No amount of spin or pleas for patience can cover up the undeniable incompetence of this administration. Democrats were already in serious trouble before the week began. Unfortunately for them, when things start going bad they tend to get worse. Following is a list of things that happened just this week:
IT’S OFFICIAL – OBAMA ADMINISTRATION BOTCHES BP SPILL
The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling issued a scathing report regarding the Obama administrations’ handling of the BP oil spill:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/10/06/101697/white-house-squelched-release.html#ixzz11clGiTNn
The following quote from the report is very strong:
The staff paper said that underestimating the flow rates “undermined public confidence in the federal government’s response” by creating the impression that the government was either incompetent or untrustworthy. The paper said that the loss of trust “fuels public fears.”
Perhaps the best analysis of this situation is on the following link to the yidwithlid:
http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2010/10/bp-spill-investigators-administration.html
MORE JOBS ARE LOST IN SEPTEMBER
Then the September Jobs Report was released and it is terrible:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Private-sector-sheds-39000-rb-1277482169.html?x=0&.v=1
The administration was preparing to explain why only 20,000 jobs were created when it turns out 39,000 jobs were lost. This is really bad economic news and it cannot be ignored.
LATIN AMERICAN GOVERNMENTS JOIN SUIT AGAINST ARIZONA
Then the 9th Circuit Court decided to allow foreign Latin American governments to file briefs supporting the Obama administrations’ opposition to the Arizona immigration law:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43199.html
People are already angry about the opposition to this law, they will be furious that we are allowing foreign governments to interfere in our domestic affairs.
JUDGE THROWS OUT KEY EVIDENCE AGAINST TERRORIST SUSPECT
This is enough bad news for any administration, but it gets worse. Today a judge threw out the most important evidence against the terrorist who participated in bombing two U.S. Embassies:
The decision was because of alleged “torture.” This is exactly why it was a really stupid idea to move these trials to federal court in New York. What makes this worse is that the judge who made the ruling added the following comment:
“His status as an ‘enemy combatant’ probably would permit his detention as something akin to a prisoner of war until hostilities between the United States and al-Qaeda and the Taliban end even if he were found not guilty in this case,” Kaplan wrote.
This is just plain nonsense. We bring this yahoo to New York, so we can prove he will get a fair trial, and then the judge throws out most of the evidence, but writes that we’re going to keep him locked up anyway, even if he is found not guilty. Who, exactly, is that supposed to impress?
OBAMA PLANS TRIP TO INDIA
How bad is it? Easy. The President has already planned a trip to India starting the day after the election. Regardless of the reason for this trip, it sure looks like he is deliberately scheduling himself out of town so he doesn’t have to answer any questions about the election results.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6694694.cms’
This has been a really bad week, and it’s only Wednesday. Wow!
Finally, for those worried about another 4 years of Governor Moonbeam:
JERRY BROWN HANGS OUT WITH CASTRO, WITH THE HELP OF CONVICTED SPY PHILIP AGEE
The following article, from the Daily Beast, shows that this story is about to go viral.
Hmmm.. People in glass houses?????
TDM