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Title: Rand Paul: Obama's criticism of BP 'un-American'
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Published: May 21, 2010
Author: MICHELE SALCEDO
Post Date: 2010-05-21 15:01:41 by Prefrontal Vortex
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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. --- Associated Press writers David Espo and Charles Babington contributed to this report.
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Rand Paul: Obama's criticism of BP 'un-American'
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#1. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#0)
Best Rand get some really, really good help in answering the upcoming truther and birther questions.
I dunno. BP needs the boot up its @$$. You've got to be tone deaf to be taking up for those bastards at this point. Rand Paul also thinks Guantanamo is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Truther and birther and even anti-war take a back seat to the right-libertarian line.
I see psyops everywhere.
The Zionists will send in Glenn Beck, again, to take care of yet another troublesome political outsider.
_________________________________________________________________________ Yes, he's not an illuminist. He'll have to be destroyed.
I see psyops everywhere.
I don't understand his support of tribunals and GitMo even a little bit. Those are both unAmerican and unConstitutional as far as I'm concerned. Is he goofy on illegal aliens also?
Rand Paul, from his website: Immigrants should meet the current requirements, which should be enforced and updated. I realize that subsidizing something creates more of it, and do not think the taxpayer should be forced to pay for welfare, medical care and other expenses for illegal immigrants. Once the subsidies for illegal immigration are removed, the problem will likely become far less common. I support local solutions to illegal immigration as protected by the 10th amendment. I support making English the official language of all documents and contracts. Millions crossing our border without our knowledge constitutes a clear threat to our nation’s security. I will work to secure our borders immediately. My plans include an underground electric fence, with helicopter stations to respond quickly to breaches of the border. Instead of closing military bases at home and renting space in Europe, I am open to the construction of bases to protect our border. But anything that touches the 911 mythography and all its corollaries is gospel. It is a third rail, and if you get anywhere near it, forget national politics and even the statehouse, generally.
I see psyops everywhere.
Those are both unAmerican and unConstitutional as far as I'm concerned. Is he goofy on illegal aliens also? They should be made legal so they can be locked up.
So let the dynamics play out, they work in our favor. Let the libertarians and cult of individuality have their day. Support them, in fact (though consider saving your money for explicitly pro-white ventures only.) Forgive the silly buggers their slogans and lack of vision. The more victories they can win, the better for us – because the more victories they win the more the true racial fault lines become apparent. The greater success they have, the closer we get to reality and, in due time, victory.
Is it too late to be paranoid?
So let the dynamics play out, they work in our favor. Let the libertarians and cult of individuality have their day. Support them, in fact (though consider saving your money for explicitly pro-white ventures only.) Forgive the silly buggers their slogans and lack of vision. The more victories they can win, the better for us – because the more victories they win the more the true racial fault lines become apparent. The greater success they have, the closer we get to reality and, in due time, victory.
McClintock's shot across Calderone's bow pretty well summed up what our immigration policy should be. We don't need bases on the border, we need to look to the Chinese, thousands of years ago, and see what a real wall looks and functions like. The majority of our fencing couldn't keep a nimble goat in, or out. It's pathetic and criminal. Off to find something to grill this evening.
I dunno, but I got a head start is all I can say.
I see psyops everywhere.
Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean that they're not out to get you.
Don't say shit like that. I'm jumpy enough as it is.
I see psyops everywhere.
#2. To: Lod (#1)
Best Rand get some really, really good help in answering the upcoming truther and birther questions.
#3. To: Lod (#1)
Best Rand get some really, really good help in answering the upcoming truther and birther questions.
Obama is the miscegenated bastard of a white communist whore. True story.
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#4. To: X-15 (#3)
The Zionists will send in Glenn Beck, again, to take care of yet another troublesome political outsider.
#5. To: randge, X15, 4 (#2)
#6. To: Lod (#5)
I do not support amnesty. Those who come here should respect our laws. I support legal immigration and recognize that the country has been enriched by those who seek the freedom to make a life for themselves.
#7. To: Lod (#5)
I don't understand his support of tribunals and GitMo even a little bit.
#8. To: randge (#6)
and updated.
#9. To: randge (#6)
#10. To: Prefrontal Vortex (#8)
Is it too late to be paranoid?
#11. To: Prefrontal Vortex, randge, 4 (#8)
#12. To: Lod (#11)
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