Barton apologizing to BP (photo via flickr) The word has gone out to the conservative establishment that Obama can’t “win” on the BP oil spill and that labels, accusations, and lies are needed to change the framing of the story from one in which the president takes deliberate and necessary action to one in which he’s let the country down. Last week, Rep. Joe Barton sparked the meme that Obama is a “shakedown” artist who is pressuring a private corporation into action. Although his peers in his own party ran for cover … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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New Conservative Meme: Obama Forces "Shakedowns," "Show Trials" Over Spill
