Someone was talking on Youtube about his Wikipedia page and so I looked and found this (see below). I am *thinking* this will not stay, as the this part of the page is already being contested and statements like these aren't usually accepted by Wikipedia when composed in such a way (derogatory). Still, you can see why this is an issue of contention - even Wikipedia is getting caught up in the crossfire. I am guessing it's a spin on how the right used to call Obama and apologist. Weird term though.
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Rep. Barton has been regarded as a global warming skeptic and his opposition to addressing global warming has been consistent and long-term. Barton is considered an oil industry apologist, most notably for his rebuffing and apologizing for the White House asking for an escrow account from BP in response to the Gulf Oil Spill disaster
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The bit I was talking about was the "oil industry apologist". As for the environmental skepticism, well, there's no surprises there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Bar...-apology-cbs-8