debate night: Sanders names Inhoffe?

[misterhighwasted]

"Sanders, when pressed, says the name of a Republican he likes: Jim Inhofe!"

"That's the unspeakable bastard who pushed the death penalty for LGBT's in Uganda. And Bernie likes him? He's a monster! "
WTH?

What's there to like about Inhoffe? His record & ideology is counter to human rights & the Democratic Party.
WoW!
Dang!

[BlueMTexpat]

1. But that can't be as bad as

Hillary saying something nice about Nancy R, albeit a significant overstatement!

[misterhighwasted]

5. Inhoff has a proven dispicable voting record spanning years.

I can't think of a damn thing I would applaud one of the nastiest RW 'ers on. Inhoffe, really??
UGH!

[BlueMTexpat]

44. I absolutely agree.

[still_one]

7. amazing, isn't it

[DemonGoddess]

2. jeebus

This is also the same man who says global warming is a hoax, and introduced legislation that would transfer regulatory power of fracking to the states only.

[BlueCaliDem]

26. *This* guy??

Out of all Republicans, Bernie chooses this guy??

[madaboutharry]

3. Jim Inhofe is a rabid climate change denier.

[still_one]

6. snowball man

[Blue Idaho]

4. I got the feeling Bernie doesn't make friends easily.

He hemmed and hawed about office staff being close to him and then tried like hell to avoid naming anyone as a republican friend. When people booed - he pulled Inhoffe out of thin air.

[misterhighwasted]

8. They should have also asked bernie "why Inhoffe?"

I would have liked to have heard that answer.
Man, that's bad.
RW from a Red State. God, gunz & NO GAYS..but rah rah fracking & big oil.
I want to know "why Inhoffe, bernie?"

[LuvLoogie]

9. He did not want to disillusion any true believers.

[Agnosticsherbet]

10. Does he like James Inhofe's Snowball.

Jim Inhofe’s snowball has disproven climate change once and for all

[misterhighwasted]

12. Inhoffe authored a book. What say you bernie sanders? WHAT!!?

More like WTF!?

"..Inhofe, the author of a book about global warming called "The Greatest Hoax,"

I have less & less a clue who bernie sanders really is, every time I hear him speak.
Just Baffles all sense of reason.

[DURHAM D]

11. Good lord.

Inhofe is owned by Conoco-Phillips.

ETA: I knew Inhofe when he was in the Oklahoma legislature. He is truly one of the most boring and stupid jerks I have ever known. Also, he had an affair with a good friend of mine. Then he left her for a much younger mistress.

[misterhighwasted]

13. and Wall Street & Big Oil & Koch bros...and fracking and polluting is beside the point

Holy mother of god!
Who's side is bernie on, anyway?
I honestly would like to know.

[DURHAM D]

15. see my edit to above post

Being a philandering jerk is sadly the most interesting thing about Jim.

[misterhighwasted]

17. Lol..seems a forgiveable trait with the RW boys club.

He is just creepy

[Agnosticsherbet]

14. The Congressional Record on the Auto Bailout. Sanders Co-Sponsored Inhofe's bill to Block Funds

The Congressional Record on the Auto Bailout. Sanders Co-Sponsored Inhofe's bill to Block Funds
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Congressional Record, December 11, 2008 - Inhofe (R-OK) gave a special shout-out to Bernie Sanders for co-sponsoring his bill to block the Auto Bailout along with the right wing Senators pictured above.

Sanders likes him because they both thought the Auto Industry should go bankrupt.

[DURHAM D]

16. Wow. He has some terrifying friends. nt

[Agnosticsherbet]

18. A man's friends say something about him.

His willingness to put millions of union members out of high wage jobs says more about him than his choice of friends.

[misterhighwasted]

19. There he is. Smack dab in the middle of the biggest, nastiest jerks.

We continue to get a clearer picture of who aligns with whom in DC & that pic is a frightening group to surround yourself with. They have done more to bring our government & nation to it's knees. And they all smile like its a good thing, no less.

WoW!
Thanks for that post..a moment where reality meets the glaring truth of it all.

That's a photo-op I wouldn't want floating around social media.
Yuk.

[Agnosticsherbet]

20. It also proves,again, that Sanders lied when he said he supported the auto bailout.

He can not support the auto bailout when he cosigned a bill to stop the bailout along with a gaggle of Republicans.

[misterhighwasted]

37. That sounds like a lie when you put it that way, alright.

How's he going to defend this?
waiting......

[fleabiscuit]

21. You should make that an OP. eom

[Agnosticsherbet]

24. I posted it on GD-P.

I suspect it will be shut down.

