Obama Outraged Over BP, Federal Oil Regulators, Axelrod Says

[babylonsister]

Obama Outraged Over BP, Federal Oil Regulators, Axelrod Says

Wednesday, May 26, 2010


May 26 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama's outrage over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has reached "the upper scale," and it is directed at both BP Plc and federal regulators, senior White House adviser David Axelrod said today.

"His anger and frustration about those things, and his anger and frustration about any attempt to obfuscate the amount of damage that's been done by the company is great," Axelrod said in an interview on the eve of the release of a report on the spill from Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.

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Axelrod said the president's outrage was "pretty great" when he learned of some of the "shortcomings" at the Minerals Management Service and its "coziness" with an industry it's supposed to regulate.

The president's top political adviser declined to quote Obama's words, saying: "Knowing that Bloomberg is a family news service, I can't share with you what he said."

Axelrod accused the MMS of "appalling" conduct and said the agency itself "needs a top kill of its own."

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As for BP, Axelrod said, the company hasn't been "particularly candid" about the amount of oil that was leaking, and that proved "problematical."

He said Obama intends to hold BP "fully accountable for this, and fully accountable for the damage that they have done, fully accountable for their role in the accident."

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/05/26/bloomberg1376-L31TPD07SXKX-6.DTL

[Cant trust em]

1. Outrage isn't going to solve the problem.

I love the guy, but it's time to turn that outrage into action.

Hire any available tankers to suck the oil from the water.

[breadandwine]

7. Also, why are we hearing this "outrage" second hand instead of from Obama himself expressing this

publicly himself?

Just incredibly wimpy the way the White House is acting towards the oil leak.

[babylonsister]

9. He's giving a presser tomorrow and will be in the Gulf Friday; keep

listening.

Axelrod was being interviewed.

[JuniperLea]

2. Good! Now ACT on those feelings...

Go with it, Obama... follow those feelings to their natural conclusion!

[Cant trust em]

4. Sounds like the Emperor in Return of the Jedi.

Use your aggressive feelings!

[JuniperLea]

8. LOL!

THAT's what I was trying to remember!

:rofl:

Thanks!

[LaurenG]

3. He needs to step up and yell it at the top of his lungs then!

Why is Axelrod speaking for him in any case? WTF. Look at this shit Mr. President.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8425350
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8425437

Good god, we have allowed the greedy fucks to nearly destroy us.

[Cha]

5. David is just reporting what transpired..

The White House has been full on Action whether some choose to ignore it or not.

[Catshrink]

6. He needs to write them a strongly worded letter right fucking now!

That'll do it.

[depakid]

10. Newsflash: Obama's no longer a Senator, but has been these federal regulator's boss

for 17 months.

Looks to me like the writing's on the wall for Salazar somewhere down the track.

[liberalpragmatist]

11. Seriously?

Look, I'm generally a supporter of Obama's, and I'm willing to even cut him some slack on this issue - it's not like he can single-handedly stop the leak - but keep in mind that a second-hand quote from the White House political director isn't exactly an unbiased account. Of course they're going to try and tell the world how angry Obama is at BP!