We've all heard Rep. Joe Barton apologize to BP for the escrow fund announced by President Obama, which Barton called a "tragedy of the first order." Newt Gingrich, Michelle Bachman and many others have condemned this as a "Chicago-style shakedown" of poor, oppressed BP. Yet, Dave Weigel of The Washington Post has reported that the $20 Billion fund was BP's idea, urged on by Republican Rep. Cao of Louisiana over a month ago. As conservative David Frum said:
"This story is another example of the harm done by allowing talk radio & Fox – rather than elected officials and aspiring candidates – to define the GOP. Anybody heard any objection to the escrow fund from Mitt Romney? Has Mitch Daniels termed it a “shakedown”? Bobby Jindal seems cool with the idea, ditto Mitch McConnell. But these real leaders are crowded out by people trying to bump ratings a point or two by inciting another prime time hour’s worth of anti-Obama indignation."
This reminds me of the death panels. A thougful, end of life counseling provision inserted into the health care bill by conservative Republican Senator Isakson of Georgia morphed into Obama wants to kill grandma.
If President Obama appointed Jesus Christ to the Supreme Court, Newt Gingrich would go on Fox News to denounce Christ's ties to prostitution.
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