I expected better of Obama's speech tonight. His speech in Pensacola to the Military was Incredible

[KoKo]

...so I was pumped up for his Oval Office speech after he came back from the gulf and talked to the troops in Pensacola, FLA this afternoon.

Maybe Obama was just tired and rung out.....but it was very disappointing.

I think his "MoJo" is flagging and he will be back. Just a long tiring day.

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TEXT of OBAMA's BETTER SPEECH...earlier today to Our Troops in Pensacola, FLA:



'As Americans, we don't quit. We keep coming'

I want to thank your outstanding local leaders for welcoming me here today, including Captains Chris Plummer, Mike Price and Brad Martin. Give them a big round of applause. (Applause.) And your great senior enlisted leaders, including Master Chief Mike Dollen, give them a big round of applause. (Applause.)

I want to thank all the spouses and families who are joining us here today. You hold our military families together, so we honor your service as well.

It is great to be here in Pensacola -- America's oldest naval air station, "the cradle of naval aviation." We've got Navy -- all the students of the Naval Air Technical Training Center. (Applause.) We've got Training Wing Six, maybe a few Blue Angels. We've got the United States Marines in the house -- (applause) -- maybe a few Air Force and Army, too. (Applause.)

obamatroops.jpgView full size(AP photo/ Michael Spooneybarger)President Barack Obama greets troops at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Pensacola Fla., Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Obama is on a two day visit to Mississippi, Alabama and Florida stepping up his efforts to limit the economic fallout from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Now, I don't know how many could be here, because they're out there on the water right now, responding to the spill -- but I want to thank all the folks at Coast Guard Station Pensacola for their outstanding work. (Applause.) And I know somebody who is especially proud of them, and that's the former Commandant of the Coast Guard who postponed his retirement to answer his country's call once more and coordinate the federal response effort to the spill -- and that's Admiral Thad Allen. Please give him a big round of applause. (Applause.)

Now, I was just down at the Pensacola Beach Gulf Pier, at the Fish Sandwich Snack Bar. Now, I don't know if any of you ever checked it out. It's a nice spot. We were there with some of Florida's state and local leaders to discuss the situation here. I want to acknowledge the hard work that's being done by the governor of Florida, Charlie Crist; Florida's Chief Financial Officer, Alex Sink; Senators Bill Nelson, George LeMieux, representatives who are here today -- we got Jeff Miller and Corrine Brown and Ted Deutch. Please give them a big round of applause. (Applause.)

We've got Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson and Pensacola Mayor Mike Wiggins. Thank you very much for your outstanding efforts. (Applause.)

I know all of you join me in thanking these leaders and their communities -- because they're your neighbors -- for the incredible support that they give all the men and women and your families here in Pensacola. So we're grateful to you.

But this is my fourth visit to the Gulf Coast since the start of this spill. Yesterday, I was over in Gulfport, Mississippi; Theodore, Alabama; and now Pensacola -- assessing the situation, reviewing the response, seeing what needs to be done better and faster, and talking with folks -- whether fishermen or small business people and their families -- who are seeing their lives turned upside-down by this disaster.

Here in Pensacola, the beautiful beaches are still open. The sand is white and the water is blue. So folks who are looking for a good vacation, they can still come down to Pensacola. People need to know that Pensacola is still open for business. But that doesn't mean that people aren't angry. That doesn't mean that people aren't scared. That doesn't mean that people have concerns about the future -- we all have those concerns. And people have every right to be angry.

Those plumes of oil are off the coast. The fishing waters are closed. Tarballs have been coming ashore. And everybody is bracing for more.

So I'll say today what I've been saying up and down the coast over the last couple of days and over the last month. Yes, this is an unprecedented environmental disaster -- it's the worst in our nation's history. But we're going to continue to meet it with an unprecedented federal response and recovery effort -- the largest in our nation's history. This is an assault on our shores, and we're going to fight back with everything we've got.

And that includes mobilizing the resources of the greatest military in the world. (Applause.) Here at Naval Air Station Pensacola, you've been one of the major staging areas. You've helped to support the response effort. And I thank you for that, and I know the people of Pensacola thank you for that. And all along the Gulf coast, our men and women in uniform -- active, Guard, and Reserve -- from across the country are stepping up and helping out.

They're soldiers on the beaches putting out sandbags and building barriers and cleaning up the oil, and helping people process their claims for compensation from BP. They're sailors and Marines offering their ships and their skimmers and their helicopters and miles of boom. They're airmen overhead, flying in equipment and spraying dispersant. And, of course, there are Coast Guardsmen and women on the cutters, in the air, working around the clock.

