Rand Paul: Obama's BP Comments Sound 'Really Un-American' (VIDEO)

And Atlas shrugged yet again...

It looks like Mitch McConnell was right about endorsing the other guy -- Paul is a total disaster.

He's been the GOP nominee for less than 3 days and he's already come out against the Civil Rights Act and is now defending BP.

There is so much to talk about with this interview!
First, Paul comes off as a whiney baby.
Does he not realize even in accidents that there is someone at fault? That someone needs to be responsible to make things right?
Not to mention, this is not just some "oops" flub, this is OIL GUSHING in out waters and landing on the coast?

Finally, Byrd's not the one bringing up the 40 year old legislation, Paul is.

Why does Paul keep digging this hole?

BP 'accidentally' had a non-functioning BOP. The oil companies had emissaries sleeping with the regulators. "Everyone" understood that it was quite clear that drilling at depths never before attempted entailed no additional risks at all. AND RAND WANTS TO KNOW WHEN THEY"LL STOP PICKING ON BUSINESS?

'Hey, officer, I was just going a hundred miles an hour. How was I to know that I'd get into an accident? Not my fault that it's a bad one. What's your problem?'

This is some of the most irresponsible drivel I've heard in a long time.

They always bring up Senator Byrd. Next he'll start talking about his black friends.

More Paul hypocrisy.

Paul continued: The President's reaction is "part of this sort of blame game society" where "it's always someone's fault."

Later Paul says:

"If you want to bring up 40-year-old legislation," Paul said, "why don't you bring me on with Senator Byrd, we'll talk about how he filibustered the Civil Rights Act."

Not ready for primetime or morningtime.

What planet is he from where BP deserves no blame or criticism? Is it never the private sector's fault? The federal government is overstepping its bounds because it sent a letter to BP? Paul's anti-government philosophy goes way too far here. Reasonable people, inside and outside the government, believe the fault lies with BP. It's not un-american for the White House to agree.

New tagline for Paul campaign -

Rand Paul: Shit Happens.

someone should drive a tractor trailer into Rand Paul's house and than say "hey accidents happen. let's not play the blame game here."

I suspect accidents happen is his approach to medical malpractice claims as well. This guy combines no shame with no blame which is probably consistent.

So let me get this straight: Rand Paul says that criticizing a FOREIGN company is "un-American?"

I wonder if he would say that if BP were Chinese-owned? Mexican? Russian? Iranian? or worst of all, French-owned?

I think this means that Rand Paul wants Americans to submit to domination by foreign companies. Which would make him the real "un-American."

So, according to Rand Paul's lack of commonsense philosophy, the free market will punish BP, but unfortunately only after it has turned the Gulf of Mexico into one giant cesspool.

Paul should fit right in with Mitch McConnell in supporting BIG business at any cost, to heck with the death of the livelihood of thousands of gulf people

I dont see his chances being all that good on election day. he will be a lump of overused bluejeans on the sidewalk by then

Is this guy on crack? Defending BP? Holy &^(*!!!

Tell that to the fishermen whose livelihoods have been ruined down in the Gulf.

Think anyone is going to eat that toxic crap that comes out of the cesspool we call the Gulf of Mexico anytime soon?

If his intent is to turn the United States into a one party state (the Democrats), he is well on his way to accomplishing that goal.

Obama is un-American because he criticized BRITISH Petroleum for turning the Caribbean into a toilet? Does that mean that the American thing to do is to praise a foreign company for contaminating American water and land with oil? Is today Opposite Day or something?

Rand is the new Claytie Williams. I don't know that I believe Rasmussen's 25 -point lead, but I'm sure he's ahead; the question is whether he'll squander his entire lead before the clock runs out in November.

Bad interview. We all know that one man could not repeal the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The question was his beliefs, he was allowed to avoid answering that question. The man is not a Republican but a libertarian. That should be brought out. The Tea Baggers has been taken over by the Paul's libertatian movement, I wonder how long it will take them to realize it.

I'm pretty sure that the War for Independence was fought so that we could be the obedient little toady for British multinationals. Am I right? Oh, no... wait... ok, ok... it's the opposite: the war for Independence was to FREE ourselves of the burden of British multinationals.
So.... this would make Rand Paul what? Benedict Arnold?

Oh yeah, defending BP is going to go over real well with the American electorate.

Wait a minute. Blame-game society? Nobody's fault? Accidents happen?!

That's rich coming from a libertarian.

Funny how when "accidents happen" to poor and powerless people, that's just their bad luck, and really it's their fault anyway, and it's not society's responsibility to solve their problems.

But when it's a mega-billion dollar corporation that intentionally takes risks under the assumption that they won't be held accountable for damages, waaaaah it's not faaiir to blame them....

Asshole.

Some pretzel logic there. President Obama criticizes a British corporation for negligence that is fouling the Gulf of Mexico and is called un-American for it. It fits with the other winger noise coming from Limbaugh, Palin, Hannity. Now Rand can follow the tried and true Con ploy - play the victim. He got shredded all day Wednesday about his comments on the CRA and ADA and spent Thursday walking backwards. It's no mystery why Palin doesn't take interviews from non-friendly media and prefers to snipe from her Facebook page, Fox News and to select paying audiences.

Which side are you on Rand, which side are you on?
In teabag world, anything opposed to Obama is automatically good, so maybe the Rand supporters don't care if he's defending the worst polluter in history.

Maybe sometimes accidents happen?

This just "happened"?

No.

This was completely manmade. It is a disaster of epic proportions. And it is not acceptable for government to do nothing.

Those responsible must pay for it.

From a purely Libertarian whack-job standpoint, killing people is certainly boorish behavior, but is it really something that the government wants to get involved in? If we don't let some citizens kill other citizens when it seems like a good idea, then we are really limiting freedom. It is just a short step from prohibiting murder to mandatory sex with your mother-in-law.

I love this guy. Not only will he foul the Kentucky race for the GOP, but he will taint the Teabaggers nationally.

So the sphere in which companies should be allowed to do what they want is now extended to the commons? I'm pretty sure that's not a libertarian stance.

How sad for the GOP that Rand didn't seem to get the message from them or his dad to "shut the F*ck up". If this is going to continue, we should get ready for some real fireworks (opp's the Chinese invented them) through out the Mid Term Election season.

If memory serves me, Ann Rand didn't believe in god, so he can't use the Rick Perry meme that this was an act of god, so he has settled on accidents happen, which is yet another foolish and immature attack. This actually goes nicely with the GOP from the previous adminstration. Didn't Rumsfeld use that same Talking Point with regard to the problems with getting supplies and good safety equipment (like bullet-proof vests that actually stop bullets) during the Iraq invasion?

And yet he continues, attacking the WH, not for all the mis-steps that have occurred with regards to the Oil Disaster, but to say instead that making BP pay for it's errors is anti-Business.

Wowzer! One could wonder what his first piece of legislation would be, if he happened to get elected. Oh, I know, Revoke the 17th amendment, so he could keep his seat without having to go through all this falderal of this pesky election process!

Sucking up to International Conglomerates is what Real Americans™ do.

Think teabagger Paul would be defending an oil company if it was from the middle east or else where? The gop/teabagger gestapo would be calling for war if this company was not from the u.s. or england. Anywho, I hope we hear a great deal more from Rpaul, and how he plans to change this country. Think he supports chickens for checkups too?

Yes, Randy, we know you value individual and corporate irresponsibility. But you can't claim those are American values until you and your selfish crowd have completely taken over. Now go take a swim on the gulf coast.

I, for one, welcome our new feckless and entitled robot overlords.

Wait wait! I thought the magic power of the market would punish companies that do bad things, so by Paul's own magic hand thinking, BP being vilified is the natural result of BP killing 11 people and destroying the Gulf. What's more American than getting pissed off at a company that does something this incredibly destructive and irresponsible, all while enjoying record profits and screwing consumers at every opportunity?

Remember kiddies, the Rand-child says we don't need any of that nasty ol' regulation. The big magic hand of the market will come down and give a spanking to any company that misbehaves. That's the way it works!

Paul is trying hard to run against Obama in his senatorial campaign. We'll see if it works....

You know, I generally think Howard Fineman is a total hack, but he made a point yesterday that Rand Paul has the potential to cause national problems for the GOP (in other words, beyond his own race) and at the time I thought that was a step too far--but now I'm not so sure. The tea party is going to be cheering him on the whole way while the more rational part of the GOP will want nothing to do with him. And what if we get Buck in Colorado? Much the same story.

Despite the polling and the local situation, in my mind Conway is the favorite in this election. We haven't even gotten to cutting Social Security and Medicare or eliminating the Department of Education.

"Sometimes accidents happen",....that's what people say when they're helpless and don't know what to do to help out. This guy is not only helpless, he's clueless on what his positions mean, especially in any historic context. The more he talks the less appeal he will have. Calling the president un-american because he stood up to British Petroleum,....if anything he's un american for not standing up enough and letting the oil spill more. At some point someone with authority has to say, you're not doing the job,....please step aside, we'll fix it and you'll pay for it Mr and Mrs BP.

sounds like he is trying to change the subject. obama has nothing to do with this.

the media did not make anything up. he is on tape being interviewed. he stated what he stated.

he is beginning to sound like lowden. he put his foot in his mouth and now he is trying to walk this back.

