Comments on: Like I Said… http://www.wholesomereading.com/2010/05/27/like-i-said/ Musings on culture and politics by baseball writer Steven Goldman Sat, 19 May 2012 11:37:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: mattymatty2000 http://www.wholesomereading.com/2010/05/27/like-i-said/#comment-2847 mattymatty2000 Fri, 28 May 2010 17:03:08 +0000 http://www.wholesomereading.com/?p=895#comment-2847 Its about time. Its too late to stop DWH from happening, but it isn't too late to stop the next disaster. In response to someone who says, "Its a small step forward," I'd say I'll take any step forward. Its about time. Its too late to stop DWH from happening, but it isn’t too late to stop the next disaster. In response to someone who says, “Its a small step forward,” I’d say I’ll take any step forward.

]]> By: ConstitutionNotRevolution http://www.wholesomereading.com/2010/05/27/like-i-said/#comment-2788 ConstitutionNotRevolution Thu, 27 May 2010 22:36:49 +0000 http://www.wholesomereading.com/?p=895#comment-2788 I like what the Washington Examiner called, "The Michael Scott standard for executive response": “We have had more meetings on this issue than any issue since our Afghan review.” — President Obama on the Gulf oil spill Yeah. Meetings... I like what the Washington Examiner called, “The Michael Scott standard for executive response”:

“We have had more meetings on this issue than any issue since our Afghan review.” — President Obama on the Gulf oil spill

Yeah. Meetings…

]]> By: David in Cal http://www.wholesomereading.com/2010/05/27/like-i-said/#comment-2782 David in Cal Thu, 27 May 2010 22:15:38 +0000 http://www.wholesomereading.com/?p=895#comment-2782 A different impression from today's press conference: <i>Today's press conference -- his first since July -- was a time for the President to demonstrate he is on top of the crisis. Despite repeated assertions of control, Obama's awkward demeanor suggested just the opposite. He came across as a beleaguered bureaucrat on damage control. Perhaps the most stunning missed opportunity to show some authority was his non-answer to a question about whether US Minerals Management Service Director Elizabeth Birnbaum was fired. "I found out about her resignation today," he obliquely said. While Birnbaum's departure is hardly at the top of the list of concerns in this disaster, Obama's detachment was indicative of the impression he has allowed of a president on the sidelines</i> http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/05/hardly-a-take-charge-performan.html The cancellations and temporary suspensions strike me as doing something just for the sake of showing the public that they're doing something. A different impression from today’s press conference:

Today’s press conference — his first since July — was a time for the President to demonstrate he is on top of the crisis. Despite repeated assertions of control, Obama’s awkward demeanor suggested just the opposite. He came across as a beleaguered bureaucrat on damage control.

Perhaps the most stunning missed opportunity to show some authority was his non-answer to a question about whether US Minerals Management Service Director Elizabeth Birnbaum was fired. “I found out about her resignation today,” he obliquely said.

While Birnbaum’s departure is hardly at the top of the list of concerns in this disaster, Obama’s detachment was indicative of the impression he has allowed of a president on the sidelines

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2010/05/hardly-a-take-charge-performan.html

The cancellations and temporary suspensions strike me as doing something just for the sake of showing the public that they’re doing something.

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