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SHOCKING: Report: Obama knew from the beginning that oil leak would likely last months. ?This make?

By Glenn Reynolds

SHOCKING: Report: Obama knew from the beginning that oil leak would likely last months. “This makes all those golf outings, sports-team photo ops, and celebrity jams with Paul McCartney over the past six weeks feel extra special, doesn?t it?” Well, he figured it was a marathon, not a sprint, so better to pace himself.

But there’s this: “The real disgrace here is why, if he really did know right away that this was the oil equivalent of an asteroid strike, he didn?t scramble some sort of all-hands-on-deck emergency operation to protect the coastline. Remember, Jindal reportedly requested five million feet of hard boom back on May 2, long after Obama (according to Wolffe) knew about the magnitude of the disaster. By May 24, not even 800,000 feet had arrived. What happened?”

UPDATE: Reader Martha Hearron writes:

I hate to be a cynic, but have you looked at how the affected states have voted? How many of them did Obama carry? Also, at least 3 of the 4 governors are Republicans, although Charlie Crist is questionable.

I bet if it was California it would be all hands on deck from day 1.

Nonsense. If that cynical analysis were correct, we’d have seen Obama ignoring the Nashville flood, Kentucky ice storms, etc.

MORE: Further thoughts from Moe Lane.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on June 05, 2010 (boomark / email).