Rand Paul has finally decided to utilize his name to gain his goal.
He is just following what others have done before him... get newsworthy, become a household name... be more and more preposterous... become rich through book writing, cable tv, pundit jobs, etc.
Within a few months, this guy will be worth millions, if he isn't already.
The byproduct of all this of course is the continual demise of this once great nation which promoted ethics, values, common sense, etc. and now promotes every abnormal and bizarre behavior one can dream up...

he's trying to flip the script and go on the attack

weak

Yes, just what we need, less regulation of energy companies. How many dead coal miners does KY want? How many rivers and streams polluted with mine waste? How many mountains ruined by strip mining? Business over people, that's his principle.

I, myself wouldn't have slaves, and I wouldn't associate with slave owners, but I defend the right of people to keep their own property and do with it as they please, even including the ownership of black people (and their children as the result of breeding them). And by the way, what right does our government have to prosecute people for beating and fighting their own dogs? That's what's wrong with Big government. It's time we took our government back!

RP Teabagger candidate of the GOP

A true Libertarian would be in favor of allowing literally ANYONE to perform eye surgery, not just M.D.'s. After all, "the market" will sort things out, right? So someone should ask Randy if he's in favor of de-certifying medical practitioners. I mean, who gave the government permission to say who's a good doctor or not? Let's get Big Government out of doctor certification!

Criticizing BRITISH Petroleum is verrrrrry un-American.
That'd be like criticizing BRITISH Tea Tarrifs...

oh wait...

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Conway should run an ad with this Elvis Costello song in the background:

Accidents will happen
We only hit and run
you used to be a victim
Now you're not the only one

Accidents will happen
We only hit and run
I don't want to hear it
'Cause I know what I've done

There's so many fish in the sea
That only rise up in the sweat and smoke like mercury
But they keep you hanging on
They say you're so young
Your mind is made up but your mouth is undone

(Chorus)

And it's the damage that we do
And never know
It's the words that we don't say
That scare me so

There's so many people to see
So many people you can check up on
And add to your collection
But they keep you hanging on
Until you're well hung
Your mouth is made up but your mind is undone

I, myself wouldn't have slaves, and I wouldn't associate with slave owners, but I defend the right of people to keep their own property and do with it as they please, even including the ownership of black people (and their children as the result of breeding them). And by the way, what right does our government have to prosecute people for beating and fighting their own dogs? That's what's wrong with Big government. It's time we took our government back!

RP Teabagger candidate of the GOP

Randy is complaining about 'Democrats who have "trashed" him "up and down" with their "talking points."'

Really?

He does know something about political campaigns, doesn't he? Does he think he should be immune from criticism?

And I have to second Josh Marshall's take on his claim that Obama's criticism of BP is un-American.

Criticism of BRITISH Petroleum is Un-AMERICAN????

Of a company that has single-handedly perpetrated the worst ecological disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in our lifetimes?

Un-American to criticize BRITISH Petroleum?

What the hell is Randy talking about here? What a jerk.

Thank you Dr. Paul for confirming my prejudice against whining lyin' hypocritical Republicans who sit in their country clubs while the hoipaloi are stuck with polluted beaches, dead fish, loss of commercial fishery and tourism income, etc.

Corporate Profits Uberalles! Ignorance Macht Frei! You, Dr. Paul, have challenged Sarah as the stupidest most self-serving politician in America.

actually, a boot up the ass, is better than a boot on their throats.

welcome senator conway

WhackJob du Jour.

Another while affirmative action candidate rises to the level of his incompetance.

You mean Byrd that has moved past it while he apparently hasnt.

It almost seems to me that this guy may pull out of the race after being hammered all summer. I don't see how the little dweeb is gonna stand up to it. I don't think he's ever been in a real election before, Conway is going to clean his clock.

The President's reaction is "part of this sort of blame game society" where "it's always someone's fault." Paul added: "Maybe sometimes accidents happen."

Yes, Rand, Accidents do happen! You sir, are a walking, breathing, knuckle dragging example of that old adage. Had your mother taken business in hand you wouldn't be facing the music. But then again.... ACCIDENTS HAPPEN!!! Goddamn!!!! You and Sarah deserve each other.. Teabaggers = Cretins

I always thought that Libertarians graciously accepted personal responsibility for what they say and do.

Those weren't Democratic talking points...they were his own talking points he's being beat over the head with.

Libertarianism is like communism; looks great on paper, but in reality people are too greedy and at the same time don't want to be held accountable.