Barbour downplays BP oil disaster again: "The coast is clear, come on down!" — blames media for "misperception of what is going on down here." - Former dirty energy lobbyist joins Jindal in calls for more deepwater drilling before cause of disaster is fo

On Fox News Sunday, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) continued to aggressively downplay the massive BP oil gusher, explaining that tar balls washing up on his state's beaches are "no big deal" because you can "pick them up and throw them in the bag."  And instead of attacking BP for causing the spill, he blamed the media for creating a "misperception" of crisis by daring to call attention to one of the worst environmental disasters in American history.  TP has the story:

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