And when I say this is the largest response of its kind in American history, I mean it. We've got more than 5,000 vessels on site -- skimmers, tugs, barges, dozens of aircraft. More than 27,000 personnel are on the scene, fighting this every day, putting out millions of feet of boom and cleaning the shores.

All told, we've authorized the deployment of 17,500 National Guardsmen to respond to this crisis. So far, only about 1,600 have been activated. That leaves a lot of Guardsmen ready to help. And if our governors call on them, I know they'll be ready, because they're always ready.

So I want the people of this region to know that my administration is going to do whatever it takes, for as long as it takes, to deal with this disaster. That includes the additional actions I announced yesterday to make sure that seafood from the Gulf is safe to eat. It includes steps we've taken to protect the safety of workers involved in the cleanup. It includes the new command structure I announced this morning to make sure states and local communities like Pensacola have the autonomy and the resources that they need to go forward.

Transcript Here:

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/06/obama_pensacola_nas_text_speech.html

[Clio the Leo]

1. in what way?

you didn't like his tie? didn't like Bush's ugly curtains? what?

[KoKo]

4. Sorry...I just updated with Transcript of his Wonderful Pensacola Speech to the Troops earlier today

Full text of Obama's address at Pensacola NAS:

'As Americans, we don't quit. We keep coming'

I want to thank your outstanding local leaders for welcoming me here today, including Captains Chris Plummer, Mike Price and Brad Martin. Give them a big round of applause. (Applause.) And your great senior enlisted leaders, including Master Chief Mike Dollen, give them a big round of applause. (Applause.)

I want to thank all the spouses and families who are joining us here today. You hold our military families together, so we honor your service as well.

It is great to be here in Pensacola -- America's oldest naval air station, "the cradle of naval aviation." We've got Navy -- all the students of the Naval Air Technical Training Center. (Applause.) We've got Training Wing Six, maybe a few Blue Angels. We've got the United States Marines in the house -- (applause) -- maybe a few Air Force and Army, too. (Applause.)

obamatroops.jpgView full size(AP photo/ Michael Spooneybarger)President Barack Obama greets troops at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Pensacola Fla., Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Obama is on a two day visit to Mississippi, Alabama and Florida stepping up his efforts to limit the economic fallout from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Now, I don't know how many could be here, because they're out there on the water right now, responding to the spill -- but I want to thank all the folks at Coast Guard Station Pensacola for their outstanding work. (Applause.) And I know somebody who is especially proud of them, and that's the former Commandant of the Coast Guard who postponed his retirement to answer his country's call once more and coordinate the federal response effort to the spill -- and that's Admiral Thad Allen. Please give him a big round of applause. (Applause.)

Now, I was just down at the Pensacola Beach Gulf Pier, at the Fish Sandwich Snack Bar. Now, I don't know if any of you ever checked it out. It's a nice spot. We were there with some of Florida's state and local leaders to discuss the situation here. I want to acknowledge the hard work that's being done by the governor of Florida, Charlie Crist; Florida's Chief Financial Officer, Alex Sink; Senators Bill Nelson, George LeMieux, representatives who are here today -- we got Jeff Miller and Corrine Brown and Ted Deutch. Please give them a big round of applause. (Applause.)

We've got Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson and Pensacola Mayor Mike Wiggins. Thank you very much for your outstanding efforts. (Applause.)

I know all of you join me in thanking these leaders and their communities -- because they're your neighbors -- for the incredible support that they give all the men and women and your families here in Pensacola. So we're grateful to you.

But this is my fourth visit to the Gulf Coast since the start of this spill. Yesterday, I was over in Gulfport, Mississippi; Theodore, Alabama; and now Pensacola -- assessing the situation, reviewing the response, seeing what needs to be done better and faster, and talking with folks -- whether fishermen or small business people and their families -- who are seeing their lives turned upside-down by this disaster.

Here in Pensacola, the beautiful beaches are still open. The sand is white and the water is blue. So folks who are looking for a good vacation, they can still come down to Pensacola. People need to know that Pensacola is still open for business. But that doesn't mean that people aren't angry. That doesn't mean that people aren't scared. That doesn't mean that people have concerns about the future -- we all have those concerns. And people have every right to be angry.

Those plumes of oil are off the coast. The fishing waters are closed. Tarballs have been coming ashore. And everybody is bracing for more.

So I'll say today what I've been saying up and down the coast over the last couple of days and over the last month. Yes, this is an unprecedented environmental disaster -- it's the worst in our nation's history. But we're going to continue to meet it with an unprecedented federal response and recovery effort -- the largest in our nation's history. This is an assault on our shores, and we're going to fight back with everything we've got.

