Reply #100: I understand the desperation of some of the people that live there.

[Jennicut]

However, empty gestures are just that, empty. Some want the President to speak to them every day and tell them everything will be okay, some reassurance. Except, not everything will be okay and he cannot promise that. Sometimes, the reality of a situation truly sucks. Bush manipulated people by standing on top of the rubble with a megaphone after 9/11. His poll #'s went way up after that but by playing into people's emotions, he was able to use them for his agenda. It was an agenda that did not benefit anyone but him and his buddies. I don't need a President to hold my hand, I just need the truth. Sometimes the truth does not feel good, but in the long run, people are better off for knowing it. The leak is 5000 feet below, it is extremely hard to stop. The cleanup will be incredibly hard as well, given the enormity of the spill. That is reality. Anything else uttered is BS. I haven't seen the President promise something yet that cannot be delivered. I am not sure what some people want the President to say.