Joe Barton Breaks Down and Cries about Energy Bill

[liveoaktx]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050414/ap_on_go_co/congressman_s_angst

**I have a hard time sympathizing with him. He's trying to delay EPA standards for clean air. You'd think since he has Midlothian and the concrete burners in his district, he'd want clean air.

WASHINGTON - Rep. Joe Barton (news, bio, voting record) couldn't hide his emotion as his committee, after more than 12 hours of plowing through countless amendments, finally came to voting on a huge, sometimes contentious energy bill.



Midnight was approaching Wednesday as Barton, R-Texas, started to call for the vote, but faltered. He began to sob and the audience in a partly empty committee room fell silent, some wondering if Barton had taken ill.

[crispini]

1. Sheesh.

:eyes:

Suck it up, Smokey Joe.

[rodeodance]

3. yeah Barton-you best be brave or someone will sic DeLay on you!!

[mhr]

2. Worthless Sack Of Republican Integument!

eom

[tammywammy]

4. What's really bad...is he's my representative

Ahh, suck it up.
Oh you poor thing, working all day. It's just so tough being a representative and screwing over your constituents at the same time. :sarcasm:

[jburton]

5. Poor baby

Maybe he would feel better breathing the particulates from the damn concrete factories he loves so much.

[tanyev]

6. What's the matter, Joe?

That pesky conscience starting to bother you? Or do you just hate it when you have to work SO HARD to keep screwing people? Time for a refresher course at the Tom DeLay tactical stratgery clinic?