Rand Paul must have a death wish as far as a political life is concerned. Saying "accidents happen" absolves BP of all responsibility in the face of being perhaps criminally lax in operations.
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WASHINGTON - Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul said Friday that President Barack Obama's criticism of BP in the wake of the Gulf oil debacle sounds "really un-American."
Paul, already facing a backlash over remarks earlier this week about civil rights legislation, criticized the Obama administration for declaring it will put its "boot heel on the throat of BP." White House spokesman Robert Gibbs used similar language shortly after the spill.
In an interview Friday on ABC's "Good Morning America," Paul says the president's response is part of the "blame game" that's played in the United States.
Paul said that leads to the thinking that tragic incidents are "always someone's fault" and added, sometimes accidents just happen.
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