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Rahm Emanuel: Joe Barton's BP Apology Represents Difference Between Democrats And Republicans
• Huffington PostRahm Emanuel says the GOP philosophy is to paint BP as the victim, pointing to Rep. Joe Barton's apology to BP for what the congressman called a White House "shakedown."
"That's not a political gaffe, those are prepared remarks. That is a philosophy. That is an approach to what they see. They see the aggrieved party here as BP, not the fishermen," Emanuel said on ABC's "This Week."
Barton and Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul, who recently called Obama's criticism of BP "un-American," are a reflection of the Republican party's governing philosophy, Emanuel said. "They think that the government's the problem."
It would be "dangerous" if the GOP held power in Washington, Emanuel said.
"I think what Joe Barton did was remind the American people, in case they forgot, how the Republicans would govern."