Joe Barton Apparently Sticks by His Initial Apology

[Clio the Leo]

Rep. Barton just tweeted a link to this article, infer what you will...

Joe Barton Was Right
By Peter Hannaford on 6.23.10 @ 6:07AM

Rep. Joe Barton of Texas broke an iron law of Washington last week. He described the elephant in the room that no one was supposed to see. In this case, it was the strong-arming Obama & Co. applied to BP to get it to “voluntarily” set up a $20 billion fund to compensate Gulf citizens adversely affected by the oil spill. Barton used the inelegant term, “shakedown.” He was promptly made to eat humble pie by his party’s Congressional leaders, fearful that if they didn’t clamp down, the Democrats would use it to tie the entire party to an unpopular company.

Mr. Obama’s attorney general had already taken the unusual step of publicly announcing in advance a criminal investigation of the oil spill. This built pressure on BP, as did the concerted effort by everyone in the administration with access to a microphone to demonize it, as if it had deliberately caused the Deepwater Horizon rig to explode and unleash a flow of oil from the sea bed.

The night before the BP meeting, the president delivered an uninspiring speech from the Oval Office, once again insisting that BP “would be made to pay” for everything. The tone of his voice suggested that if it weren’t for him, BP would run for the hills.

http://spectator.org/archives/2010/06/23/joe-barton-was-right

[jenmito]

1. This is GREAT news for us! And he's staying in his position!

Not only does this allow us to continue to attack HIM and his continued apology to BP, but to attack the Repub. party which chose to KEEP him there while he continues apologizing!

[Clio the Leo]

2. Barton for Minority Leader!!! WHOOHOO! nt

[Clio the Leo]

3. and now he has removed this Tweet....

meaning that he has "has unapologized for unapologizing for apologizing for an apology." .... (thanks to @climatebrad for pointing this out.)