Barton does it again

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Wednesday June 23, 2010 · 1:18 PM PDT

2010/06/23 · 13:18

Earlier today, Joe Barton once again apologized to BP, Tweeting an article defending his apology under the header "Joe Barton was right." And just like last time, he swiftly retracted the apology, deleting the Tweet and retracting the reapology. This time, Barton's spokesman is taking the blame, telling Greg Sargent that the office never meant to publicly promote the article on Twitter.

Without thinking about it much, I added a headline from one of the daily news clips to a website that is, in turn, linked to the congressman's Twitter account. I won't be doing that again.

The site in question is http://repjoebarton.amplify.com/, a public website that promotes Joe Barton and his policy views. So even if Barton's office never intended to push the article defending his apology on Twitter, it's obvious they were publicly promoting it at on Barton's amplify.com site. And just like last time, now that it's gotten attention, Barton's office is trying to control the political damage.

It's yet more evidence that Joe Barton meant what he said when he apologized to BP and that his retraction was about politics. And coming on the same day that House Republicans voted to keep Barton as the top GOPer on the energy committee, it's a reminder that most congressional Republicans agree with him.

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