Sen. Inhofe: ‘Gore Is Full of Crap’‘

[kpete]

Sen. Inhofe: ‘Gore Is Full of Crap,’ ‘All Recent Science…Confirms This Thing Is A Hoax’

Yesterday, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) attacked Al Gore and global warming science, claiming that Gore was “full of crap” on global warming.

Appearing on Glenn Beck’s radio show and CNN television program, Inhofe said that the International Panel on Climate Climate Change (IPCC), which concluded that global warming was real and caused by humans, used “one scientist.” Inhofe added: “ll of the recent science…it confirms that I was right on this thing. This thing is a hoax.”


Actually, “all of the recent science” — without exception — accepts that global warming is real and caused by humans. The IPCC didn’t involve “one scientist.” It involved thousands of scientists from over 120 countries, including so-called “climate skeptics” and industry representatives. The National Academy of Sciences recently concluded that the one study singled out by Inhofe for criticism, which was authored by Michael Mann, “has subsequently been supported by an array of evidence.”

Video and Transcript:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/21/inhofe-gore/

[Skinner]

1. What an idiot.

:eyes:

[Roland99]

4. But that idiot's ramblings will be accepted as Gospel truth by MANY.

:(

[rodeodance]

10. amazing how the little minds get to be heard!

[Roland99]

15. By the herd

:D

[mom cat]

65. With Math skills like that (not knowing the difference between one and

thousands), no wonder the budget is such a mess!

[Qutzupalotl]

63. EVERYONE--Please write this loony senator.

Click here:
http://inhofe.senate.gov/contactus.htm

[me b zola]

77. I'd rather send him a specimen of my dog's droppings

Inhofe knows better, he's just acting like the whore that he is for big oil and the WH. F him. He can get a whif of what crap really smells like.

[serryjw]

80. Here you go..your wish is my command

http://www.smellypoop.com/poop.html

[xchrom]

16. they KNOW it's a lie.

but the truth gets in the way of what they want to do and when they want to do it.

this too falls under the category of conservatives wanting to control history.

[Pirate Smile]

45. This fool is Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Environment

and Public Works. Stevens is Chairman of the Commerce Committee.

We don't need a Director of Irony (as Rahm Emanuel said)- we need at least an entire Department.

I would recommend consolidating it with the Department of Homeland Security.

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/07/white-house-paying-100000-salary-to.html

[Pachamama]

24. That's the kindest thing you could call Mr. Inhofe....

I would use a different word, but I might be deleted.... :hi:

[drm604]

52. I'm not sure if he's an idiot or just a liar. n/t

[me b zola]

78. I vote for idiot liar

He knows he's lying, he's just too big of an idiot to understand the ramifications of his idiotic statements & votes.

[gratuitous]

2. Dear Al: Ever consider moving to Oklahoma?

Wouldn't that be a race for Inhofe's senate seat?

[madokie]

21. although we would welcome it, let keep Big Al on the national stage

[BuhByeChimp]

28. It would be interesting.

Especially in light of the extremely hot weather we are having right now.

I do doubt that Gore would beat Inhofe though, he is too popular here as well as Senator Coburn.

[me b zola]

79. self delete

:eyes:

[LostinVA]

38. My Freeper BIL and sister live in OK

I've met their friends. All are technically very educated. Gore wouldn't stand a Popsicle's chance in the summer sun in Oklahoma...

[Uncle Joe]

40. If Al Gore is correct and I believe he is,

Oklahoma will not stand a Popsicle's chance in the summer sun, nor a good chunk of the already parched midwest/mountain states.

[LostinVA]

47. I believe he is totally correct, and agree with you n/t

[bmbmd]

87. It's way too HOT

in Oklahoma. I have many patients from southern Oklahoma-not one of them (at least those with whom I have discussed it) feels that global warming is a hoax.

[Jack Rabbit]

3. This comes from an Intelligent Design advocate

Enough said.

[C_U_L8R]

5. how is it possible

for someone to be that big of a fool?
seriously. I mean even for a republican.. Inhofe is stunningly stupid
i am amazed.

[AlGore-08.com]

6. What is it with these potty mouthed Republicans?

[cyberpj]

7. It says so much that media allows these statements now.

No proof required.
No challenges made.
And so many Americans still believe if it was "on TV", "on the radio", "in the newspaper".... it has to be true.

I want my country back.

[bluethruandthru]

33. The drug addled Rush Limbaugh was saying the other

day that in order to get "embryos" for stem cell research...a woman HAD to have an abortion!!!

