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Recently, all I’ve seen and read regarding the worst oil spill in American history is the people questioning whether President Barack Obama cares. They want him to show anger or any kind of emotion.
I think it is unbelievable that this topic is circling through media outlets.
Well, maybe it’s not all that unbelievable.
Have you seen Fox News lately?
Since it seems like there is not enough to talk about in regards to the president, they want to see Obama angry and yelling. They want to know he cares.
If the people who are saying this actually stop and listen, they may have their questions answered.
But wait. We’re in America, and according to some language experts on CNN, the president speaks too professionally for most Americans to understand.
Spike Lee wants to see the president “go off” at least one time.
How can these people expect that from our president?
We’re talking about the highest seat in our country. We elected him, so why do people want to see him lose his composure?
What kind of images do you think it would send if Obama just “went off” on someone or something? This would not be the man we elected as president, the one who gave that encouraging “Yes, we can” speech.
Serious reaction to the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig took only days when compared to FEMA’s reaction during Hurricane Katrina.
I understand people want our president to care. They want him to take charge and fix it, but if they just listen to what he is saying and pay attention to what he is doing, short of putting BP’s Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward on trial, he is really trying his best.
You think Obama wants things to be like this? Obviously, this is not the “help” that he needs in the future polls, but in my opinion, he is doing what he can with what he has.
That “angry black man” is exactly what the White House is trying to avoid.
Imagine the bigot-fueled headlines coming out of the right.
You think listening to Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck is difficult now? Imagine if Obama went off on anyone.
Admittedly, it might be interesting to see. I am sure Obama goes on uncensored rants all the time with Rahm Emanuel and Joe Biden, but I feel that that is exactly where it should stay.
The professionalism that Obama portrays is refreshing.
After eight years of mispronounced words and a leader making a fool of himself on the big stage here at home and on foreign soil, I’ll gladly take a restrained, calm, cool and collected approach.
People should be angry at BP, not the president.
BP’s complete mishandling of the situation leading up to and during the leak is just laughable.
I, for one, think BP should be bankrupt and its wealth spread across to everyone affected from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle.
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