Dallas Morning News: Decision to send troops and equipment is long overdue.
Seattle Times: ...oil spill, crisis not under control, despite all of the promises. The inexcusable delay in the cleanup of the oil spill continues. More than a week after [the president] expressed interest in the catastrophe
the administration yesterday faced sharp criticism from the U.S. congress for not decisively taking control of the oil spill as senators called for new laws that would require the president to direct such cleanup efforts in the future.
Senator majority leader said he was, quote, slow to comprehend the magnitude of this disaster and valuable hours were lost after the May spill when it might still have been controllable.
The press hammered him so much that one month later after the oil spill, his standing on environment dropped from 60% to 39%.
We're not talking about Obama here. This is all what was said in the aftermath of the Juan Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound. he Tanker ran aground and ruptured, spilling millions of gallons of crude in a relatively short time. Within fourteen days, Bush had federalized the emergency, and sent National Guard troops and equipment to begin the cleanup process. He was handed his arse by the press.
Now, 37 days into the Gulf oil spill, Obama stood before America and tried to take credit for stopping the ruptured oil pipe, and even explained to all us lay-people the process used.
So we see an entirely different message, one of vehemence toward the oil industry, and nothing from the media about president's incompetence. We should especially note that the Juan Valdez disaster was laid squarely at the feet of George H. W. Bush, and the BP disaster was laid at the feet of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.
It's almost like Obama isn't even the real President.