Obama Carries Towels for the Queen

June 15, 2010 (LPAC)—In his fourth trip to the Gulf of Mexico, Obama acted like a claim-adjustor's clerk for the Queen of England, telling Mississippians, "We're gathering up facts, stories, right now so that we have an absolutely clear understanding about how we can best present to BP the need to make sure that individuals and businesses are dealt with in a fair manner and a prompt manner."

In three Gulf-state video-ops with locals and Coast Guard officials, Obama also devoted a lot of words to the bright idea of inventorying vessels which might be available for the cleanup, and determining, for example, which had radios and which had the potential to lay boom. This on Day 56 of the disaster!

Like Dubya Bush, who told Americans that they could fight the effects of 9/11 by going on shopping sprees, Obama told them that the best way to fight the effects of the spill was not to cancel their planned vacation trips to the Gulf,—that is, provided that the beaches they intended to visit had not already been polluted.