Rand Paul Attacks President Obama's "Un-American" Criticism Of BP

Kentucky Republican Rand Paul's nomination to the Senate is quickly turning into a debacle for the GOP.  First, it was the firestorm over statements illuminating Paul's view that businesses and other private entities should have the right to discriminate based on race.  Now, the Tea Party darling has committed another major gaffe. 

Today, in an interview on ABC's Good Morning America, Paul attacked President Obama's handling of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  Paul said the White House's criticism of BP is "un-American," decrying the "blame game society" that needs to hold somebody responsible.  "Sometimes accidents happen," he added.   

PAUL: The thing is, is that, you know, the drilling right now and the problem we're having now is in international waters and I think there needs to be regulation of that and always has been.  I think there are hundreds of pages of regulation.  What I don't like from the president's administration is this sort of, you know, 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 gotta be someone's fault instead of the fact that maybe sometimes accidents happen. 

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Sadly, Paul is not the only Republican standing up for the oil giant in the wake of the devastating spill.  In the past few weeks, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) have blocked attempts to increase the liability of companies like BP for damaging oil spills.