Stay Calm Everyone! The President is On The Television Tonight!
Tonight, President Barack Obama will address the nation on the matter of the oil spill that’s threatening to utterly destroy his Presidency…oops! Did I say that? I meant to say that the oil spill is threatening to destroy the Gulf Coast for at least the next decade. I don’t know how I could have mistaken tonight’s speech for a blatant attempt to shift blame and reverse his plummeting approval numbers. The President is clearly in charge, through his “fierce advocate” Thad Allen. The situation is entirely under his control and you won’t find even the faintest hint of chaos (via memeorandum). He has convened his experts, they have instructed him in whose ass must be kicked and with how many newtons of force
Really, tonight’s speech is not all that much of a big deal. I mean, sure he’s gone on vacation twice since the Deepwater Horizon blew up and began to belch hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude oil from the great deep, but that’s only because he’s got this one. The professional problem-solvers are on the job. We don’t have to worry at all.
See also Andrew Malcolm’s anticipatory post, from which I detect a heavy scent of bemused cynicism. I do not think Mr. Malcolm has the proper hopey-changey spirit, do you?.
Other Posts of Interest:
- Victory? Feh? He’s More Into Problem-Solving. You Know, Like in Those Fun Books!
- I See What You Did There, Mr. President
- “I Pledge to Rat Out My Parents for Fishy Commen…err…Stay in School.”
Category: President Barack Obama, Thinking About Energy
A drilling-mud wrestling match with BP CEO would be far more entertaining and perhaps as useful.