I know everyone many in this community are split.
Those Some believe everything Obama says is gold and those some that criticize him for being lackluster.
But tonight. I expected some specifics, I wanted a WIN, but got an inspiring, la-de-da speech.
Nothing of specifics.
Now if I missed the absolute specifics, then clue me in.
This speech did not go into specifics of anything.
And if anyone wants to know what someone looks like in the bubble, we saw it tonight. I mean, damn, he did not say anything!!! I did not expect everything but some specifics on SOMETHING!!!
Yes, we heard a third party to process claims in the Gulf. But how much will BP give to the Gulf Escrow Fund? And notice, he did not use the word ESCROW!!! And we still don't know about how MUCH FROM BP.
Yes, he gave a time line of what his administration DID, but who cares about that!!!
And yes, he told us we need to get off fossil fuels. We heard that speech before, but HOW. He did not even say he was going to get on CONGRESS for letting an energy bill just sit there for months!!
I pray to God, that what is happening in the background is worth it for this country in the end, because what I just listened to was nothing.
He said nothing.
If Keith Olbermann, rips Barack Obama, you know he doesn't get it. Words will not save him, not after this. Until his behavior changes, until some asses get kicked out of the White House, he still won't get it.
Oh, one thing he did state that a new person to take over MMS, while praising the lame and sorry, Ken Salazar. Oh another thing, from the scroll bar on MSNBC and CNN the new oil flow rate, changed how many times? It is now 65,000 barrels a day. WHOOT!!!! Damn we went from 1,000 barrels a day for weeks to 5,000 barrels a day for other weeks to snatch a number out of my ass to finally a real estimate!!! I am so excited!!!
Barack Obama squandered time for his Oval Office speech for what? Nothing.
This states it all:
And yet, basically what we got, in spades, was sentiment. To be sure, it was no doubt deeply felt. And for all anyone knows, there may be, already codified, a whole series of plans in the works related to stopping the oil gusher, cleaning the gulf coast, and implementing a new series of energy policies. And they may be great plans! But if you were hoping that some of that stuff would be revealed on actual teevee cameras, in prime time, well, you were S.O.L.
Here's what we learned, instead: there was a huge oil spill, did you hear? And a team of "scientists and engineers" were assembled. Somehow, by dint of this assemblage ("As a result of these efforts," said Obama), BP has been "directed... to mobilize additional equipment and technology." And from there, somehow, "In the coming days and weeks, these efforts should capture up to 90% of the oil leaking out of the well." I don't know how any of that works, at all, but that's the story: up to 90% of the oil will soon be captured, with "equipment and technology" because some dudes met in a room.
Update [2010-6-15 21:4:58 by icebergslim]:
Now Rachel going after him and that speech, nicely. sigh.
Update [2010-6-15 21:4:58 by icebergslim]:
Here is the video:
Transcript
Keith Olbermann: