Sorry BP (The Ballad of Joe Barton)

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Run time: 01:57 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peDIaYEzgAE   Posted on YouTube: June 21, 2010 By YouTube Member: RyPetermannQuickHit Views on YouTube: 128   Posted on DU: June 21, 2010 By DU Member: Joanne98 Views on DU: 403

 
RyPetermannQuickHit — June 21, 2010 — I'm Sorry bp.
Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), turned the heat on the White House, calling the BP escrow fund for cleanup a "SHAKEDOWN" and a "$20 billion SLUSH FUND."
Barton, who has had a close relationship with the oil industry, accused the White House of putting undue pressure on BP.
"I'm ashamed of what happened in the White House yesterday," Barton said
I think it is a tragedy of the first proportion that a private corporation can be subjected to what I would characterize as a shakedown. Poor bp. Don't worry about our country Mr. Barton.

Barton's statement created an immediate uproar throughout Washington, as Democrats and even the top House Republican distanced themselves from the "shakedown" comment. Florida Republican Jeff Miller condemned Barton's statements and called on him to resign as the top GOP member on the Energy and Commerce Committee.

I'm Sorry bp.

The White House quickly released a statement calling for Democrats and Republicans to "repudiate comments."
What is shameful is that Joe Barton seems to have more concern for big corporations that caused this disaster than the fishermen, small-business owners and communities whose lives have been devastated by the destruction.