Was there looking for the Fox "Fair and Balanced" reporting on this gem, from the candidate who states that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 imposes governmental strictures on private businesses by outlawing discrimination (he says that only the public domain, and institutions receiving public funds should be so commanded); his latest pronouncements:
Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul of Kentucky today called President Barack Obama's outspoken criticism of BP after the oil spill "un-American" and accused him of putting "his boot heel on the throat of BP."
That's British Petroleum, not to pick on the Brits. And the presidential boot is hardly on the BP throat; a month after the spill the Administration has given the oil company a deadline to come up with alternative means of dispersing the 75,000 barrels a day (not the 5,000 both the company and the government have been touting).
Paul, a rising star of the tea party movement who beat out a GOP favorite to win Kentucky's Republican primary Tuesday, also defended remarks he made about the Civil Rights Act of 1964, saying he's being "trashed" by Democrats who want to ruin his campaign.
Well, that's politics. If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.
After criticizing the president for attacking BP, Paul moved on to reference the April 5 disaster at a West Virginia mine, which killed 29 people and sparked calls for increased regulation. "We had a mining accident that was very tragic," he told ABC's George Stephanopoulos. "Then we come in and it's always someone's fault. Maybe sometimes accidents happen."
Sensitive, too, this candidate.
BP oil spill reaches delicate wetlands of Louisiana - The Guardian - 32 minutes ago Thick sheets of crude oil spread through the delicate wetlands of Louisiana today, as the BP oil spill continued to threaten the American coastline. Company must be unable to act, what with the presidential boot on its throat. BP swamped by criticism; spilled oil keeps coming Reuters.
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