[Assam] A Joe Barton of Our Own?

[Chan Mahanta]

 >I am thinking he's being more 'Bushed' than Barton :-------thrown  
under the
>
> bus (like "heckva job Brownie").
>
> I saw it in a different light (not surprising:-)), but will let KJD  
> have a
> go at it first.



**** I am sooo surprised :-).











On Jun 18, 2010, at 9:04 AM, Ram Sarangapani wrote:

> *****Did our distinguished netter KJD of Texas do a Joe Barton in  
> the last
> couple of days, right here in assamnet
> by making the following two statements, one shortly after the other?
>
>
>       "All these drivels  ( sic) with respect to human/humanity/ 
> humanism
> are nothing but hackneyed
>       slogans. "
>
> Followed by:
>
>       "As a normal human being,who DEEPLY BELIEVES IN HUMANITY ,my  
> heart
> goes out to the family of the victim of this terrible tragedy."
>
>
> You decide :-).************
>
> I am thinking he's being more 'Bushed' than Barton :-------thrown  
> under the
> bus (like "heckva job Brownie").
>
> I saw it in a different light (not surprising:-)), but will let KJD  
> have a
> go at it first.
>
> --Ram
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 8:44 AM, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> Words of extraordinary significance, duplicity, retraction etc.  
>> often finds
>> its
>> way into the American lexicon as phrases on their own, namely:
>>
>> *** To be Borked  came from Reagan's Supreme Court nominee Robert  
>> Bork who
>> was rejected
>> by the Senate after a highly charged hearing.
>>
>> *** To be doing a Cheney came from exaggerated fear-mongering to  
>> political
>> ends.
>>
>> *** So on and so forth.
>>
>>
>> Yesterday,  Congressman Joe Barton ( R-Tex) , an ex Oil Co.  
>> Executive and
>> the one Congressman
>> who has received the highest amount of money ( campaign donations)  
>> from oil
>> companies,
>> who was the ranking minority representative in the Congressional  
>> hearing
>> that took testimony from
>> BP CEO, Tony Howard made an unprecedented apology to BP, for his  
>> perceived
>> crime of the US Govt.
>> and President Obama in 'shaking down BP' ( in his words) for the $ 20
>> Billion to be kept aside in trust
>> for compensation to people and companies who are hurt by the oil  
>> spill.
>> Among other things he said that
>> he does not want to live in a country that does such things.
>>
>> The same Joe Barton made a complete about face, later in the day,  
>> after a
>> national outcry and having
>> been taken to task by his own party leaders and apologized to the  
>> American
>> people for his apology
>> to BP earlier in the day.
>>
>> This has the potential to find a way into the American lexicon as  
>> well, as
>> "To do a Joe Barton", meaning doing an
>> ignominious about face shortly after making a seriously controversial
>> statement.
>>
>> Did our distinguished netter KJD of Texas do a Joe Barton in the last
>> couple of days, right here in assamnet
>> by making the following two statements, one shortly after the other?
>>
>>
>>       "All these drivels  ( sic) with respect to human/humanity/ 
>> humanism
>> are nothing but hackneyed
>>       slogans. "
>>
>> Followed by:
>>
>>       "As a normal human being,who DEEPLY BELIEVES IN HUMANITY ,my  
>> heart
>> goes out to the family of the victim of this terrible tragedy."
>>
>>
>> You decide :-).
>>
>>
>> **** Personally, I  never taunt people who change their minds after  
>> seeing
>> reason. It is a sign of maturity
>> to correct oneself, even after making a spectacular blunder.  If  
>> that was
>> so in KJD's case, instead of making him a target
>> of public ridicule, I would commend him for his courage to stand  
>> corrected.
>>
>> Was it?
>>
>>
>> cm
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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