Spill Baby Spill!

[williambraskyiii]

Jun 17, 2010 16:08:47 GMT -5 SirSaxa said:

Republicans respond to Barton's Comments

GOP can’t quite get its message right on BP

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Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.), whose Pensacola district is among the most affected areas in the Gulf by the oil spill, condemned Barton for apologizing to BP CEO Tony Hayward during a committee meeting on Thursday.

“I condemn Mr. Barton’s statement. Mr. Barton’s remarks are out of touch with this tragedy and I feel his comments call into question his judgment and ability to serve in a leadership on the Energy and Commerce Committee,” Miller said in a statement. “He should step down as ranking member of the Committee.”


Bachman

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Conservative Republican Representative [and well know whack job who wanted to investigate Congress a while back for being "anti-American"] Michele Bachmann of Minnesota was quoted as telling the Heritage Foundation think tank Tuesday that the escrow account was a "redistribution-of-wealth fund."


Boehner, Cantor, and Pence: Barton was 'wrong'

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The top three members of the Republican leadership were forced to respond after Barton apologized to BP CEO Tony Hayward in a hearing for the government's pressure on the company to establish a $20 billion account in escrow to pay out damages related to the oil spill.

"The oil spill in the Gulf is this nation’s largest natural disaster and stopping the leak and cleaning up the region is our top priority. Congressman Barton’s statements this morning were wrong," the three said in a joint statement. "BP itself has acknowledged that responsibility for the economic damages lies with them and has offered an initial pledge of $20 billion dollars for that purpose."

How is there any inconsistency with the Republican response to Barton's comments? Maybe I'm not seeing it. It sounds like the House Republican leadership spoke out against Barton's comments, as did the House Republican from the district that includes Pensacola. You sprinkle in a comment from Bachmann from Tuesday to demonstrate inconsistency in the Republican response to Barton's comments today...not seeing it.

[TC]

I don't know if the response is inconsistent or not, but I don't know how you can have this guy chair the committee if the Republicans win the House in November. I think he just killed his shot at the chair.

[Boz]

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/18/AR2010061803443.html?hpid=topnews

Personally, I think they're just Editeded that they couldn't beat us or Algeria in soccer.
;D

[The Stig]

Jun 18, 2010 15:58:20 GMT -5 Boz said:

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/18/AR2010061803443.html?hpid=topnews

Personally, I think they're just Editeded that they couldn't beat us or Algeria in soccer.
;D

They fail to realize that the vast majority of Americans probably think BP is an American company.

[Bando]

Jun 17, 2010 16:57:20 GMT -5 TC said:

I don't know if the response is inconsistent or not, but I don't know how you can have this guy chair the committee if the Republicans win the House in November. I think he just killed his shot at the chair.

He won't in any case. Democrats go by seniority in committee assignments, Republicans switch after three terms. Barton's chance will be gone at the end of this term, so even if the GOP wins the House, he won't be in a position to become the chair. Now apparently he can have a special vote taken to keep him around, but I doubt anyone's going to go for that.