And that includes mobilizing the resources of the greatest military in the world. (Applause.) Here at Naval Air Station Pensacola, you've been one of the major staging areas. You've helped to support the response effort. And I thank you for that, and I know the people of Pensacola thank you for that. And all along the Gulf coast, our men and women in uniform -- active, Guard, and Reserve -- from across the country are stepping up and helping out.

They're soldiers on the beaches putting out sandbags and building barriers and cleaning up the oil, and helping people process their claims for compensation from BP. They're sailors and Marines offering their ships and their skimmers and their helicopters and miles of boom. They're airmen overhead, flying in equipment and spraying dispersant. And, of course, there are Coast Guardsmen and women on the cutters, in the air, working around the clock.

And when I say this is the largest response of its kind in American history, I mean it. We've got more than 5,000 vessels on site -- skimmers, tugs, barges, dozens of aircraft. More than 27,000 personnel are on the scene, fighting this every day, putting out millions of feet of boom and cleaning the shores.

All told, we've authorized the deployment of 17,500 National Guardsmen to respond to this crisis. So far, only about 1,600 have been activated. That leaves a lot of Guardsmen ready to help. And if our governors call on them, I know they'll be ready, because they're always ready.

So I want the people of this region to know that my administration is going to do whatever it takes, for as long as it takes, to deal with this disaster. That includes the additional actions I announced yesterday to make sure that seafood from the Gulf is safe to eat. It includes steps we've taken to protect the safety of workers involved in the cleanup. It includes the new command structure I announced this morning to make sure states and local communities like Pensacola have the autonomy and the resources that they need to go forward.

Transcript Here:

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/06/obama_pensacola_nas_text_speech.html

[FrenchieCat]

2. I grew up without a father, and I'm still looking.

He wasn't in the Oval office; that's for sure.
The leak is still leaking.

[Nancy Waterman]

3. The Oval Office is too stiff a setting for him

He does better with a live crowd to interact with.
He is tired and rung out. This is a big mess and he is doing everything he can, but there are no easy solutions. I think we will see a break in the national sour mood when he gets a chuck of money from BP in the next couple of days.

[KoKo]

5. He sounded like someone wrote it for him...He was better in Pensacola.....earlier.

[KoKo]

8. Agree, Nancy... when he's "Unleashed" he can be his Own Person...he's still learning...

We have to hope this crisis is defining for him as the person we believe we elected.

[Hawkowl]

14. He may need an audience

Some people just play better "live". If this is the case, he should abandon the traditional wooden "oval office" setting and just broadcast speeches with a picked live audience.

Personally, I need more details from his speeches. I always wanted more details, but now I really believe that he really only has a very shallow grasp on most of the problems he addresses. That is why he lacks details.

[Thrill]

6. Some of you want an Actor. Not a President

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Go on Youtube and listen to other President's Oval Office Speeches. Obama's was pretty good.

[KoKo]

7. He sounded tired when got back to DC and read a prepared speech that

wasn't from his "gut," is my thinking.

He needs to ditch Emmanuel and that downer David Axelrod and stop using "THEIR LANGUAGE" to DEFINE HIM!

[O is 44]

9. He was fine, I'd be tired too if I had that much on my

plate, he is not super human although some insists that he is.

[KoKo]

10. True...but his Speech to the Nation was far more important than the Speech I heard Mid-Day on CNN

where he gave an incredible speech to our Troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

His "HANDLERS" Over Scheduled Him... I blame that on THEM and not on Obama!

[Doctor_J]

11. That's because he probably really believes in bolstering the military

but when it comes to holding criminals accountable...not so much.

[KoKo]

12. I thought his "Pensacola Speech" dealt better with the Gulf Disaster than tonight's speech

and while I was always totally against the Iraq Invasion and War and only mildly supportive of Afghanistan War (I thought we went in there to get Osama...who is probably long dead) I did feel that his speech to the hapless men and women that Bush/Cheney sent in there was very moving and it did relate to what we are facing in the BP Disaster much better than his prepared speech, tonight.

I still say: Obama needs to ditch his Current HANDLERS who are working against his natural enthusiasm and his inner core. His "Handlers" are making him appear just an "Empty Suit" reading their speeches written by the Think Tanks.

That's why the RIGHT WINGERS are ALL OVER HIM! They can always catch out the nuances since they are so corrupt going with their OWN HANDLERS they smell out when OBAMA is being HANDLED by his own Operatives!

[Aramchek]

13. you expected him to plug the leak with a speech