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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 06:37 PM Original message |
Gibbs: Oil crisis “solved by plugging hole & responding to damage done, not by method acting” |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. agreed, plugging the hole and addressing the damage is more important than emotionalism |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 12:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
39. actually, given that he's the leader and we are on the edge of |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. While I appreciate the point he's making... |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 06:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. What do you propose? |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 06:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. here.. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 06:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Not bragging about solving an unsolved problem. |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Gibbs never said it was a choice between one or the other |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. And my point is that the alternative isn't doing anything either. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 07:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. No it's not a false choice at all..it's a true choice. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. No, it's a false choice. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 07:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I thought you meant if he's being himself that it would |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Edit.. Wrong place. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. It's been an impossible situation that wouldn't be helped by |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Here ya go. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 08:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Thank you..I don't like it but |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 11:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. I don't see what's changed in the past few weeks. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. It's the difference between deep water and |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. And if Obama fed the media and acted more "emotional", guess what would happen next: |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 06:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Exactly right. nt |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. Gibbs hits the nail on the head. |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
7. The M$M wants another actor like raygun. nt |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. No, we want him to take control and stop having people making excuses for him...n/t |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 07:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Who's making excuses for Obama? |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
10. Love it. And he's right. n/t |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. Ha! Great way to put it. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
21. The "media" can stfu and report the news...as if. nt |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
23. they why did Obama appoint Movie Director for "The Deep" for his expert panel to deal w/ disaster? |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 08:27 PM Original message |
Wow, Peter Yates would be over 80 by now, I'd imagine... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Nice try, but according to this, Cameron contacted BP several weeks ago... |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 08:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Cameron did not direct The Deep |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. what are his scientific creds? and how would his "expertise" help in this scenario? |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:20 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. He is "one of the world’s leading experts on filming deep underwater and on remote vehicle |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. filming LOL |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 12:31 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. and remote vehicle technologies LO... oh wait. |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. anyone who's read any scientific report would know that's useless |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 09:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. My point is, Cameron offered his services, he wasn't 'appointed' by |
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EffieBlack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. If Cameron had offered his help and the White House ignored him, imagine the criticism |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
24. The media has been screaming nonsense about Obama's tone for weeks |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
26. Looking at the numbers coming out- it appears that the role of dispassionate techocrat |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
27. Thank you, Robert Gibbs! The constant criticism that Obama doesn't |
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jeanpalmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
30. This coolness, lack of emotion issue |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Oh jeanie, even Dana Perino admits he can't don a wetsuit and do it himself. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
36. Thank you Barack Obama .... thank you for Robert Gibbs.... |
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