Inhofe: Specter Switch Means US Is Rebelling Against 'Far-Left Agenda'

[babylonsister]

:crazy:

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/05/inhofe-specter-switch-is-evidence-america-is-rebelling-against-far-left-agenda.php?ref=fp4


Inhofe: Specter Switch Is 'Evidence' America Is Rebelling Against 'Far-Left Agenda'
By Brian Beutler - May 4, 2009, 10:11AM

Amid a par-for-the-course Sunday screed against the idea of repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) veered haphazardly into delusional territory:

There is no evidence more visible that the American people are already rebelling against the far-left agenda than Senator Arlen Specter switching parties to become a Democrat {sic}. He did this for one reason, and that is his advisers told him he couldn't retain his Senate seat as a Republican. In other words, the same people who supported Senator Specter six years ago have soundly rejected him today.

Ah yes. Additionally, the Democratic sweeps of 2006 and 2008 are clear signs that the country doesn't want gays serving in the military. And this public opinion poll showing that a clear majority of Americans favor repealing DADT is a strong warning to Democrats that they repeal the policy at their peril. Of course, some Republican leaders claim that Americans are fleeing "far-left" corners of the country for fear of forced unionization (a trend that caused Specter to become a Democrat by magic), so by that standard, Inhofe's remarks are borderline reasonable.

[TheWraith]

1. Someone's smoking horse tranquilizers again. nt

[DURHAM D]

3. You give him too much credit.

Jim was born this way. I knew him back in the 60s. Idiot then - idiot now.

[flakey_foont]

5. hmmm,, this feller seems like he

is howl at the moon crazy anymore

[Pyrzqxgl]

4. it's so damned hard to keep those things lit.

and whats all that about people fleeing the Olympic Peninsula?

[El Supremo]

2. I'm surprised he didn't blame it on global warming supporters. n/m

[Marr]

6. I hope Inhofe is an influential voice in that party.

It's just this kind of lunatic, "reality is what you want it to be" spinning that put Republicans on the endangered species list.

[gratuitous]

7. Yes, because party registration is as immutable as blood type

The current pool of Republican voters in Pennsylvania is exactly the same pool of Republican voters in Pennsylvania that squeaked Specter through the Republican primary in 2004. Everyone else sees mass defections from the Pennsylvania GOP, but not Sen. Inhofe! The Pennsylvania GOP isn't a rump party of the craziest of the crazies, so stop saying that!

[Arkansas Granny]

8. Inhofe also believes global warming is a hoax. His opinions defy logic.