Aww...Rand Paul feels BP's pain!

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Sam Stein
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Rand Paul Offers Sympathy For Joe Barton: I Know What A Pile-On Feels Like

Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul declined to endorse Rep. Joe Barton's position that the Obama administration shook down executives at BP by forcing them to set up a $20 billion escrow account for victims of the oil spill they caused.

But the Tea Party darling offered his sympathies for the Texas Republican, noting that he too understands what it's like to be at the bottom of a political pile-on. And in a re-airing of a critique he made weeks earlier, he accused the White House of taking too tough a tone with the oil giant.

"I don't know about that," Paul said, when asked about Barton's statement during an appearance on WVLK-AM radio on Friday. "I don't want to pile on him... I know what that feels like. What I will say is I have never liked the tone of the president when he said things or his administration says things like he is going to put the boot on the throat of BP... If we put BP out of business, they can't pay for the cleanup."

Emerging from relative silence since his rocky general election roll-out, Paul stressed that BP "should be responsible for cleaning up" the mess it created. He did not explicitly address the role that government had to play in compelling the oil giant to do that.

"Lets not convict them before we give them a chance to figure out where the problem came from," Paul said.

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[Aramchek]

1. they let Rand out of his box?

[SpiralHawk]

2. RepubliBaggers kissing CorporoOil Crony (R) Butt

What shameless grovelers the RepubliBaggers are...

[Enrique]

3. 'I have never liked the tone of the president'

yeah, we know what Rand thinks of Obama's tone.

[Angry Dragon]

4. Okay he does not like that Obama got tough

I never, ever, hear any of the slime sucking right every say what they would do different.
They can find fault, but never in their feeble little brains ever come up with something different.


"He did not explicitly address the role that government had to play in compelling the oil giant to do that."
And why not?? Because he has no damn idea how to do it different. He might have to think !!

[Bitwit1234]

5. If they didn't say such countervail crap about the

American people and their way of life they wouldn't be in trouble. It's when they defend corporations people want to kick their ass. And rightly so.

[damntexdem]

6. Well, I'm all in favor of Rand's feeling as much pain as possible.

And I can't wait for him to be piled on again for these stupid comments.

[Deep13]

7. I'm sure some of those ruined fishermen would love to share their pain...

...with him.

[indepat]

8. If the good people of the Commonwealth elect Paul to the senate, Kentucky might rival Tennessee

as having imo the two bestest, rightest corporatist senators: the proof would be in their voting-record pudding. :P

[4lbs]

9. Aw, that whiney Libertarian is crying that big bad Obama man is bullying poor wittle BP around?

:sarcasm:

[sinkingfeeling]

10. Ah, but at least if BP goes out of business, we'll have their $20 billion in escrow!

[Blue Owl]

11. Thanks for reminding us BP is the victim

:sarcasm: