Obama takes Gov. Palin's advice; will meet with BP CEO

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From our friend and colleague Gary P. Jackson at A Time For Choosing:

Well, well, well. Looks like once again, Sarah Palin tells Obama to jump, and he asks “how high?” Fresh of an epic online a** kicking, as only Sarah Palin can deliver, it looks like Barack Obama is going to take Sarah’s strongly worded advice, and talk to Tony Hayward, the CEO of British Petroleum.

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Obviously, the Obama regime has to kinda downplay this, and do the maybe game. After all, it must be frustrating to know that once again, Sarah Palin was right, and has forced Obama to react to her, …. once again.

h/t: Graphic by Karen Allen

Related: From JewsForSarah.com:

As the nation reels in horror from the scope of the calamity, there is a growing sense that President Obama is responsible for an incompetent Federal response.

And now, many are beginning to ask, wouldn’t Gov. Palin have handled this better?

Update: Andrew Malcolm at Top of the Ticket:

Obama hasn't found a few minutes to chat with Tony Hayward, the talkative CEO of BP, the petroleum protagonist in this environmental drama. Not even on the president's ubiquitous, magically-secure BlackBerry.

Almost eight weeks. What's he afraid of? It took less than two weeks to set up last summer's historic beer summit.

Now, in a confrontational letter a White House official has invited Hayward to meet there next week with Obama aides and the boss would stop by. That will be nine weeks.

BTW, Today marks The Ticket’s third birthday. A tip of the Tx4P Stetson to Andrew, another friend, colleague and a true gentleman. He's brought a refreshing perspective to the LA Times, one which was conspicuous in its absence before he started blogging there.

- JP