Boy, If I Had A Fifty, I'd Vote.

Joe Barton is just a good old fashioned American kind of guy with ideas that alter and illuminate our times ( had to bring up the old Walter Cronkite phrase). He's from Texas, which may illuminate things and he likes oil companies. In fact he loves oil companies, which may alter things. Joe is a congressman from Texas and the ranking Republican on the committee questioning BP about the oil spill. By now, I'm sure you know who he is. Now, you may think he's pretty dumb to stand up for the oil giant at this point. I mean even the Republican leadership, who loves to find fault with Obama, is more or less defending him on this. But maybe Barton is dumb like a fox. After all, Obama isn't going to donate to his reelection campaign. But my guess is that he'll be well funded for as long as he wants to run for any office in the land, regardless. I wonder how BP will approach it? "Mr Barton, would you like that in five hundred or one thousand dollar bills. We'll deliver the trailer wherever you want"? Boy, is he in trouble now. He used to only be able to deliver five dollar bills per voter, but now he'll be able to give away fifties. Actually, it might not make any difference. Remember, he's from Texas. You know, the place where the state school board doesn't like American History. It prefers Confederate States of American history. And by golly, the rest of the country is stuck with it. Texans like to be out in front. It doesn't matter what. Just so they're out in front.