Recent articles talk about our President taking another Vacation, this time in Maine. (Didn't he tell us to go to the Gulf shores?) But let’s face it, he deserves a vacation. Since the Oil Spill on April 20th he has been going non-stop. First there were 2 days of Media Events then 2 days of fundraising followed by 4 Commencement Speeches – Whew! Next there was 6 days of Vacation, 6 days of Campaigning and 7 Sports Events.
Add to this all the pressure he had to endure by not going to the site of the spill until May 28th and the days and days of leadership and coordination he had to do to ensure that the Administration was doing everything they could to prevent the clean up. He had to refuse help from several foreign countries in order to avoid issuing an exception to the Jones ACT. My god, this would have cost his party many union votes! Then they had to devise ways to deny the States the ability to implement solutions of their own. From the EPA to the Coast Guard to the Department of Labor this was a masterful display of leadership.
Finally, in the middle of this he saw an even bigger opportunity to stifle job growth, a Moratorium on Drilling that would cost the Gulf area 100,000 jobs. Wow, this is as good as the Stimulus Plan! Imagine 100,000 more people dependent on the Federal Government with just one executive decision. However, to his chagrin a Judge ruled that this was unconstitutional. Not to be intimidated by the Constitution, Obama had his Sec of the Interior and Attorney General re write the moratorium language to sneak by that pesky Constitution – how’s that for superior leadership?
Well by now you get my point. Lay off the President, he’s working hard, even though it’s not for you!
Jim
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