This is what drives me nuts. How is he...and others like him, allowed to just lie and lie and lie and nothing can be done?

[cyberpj]

68. Perhaps FCC regs were dropped during Powell's tenure...

All I know is that it used to have to be true if you put it on the air. And that doesn't seem to apply any longer.

[Orangepeel]

75. is Glen Beck "the media"?

He's on Headline News now, so I guess he is. One of the biggest shames in the world today is the blurring between actual news and nutcases with microphones.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

8. And Beck just sits there and lets him get away with it.

[rodeodance]

11. that is a true journalist role!

[Uncle Joe]

18. Journalists are

the true representatives of the people, keeping the politicians honest and calling them on their mistakes, errors or outright lies and their job is to enlighten the American people as to the truth so that we can make good decisions.

I believe the people in the Soviet Union did not have this fourth estate to look after them and had to accept whatever their government told them as the truth, and this was the fundamental reason their society collapsed, because they could not make good decisions.

I hope and pray one day CNN hires some of those journalists.

P.S. As Glenn Beck is obviously not a journalist, what is he?:shrug:

[Supersedeas]

55. never question-just amplify exponentially the stupidity: Beck has a bully

pulpit and he intends to share it.

[NYCGirl]

9. The oil & gas industries are the top contributors to numbskull Inhofe —

interesting, eh?

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/indus.asp?CID=N00005582&cycle=2006

[Maestro]

13. Now it makes more sense.

Thanks.

[alfredo]

17. Love your picture.

Here's my version

[Maestro]

34. Very funny! -nt

[alfredo]

62. Actually, if my family insists on burying me, I want that on my

headstone.

My dad once said he wanted "I can see up your dress" on his. hardly anyone wears dresses now, so mine is more up to date. We used the low, flat style like these. You have to walk up to them to read them.

[Maestro]

12. Lalalalalalalalalalalala!

Why are these people so opposed to helping the Earth? Assholes!

[Pathwalker]

14. Sen Inhofe: Smoking is GOOD for you!

And there's NO PROOF that it causes any physical harm to anyone, and nine out of ten tobacco company lawyers agree with me. :sarcasm:

Seriously, with today's corporate media - I'm surprised they're not beinging up that debate.

[Bandit]

19. I am "outraged at his outrage"

He just gets more stupid as the days go by. How does he still dress himself?

[madokie]

20. for those who think jeff sessions is a nut check out our own james inhofe

and I have never met a person who will admit to have ever voted for him.

[sinkingfeeling]

22. Yessiree, that's why it was 107 degrees in the shade in OKC yesterday!

[Atman]

23. Inhofe got all his research through the internet tubes.

Isn't it comforting to have a bunch of clueless morans deciding life and death issues of science and technology, when 90% need to hire a college kid just to check their e-mail?

[WildEyedLiberal]

25. How articulate

:eyes:

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

26. Somebody tweak that video and have him spontaneously combust at

the end of his stupidity.

[Canuckistanian]

27. I think Inhofe is a hoax

A cruel joke played on the people of Oklahoma.

[Kazak]

29. Proud Oklahoman here...

:puke:

[KatyaR]

81. Another Proud Oklahoman, here, and I agree--

Inhofe is a hoax. A Beany Baby would be a better senator than he has been.

[EstimatedProphet]

30. What science, Inhofe? The science that says all animals came from the Ark?

The science that says God created the world in six days? That science? Is it the science that says that space aliens kidnapped Elvis? Or maybe that people can talk to the dead through their TVs? That science?

As a scientist, I refuse to believe that James Inhofe exists.

[mopinko]

31. can't believe anything those gifted kids say,

ya know.

[fooj]

32. Oklahoma...my deepest sympathies.

[ComerPerro]

35. People who don't belive in global warming are as arrogant as

IDers or Creationists.

[karlrschneider]

36. Just sent him this via congress.org

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/userletter/?id=481&letter_id=808839481

[marmar]

37. Isn't there a clip of Inhofe in "An Inconvenient Truth" calling it a hoax?

What a waste of genetic material this troglodyte is. He needs to climb back up into the trees. (But he probably can't because of deforestation and habitat loss!) And he should take Glenn Beck with him.

[Dudley_DUright]

60. Yup, he indeed showed his ignorant face in Al's movie

As a scientist, I have a visceral reaction to fools like this that spout opinions that have no basis in fact for political reasons. Troglodyte is right.

