Playing the bully is fun
Was Rep. Joe Barton's comment that the White House is conducting a funds 'shakedown' from BP insensitive?
Since he doesn't know what else to do about the Gulf oil spill, Barack Obama plays the schoolyard bully. By throwing sticks, stones and the occasional grenade at British Petroleum, the president diverts public attention from his own considerable shortcomings.
It's working, sort of, but only for the short run, which is sometimes enough to get a politician out of a rough patch. The public, being as frustrated as Mr. Obama, dutifully joins the mindless din of threats, imprecations, insults and other affronts to the only people, bad or not, who know how to cap runaway oil wells. Seeking relief in the short run is tempting because presidents, like fake messiahs and other con artists, come and go. The consequences of presidential calamities and catastrophes, like the destruction of the American health care system, stay with us well into the long run
Obama finds an a-- to kick - WND.com
From bully pulpit to bully - Boston Herald
Politicians are elected to represent citizens, not bully them 
Bluefield Daily Telegraph - Jaletta Albright Desmond - 5 hours ago ... was caught off guard by the crew who was asking if he agreed with Obama's agenda, ... Politicians are elected to represent citizens, not bully them. ...
Obama's Putin moment
National Post (registration) (blog) - Peter Foster - 6 hours ago
President Obama's forcing BP to cut its dividend and commit US$20-billion to an escrow ... Government can threaten, harass, instruct, bully, expropriate, ...
The Pulpit of a Bully
RealClearPolitics (blog) - Jay Cost - 1 day ago
A White House aide has the official word: "President Obama reiterated his call for ... Barack Obama sure does come across sometimes like a political bully. ...
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