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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 01:29 PM Original message |
A year and a half into his Presidency, the Gulf oil disaster is not Obama's fault for this reason. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Half pass |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I agree with you somewhat, but I'm not ready to place the blame on his shoulders yet. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 01:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Blame is the wrong word anyway |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Have to substantially agree |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I haven't found the word yet |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 04:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. He's an actual conservative. Not a radical regressive or a Reich reactionary |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 07:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Elements of that |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. I agree. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I would prefer they changed the name and no doubt there is a culture |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. Obamas got some oil on his hands in this too. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. The disaster is not his fault. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Industry would love that. They so remind me of the corporation in |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Yes. |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. It's not Obama's "fault", but he doesn't get a "pass" either. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 05:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I'm not disagreeing with you and you outline the need to start taking |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. 100% agreed. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
14. He hired Rahm. That was his first screw up. And Rahm hired every DLCer he could. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I really wish the DLC would form their own party and leave ours to go back to |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 06:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. ^ Amen! After Rahm, the deluge ^ |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
16. When the drilling from these leases go bad, whom should we blame? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I'm putting ninety percent of the blame on the former administration. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Think how nice it would have been to read/see "No new leases". It |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. This administration is guilty for favoring industry over people, however, |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
17. Not his fault, however... |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
18. Russian and Chinese invasion, pretty funny!! In 15 minutes from |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Since I lived at that time and was a member for a short time of the |
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Foo Fighter (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
27. I have to disagree with you on this one. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. We, the people are the government, in a democracy. When a disaster happens, |
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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
29. What happened to the thorough reviews of government agencies? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. You make a good point and you are right about a lot of this. |
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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I agree with you to a point |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 10:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Aw if only he could be Truman or FDR, but he can't. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
31. How in the hell can you give Obama a pass on this one when he has yet to seize control?! |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. That's because there was no plan in place to begin with. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Seize control of what, exactly? |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
32. Just out of curiousity, has anyone even suggested that it was his fault? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 10:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. The problem is, that I don't obsess over Obama. I didn't vote for him |
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