President Obama demonstrated his trademark leadership style with this morning's press statement concerning preparing for Hurricane Irene. He told East Coasters to "take this storm seriously." Seriously, Mr. President? :
Don’t delay. We all hope for the best, but we have to be prepared for the worst. All of us have to take this storm seriously. You need to listen to your state and local officials, and if you are given an evacuation order, please follow it. Just to underscore this point: We ordered an aircraft carrier group out to sea to avoid this storm yesterday. So if you’re in the way of this hurricane, you should be preparing now.
The rest of his leadership statement is on the White House blog HERE:
