Daily Archives: December 18, 2009
Inhofe makes fool of himself in Copenhagen
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Republican Sen. James Inhofe, who’s always been a few fries short of a Happy Meal, went to Copenhagen this week to give all those treehuggers at the big global-warming conference a piece of his mind (such as it is).
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But alas, poor Jimbo only succeeded in making himself the object of ridicule.
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My favorite part of THIS ACCOUNT is where Inhofe opines that the principal purveyors of global-warming theories are “the Hollywood elite.”
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The Hollywood elite? He must have thought that the kind of cultural resentments he peddles among the Oklahoma rustics who …
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There is way too much of this kind of thing on cable TV
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Ideologically, I’m probably on Dylan Ratigan’s side in the matter at issue in the video below. But his rudeness is inexcusable.
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Chris Matthews also frequently acts this way. So does Bill O’Reilly, when his guests are political adversaries.
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And, of course, cable shows that simultaneously feature two or four guests who don’t see things the same way too often end up as shoutfests.
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Is John McCain losing his memory?
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During last year’s presidential campaign, I took to calling John McCain “Jukebox Johnny” because he changed his tune every three minutes.
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This tendency was most disturbing when McCain denied having flip-flopped on certain issues, despite solid evidence that he had. At times, he seemed helplessly confused and forgetful.
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Unfortunately, the situation hasn’t improved this year, even with McCain no longer facing the terrific pressures of a national campaign. He’s still flipping and flopping all over the place, and he’s still denying having taken certain positions and actions in the past, no matter …
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