Do you think Obama did enough for the BP oil spill?
Could Obama have done more to help stop the BP oil spill? If you think he didn't do enough, was he just lazy or was it BP's fault for him not doing enough?
Yes, he did enough.
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No, he barely even helped.
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Well, I think the question should be what could have Obama done?? The problem is that BP is a company and no one, not even the president can really order a company to do anything besides really criticizing it and threaten to break it up. Well, one thing that Obama could have done and what many people were thinking the government should be doing is to take over the problem of the oil spill and hand the job of repairing the oil drill to the government. The problem with this approach is that all the expertise of repairing an oil drill is in the hands of the oil companies. What experience does the government have with oil drills??? And due to this, I would think that the government would have done a worse job than BP. Side: Yes, he did enough.
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Well, I think the question should be what could have Obama done?? He has the power of the federal government almost at his fingertips during such a disaster as this and you ask what could he have done? And due to this, I would think that the government would have done a worse job than BP. That does not mean that the government should sit idly by. Side: No, he barely even helped.
The guy is the president not the second coming of Jesus christ. He's trying and think about it what could he have done when he has no expertise in this field. If anything that's what the conservatives want an angry black man who doesn't think before he acts just gets into things and doesn't think about it. Bush=Iraq War Side: Yes, he did enough.
Why are you bringing Bush into this? Completely unrelated. Besides, if there's anybody that should be criticized, it's the president, because in reality, we voted him into office (as a whole). We chose to let him lead us, so we have to make sure our choice was the right one or the wrong one. Side: No, he barely even helped.
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The guy is the president not the second coming of Jesus christ Most democrats would like to think differently. he has no expertise in this field. No expertise? He is the president of the United States and should know how to run a cleanup job, much less a nation. If anything that's what the conservatives want an angry black man who doesn't think before he acts just gets into things and doesn't think about it. Because we all know it's better to do absolutely nothing during a disaster. Bush=Iraq War Completely irrelevant. Side: No, he barely even helped.
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I think BP really prevented him from doing too much down in the gulf, but he's the president and he shouldn't have to take orders from a foreign company if it's his own nation. Obama should have taken charge from the beginning and forced BP to work with him 100%. I bet the spill would have stopped leaking weeks earlier if he was assertive. Instead, he played a few rounds of golf and went on daytime TV! Honestly, when the country is going through tragedy like that, the president should have free time. It's his job to fix the problem, not to enjoy his time and go on the View (which I totally don't understand why he would consider going on that show a good move). Side: No, he barely even helped.
Are you kidding me? BP was losing millions of dollars a day. They are liable for billions in damages. They had every incentive to fix the problem ASAP. Their engineers were the only ones with the experience to stop the leak. Basically it seems like you're saying Obama should've done more grandstanding and political posturing. While that may have made people feel better, it would not have gotten the hole plugged any faster. This is just another example of conservatives looking for any excuse to fling shit at Obama. If he had taken a more aggressive approach you jokers would be going on about "socialism" and "big government" instead. Side: Yes, he did enough.
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All he did was to stir up a false crisis to push his agenda of stopping some off-shore drilling. Worst catastrophe in America?????? They can't even find half the oil. One man called it early on when he said mother nature would take care of the oil. This quote from author Eric Pooley proves the reaction to the oil spill was manufactured to push an agenda- POOLEY: " That was a thrilling moment for people in the climate and clean energy community. It looked like he was gonna fight. But then when he came to the Oval Office address he didn't do it. In fact, you know what he said, Charlie? He said, "We don't know exactly how we're going to get there." Eric Pooley, author of The Climate War saying it was a thrilling moment for people in the climate and clean energy community, the oil spill, a thrilling moment, thrilling moment. I thought environmentalists were concerned about the environment,not having thrilling moments at the worst catastrophe in American history. 3:25 into video, thrilling moment for environmentalists
Side: No, he barely even helped.
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