Gulf or no gulf
The above picture was the only photo of the President and his daughter swimming in the Guf of Mexico released by the White House and taken by the White House photographer, the only photographer allowed to take a picture. But folks are saying that it wasn’t technically in the Gulf;
The official picture was intended to provide evidence that the region’s beaches are back to normal. Yet it soon emerged that the private beach on which it was taken, off Alligator Point in St Andrew Bay, north-west Florida, isn’t technically in the gulf.
I dunno, you make the call;
I’m just sayin’….
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden
Probably OK, although I’m sure NO would have appreciated a swim closer to them (not that he would have risked that). Beaches both east and west of that point did receive some tar balls, but no slicks, and they did get wildlife washing up (fish and turtles primarily).
It is a lame photo op, but I’d say it is good enough for government work. That said, Obama should man up and eat some crawfish when they get back in season. I saw that punk move he pulled when he went for those other photo ops. I don’t trust a man who won’t eat crawfish.
I do hate that shit eat’in choreographed grin of his. What I would give to smack it off his face.
In a bay that has the Ochlockonee river feeding it thereby keeping oil out?
I always prefered swimming by Ft Morgan on the other side of Mobile Bay from Dauphin Island. Hopefully it will be back to normal when we go back next spring…nice old Civil War Fort too…
You do realize that he’s only in a couple of inches of water?
I think our country would improve if our president actually WAS a normal American, instead of just ACTING like one.
There was a story put out by the AP last week in which they said that the official figure is that only 4-5 square miles of marshland was affected out of several thousand square miles of shoreline. I can’t find the story and it was buried immediately, but it was there.
Everything is back to normal… Except that the One has made several trips to the area – despite the fact that there was nothing he could really do. He spent 26 hours in the area, despite asking people to return to the area to vacation. His family has to go to more ritzy places for vacation because they are special.
Interestingly, about the same time as the explosion, Nashville had horrific flooding. The One sent his condolences to the 40 or so people who died. He never showed up. Of course, the press was not much there either since there was no looting (funny how armed homeowners deter that sort of thing) and people helped people out (bass boats are good for something other than fishing – who knew) rather than bitching that FEMA wasn’t there. Of course it is also a seriously Red state so why should he care?
I never understood BDS until this man started shooting his mouth off. I wish he would just stay in DC and work. Why does he have to spend $100K to give speeches all over the country? I don’t hate the man – just his policies, but I am SICK of his face.
End Rant.
Susan,
I know someone here who does alot of studio work in Nashville and she said the floods were absolutely disasterous. She couldn’t believe there wasn’t any reporting on it anywhere else (I’m in Michigan, not a peep about the floods here)
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We got the reports here in Raleigh…and I fumed about the Pied Piper’s response. But just like MS, they took care of themselves. I donated stuff, but no, not a peep on Drudge or the other news sites I visit…He had no response for the freeze in KY either.