[Dr Fate]

39. Which Democrat with media access will criticise him for "lying"?

Que in crickets & lonesome wind sound FX.

Sorry folks, but if no Democrats counter him and call him out on this lie, that means he won.

He won.

If we were the winners, every Democrat with media access would be on TV calling him a "liar" and giving the details as to why he is a "liar."

Then they would ask the interviewer, to their face, why their network refused to check his facts and confirm whehter he was telling the truth.

We should be doing this every time they lie, but instead we just let it slide.

[NYCGirl]

42. You overestimate Glenn Beck. He wouldn't have on anyone to

counterpoint.

[Dr Fate]

43. Is his the only TV show in existence now?

I seem to recall seeing several top Democrats on many different TV shows.

And certainly he will have Democrat on at some point- but we know that whoever that is will be too frightened to call him out.

And if Democrats are not being given equal time on the networks, I've never heard one SAY SO to their faces. Why is that?

Okay- now come up with another excuse as to why our leaders always let Republicans lie about them without ever calling it out. We also need to craft an excuse as to why Democrats never do anything to expose media bias.

Elections are won on excuses, afterall.

[NYCGirl]

49. That's the show that Inhofe appeared on. That's the show the OP was

referring to. What show are you talking about? Should they go on, let's say, Hardball, and talk about Glenn Beck's show?

[Dr Fate]

53. Sure- is someone holding a gun to them ordering them not to?

Does Chris Matthews hold a gun to Democrats from under the table and say : "If you dare discuss current issues or call a republican a liar, that is IT for you!!!"

All the DEM has to do is say "Senator So-And So lied on your network, and none of you guys caught it, or you let it slide on purpose..."

It would take like 5 seconds to do so.

Are we saying that whenever Republicans lie about us, we can use the excuse that it was not said on the particular show we have access to, so therefore the lie is apparently okay?

Hmmm- okay, I guess that is a winner of an excuse, but the problem is the lie is still out there, unchallenged.

While you hone & fine-tune your excuses, I'll continue to demand that Democrats grow a spine when it comes to GOP lies & media bias.

[NYCGirl]

54. You ever hear of pre-interviews? Bringing up a CNN show (of tiny

ratings, BTW) on an MSNBC show — and assuming that everyone knows your reference — is naive at best.

[Dr Fate]

57. Which Democrat is publicaly saying what you just said?

Which Democrat with media access is claiming that he is not allowed to tell the truth due to pre-interviews?

If a Democrat is being ordered not to discuss truthful, current topics in a pre-interview, I'd love to hear them expose that.

Who is blackmailing or holding a gun to these Democrats, ordering them not to discuss/expose the existence of censorship through pre-interviews?

Another great excuse, but it still allows the lie to stay out there, unchallenged.

I would rather insist that we fight lies rather than make excuses, but that is just me.

BTW- you brought Matthews into this- surely Democrats have access to the same network that Beck is on- if not, I've never heard them say so. They could still call Republican A or Republican B a liar on whatever show they are on.

No one has to know the reference- the viewer just has to know that Republican A or Repub B lied on TV, and no journalist or anchor challenged that lie.

[Johonny]

41. Sen. James Inhofe

This is just sad. I mean one day you hear Republicans blaming scientist for not making up there mind on global warming so they know what they do. The next day you hear Republicans say scientist have made up their mind and global warming is fake. Which is it? Both GOP talking points can't be true at the same time (in this case neither is true). When it comes to global warming what IS clear is republicans are more concerned with talking points that taking action. What a surprise.

[readmoreoften]

44. Why is Glen Beck allowed on television?

Why are they permitted to boldface lie to the public in a news program?

[truebrit71]

46. Inhofe is a fucking moron and a total embarassment to his state...

His stunning display of wilful ignorance just goes to prove that the gop is chock-a-block full of absolute fucking retards from the Chimperor on down....

[undeterred]

48. He is a Total Fucking Moran

Get the terminology straight. :hi:

[immoderate]

67. Imhofe's existence strains credibility.

I caught his act when he "addressed" (the empty) senate, over a year ago on this subject for two hours.

My horror! It's not just that a senator can be that stupid, but that anybody can be that stupid!

--IMM

[Swamp Rat]

50. James Inhofe: "The Earth is flat."

"Babies come from the stork."

"The Flintstones is based on reality."

"The Moon is made of cheese."

"George W. Bush is not a chimp."

