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Originally posted by Niki2:
Betcha didn't know that!

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If the Obama administration was hoping to see hints of bipartisanship from the Hill, it might want to skip over the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

The committee's ranking Republican, Rep. Joe L. Barton (Tex.), has a slide presentation that he's e-mailing to colleagues, pledging to do for the administration what Gen. George Patton and company did for Germany. The first slides are standard campaign material, with Barton asking to be elected by the new House Republican majority to be chairman of the committee.

He naturally touts his conservative credentials, saying, "I know the ropes and can hit the ground running immediately." He especially appeals to the newly elected members, saying he would make sure they are represented on the powerful committee.

Then comes the money slide, titled: "What's in Store for the Obama Administration," with photos of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Generals Omar Bradley and George Patton in uniform.



"Speaker Boehner is our Dwight Eisenhower in the battle against the Obama Administration. Majority Leader Cantor is our Omar Bradley. I want to be George Patton - put anything in my scope and I will shoot it."

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http://celebrifi.com/gossip/In-slideshow-Rep-Joe-Barton-declares-war-o
n-the-Obama-administration-4147385.html

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Congressman Joe Barton, the infamous BP apologist and lightbulb warrior, is vying for the powerful Energy and Commerce committee chairmanship. And his vision, as detailed in a children's PowerPoint presentation, is to role-play as a WWII general and shoot liberals.

Barton apparently doesn't trust his sweet siren's voice enough to merely explain to his colleagues, in spoken form, why he should chair this committee, which oversees more or less everything important. He needs to make a cute nine-slide PowerPoint presentation too.

Some people are getting all up in arms over [the above] image, claiming that Barton is either threatening to assassinate the president or likening his opponents to Nazis, which is Offensive. Too nitpicky! We just think Barton is 12 years old, and feel sorry for whichever assistant communications aide had to update culled slides from an old 7th grade U.S. History report to appease the boss on his latest sugar high.

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http://gawker.com/5702460/congressman-outlines-war-fantasy-with-fancy-
powerpoint

I do love his "bullet points" (or should that be "bullshit points"?) in the presentation; they say it all:

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"My vision:
1. Focus on Key Priorities:
* Repeal Obamacare and replace with pro-market reforms
* Communicate clearly to promote successes of our members"

"Who is Joe Barton?
* Led Republican resistance to Obamacare in committee:
- Forced markup in committee to take more than 17 days
* Led fight against Cap-and-Trade
- Forced Democrats to endure 4-day markup, with 300 prepared amendments and 47 offered amendments"

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The full the slides at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2010/11/29/GA2010
112904227.html#photo=10

Man, that is SOME resume and goals, I'm impressed...aren't you? To hell with the American people, I'm working for OBSTRUCTIONISM all the way! Vote for me! Yay!

Oh, yeah...it's gonna be a great two years, a time of compromise and bipartisanship to end all (...of US). Ain't politics FUN tho'? Especially now that "the adults" [sic] are in charge!


Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

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