Obama Continues to Fail

Obama finally got around to talking to us about the oil spill tonight. Predictably, he spent a large portion of his address pushing "comprehensive energy legislation." That's what they're calling cap and trade now that everybody knows what cap and trade really is. Nice Obama, way to take a disaster and use it to further your political agenda. Real presidential of you. But hey it was your own chief of staff (that piece of crap Rahm Emmanuel) who said you "can't let a crisis go to waste." Gosh, I'm so glad we've elected another ideologue who can't think beyond next month's monumental legislative efforts.

Oh and then there was this line, I loved this one:

"But make no mistake: we will fight this spill with everything we've got for as long as it takes."

First of all, Obama uses these dramatic phrases all the time like "make no mistake" and "let me be clear." This is code talk for 'what I'm about to say is absolute BS but it's gonna sound like I mean business.'

Is there anybody in this country besides the 20% of Americans who are ObamaZombies who believes that Obama is really fighting this spill with everything we've got? Explain Mr. President why, in the days right after the spill your administration turned down help from the Norwegians, the Belgians, and the Dutch. These countries have some of the most advanced oil skimming ships on the planet and you told them to take a hike. There's this stupid law called the Jones Act, signed into law by our former progressive president Woodrow Wilson (a total dweeb) that requires all ships operating in the gulf waters to be American-made and American-manned. Presidents have often temporarily reversed that act during times of crisis. Bush did so immediately following Katrina. Obama refuses to do so. Why? Because the law is really popular with the unions. Who is Obama in bed with? The unions. SEIU, Andy Stern, that whole crowd.

Here's the bottom line. Obama is a monumental failure if he's required to do anything. He doesn't think about anything but politics. Anything except the interests of his inner circle. Why else would he use this opportunity to further drive a wedge into our dividing nation by pushing terribly unpopular legislation. After watching how he has handled this situation how do I manage to conclude anything other than Obama is content to let this oil spill linger for awhile in order to try and gain some public support for his cap and trade agenda? Yes, I said it. I've changed my stance. I think Obama is perfectly fine with this oil spill because it offers him an opportunity.

Think about it. Give me evidence to the contrary. He's refused foreign help, he refused to approve regulatory measures recommended by the state of Louisiana immediately following the spill which would have allowed that state to take steps to protect its waters and its coast, his emotion to this has been entirely scripted and contrived, and now tonight he spends half of his speech pushing a climate change bill? Truly, Obama is taking advantage of this crisis. It is unethical, it is immoral, and our pathetic president is a disgrace. I am ashamed to call him the president of the United States.