Last night I had not heard about the latest word choices blunder by BP until I got to class.
When I heard about the "small people" comment, all I could do was shake my head in amazement.
It seems like there is no one involved in this crisis who can say the right things. Obama -depending on his audience - picks the right words, but is he backing them up with the body language and emotion he needs? Based on commentary in class last night the answer is a resounding NO.
As for the latest from Carl-Henric Svanberg? Well, now that I've read a little about the comment, I might be willing to cut this man a little slack (and that's a pretty big "might"). English is his second language and sometimes the idiom you're reaching for does get lost in translation. But given the series of blunders and insensitive comments that have gone before this one, I don't think the majority of the public is going to feel so generous to anyone from BP (or the government for that matter) who puts his foot into his mouth.
Or maybe people will be more like Mayor Kennon of Orange Beach and not care what BP says so long as they "write the check."
http://www.aolnews.com/gulf-oil-spill/article/bp-exec-carl-henric-svanberg-sorry-about-small-people-comment/19519828
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