GO(B)P

The GOP becomes the party of BP and Republican Joe Barton goes full on belly up for his European masters:

I apologize ... 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, in this case a $20 billion shakedown ... I apologize ...

OK, traditional media, now's your big chance to distinguish yourself from Fox Noise and right-wing radio apologists. You have a senior conservative lawmaker apologizing, twice, to the CEO of a negligent foreign oil company simply because we demand they pay for their massive, ongoing clusterf#&k that is covering US fisheries and beaches in thick oily goo and ruining thousands of lives every day. With the implication, we can infer, that taxpayers should pay for it. A company incidentally that had 760 safety violations -- about 50 times more than all the other big oil companies combined. So ready, aim, fire! Or are you a bought and paid for member of the GO(B)P too?