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On ABC's "Good Morning America" on Friday, Rand Paul called out President Obama for criticizing BP too harshly in public. [Emphasis mine]

Here's the latest discussion from our newest public racist, Rand Paul:
"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. I think that sounds really un-American in his criticism of business. I've heard nothing from BP about not paying for the spill. And I think it's part of this sort of blame-game society in the sense that it's always got to be someone's fault instead of the fact that sometimes accidents happen."

Just the guy I want repping me - somebody who believes in profits above individuals or, you know, the environment.

Accidents? Really? Hey Mr. Paul, check out this list of "accidents" perpetrated by BP. This is from propublica.org:

BP, the global oil giant responsible for the fast-spreading spill in the Gulf of Mexico that will soon make landfall, is no stranger to major accidents.

In fact, the company has found itself at the center of several of the nation's worst oil and gas–related disasters in the last five years.

In March 2005, a massive explosion ripped through a tower at BP's refinery in Texas City, Texas, killing 15 workers and injuring 170 others. Investigators later determined that the company had ignored its own protocols on operating the tower, which was filled with gasoline, and that a warning system had been disabled.

The company pleaded guilty to federal felony charges and was fined more than $50 million by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Almost a year after the refinery explosion, technicians discovered that some 4,800 barrels of oil had spread into the Alaskan snow through a tiny hole in the company's pipeline in Prudhoe Bay. BP had been warned [1] to check the pipeline in 2002, but hadn't, according to a report in Fortune. When it did inspect it, four years later, it found that a six-mile length of pipeline was corroded.Yeah, Randy, this is one of those times when the President is just too harsh... darn President... looking out for those damn voter types.

Good luck with this guy, Teabaggers. I think you got what you paid for.