OH, NOT AGAIN – AT 10:56 A.M. ET:  Rand Paul has opened his mouth once more.  That is unfortunate:

WASHINGTON – Kentucky's Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul criticized President Barack Obama's handling of the Gulf oil spill Friday as putting "his boot heel on the throat of BP" and "really un-American."

Paul's defense of the oil company came during an interview in which 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,'" Rand said in an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America." "I think that sounds really un-American in his criticism of business."

COMMENT:  Huh?  You know, you listen to this guy and you almost feel sympathy for Obama.  Boot heel?  On the throat of dear, brotherly BP? 

Look, I'm as pro-business as the next guy, but BP has screwed up pretty badly in the Gulf – it had no emergency plan in place – and portraying this British oil giant as a victim isn't exactly what a sane candidate should be doing.  Even hardened oil people are cursing BP for the way it's handled the spill.

Rand Paul proves, at least twice a day, why he should never have been the GOP candidate for the Senate in Kentucky.  He may pull it out in November, but who in the Senate will want to go near him? 

May 21, 2010