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[release]WASHINGTON — Taking another unconventional stand, Kentucky's Republican Senate nominee Rand Paul criticized President Barack Obama's handling of the Gulf oil spill Friday as anti-business and sounding "really un-American."
Paul's defense of the oil company came during an interview as he tried to explain his controversial take on civil rights law, an issue that has overtaken his campaign since his victory in Tuesday's GOP primary.
"What I don't like from the president's administration is this sort of, 'I'll put my boot heel on the throat of BP,'" Paul said in an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America." "I think that sounds really un-American in his criticism of business."
The Obama administration has used the "boot heel" phrase to describe its commitment to holding BP accountable for the spill and its cleanup.
Other Republicans have criticized the administration's handling of the oil spill, but few have been so vocal in defending BP, the company responsible for the deep well and offshore rig that exploded last month, killing 11 workers.
Paul appeared two days after a landslide primary victory over the Republican establishment's candidate, Trey Grayson. He has been scrambling to explain remarks suggesting businesses be allowed to deny service to minorities without fear of federal interference, even though he says he personally abhors discrimination. On Friday he said he wouldn't seek to repeal the Civil Rights Act or Fair Housing Act, which prohibits housing discrimination on the basis of race, among other areas.
On the oil spill, Paul, a libertarian and tea party favorite, said he had heard nothing from BP indicating it wouldn't pay for the spill that threatens devastating environmental damage along the Gulf of Mexico coast.
"And I think it's part of this sort of blame-game society in the sense that it's always got to be somebody's fault instead of the fact that maybe sometimes accidents happen," Paul said.
The senate candidate referred to a Kentucky coal mine accident that killed two men, saying he had met with the families and he admired the coal miners' courage.
"We had a mining accident that was very tragic. ... Then we come in and it's always someone's fault. Maybe sometimes accidents happen," he said.
An eye doctor and political novice, Paul defeated a rival recruited by Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell. He immediately invited Obama, whose approval ratings in Kentucky are fairly low, to campaign for the state's Democrats.
Paul, 47, credited tea party activists with powering him to victory on Tuesday. The first opinion poll since then showed him with a wide lead over his Democratic rival, Jack Conway.
Paul blamed the 24-hour news cycle for the controversy over his civil rights law comments, a point his father, Rep. Ron Paul, -Tex., endorsed.
In a sometimes testy exchange with reporters in the Capitol on Thursday, the elder Paul said liberals were treating his son unfairly and reporters were hoping to stop his political momentum with "gotcha" questions based on out-of-context remarks.
"Making something out of nothing is just not fair," he said.
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I'm starting to really dislike this guy.
Someone tell him what the B stands for.
what the fuck is this
what the fuck is this
what the actual fuck is this
I detect America's new media clown.
These nut jobs will say that anything Obama says is un-American.
British Petroleum isn't American?
GASP!
What a fucking idiot
[QUOTE=lulzbocks;22086707]British Petroleum isn't American?
GASP![/QUOTE]
what
uughhh
Last I checked, [I]British[/I] Petroleum [I]was[/I] "un-American". :downs:
Jesus Christ, that's it, I'm out of here.
[QUOTE=Eudoxia;22087427]Jesus Christ, that's it, I'm out of here.[/QUOTE]
Same, anyone up to start a new Country?
[QUOTE=Lawliet.;22087472]Same, anyone up to start a new Country?[/QUOTE]
Why stop with a country? Let's all go to Mars!
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;22087284]Last I checked, [I]British[/I] Petroleum [I]was[/I] "un-American". :downs:[/QUOTE]
It's the fact that it's anti-business.
Which is stupid, in and of itself, considering BP hasn't fixed the problem in a month.
He's right guys, we shouldn't be so harsh on BP. After all they are only causing a mass genocide of sea life and destroying ecosystems.
[QUOTE=Reaver1991;22087599]Are you guys trying to be funny[/QUOTE]
And apparently succeeding.
Damn I keep thinking this is Ron Paul. First time I saw the name I thought it was a typo
[QUOTE=OutOfExile;22087748]Damn I keep thinking this is Ron Paul. First time I saw the name I thought it was a typo[/QUOTE]
Same.
Who the fuck is this guy really? He's been suddenly popping up all over the news making retarded claims. Is he the Republican's new mascot or something?
Us Britishers find American politics confusing. :sigh:
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;22088112]Who the fuck is this guy really? He's been suddenly popping up all over the news making retarded claims. Is he the Republican's new mascot or something?
Us Britishers find American politics confusing. :sigh:[/QUOTE]
he's a republican and that's all you basically need to know about him to realize he's an idiot.
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;22088112]Who the fuck is this guy really? He's been suddenly popping up all over the news making retarded claims. Is he the Republican's new mascot or something?
Us Britishers find American politics confusing. :sigh:[/QUOTE]
he's pretty much replaced Sarah Palin as the right wing dipshit making retarded public statements, it seems
[QUOTE=Leon Trotsky;22088143]he's an idiot and that's all you basically need to know about him to realize he's a republican.[/QUOTE]
It works this way too! :eng101:
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;22088112]Who the fuck is this guy really? He's been suddenly popping up all over the news making retarded claims. Is he the Republican's new mascot or something?
Us Britishers find American politics confusing. :sigh:[/QUOTE]
They're not so confusing. We have two main political parties, therefore we have two main political parties that don't give a damn about the people and only focus on winning elections and lining supporters' pockets. I seem to remember something about "serving the people" being thrown in somewhere but I think that's just an urban legend.
Fuck Rand Paul, hes a ass.
Whatever it's not like Ron Paul is any better.
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