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You know what’s even more fun than catchin’ a Republican in a lie?  Letting his fellow Republicans catch him.

You probably remember Texas Republican Congressvarmint Smokey Joe Barton as the guy who apologized to BP for our Gulf water diluting their oil.  Well, Joe has been pitchin’ a walleyed snot nosed hissy fit about incandescent light bulbs because, apparently, he ain’t got anything else to fret about.

Even Republicans are growing weary of it.  And they threw in Michelle Bachmann just as the icing on the cupcake.

As has been written about here before, a group of GOP lawmakers, including Joe Barton (TX) and Michele Bachmann (MN), have stirred up—along with their talk radio and Fox News cohorts—public concern over what they say is a looming “ban” on incandescent light bulbs.

And then his fellow Republicans go even further.

Unfortunately, these easy-to-prove facts have not prevented Barton, Bachmann and others from pushing legislation to scuttle the new standards. Barton’s legislation, dubbed “The Better Use of Light Bulbs Act” (H.R. 2417), is scheduled for a floor vote in the House of Representatives this evening.

Barton’s irresponsible and embarrassing legislation would accomplish nothing good. It would provide consumers with inferior products that burn out faster and result in higher energy bills. It would threaten the lighting industry’s investment dollars. It would waste energy and result in more pollution.

Lookie at that.  Finally, Republicans saying “pollution” like it’s a bad thing.  Will wonders never cease?

Thanks to Judy for the heads-up.