[Hubert Flottz]

51. This one repig I know, always says this about global warming...

He starts out by saying exactly what Bush has been saying almost word for word and then he changes horses about mid argument and starts talking about the Russians being able to control our weather! And this guy is dead serious. Now these are the types of folks, who vote for a guy like Bush.

He is still fighting the cold war, so there couldn't be any global warming???? You tell me!

[Bretttido]

56. Well duh, how could there be global WARMING during the COLD war???

GET A BRAIN MORANS!

[stepnw1f]

58. Actually... The Earth is Covered with Crap

like you.

[Dudley_DUright]

59. I am sure Inhofe will be happy to follow up with citations to

all those peer review articles that make his case. I am waiting Senator. *crickets chirping*

[Dr Fate]

61. A Democrat with media access should demand he do so.

MORE crickets chirping

[blonndee]

64. He and Coburn

are freaking loony-toons and I'm embarrassed to share a state with them.

[Hatalles]

66. Why is Glenn Beck still on the air?

I preferred Crossfire to his lame(er) show.

[dweller]

69. you know, Inhofe (turd-OK) gets his talking points straight from

Brownback's (turd-Kansas) talking embryo.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=2732123#2732470

dp

[Hippo_Tron]

70. Jim Inhofe almost makes Rick Santorum look sane

[rosesaylavee]

71. Living in Illinois

it is estimated that our weather here will be much like that of Oklahoma if global warming is not checked. Of course the area I live it will also be under water if the ice cap continues to melt so why I am worrying about Inhofe being in charge of my life and having an adverse effect on my home and property here?

Help us Al Gore. You may be our only hope against this stupidity!

[AnOhioan]

72. Inhofe is an unmitigated ass

[Blue_Tires]

73. what a gobshite

[rman]

74. way to commit political suicide

[hatrack]

82. Not in OK - they'd vote for a goat if it had "Jesus" on its forehead

OTOH, it's Glenn Beck - what's his viewership, 75,000? 80,000?

[autorank]

76. Inhofe needs to speak out more. He'll be sued. K&R

There is a mass torts firm out there that has been collecting public statements from so called experts since about 2001. They are cataloging them and plan to sue when the actual impact of global climate change hits in a big way. The rationale is simple: nobody who challenges man made climate change as an "expert" is doing so from expertise since there is zero, as in 0, scientificly supported argument for it in the professional literature. If the "expert" has any ties to any industry group, that's all the hook that's needed to tie them all into a "conspiracy" to promote false knowledge leading to harmful outcomes, ergo, "pay up morans, you helped create the problem by polluting and by paying people to deny the pollution had harmful effect." I'm not a lawyer, I just play one on TV, but I think that when you do harm plus you propogate lies to cover up the harm to victims, you're really in big trouble in the judgement department.

All of them need to speak up louder, right into the microphone.

[DemsRBetterLovers]

83. An actual quote from Sen. Inhofe:

People are, well, only human. We know that. The rule of law is borne out in identifying, condemning, and punishing those who violate the standards on which we all agree. This is exactly what we do in America.
-James Inhofe

Hey senator, listen to yourself for once. As a standard to which we all agree, your lack of knowledge in global warming requires you to be punished.

He isnt up for re-election any time soon?

Oh, another good quote:

A country's adhering to the rule of law does not mean that its citizens will not do bad things.
-James Inhofe

Just remember folks, the 9:30 show is completely different than the 10:30 show! Enjoy the meal!

[michaelwb]

86. More projectile vomit from him

Republicans not warming up to Gore's polemic

Domenici said he's not interested. But if Domenici is indifferent, Sen. James Inhofe is downright hostile Inhofe is chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, which has authority over the environmental areas not covered by Domenici's committee.

The Oklahoma Republican compares "An Inconvenient Truth," which he doesn't plan to see, to Adolf Hitler's book "Mein Kampf."

"If you say the same lie over and over again, and particularly if you have the media's support, people will believe it," Inhofe said.

"An Inconvenient Truth" = "Mein Kampf". Um, yeah sure. Far be it from me to question a neo-con's expertise on fascism....

[Eric J in MN]

84. "Crap" is Glenn Beck's word.

Think Progress makes it appear in the headline as if Inhofe said "crap" here, which he didn't.

[Fovea]

85. Inhofe is on the short list

of pols who need to be rusticated and re-educated.
I think perhaps a few years doing garbage work, as symbolic
restitution for the stuff he spews.

He, and his belligerent ilk constitute an American archetype
of the hateful, ignorant, bumpkin/leader, handling snakes with one hand,
finger poised over the kill button with the other.