GOP Reps Broun and Paul jump oily shark: BP and Obama conspired on oil spill to push climate bill

The latest right wing conspiracy theories pushed by Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) make the birthers seem rational.   Think Progress has the story.

Following BP's oil disaster, Republican lawmakers lined up to attack President Obama's response to the spill, particularly efforts to rein in dangerous oil drilling and to create an escrow account to help expedite payments for BP's victims. After a wave of Republicans attacked the escrow account as a "shakedown," Rep. Joe Barton...