[Hoot Gibson]

Wasn't everyone for off shore drilling and now their blaming Obama?

Hoot said it his self that There not leak proof. But now point at Obama?

I am not blaming Obama or his administration for the spill and had this happened 18 months ago, I would not have blamed the Bush administration either. However, if Nancy Pelosi and liberal Democrats are going to try to blame Bush, 18 months after Obama took over the White House, and several years since Democrats took control of Congress, then somebody needs to point the finger back in their direction.

I drove along the Gulf coast from Gulfport to New Orleans just a few weeks ago, and the area appeared to be recovering pretty well from Katrina, which was a natural disaster. Mississippi handled the aftermath of Katrina much better than Lousiana, where neither Ray Nagin nor the Democrat governor rose to the occasion. Bush was unfairly blamed for problems in Louisiana that he did not create.

Because the oil spill happened on a drill site leased from and regulated by the federal government, Obama is and should be at greater political risk for his handling of the aftermath of the spill.

Spills will happen and a thorough investigation needs to take place to learn whether best practices were followed and determine what part of the process needs to be improved to reduce the chances of similar spills in the future. If gross negligence or deliberate actions were taken contrary to acceptable industry practices, then the guilty parties must be punished.

If is outrageous that Pelosi and other Democrats are attempting to blame Bush for the spill - just as it was outrageous that they tried to absolve Nagin and Gov. Blanco of responsibility for the botched Katrina evacuation and cleanup in Louisiana. Liberals set a precedent in laying all the blame for the Katrina problems in Louisiana at President Bush's feet. Now they are going to have to live with the fact that Obama's image is going to take a major hit because the BP spill took place well into his watch. It is poetic justice at its finest.