JASON LINKINS ON OBAMA'S OIL SPEECH

WELL, WE FINALLY GOT THE EMOTION FROM MR. COOL, CALM AND COLLECTED. BUT WHERE IS THE PLAN? THIS IS A FUCKING PRAYER TO SHUT US UP!

Obama's Oil Spill Speech: What Was The Point?

AN EXCERPT:

I mean, don't get me wrong. Obama really, really wants to stop the oil spill. And he really, really wants to hold BP accountable for the damage they've done. And he really, really wants the Gulf Coast to come through this hardship and he really, really wants to wean us from our dependency on foreign oil, and oil in general. But "really, really wants" is not a plan, and only the bitterest and most brain-dead of political opponents would have presumed, going into tonight, that Obama had not yet properly sentimentalized his opinions on any of those matters.


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