saying he didn t mean to say any of the things he said in the morning. i think republicans are extremely stunned and smarting from this. i think for them it was a terrible embarrassment. jonathan, misconstructed was the phrase that he used. he had somehow misspoken but there are those in the gop who want him out, right? yes. this was so bad, the damage was done. no matter what he said in terms of the misconstruing of the misconstruction of what he said, trying to take back the apology, the damage is done. i can t remember which group did it, somebody has already made a commercial with congressman barton saying i apologize to you, bp. it goes i apologize, i apologize, i apologize. yes, it s a mess. i think depending on how the democrats use it in the midterm elections, he has saved his senior leadership post on the energy committee for now.
said let s crucify christ and everybody moved forward with that idea, where those individuals by themselves probably just like the people who are involved in this arson, might not have done it on their own. a bit of a mob mentality and maybe also because it is a big crowd, people thinking, well, i m going to get away with it. there s so many people here. yes. realize that about 25% of people who are involved in arsons to begin with, chris, have a prior criminal record. and many of those same people have some type of intellectual disability. the people who were involved in this, there are no bragging rights that go with this. when their picture comes up on youtube, it s not just the thousands of bloggers that will be watching it, it s the arson inspectors and police officers that are going to be looking, too. that s about the time you re going to hear that old phrase, book em, danno, when they arrest these individuals for the crime they committed. there s a lot written about this