Apology to BP's Hayward triggers uproar
A Republican U.S. representative apologized to BP CEO Tony Hayward on Thursday, saying BP was victim of a White House "shakedown" by having to set up a $20 billion Gulf oil spill fund, a comment that angered both Democrats and Republicans.
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Joe Barton of Texas, a major recipient of oil and gas industry campaign contributions, received such ridicule for his unusual apology to the oil giant that he later retracted his ...
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Joe Barton and his entire congressional office need to be investigated not as a backlash but to find cause for such an outlandish statement, one has to ask what other kinds of business practice has he been involved with to feel that the President acted wrongly in protecting the people of the Gulf area for all the damages they face. Yes, he later retracted the statement but that does not change the fact he said it. This is like a statement in court in front of a jury and the judge sustains an objection - the problem is these words are now in the minds of the people. He deserves to be tossed out of Congress, one way or the other, what do you expect from the party of no and who answers to the several lobbies involved.