Ron Paul: Obama facing too much blame on oil spill. It is unjustified.

[maynard32]

President Barack Obama won a defense of his handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill from one GOP congressman on Thursday.

Rep. Ron Paul, the libertarian Republican lawmaker from Texas, said that people were expecting too much from the president in his ability to react to the ongoing spill into the Gulf.

"I'm a pretty big critic of the president," Paul said during an appearance on "Imus in the Morning" on the Fox Business Network, "but I just don't see the justification for coming down hard on the president."

"I think it represents the idea that the American people think the president is everything to everybody that he should fix an oil leak," Paul added.

More at:
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/101185-ron-paul-obama-facing-too-much-blame-on-oil-spill
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I may disagree with many things Ron Paul says, but at least he's not full of bullshit like 90% of his colleagues.

[boston bean]

1. Well, that just about says it all, doesn't it?

[stray cat]

2. Paul I think has always been honest unlike 90% of more of politicians

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

4. New rule: being honest is not a merit if you're being honest about being a jerkass. -nt

[zipplewrath]

3. A broken clock

Is right twice a day. He's full of his own BS. You might be surprised how many republicans, outside of the leadership, would admit roughly the same thing.

[joeybee12]

5. With friends like these...

...we now have undeniable proof that obama is mishandling this.

[jobycom]

6. Ron Paul should love him, as much as he wants a government that does nothing.

And if you don't know that Paul is more full of bullshit than 90% of his colleagues, you don't know him. I lived in his district, I watched his campaigns, I watched him flip-flop, squirm, sling mud, call names, and do everything else Republicans do until he finally settled on the image he has now. He is bullshit, pure and simple and only.

As for his defense of Obama, it's not sincere. He's trying to look magnanamous while damning with faint praise. Like when you are fighting with your best friend over a date and you tell the date "John is a great guy. One of the best I've ever met. The way he's handled his alcoholism is impressive, and that has to be the finest toupee I've ever seen."

[nichomachus]

7. Typical straw man

No one I know is even hinting that the president should "fix the leak." However, he hasn't shown much in the way of forceful leadership -- or "fierce advocacy," if you will.

Like it or not, politics is about 75 percent theater. You want the president to look like he's on top of the situation is is "doing something." That's what leadership is all about. Reagan projected that image -- even though he was totally full of shit -- but it made many people feel comfortable with him.