He was viewed as a friend of "big oil".
He was viewed as weak on environmental issues.
He was accused of being a friend of the oil companies.
He was accused of not caring for the poor folks of Louisiana.
He was a Texan
And so if he was still in charge, the press would be frying George W. Bush. It would be really ugly. They would make it so.
But after a month of watching untold gallons of crude oil free-flowing into the gulf, and doing virtually nothing, Obama has yet to be asked a single hard question on what the government is going to do to help.
I heard the term "Obama's Katrina" about this disaster and I know damn well it didn't come from any mainstream media source. But it might be the best description yet for his handling of the situation.
Look, this thing is one BIG mess. It may be that the right strategy to fix it requires something more than Federal intervention, but only Obama would be given that pass by our fair, wise and accurate press and their "expert" panels. As of now, probably the only angle they're working on is how to blame Bush for it.
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