Obama and the oil leak — updated
The pretend-libertarian syndicated columnist Steve Chapman had a lengthy column today chastising conservatives for their criticism of President Obama’s response to the Gulf oil leak:
Not long ago, Barack Obama was pilloried for being too activist, too meddlesome and too inclined to see himself as the messiah. He was forcing health care reform down our throats, running General Motors, wrecking the financial system and promising to make the oceans recede.
But that was a different guy, from a parallel universe. The President Obama we all know is a passive, detached do-nothing. Or so we have been hearing since the British Petroleum oil spill gained our attention.
This is a straw man argument if I ever heard one. Read more »
