Time to salvage re-election by distancing from the weak. Pm George Bush.
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Dem Rep blasts Obama Gulf response as “incompetent”
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POSTED AT 12:15 PM ON JUNE 29, 2010 BY ED MORRISSEY

Plenty of Republicans have assailed Barack Obama’s handling of the Gulf crisis as “incompetent,” but few have made Katrina comparisons, mindful of the sensitivities involved in the previous disaster in the Gulf.* Democratic Rep. Gene Taylor of Mississippi isn’t nearly as shy.* Calling the federal response to the Gulf oil spill “a Katrina flashback,” Taylor ripped the Obama administration’s “incompetent” response and says he hasn’t seen anything like it since, well … let’s just say Taylor thinks Obama and his team are doing a heckuva job:

As oil spread as close as 1½ miles from Jackson County’s coast Saturday, U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor called the response to the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster “incompetent.”

“I’m having a Katrina flashback,” said the Bay St. Louis Democrat after an aerial survey of the Mississippi Sound and barrier islands Saturday morning. “I haven’t seen this much incompetence since Michael Brown was running FEMA.” …

Taylor said U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, who heads the spill response, should fix problems that include a lack of direction and equipment.

“Vessels of Opportunity do not identify themselves,” said Taylor. “There is no way to communicate with them.

All those boats are running around like headless chickens. None of them are skimming for oil. It is criminal. Between the amount of money, the amount of wasted effort, there shouldn’t be a drop of oil in the Mississippi Sound, but because of this incompetence, it is there.”

Maybe Taylor just got caught up in an emotional moment, and the Mississippi Press took advantage of it.* Perhaps he regrets his words.* One look at his official website refutes that notion.* Not only did he link to the article, he actually reproduced it entirely to make sure people know what he thinks of this response:

“It is criminal what is going on. This doesn’t have to happen, and it is not like I said ‘go fix it.’ I gave them a detailed plan how to do this two weeks ago. They are not doing any of it.”

Taylor’s plan, like the state’s, called for a multilayered response that relied heavily on skimmers to collect oil south of the barrier islands, at the island passes and within the Mississippi Sound.

“I’m absolutely furious,” said Taylor. “If the president of the United States can’t find somebody who can do this job, then let me do it.”

It could hardly hurt.* Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) concurs with Taylor, saying that a bipartisan consensus has begun to develop that Obama is in over his head.* The lack of skimmers has been a particular criticism.** Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour has had to start building skimmers, as the federal government has only provided two while the state needs at least 20.* They won’t get full capacity of skimmers on the water until the first of August now, probably far too late to keep the oil off of Mississippi’s shores.

The problem isn’t that the President can’t find someone to do this job.* The problem is the President himself isn’t up to the job of leadership required by the crisis.

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The biggest difference between Katrina and the Gulf Crisis is Bush didn’t create Katrina,Bambi created the Gulf Crisis.
DDT on June 29, 2010 at 2:11 PM
Oh, so now all of a sudden George Bush DIDN’T accept huge campaign contributions from hurricane Katrina; then waive all its safety regulations; and now overtly interfere with all efforts to stop and clean up the oil spill.
Is there no limit to how far the Right Wing Conspiracy will go in trying to whitewash George Bush’s legacy?
logis on June 29, 2010 at 2:28 PM
He’s getting his revenge on all the red-staters that voted for McCain. Obama is like the kid in [Columbine] high school that nobody, even the nerds, liked.
Ward Cleaver on June 29, 2010 at 2:20 PM
FIFY.
Don’t worry; they’ll pay.
They’ll ALL pay!

logis on June 29, 2010 at 2:30 PM

One US representative being angry at how the president has handled the oil spill = Dems bailing on Obama?

I was expecting to see an article quoting multiple democrats based on your thread title. How about saying a Dem (singular) is bailing out on President Obama. Even the article says a Dem Rep blasts Obama Gulf response as “incompetent”. Well maybe one Dem is good enough for you.

give it more time, im sure both of us will say it outloud.
I mean this is agenda pushing to the max!

go team Obamatards

Is it so crazy to think that these megalomaniacs would let the crisis get worse to further the agenda they have dedicated their lives to? I think not.

I, for one, am shocked at the number of dem replies that address the content of the post, rather than the existence of an "s" in the title...

 

Originally Posted by JasonBDizzle

give it more time, im sure both of us will say it outloud.
I mean this is agenda pushing to the max!

go team Obamatards

Wishful thinking?

 

Originally Posted by skisteve

"bailing" often begins with one. Congrats on actually reading the article and figuring it out and complaining anyhow. Oh noes so misleading! Nice redirect attempt. Buh bye.

One is does not equal a trend fwiw

 

Originally Posted by jay_bear

One is does not equal a trend fwiw

It could hardly hurt.* Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) concurs with Taylor, saying that a bipartisan consensus has begun to develop that Obama is in over his head.* The lack of skimmers has been a particular criticism.** Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour has had to start building skimmers, as the federal government has only provided two while the state needs at least 20.* They won’t get full capacity of skimmers on the water until the first of August now, probably far too late to keep the oil off of Mississippi’s shores.

guess you missed this part

 

Originally Posted by jay_bear

No I read it, one Dem agreeing with republicans = Bipartisanship, but I just don't see the line of Dems lining up against the President were is the bailing? It looks more like someone bailed on the President.

You skipped the word consensus

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Either that or you have suspect reading comprehension at best.

Regardless of which puppet is currently in office, you guys are seriously surprised by the federal governments incompetence?

Wow can't believe people think obama isn't doing a masterful job on the oil cleanup..listen..he's still too busy cleaning up the bush mess that wew ere into.. he's went down to the coast twice trying to find a solution but right now bp keeps avoiding obama and lying so I think the gov needs to step in and run bp because obama is the greatest president ever since george washington...give obama all the time he needs..he has a lot on his plate right now and needs some time to himself to think