[Agnosticsherbet]

25. Untrashed GE-P to post this.

God, but I feel dirty,now that I plunged back into that cesspool.

[Agnosticsherbet]

27. Trashed GD-P again.

and will continue to ignore it.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

28. But Sanders is a principled person

[Agnosticsherbet]

30. Well, that depends on how one defines principles, I guess.

I do not define principles as working to destroy several million high paying union jobs.

It is clear that opinions vary.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

34. I was parroting someone from the thread you posted in GDP

[Agnosticsherbet]

35. I know, I did not aim that remark at you.

I read that comment.

[fleabiscuit]

31. Ugh. Don't let me lead you down that path. :-)

[Agnosticsherbet]

32. I thought it was important.

And it isn't fair to expect someone else risk posting something that is not appreciated there.

[oasis]

22. "You are known by the company you keep"

INHOFE!!!

[livetohike]

41. Good catch. Should make this an OP

[Agnosticsherbet]

48. I did.

[kjones]

46. The Bernie Bunch

Worst Brady Bunch parody ever...

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

23. Seriously?

The man who held up a snowball to show global warming was a hoax.

[Firebrand Gary]

29. K&R

[dooner]

33. If you actually watched it..

It was a pretty interesting answer... if you watched.

Sanders was asked to name a Republican he felt some friendship with, to show that he had some ability to reach across the aisle.

Sanders said he didn't really want to answer, because anybody he named in the Republican party as someone he could work with, would probably not keep their job for long in current climate. After some long pauses, he finally picked Inhoffe and basicly said he doesn't agree with him on anything, but that he likes him as a human being.

So... I suppose one could deduct that he didn't actually mind too much if Inhofe lost his job! Or he felt it was safe to burn that bridge?

Anybody interpreting his answer as meaning he respected Inhoffe's opinions or positions, is missing the boat.

[misterhighwasted]

36. You are in the Hillary Group defending this?

Congressional Record, December 11, 2008 - Inhofe (R-OK) gave a special shout-out to Bernie Sanders for co-sponsoring his bill to block the Auto Bailout along with the right wing Senators pictured above. 

Bernie didn't just vote against the auto bailout, he co-sponsored the bill!

Every one of them is RW big money, Wall St big oil fat cats, big fracking, zero pro-environment.

Now WHY didn't these RWers want the auto bailout to go through again?

That's the most disgusting group of hard core RWers to align with.

This is the wrong group to be defending bernie's bailout vote to..he co-sponsored the bill.

Hillary Group

[SunSeeker]

39. He didn't say he "liked him as a human being," he said "I like him, and he and I are friends."

"But you know what, he is a decent guy, and I like him, and he and I are friends. And you find that -- you find the fact that just because you have very significant political differences, doesn't mean to say that you cannot develop friendships with good people."

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/13/politics/democratic-town-hall-analysis-takeaways/index.html



I might by open to your 9th dimensional chess scenario if Sanders did not go out of his way to praise that neanderthal as a "decent guy" and "good people."

So Inhoffe is his friend, but apparently no Democratic Senators are--certainly none endorsed him.

[Agnosticsherbet]

42. The logic of your answer is more convoluted than the Cirque de Soleil.

Inhofe's support of the Murder the Gays bill and groups who support it...His opposition to Global Warming, and his attempt to stop any money from being spent to bail out the Auto Industry (Sanders Cosigned that bill so he must have respected him.)

[SunSeeker]

38. Sanders actually called that climate change denying bigot a "decent guy" and "good people"!

"But you know what, he is a decent guy, and I like him, and he and I are friends. And you find that -- you find the fact that just because you have very significant political differences, doesn't mean to say that you cannot develop friendships with good people."

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/13/politics/democratic-town-hall-analysis-takeaways/index.html

If you're such good "friends," Bernie, why couldn't you talk him out of being a climate change denier? Or just ONE of the myriad abhorant positions that neanderthal holds?!



Of all the GOP fucking right wing nut bags to lavish praise on! Why didn't he name Susan Collins as a GOPer he likes? WTF?!

[Cha]

40. Unreal the stuff he comes up with. Thank you for all your reporting on this, SunSeeeker.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

43. Most of his supporters don't know who Jim Inhofe is

Remember, THE DEMOCRATS are the problem.....

They probably already started donating to the damn guy.

[otohara]

45. So True About The Dems

He's managed to make a large portion of Millennials hate the Dem party, yet he names Inhofe as a good guy.

What a douche.

[kjones]

47. Wow, just...wtf Bernie...? nt

[NurseJackie]

49. Of all the senators he has to choose from...WHY HIM??! He's anti-gay! He's a climate change denier!