North Carolina Republican candidate for Congress William Randall says that collusion between the federal government and BP led to the oil spill and that "maybe they wanted it to leak."
Pressed on what possible motivation the federal government and BP would have to purposely spill oil, Randall said he had no idea but reiterated that the issue needed to be the subject of investigation. ...Rule number one for political candidates: if you don't know what you're talking about, don't talk. Here's the vid:
Randall, a U.S. Navy retiree who moved to North Carolina 19 months ago, led in the results of a four-way primary last month, edging out second-place finisher Reeves by just 135 votes.
Asked for comment, Reeves responded through a campaign spokesman: “Does Bill Randall also think we didn't land on the moon?”