 50 76.92%
President Barack Obama 10 15.38%
Not sure 5 7.69%
Voters: 65. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 06-19-2010, 07:34 PM
 
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Tony Hayward is the CEO of BP, but judging by some of the comments I've heard, my impression is that there are some Americans who blame President Obama more than they blame Tony Hayward.
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Old 06-19-2010, 07:38 PM
 
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If you claim Obama is, please list WHY. I'd love to see the logic behind that one.
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Old 06-19-2010, 07:45 PM
 
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how obama "god" that he is, could have anything to do with this spill is only based on partisan wishful thinking.
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Old 06-19-2010, 07:46 PM
 
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These big crybabies would blame Obama if they ran out of tissue in the mens room...lol They need to give it a break,,,
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Old 06-19-2010, 07:57 PM
 
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I don't like Obama but I don't blame him for this mess, I blame BP. I do wish Obama would cut the red tape for the gulf states to do that they need to clean up but I don't blame him for the spill at all.
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Old 06-19-2010, 08:00 PM
 
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BP is responsible for the spill. The president is responsible for the United States and coordinating the cleanup. How long did it take for him to speak to the BP CEO? GWB would've had the guy on the phone in less than 24 hours ripping him a new one.

I know you libs like this guy, but he has no managerial experience, he surrounds himself with people with no managerial experience, and he is terrible in a crises. Reagan, Clinton and both Bushes had White House Chief's of Staff who had real world, practical experience and knew how to run things. Obama has Rahm Emanuel.

Look at the healthcare bill. After Scott Brown was elected, Obama was ready to throw his hands up and walk away. It was Pelosi's fierce persistence that pushed the healthcare bill through, not Obama.

This president is way out of his depth. Obama belongs firmly on the list of those responsible for this mess, and only his most ardent apologists could possibly think otherwise.
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Old 06-19-2010, 08:44 PM
 
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Nobody will touch this one. Sure they whine about Obama, but to actually put a line in the sand saying he is the one most responsible would be a reflection on their own intellectual prowess or lack thereof.

Most of them at some level get this.
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Old 06-19-2010, 08:48 PM
 
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Nobody will touch this one. Sure they whine about Obama, but to actually put a line in the sand saying he is the one most responsible would be a reflection on their own intellectual prowess or lack thereof.

Most of them at some level get this.
I agree. They'll blame Obama, but they don't have any rational explanations as to why he should considered more to blame than Tony Hayward. It's more evidence that they'll blame Obama for anything and everything, no matter how ridiculous they sound.
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Old 06-19-2010, 08:57 PM
 
Location: SARASOTA, FLORIDA
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BP's problem but in a disaster in our federal land that is Obama's responsibility.

They both failed us.

Obamas is going to get all of the blame because he has on several occasions turned away help that was offered that would have been a different result had he not make such stupid decisions.

This is in our federal waters, Obamas responsibility.

Hope we do not have another disaster and Obama and his followers wait 60 days to get anything started.
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Old 06-19-2010, 08:59 PM
 
Location: SARASOTA, FLORIDA
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BP is responsible for the spill. The president is responsible for the United States and coordinating the cleanup. How long did it take for him to speak to the BP CEO? GWB would've had the guy on the phone in less than 24 hours ripping him a new one.

I know you libs like this guy, but he has no managerial experience, he surrounds himself with people with no managerial experience, and he is terrible in a crises. Reagan, Clinton and both Bushes had White House Chief's of Staff who had real world, practical experience and knew how to run things. Obama has Rahm Emanuel.

Look at the healthcare bill. After Scott Brown was elected, Obama was ready to throw his hands up and walk away. It was Pelosi's fierce persistence that pushed the healthcare bill through, not Obama.

This president is way out of his depth. Obama belongs firmly on the list of those responsible for this mess, and only his most ardent apologists could possibly think otherwise.

Perfecto!

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