How a Common Sense Conservative President Might Have Handled the Deepwater Horizon Spill. . . .

According to Gregory of Yardale at moonbattery.com:

Sure, we all know Obumble has completely, totally, and comprehensively botched every aspect of the response to the Deepwater Horizon spill. However, "OK, Mr. Smarty Pants. How would you guys have handled it?" Is a legitimate question. Except for maybe the Mr. Smarty-Pants part.

Suppose, instead of the World's Greatest Community Organizer, we had a common sense conservative president in the White House. How would she, or he, have handled the Deepwater Horizon Spill. I think it would have gone something like this.

1. The Jones Act would have been suspended immediately and indefinitely so that foreign offers of assistance could be accepted unconditionally.

2. An Executive Order would have gone out barring all executive branch agencies from interfering with clean-up efforts at the state and local levels.

3. Another Executive Order would have gone out ordering all executive branch agencies to provide any resources demanded by state and local agencies.

4. And if the president were really on-the-ball, he would get the country's top petroleum engineers and geologists together and give them three days to come up with best, second best, and fallback solutions to stopping the leak. All government resources would be made available to implement the solutions the Task Force arrived at.

5. When the beaches were safe and the hole was plugged, then and only then would the president turn his attention to BP's culpability. Also, the Task Force would be asked to submit contingency plans for dealing with future spills.

Realistically, I don't see anyone in the Mitt Palin - Sarah Romney Republican Party having enough vision to implement all of those. Maybe Chris Christie or Bobby Jindal, since they seem to have more leadership acumen. But I think we can all agree that those five steps would have been superior to the Obama response:

1. Shut down deepwater drilling and destroy 50,000 jobs.

2. Play Golf.

3. Refuse foreign offers of assistance until pressure from the right forces you to accept them.

4. Posture about kicking somebody's ass. Whine that you can't suck up the oil with a straw.

5. Play more golf.

6. Allow your regulatory agencies to shut down state and local efforts to contain the spill.

7. Shakedown BP for some money.

8. Push Cap and Trade Legislation.

9. Rename the Federal Agency in charge of regulating offshore drilling.

10. Play more golf.
 
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Many people seem to be confused about whose responsibility the oil spill is in the Gulf of Mexico. . . .
 
Is the oil spill really Obama's responsibility? Yes, it is. . . .100%  the "Federal Governments" responsibility. It is in the Gulf of Mexico and it is their problem.
 
During Hurricane Katrina it was a states issue and they had to invite the feds into help. Bush could not have trampled the states rights and rushed in, but Obama is 100% in charge of the oil disaster.
 
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According to gop.gov:
 
What is the president's legal responsibility to respond to the oil spill?
 
Answer: The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) provides direct presidential authority for oil spill response. Section 4201 of OPA provides the president with the specific authority and responsibility to remove oil from navigable waters and adjoining shorelines, including directing or monitoring all federal, state, and private actions. Clearly, by law the president is ultimately responsible for leading the oil spill clean-up, although the responsible company will pay for the response effort and taxpayers must not be left on the hook.
 
http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/06/16/gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill