VIDEO: Inhofe ‘Very Proud’ There’s Never Been a Homosexual Relationship in the ‘Recorded History of Our Family’
VIDEO: Inhofe ‘Very Proud’ There’s Never Been a Homosexual Relationship in the ‘Recorded History of Our Family’
This afternoon on the Senate floor, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) stood before a large photograph of his family and shared this important fact: “I’m really proud to say that in the recorded history of our family, we’ve never had a divorce or any kind of homosexual relationship.” Watch it:
INHOFE: As you see here, and I think this is maybe the most important prop we’ll have during the entire debate, my wife and I have been married 47 years. We have 20 kids and grandkids. I’m really proud to say that in the recorded history of our family, we’ve never had a divorce or any kind of homosexual relationship.
(HT: Atrios and AmericaBlog)
Inhofe is consistent in his professional life. His office says “he does not hire openly gay staffers ‘due to the possibility of a conflict of agenda.’”
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Here’s hoping that a family member of his comes out of the closet. Poetic justice
June 6th, 2006 at 7:06 pmLOL, oh man, you can’t make this shit up! ROTFLMAO
June 6th, 2006 at 7:06 pmWhat would you expect from a Senator that supports torture?
Also, it is a little creepy that he apparently keeps tabs on the sexual histories of his family. I hope he doesn’t use binoculars or peepholes for confirmation.
-GSD
June 6th, 2006 at 7:07 pmWhat’s a little discrmination in the workplace.
June 6th, 2006 at 7:07 pm“he does not hire openly gay staffers ‘due to the possibility of a conflict of agenda.’â€
Yeah, and the KKK doesn’t hire African-Americans as interns. Unreasonable analogy? I don’t think so. Monsters are monsters, congressman be dammed.
June 6th, 2006 at 7:08 pmtolerance is off the charts in the senate!
/sarcasm off
June 6th, 2006 at 7:10 pmIsn’t that a statistical impossibility?
Goper’s Lament (Hard To Be A Republican
June 6th, 2006 at 7:10 pmOklahoma??
Only two things come from Oklahoma …. and I don’t see any horns on this guy.
June 6th, 2006 at 7:10 pmMy God. The bigotry. Proudly portrayed on the floor of the United States Senate. This tops Cheney’s ‘F-Bomb’. What a sad, sad place we’ve found ourselves in.
June 6th, 2006 at 7:11 pmQuick, someone check his office computers for porn.
June 6th, 2006 at 7:13 pmHe better watch out if Cheney invites him hunting this weekend.
June 6th, 2006 at 7:16 pmWho cares about this asshat and his family.
June 6th, 2006 at 7:16 pm# 8
The two things come from Texas, not Oklahoma.
At least get your Geographical Stereotypes correct.
June 6th, 2006 at 7:17 pmSend this guy a ” I am a narrow minded Bigot!! ” sign to hang around his neck.
June 6th, 2006 at 7:18 pmAnd the point being: I have some sort of role model for the rest of America? This kind of boorish behaviour will only attract investigative efforts. No doubt there’s all sorts of skelletons in that there closet.
Let the fun begin.
Trident
June 6th, 2006 at 7:19 pmHe very pointedly avoided saying anything about pedophilia or bestiality. Makes me wonder what he’s hiding.
June 6th, 2006 at 7:19 pmHe’s a liar, statistics show that every family has at least one gay in the family. Maybe his siblings aren’t gay but I guarentee he has a cousin or an aunt or uncle who is.
He’s probably the gay in his family. Nasty closet gays are the worse type of liars.
Do you know what GOP stands for?
June 6th, 2006 at 7:22 pmGays On Parade.
#16, LOL! I agree, he’s probably has scores of child porn on his computer and indulges in beastiality.
June 6th, 2006 at 7:24 pmGallagher says:
Statistically, one out of three people are gay.
So look to your left then look to your right.
If you don’t see that gay person, then guess what!
June 6th, 2006 at 7:25 pmI’m positive I read somewhere a few years ago that Inhofe was considered the dumbest member of the US Senate, and that’s saying something. to wit: http://buffaloreport.com/2004/040511.jackson.dumb.html
June 6th, 2006 at 7:26 pmdid he remember to count himself in his survey? senator dude sounds kind of gay to me.
June 6th, 2006 at 7:27 pmOr an erection or a sexually satisfied woman.
June 6th, 2006 at 7:27 pmI’m with Trident on this one — it’s time for a little digging into Inhofe’s history. Anybody this bent has got to have a lot of buried bodies. Adultery, drunk driving, domestic assault, financial or legal improprieties, etc. Howdy, Okie liberals! Anyone feel like sharing?
June 6th, 2006 at 7:28 pmAnd just how does he know someone in his family isn’t registered with the Log Cabin Republicans?
June 6th, 2006 at 7:29 pmDid anyone notice there appears to be an African American child in the photo (see http://americablog.blogspot.com/ 2006/ 06/ great-moments-in-republican-bigotry.html). This suggests suggests a couple of possibilities: adoption or adultery in the Inohofe family!
June 6th, 2006 at 7:30 pmYeah….in oklahoma where coburn was afraid to let two girls go to the bathroom in highschools together because their natural urges might take over……
I think what Inhofe meant to say to finish was “until me that is……but does it really count if it’s part of my sado-massochistic tendencies?”
June 6th, 2006 at 7:32 pmTypical Repuglican, makes wide ranging remarks as though they were absolute while not really knowing. He claims to know the sexual history of his entire and broad extended family…….. sure. Newsflash! With an A-hole like him in the family folk are not likely running around telling everyone about thier youthfull indiscretions, or any other fun they may have had for that matter.
June 6th, 2006 at 7:34 pmWake up! Scepticism is a good thing!
that’s cuz in the inhofe clan, no one would DARE mention it for fear of being shunned…
And, yes, I DO take it personally
June 6th, 2006 at 7:34 pmI am 72 yrs old, lived through a disastrous economic depression, had three(3)brothers in WW2 in combat zones and I am a veteran. I have never seen the country in so much upheaval and divisiveness as I am experiencing today. Viet Nam was terrible, but the will of the people prevailed to end that unfortunate war. Today Viet Nam is a valued trading partner and diplomatically recognized. The Constitution of the United States is to protect the people from invasive policies and programs of the government. We fought the Revolutionary war to preserve these rights that were written into the sacred law of the land that guarantees life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness to all citizens regardless or race, color or creed. Justice denied to one is justice denied to all–MLK.
June 6th, 2006 at 7:36 pmHow about blacks? Any black in that blood? How about American Indian? Come on! All Americans have some injun in them…
June 6th, 2006 at 7:38 pmI’m really proud to say that in the recorded history of our family, we’ve never had a divorce or any kind of homosexual relationship.
That’s because he had them killed.
t-mac
June 6th, 2006 at 7:39 pmDad,
I blew a frat brother after a dozen shots of Goldschlager back in the 80’s.
Sorry,
Junior Inhofe
June 6th, 2006 at 7:39 pmHow about incest? Any horse thieves? Just feeble-mindedness and arrogance?
June 6th, 2006 at 7:40 pmReally, why bother with this kind of homophobic assholes? (Or others)
June 6th, 2006 at 7:41 pmbut he couldn’t say he wasn’t inbred.
June 6th, 2006 at 7:49 pmYou tell us Jim! I don’t have any queers in my family either… except for a cousin, and my sister in-law, but that doesn’t count. Neither do my sister’s or uncle’s divorces. Don’t worry about all these naysayers and their statistics. I believe your family is sin, discretion and queer free… just like mine.
June 6th, 2006 at 7:51 pmDouche.
omg, how stupid is he? He really thinks that there has never been anyone in his family who is gay? I cannot wait for someone in that group to come out!
Although he obviously doesn’t care how insulting he is to gays and lesbians, you’d think he wouldn’t want to also insult every voter in Oklahoma who has been divorced. No divorces in the family? Must be a lot of medication going on.
June 6th, 2006 at 7:53 pmThis is really revolting and anyone with a heart and brain should just be furious. Absolutely unacceptable for this ass to spout his holier than thou crap in everyone’s faces in the people’s ( all the people’s ) House. How disgusting he is. That’s probably one screwed up family and he should not be allowed get away with his crass bragging that he “lives better” than other people on our time. We paid taxes for that Senate Floor. This is not a floor for him to sell his racist, superior crap about his personal life. I’m calling his office tomorrow and giving who ever answers a piece of my mind. Sorry….to rant on…..What a petty, shameful, and low class man he is. Real Americans can not let these pigs, loud and squealing though they may be, to dominate our collective culture any longer. Their time is up as far as I’m concerned. Period. Everyone needs to pull together and stop this insanity. I am a staight woman and have a lovely, brave and awesome gay son. He is has more heart in one of the hairs on his head than that pus bag will ever have. God I’m mad…….and so so sick of these people. How dare they.
June 6th, 2006 at 7:57 pmInhofe HAS been sued by a member of his own family. Back in the 80’s and 90’s he had a long nasty fight with his own brother that ended up in court.
So he’ll never be able to claim that he’s proud to never have been sued by his own family.
June 6th, 2006 at 7:58 pmhe only goes to gay bars on ladies night!
June 6th, 2006 at 8:00 pmJune 6th, 2006 at 8:04 pm
He said two important things here… Recorded history and relationship.
Doesn’t mean there was no gay sex among his kids or grandkids.
June 6th, 2006 at 8:06 pmHeee’ s Soooo Gaaaay, heee’s gay, and he likes to be that way, you could saaaay, things are sort of diffrent todaaay…….
June 6th, 2006 at 8:08 pmHeee’ s Soooo Gaaaay, heee’s gay, and he likes to be that way, you could saaaay, things are sort of different todaaay…….
June 6th, 2006 at 8:09 pmI find it interesting that he admits that his hiring practice discriminates against someone based on sexual orientation. Isn’t that against the law? Oh, right, laws don’t apply to them. As far as his purported “pride” about not having gays or divorces in his family, well, it just sickens me to think that this is something to be proud of. What family member would come out of the closet in that environment? Of course he has gays in his family, and likely a bunch of miserable marriages. Would love to hear what his family has to say behind his back. No doubt “tyrant” is a word used quite frequently.
June 6th, 2006 at 8:11 pm“Maybe one of these days everyone of those cocksuckers might get caught” Zappa in response to the news Jimmy swaggert was found with a prostitute
June 6th, 2006 at 8:12 pmhttp://www.findarticles.com/ p/ articles/ mi_m1589/ is_1999_July_20/ ai_55183016
Inhofe’s porn-gate - discovery of Internet pornography on Sen James Inhofe’s office computers forces him to withdraw opposition to gay ambassador-designate James Hormel
(Maybe he should hire gay people… they are used to having to hide their porn.)
June 6th, 2006 at 8:15 pmlet hin spout off - hi ass will be grass next election and he will have time to investigate his families flaws……………..
June 6th, 2006 at 8:25 pmBut did he mention that he’s a chronic masturbator?
June 6th, 2006 at 8:31 pmSpeaking of proud. I am proud that I have never voted for one single Republican in my whole life.
June 6th, 2006 at 8:32 pmNo gays or divorce in his family but how about incidents of domestic abuse? Hmmmm?
June 6th, 2006 at 8:41 pmSpeaking of proud. I am proud that I have never voted for one single Republican in my whole life.
I can say the same and am very proud too!
June 6th, 2006 at 8:43 pmI’m with 50. I’m also proud that I’ve never voted for a Republican, either.
Hundreds of thousands of people dying in this phony baloney War on Terra, and these clowns want us to talk about sex behind closed doors.
But what do you expect having a VP who learned his politics from Nixon & Co?
June 6th, 2006 at 8:44 pmJust pity this ignoramus! He is, pathetically, in the tradition of the flat-earth folks, and we all know how their belief-system fared. It’s time to launch a national education program, with all the available data regarding homosexuality. In the meantime, we need to let Inhofe know how far off-track he is.
June 6th, 2006 at 8:44 pmSo, he bases his believings in what have been recorded at the family’s history. So he claims that don’t having any recorded evidence of gays in his family, means that no member of his family was gay.
What means that he is pro-torture? That the members of his family routinely torture other people?
June 6th, 2006 at 8:49 pm….and those nice, nice, hardworking folks in Oklahoma wastes their votes and tax dollars on someone like THIS? Democracy is on life support in America.
June 6th, 2006 at 8:54 pmcheck out http://www.youtube for videos of the dum-dumbs. Or just enjoy plenty of concert video, comedy and whatever.
Don’t miss, Bush and Blair want to take you to the gay bar, its one of the best.
June 6th, 2006 at 8:59 pmWhen a person cares to say what this senator says one thinks about the theory of latent homosexuality.
Pathetic so much stress is given to these non-problems with a war going on, and issues on torture, extraordinaryh rendition, massacres, lies, corruption, economical problems.
They are so much in touch with reality, aren’t they?
June 6th, 2006 at 8:59 pmIt’s one thing if they behave this way in their own homes with like-minded folks, but these people are trolling the halls of power- the LAST place we need this nonsense.
June 6th, 2006 at 9:00 pmoops, http://www.youtube.com
June 6th, 2006 at 9:00 pmOklahoma. That’s a sad pathetic place, right up there with Kansas. May global warming turn them both into dustbowls. One of the few things I ever liked about Texas (where I grew up) was their hatred for Oklahoma. Another state I promise to drive around if it’s on my path to somewhere happy and liberal.
June 6th, 2006 at 9:08 pmfreeme: I’ve always wondered how to inject sarcasm in my posts. Now I see that it can be done with HTML.
June 6th, 2006 at 9:11 pmGee, what a coincidence. I’m proud there never have been any senators in my family.
June 6th, 2006 at 9:13 pm#17 I thought GOP stood for Gangsters On Parade
June 6th, 2006 at 9:13 pmHe and his wife spawned 20 kids and grandkids, and he’s 71 years old. If everyone did what he did, the world’s polulation would increase tenfold every 70 years.
June 6th, 2006 at 9:14 pmSounds like over-compensation to me! And EVERY family has a few skeletons in the closet(so to speak) eventually.
June 6th, 2006 at 9:17 pmWow…what a scum bag. Here’s hoping someone in his family comes out before is time ultimately comes.
June 6th, 2006 at 9:19 pmNotice that he said recorded history! They all suck each other off in the closets, but they’ve never written about it in the family chronicles!
Closeted. And proud of it.
June 6th, 2006 at 9:23 pm“…in the recorded history of our family…” Maybe the family just didn’t record the gays and lesbians.
June 6th, 2006 at 9:23 pmOh My God–20 children. Husband and wife are rabbits.
June 6th, 2006 at 9:27 pmre #4 and others: His office says he “he does not hire openly gay staffers ‘due to the possibility of a conflict of agenda.
I just heard from a reliable source that Congress does not have to follow federal regulations regarding discrimination when hiring staff for the very reason cited. This isn’t a joke.
June 6th, 2006 at 9:34 pmchange the His office says “he does not hire openly gay staffers ‘due to the possibility of a conflict of agenda.’â€
to
His office says “he does not hire openly blacks due to the possibility of a conflict of agenda.’â€
And you see the way this bigot would have acted in the 60s
Discrimination against people for race, sex and sexual orientation is just plain wrong.
Why should gays have to put their lives on hold to fight this kind of bull, when they are busy trying to make a living and paying taxes like every other american?
When bigotry becomes the foundation of politics every american loses out.
June 6th, 2006 at 9:36 pmhey rube!
June 6th, 2006 at 9:38 pmwant to go to Oklahoma now?
no one would be safe in a state that would elect such a person.
whaddya bet his family is very high in homosexual percentage?
perhaps they have a group beat every so often to put the fear of their plastic jesus into the klan
perhaps then they have a circle jerk
Look at the broken blood vessels all over this alcoholic turd’s face. I’d enjoy the full disclosure of that aspect of his family’s bloodline. Inhofe’s a disgrace to his species.
June 6th, 2006 at 9:42 pmI’m betting it’s the incest survivor that speaks out. Or the child molester. Certainly someone who will not make a liar of the good senator.
June 6th, 2006 at 9:44 pmHe just sounds like a good swinging liar to me.
June 6th, 2006 at 9:46 pmPride comes before a fall.
As much fun as it is to joke about this ludicrous pronouncement, his proud bigotry rivals anything the South had to offer in the pre Civil Rights era. He’s kept his bloodline pure, free from taint. What’s it supposed to mean? No divorce. No Homosexuals. I presume that the implication is that Homosexuals and Divorcees are intrinsically bad in some way, subhuman people, not “created equal” or if they were “created equal,” they’ve fallen from grace.
This is monsterous prejudice on the floor of the U.S. Senate, intolerable in a society that has our Constitution, our Bill of Rights. What is he proposing? Gas chambers for Divorcees and Homosexuals?
June 6th, 2006 at 9:47 pmYo. This guy’s a Dominionist. We all know what that means, do we not?
June 6th, 2006 at 9:55 pmSen. Inhofe is probably a pedophile creepo > what a sick piece of human filth > the citizens of Oklahoma should be ashamed to have elected him Senator for their state! Everyone must demand that he be forced to resign from the Senate ASAP!
June 6th, 2006 at 9:57 pmGeez if anyone multiplied like this senator who has 20 kids, we would be 100 billions on earth. Of course the only ones with health insurance and tax cuts would be Republicans, and they all would drive SUVs.
June 6th, 2006 at 9:57 pmIf you don’t know what being a Dominionist means, see here.
June 6th, 2006 at 9:58 pmWell good for f**k’n you. Aren’t you the lucky one, Senator James Inhofe. What you forgot to mention is the inbreeding in your family tree.
June 6th, 2006 at 9:58 pmA guilty dog barks the loudest.
June 6th, 2006 at 9:59 pmThey’re debating a ban on gay marriage amendment while Baghdad burns. These so-called Republicans are just plain weird. enough
June 6th, 2006 at 10:02 pmI’m sure someone may have already brought this up, but… if he’s SOOOOO proud of no homosexual relationships in his family, is he ashamed of the Vice President’s family. Should be the first reporter’s question to him right out of the gate. Should every American with a gay son/daughter/brother/neice, etc. be ashamed?
What a crock of shameful posturing.
June 6th, 2006 at 10:17 pmYes, statistically there would have to be a gay family member. If there have been none so far,they are due. I submit the next baby will be the gay baby.Let’s keep an eye on the Inhofes. It’s time for a new baby watch anyway.
June 6th, 2006 at 10:18 pmPlease go to http://www.theocracywatch.org to get an understanding of what a dominionist is. These people are not Christians in any sense of the word but are much closer to Othodox Jewish Zionists that live by the law of the old testament.
At theocracywatch.org, there is an active tag identifying What’s New?
June 6th, 2006 at 10:20 pm( http://www.theocracywatch.org/new_links.htm )
This gives a great deal of information regarding these types of people in our country. They also have a video that can be downloaded and shared. I would recommend this to anyone that doesn’t feel that stoning people to death for thoughtcrimes should be part of our representative republic.
And Saddam was elected with 100% of the electorate in Iraq in the last “election”…
June 6th, 2006 at 10:23 pmLikewise, who would dare come out of the closet in this bellowing farts family??…
the joke is on him, he’s standing in front of the Cheney family picture.
June 6th, 2006 at 10:24 pmDishonesty must run in the family, too, Senator Inhofe– judging by your own track record, as well as the ridiculous claim that, just because noone’s ever come out in your family, you come from an unbroken line of heterosexuals.
Myself, I’m really proud that in the known history of my family there’s never been as big a jackass crook as you.
June 6th, 2006 at 10:26 pmWell good!!! At least the incest wasn’t homosexual!!
June 6th, 2006 at 10:34 pmSorry, dad, but I’m gay. Please don’t beat me . . . I wanted to tell you to your face but a liberal blog was the only place left in this world where I could find acceptance.
June 6th, 2006 at 10:38 pmgood one GSD…
June 6th, 2006 at 10:40 pmGOP=Gloryhole Ogling Perverts
June 6th, 2006 at 10:44 pmThe genders of Inhofe and his wife should be challenged–they’re probably undiagnosed hermaphrodites!
June 6th, 2006 at 10:48 pmOr conflict with sanity, you mean…
June 6th, 2006 at 10:49 pmThis is too much! I wonder how many of his kids and grandkids cruise Craigslist! What a hoot.
This is the kind of “leader” Oklahoman’s are electing?
Good grief.
June 6th, 2006 at 11:03 pm#68, er well funny you should mention that - it turns out that that is what brought on his fatal heart attack. Er, trying to pick up a chair to throw at your grandson who has just ‘come out’ is not good for a man of his age - oh crap, that doesn’t happen for another 10 years. OK, disregard that, I never said it. Damnit, Dad is going to crucify me.
June 6th, 2006 at 11:08 pmNever? I can believe no gays, but no divorces? Maybe something in the water.
June 6th, 2006 at 11:18 pmThe Inhofe family curse is that they all look like Howdy Doody.
June 6th, 2006 at 11:18 pm. . . . in the words of Shakespeare . . .
“Methinks he protests tooooooooooooo much”.
June 6th, 2006 at 11:19 pmAbsolutely bizzare…
June 6th, 2006 at 11:21 pmThat he knows of!
June 6th, 2006 at 11:23 pmInhofe fails to mention that he was probably about 19 when he got married and his wife 14 > those Oklahoma hicks get married to young girls and incest in a family is not uncommon! Notice that Senator Inhofe is against abortion even if impregnated by a family member!
June 6th, 2006 at 11:30 pmNote, he left out Mental Illness, his own.
June 6th, 2006 at 11:38 pmNote, he left out Mental Illness, his own.
June 6th, 2006 at 11:38 pmDoes the term “recorded history” include idle chatter at the Dew Drop Inn in Wapanucka?
Take a look at the two boys on the right in the matching sweaters. Hmmmmm
June 6th, 2006 at 11:46 pmAnyone in his family history, on either side, maybe gay and just never came out? Naaaa.
June 6th, 2006 at 11:51 pmJames Infohole
June 6th, 2006 at 11:51 pmAnd the Lord said ” IF IT BE YOUR SISTER AND/OR BROTHER” you’re still going to Hell.
June 6th, 2006 at 11:54 pmWhat a stupid bigot!
But with a lot of these people that make such an issue over the gay lifestyle, he probably spends a lot of evenings at “rest areas”.
If not, let’s hope he and that rancid Anne KKKoulter never breed. (If they did the child would be named “Damien”.
June 7th, 2006 at 12:03 amInhofe is SOOOOOOO gay! All the phobes hide this part of themselves.
June 7th, 2006 at 12:09 am“no gays, no divorces”… but one,(at the very least) dangerous idiot. Is it genetics or poor parentlng that breeds immoral scum like this? I wish holy water or perrier or *something* could drive out the unending obsession these CREEPS have with torture and other people’s sex lives.
June 7th, 2006 at 12:12 amInhofe meets with Faida Mitiuf, Ambassador of Congo.
June 7th, 2006 at 12:20 amThere are times when I wish we could convict every single rethuglican in the house and senate, and indeed the White House terrorists, of treason.
But that won’t happen; not democrats nor rethuglicans will do it. This stupid party line shit should be illegal.
June 7th, 2006 at 12:22 amso the 4th Reich marches on. next round up the gays and divorcees and stick em in prisons, yahoo!!! 1930’s Germany here we go!. ‘The Decider’ for life bwahahaha…. thud.
June 7th, 2006 at 12:50 amHis dick tastes like shit.
June 7th, 2006 at 12:56 amso are families going to have to put stickers on their doors like the Jews did? Gays and divorcees live here. Stay away!
June 7th, 2006 at 1:12 amBoy, did anybody tell Dick Cheney what this dude is saying about his family?
How about Ken Mehlman?
How about a certain ex-male cheerleader in the Oval Office?
June 7th, 2006 at 1:36 am“I’m really proud to say that in the recorded history of our family, we’ve never … any kind of multi-racial relationship.†First they came for the gays….
June 7th, 2006 at 1:47 amBah he probably visits the Bohemian Grove
June 7th, 2006 at 1:55 amhttp://www.prisonplanet.com/ articles/ july2004/ 220704nypostgaypornstar.htm
But wait! There’s more! Inhofe’s mother was a virgin till the day she died!
…if only it were true she would have made a great contribution to humanity.
June 7th, 2006 at 2:10 amI did his son.
June 7th, 2006 at 2:10 amThat’s why they f*** sheep, goats, and cows in Oklahoma.
June 7th, 2006 at 2:24 amI am so ashamed this guy is from Oklahoma. (I am really a Texan, but live in OK) He and Coburn are the most evil, nasty, stupid, racist people ever to disgrace this state. I can not believe this person got enough support (or coburn- but he did run a really dirty and sleezy campaign filled with lies) to get elected. However, that does speak volumes of the voters in this state. After all Oklahoma is “OK”, not great, not smart just “OK”.
However, back on topic, I suspect he and Boren (you know the President of OU) have bumped uglies. Boren has been seen in many a gay hang out in Oklahoma, but the press always ignores it. Boren and In-HIM-hoff are buddies.
This whole debate is wrong on so many levels. It is just political, they know it is not about policy, just about dividing a nation. Pity.
Inhofe saying he is very proud he has never been in a homosexual relationship is just like saying I am very proud I am not black back in the 50’s. It is just plain disgusting!
It is however very revealing that all these so called upstanding people are so proud to display their rage and bigotry. I have never known of a time in my life where it was so popular to declare your intolerance, bigotry or racism so openly. It is truly a sad state of affairs.
P.S.: I bet all those evangelicals are truly pissed that the world didn’t end on 6/6/06 like they said it would. I wonder if they will be shopping for a more reality based religion.
June 7th, 2006 at 3:22 amAnd to point out the obvious: Most of these creeps that are married and hide behind that and religion do have that creepy sexual side to them, the side that likes to dress up in costumes or play around with either underage girls or boys or adult men.
And to clarify further, a trick is not always considered a relationship. (for those of you behind the curve - a trick is the same as a one-night-stand or F***k buddy)
So by Inhofe’s broad claim to straight sex, I guess the same could be said of dumbya. But to Dumbya’s credit, he never tells the truth, so we don’t expect him to be able to lie so cleverly.
June 7th, 2006 at 3:28 am[…] Or maybe they want to support people like this idiot. […]
June 7th, 2006 at 4:02 amYou all have to realize that the important family values are heterosexuality and non burning of flags. Murder, war, torture, stealing , lying , cheating are all ok. But no homosexuals dammit
June 7th, 2006 at 4:14 amNew studies are showing that male birth order is a factor in determining sexual orientation. A second or third son is often, by a 33% factor, homosexual. Inhofe’s family may never have had a RELATIONSHIP, but there are men in that family who like to suck dick. They may be married to wives and have kids. But they like to suck dick. This newer evidence is still being reworked in more studies but there is a strong tie to sexuality and male birth order.
June 7th, 2006 at 5:51 amIf he were in front of me I would punch him out. Then say a prayer for him……
He deserves nothing more or less. Except to remain in hell after his death.
June 7th, 2006 at 6:52 amAnybody who actually admits their family is a “prop” can’t be taken too seriously.
June 7th, 2006 at 7:07 amWhat about divorce, spousal abuse? I’m really tired of the assumption that marriage is always perfect
June 7th, 2006 at 7:08 amregardless of the sex of the participants. What have the social conservatives done for the straight divorce rate other than contribute to it’s growth? Has any one considered what SSC(same sex couples) contribute in the way of taxes, either property or retail, and their negative draw on local tax supported services, IE: schools and hospitals. I don’t get it. What if SSCs decided to ask for thier own voucher to selectively use their local tax contribution in lieu of sending any children to local schools? Social conservatives hate the sinners but they sure don’t mind taking the tax revenues they contribute.
I find it hard to believe that all members of his family are so open and honest with each other. I wonder how far back he’s gone in the recorded history of his family. When I go back 3-4 generations in the history of my family, I had two gr+ -granduncles whom the family knew were homosexuals. Does this mean I’m going to burn in Hell?
June 7th, 2006 at 7:40 amI think it is in bad taste to flaunt your sexuality in public. Particularly in a governmental institution. How dare Inhofe speak on the private sex lives of others. Unless he was there, it is all hearsay.
What if a gay representative got up in front of congress showed a picture of his family and explained their sexual histories? Would that be acceptable ?
Inhofe is vulgar and exploitive of his family.
Let’s vote him and the rest of these bigots out of office.
June 7th, 2006 at 7:46 amWhen James Inhote was mayor of Tulsa, one of his college-aged son’s gay dalliances were an open secret. But, perhaps, that’s why he said “recorded.” He knew about it, but no one ever printed it.
June 7th, 2006 at 7:52 amWhat I told Atrios this morning:
How embarrassing. Jim Inhofe is one of my senators, so I can tell you what it’s like to live in Oklahoma. It’s almost like a phony fascimile of reality. Jim’s a world class nut job. He’s the guy who stated he loves Pat Robertson for the Congressional Record, and helped direct funds for building an interstate exit for Pat’s house. I had a meager brush with Jimmy that tells much about him.
Oklahoma City had a police lab chemist named Joyce Gilchrist whose slipshod work was so poor, she was fired and some 1,400 cases she had slaughtered were reviewed, spawning a deluge of lawsuits. Career district attorney Andy Coats, another typical dick known for his ridiculous little cowboy outfits and highway bridge graffiti declaring him an adulterer, was happy to prosecute and convict people at random based on this poor lab work, suddenly found himself involuntarily retired.
In response to this mortifying travesty, I wrote my representatives in Congress suggesting it might be time we consider abolishing the death penalty, if for no other reason because we’d executed innocent people. I don’t usually get responses, but Sen. Inhofe wrote back, and it wasn’t a form letter. In that it was a personal letter, and an angry one at that, I should have saved it, but it was so infuriating I threw it in the trash. Little Jimmy explained to me that murder is a very horrible crime, and that people in Oklahoma expect revenge and he wasn’t going to do anything to disrupt that pretty picture. You see, Jimmy knows I’m only three damn years old and don’t understand Oklahomans don’t care if innocent people are executed. A crime was committed. Someone was arrested. Enough said! Kill all of them, screw the details. Sadly, Jim’s depiction of his constituents is absolutely accurate. In Texas, this kind of thinking is referred to as “ignorance gone to seed.” In Oklahoma, it’s a group behavior phenomenon.
The moral of our story is, when you look at the photo of Jim and his family, think of it as your tax dollars at work.
June 7th, 2006 at 9:16 amYeah, and the KKK doesn’t hire African-Americans as interns. Unreasonable analogy? I don’t think so. Monsters are monsters, congressman be dammed.
Comment by Punchy #5
I ABSOLUTELY concur with your assessment Punchy,
Inhofe is an inbred al Cracker racist…
…from a long line of inbred al Cracker racists…
…and I’ll bet there’s been a Brokeback session or two in his own personal life…
…most “conservatives” hostile to homosexuality are fighting their own demons…
…otherwise, why would they make such a BIG DEAL out of other people’s personal preferences?…
June 7th, 2006 at 9:18 amWell that’s that. Based upon his overwhelming statistical evidence, I am reversing my opinions on Gay Marriage. Kudos to Mr. Inhofe for finally presenting some releveant data on this issue.
June 7th, 2006 at 9:21 amSo, the good Senator is “really proud” to be a homophobe. I am at a loss to understand why anyone would be “really proud” to be a closed-minded, homophobic bigot. Even if the people whose votes I needed to get elected felt the same way, I would not be “really proud” to be a homophobe. It’s been my impression that the people who think like Senator Inhofe don’t generally know a lot of homosexuals, or even all that much about homosexuality in general. The funny thing is, the homosexuals that they do know personally, well they’re alright. It’s always those “others” out there that are “dangerous” to society. There is absolutely no merit to any argument this man (or any person) makes in support of this horrible idea for an Amendment to the Constitution.
June 7th, 2006 at 9:24 amPoliticians are noted for speaking in carefully worded, often ambiguous sentences. Is his statement, “…we’ve never had a divorce or any kind of homosexual RELATIONSHIP.” meant to infer that the family is LOADED with homosexuals who simply do not have partners? One has to entertain this possibility due to his wording. He’d be the sort that would say to a gay son/daughter, “If you want your inheritance you’d better stay in the closet.” Once a bigot, always a bigot.
June 7th, 2006 at 9:25 amThe GOP thinks being gay is worse than:
Lying to take our country to war.
Jeopardizing national security by outing a CIA agent.
Putting incompetent people in high-level jobs.
Spying on Americans.
Disregarding the Constitution.
Only faux Christians can stand behind this lying, corrupt administration.
June 7th, 2006 at 9:27 amJust look at this nutcase! He looks like a child molestor. Maybe no homosexuals in his family but I bet there is a few child molestors, starting with himself. Now that he has made such blatant, idiotic remarks, he’s bound to be chumping on his foot soon.
June 7th, 2006 at 9:27 amI’m really proud to say that in the recorded history of my family, we’ve never had a Republican, nor any kind of criminal relationship. Nor will my family hire Republicans or criminals, due to the possibility of a conflict of agenda.
After all, it’s a choice!
June 7th, 2006 at 9:32 amThis whole debate on the proposed constitutional amendment banning (discriminating against ) gay marriage is a straw man created by the Republicans to stir up their political base. It has no chance of passing. Give them all the rope they need to hang themselves - history will remember the issues of gay rights for what it is - just like the history of all civil rights - opposed by Republicans at every turn. It is time that these issues be framed more as civil righst issues, not gay vs. straight issues. I am a straight man, but that is irrelevant to the discussion on the proposed amendment, or Inhofe’s stupidly smug and discriminatory comments. Do not be intimidated by the ranting of the political right - they are wrong and history always exposes such small mindedness.
June 7th, 2006 at 9:36 amWell, that’s great that they are all straight. I don’t imagine any of them have had any trouble when enlisting in the military then. No funny business in the camps in Iraq, eh? Oh. You say they haven’t joined up yet? Other priorities, I guess. All that work producing children takes time and energy. Besides, you have to make enough money to put food on your family. No need to risk messing up those beautiful bodies with IEDs either.
June 7th, 2006 at 9:52 amDon’t knock Oklahoma. Where else can you find a televangelist and “University” promoter named after one of the better forms of sex?
June 7th, 2006 at 9:55 amI got so ticked off about this subject, I wrote my first blog about the whole amendment crap and thought I’d share it if anyone is interested.
http://just1human.livejournal.com/
June 7th, 2006 at 10:07 amInhofe is one of the Senate’s main global-warming deniers. The man lives in a made-up world of make believe, my guess is his family is full of queens.
June 7th, 2006 at 10:08 amJune 7th, 2006 at 10:12 am
Its time for all the gay and lesbian people in Inhofe’s immediate and extended family to come out - or be outed against their will. As unfortunate as forced outing of them might be, Inhofe has already thrown the gauntlet and it is his responsibility to verify the truth of his statement or accept the fallout. If members of his family get hurt, who cares? Members of my family are being hurt right now by the push for this amendment.
Let the outings begin.
June 7th, 2006 at 10:13 amI’m ashamed of Jim Inhofe. I’m ashamed that he is on the Senate floor speaking for Oklahomans. I feel sorry for his family, used as a prop in his hate-filled diatrabe. I am embarassed for him as he stands there and says that his family is better than most families in our state and in this nation. Inhofe has opened his family up to attacks from everywhere now. They have been used as a prop in a debate about an issue that was dead before it started. I hope that it was worth it for the likely pain that it will cause when the perfect family is found to be anything but.
Check out my vlog on the topic. I stutter and stammer a bit, but it’s because I’m furious that Jim Inhofe thinks he’s better than me and my family, and that of my neighbors and friends. This guy is due a reality check.
June 7th, 2006 at 10:42 amSome one please get a picture of that son of a bitch humping a 10 year old boy.
June 7th, 2006 at 10:45 amIf anyone on here can find proof that anyone in Sen. Inhofe’s family is Gay, or had a tryst with another person of the same sex, or anyone in his family got divorced, or family abuse like incest, then please post that information on this blog and give it to the mainline press as well!
Sen. Inhofe must be exposed as a hypocrite, and he must be forced to resign from the Senate!
June 7th, 2006 at 10:59 amLooks like a challenge from the good Senator, for someone with a little time on their hands to research the truth on that….
June 7th, 2006 at 11:01 amInhofe is a spoiled brat who failed (like W in Texas) in business, not once but twice. dunno if anyone is “out” in his family, but they are a contentious lot. they sue each other.
as a progressive stuck in Oklahoma, i can only say there are alot of us digusted with the congressional delegation we are saddled with. in 2004, only one county supported Gore…tho to be honest it was close in a number of places.
we are a “religious” state. and lead the nation in out of wedlock teen pregnancies and 2nd in the country in early divorces.
i used to think we were the buckle of the Bible belt, until i traveled thru Missouri a month ago. talk about hate and ignorance.
June 7th, 2006 at 11:02 amIn the history of Inhofe’s family he’s very proud of the fact that no one in his family has ever made an intelligent statement
June 7th, 2006 at 11:12 amInhofe obviously suffers from Oklahomophobia
June 7th, 2006 at 11:15 amGays have a whole lot more to contribute that this asshole. What a freak OK has for its “so called” senator.
June 7th, 2006 at 11:18 amI am Sen. Inhofe’s son and I’m gay.
June 7th, 2006 at 11:20 amSo, when Aunt Sallie and Aunt Michelle have been living together unmarried for decades and no one has ever seen them go out with a man… draw your own conclusions sir!
June 7th, 2006 at 11:29 amOh please, sister, get down off of your high horse and admit that you like to have a little glory-hole fun at the local truck stop!
I hope his kids and some of his aunts or uncles are outted soon. That would be a nice slap in the face.
June 7th, 2006 at 11:47 amYesterday I predicted that Francine Busby would lose this contentious race in the 50th District where I live, and as I watch the results come in at 10pm my time, I am sadden that my prediction will likely come true.
June 7th, 2006 at 11:49 amAnd today it has come true. If you have lived here for the last 25 years as I have, you would probably not be so surprised, considering the demographics, military families and entrenched old boy’s network. Sure, there are plenty of nice people here, but the people that run this town is so corrupt it makes you want to throw up. I have picketed, voted, emailed, fax, whatever, you name it, I have tried…all to no avail. The last 6 months, I even designed my own digg type of website where you can vote and pick your own news to help get out the word…but it just seem not to work… I don’t know what else to do…any help you guys could give, you can email me or visit my website at zenwire.com and post comments to help change the attitude in San Diego for the November election.
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Well, this piece of work is one of my senators, so I decided to call his office here in Oklahoma City to see what was up. The conversation went something like this:
Me: Was this an attack on those families that do have gay members, such as that of the Vice President?
Her: No.
Me: Was this an attack on gays?
Her: No.
Me: Then just what is it that he is trying to say?
Her: That he loves his family.
Me: I notice that he did not mention that his family is free of infidelity, pedophilia or bestiality. Is he hiding something?
Her: Absolutly not.
Me: Then why didn’t he mention it, you know, just to clear up any doubts that people will obviously have?
Her: The Senator’s family life is not the public’s business.
Me: Really? Didn’t he just stand on the senate floor and discuss his family sexual practices — on live television? Since he is the one who brought up his family’s sexual practices in public, don’t you think he should be willing to answer a few questions about it?
Her: Sir, there is a time and a place for this.
Me: Great! Could you please tell me that time and place? I have a pen and paper and am ready to write it down.
Her: Click.
So, not getting the kind of response I had hoped for, I decided to phone the good senator’s offices in DC, where I was connected to Laura, the person in charge of dealing with the marriage fiasco.
Me: Hi Laura, I was wondering if you could clear up a few things about the senator’s recent comments. He mentioned that this was the most important part of the debate, so I just wanted to get this “straight”. Did the senator mean tthat those families with gay members — like Dick Cheney’s — should not be proud? Was this also an attack on gays?
Laura: Absolutley not. The Senator’s words were have been misinterpreted, and I am sorry that you were offended.
Me: No, I think that the senator speaks his mind pretty clearly. If he had said “I am proud that there are no Catholics in my family” do you think that that would have been an attack on Catholics?
Laura: No, not at all.
Me: Really? You don’t think that if a senator said “I am proud that there are no Catholics, or Irish, in my family” that this would be seen as a sign of bigotry?
Laura: No. The senator feels that homosexuality is a choice.
Me: As is Catholicism.
Laura: Well, yes.
Me: Since the senator clearly feels that my next door neighbors — a gay couple — pose an immediate threat to my marriage — I am straight — I am wondering if you might refer me to the studies that have been done that show a correspondence between the divorce rate and the threat posed by gay marriage. In other words, does the senator have information on just how many marriages have been destroyed here in Oklahoma by a couple’s gay neighbors?
Laura: the senator is not aware of any such studies, but I imagine that not to many marriages end because of this.
Me: Really? Then why is the senator debating this issue?
Laura: It was Senator Frist’s decision to bring the issue to the floor.
Me: There are reliable studies that show a correspondence between family financial trouble and the divorce rate here in Oklahoma. Also, the main cause of personal bankruptcy in the state is the cost of healthcare. Wouldn’t the senator better protect Oklahoma families by dealing with the health care crisis rather than this issue?
Laura: The senate just had a long series of debates on health care. They spent a whole week on it.
Me: And what was done?
Laura: Sorry?
Me: And what new legislation was passed to address the issue?
Laura: Well, none.
Me: So you are telling me that a Congress controlled by a single party has just had a long debate on this pressing issue that clearly affects Oklahoma families, then did nothing about it, and has instead started debating something that you yourself don’t even believe threatens marriages in Oklahoma?
Laura: Senator Frist brought this issue to the floor.
Me: Then why didn’t Senator Inhofe use his time in the debate more wisely — like telling the other senators that they should be getting back to doing some real work?
Laura: You would have to ask the senator that yourself. We have spent enough time on this now.
Me: It seems pretty clear to me that the senator is a bigot, not just from this comment but from a whole bunch of other ones as well. Could you please ask the senator to at least hide his bigotry a little better? It refects very poorly on our state, and makes it difficult for me to attract employees from out of state when the worst prejudices about Oklahomans are confirmed for everyone on live television by our Congressional delegation.
Laura: I’ll pass your message along.
For what its worth…
June 7th, 2006 at 11:55 amI’m really proud to say that in the recorded history of our family, we’ve never had a divorce or any kind of homosexual relationship.
Maybe not, but he uses that right hand of his to have gay sex with himself…
hogweed - DAMN good work!
June 7th, 2006 at 12:09 pmOh, a few other things that I didn’t get to ask the senator’s spokespeople, but if anyone else calls, please do:
1. Is the senator willing to support a constitutional amendment banning divorce?
June 7th, 2006 at 12:09 pm2. Since the court decisions supporting gay marriage invariably cite the equal protection clause as the reason, is the senator willing to support a constitutional amendment to get rid of the equal protection clause?
3. Since the senator believes that marriage is a union between a man and a woman sanctified by god, is the senator willing to pass legislation banning civil ceremonies?
4. For the same reason, is the senator willing to pass a constitutional amendment that would get the state out of the marriage business itself, and leave it solely in the hands of churches?
[…] James Inhofe (R-OK) on gheys. INHOFE: As you see here, and I think this is maybe the most important prop we’ll have during the entire debate, my wife and I have been married 47 years. We have 20 kids and grandkids. I’m really proud to say that in the recorded history of our family, we’ve never had a divorce or any kind of homosexual relationship. […]
June 7th, 2006 at 12:11 pm#165 ALRIGHT hogweed!!!!
This is exactly the type of thing that concerned, compassionate, truly patriotic constitutional loving Americans need to do. For way too long these hate mongering egomaniacs have been allowed to spew this bullshit across the land like a poisonous cloud. ALL of us need to follow your lead and take them to task. The more they have to defend their evil stupidity outside of the sound bites, the more they will be exposed for what they really are.
June 7th, 2006 at 12:17 pmSo embarrassed he is from my home state. He is yet another reason why I left politics in Oklahoma. See this item for another embarrassment.
June 7th, 2006 at 12:19 pmAlex: (comment #170) — please call the senator’s offices and ask for some clarification on all of this. You can use my questions above (post’s #165 and 167) as a jumping off point.
Anyone else? Here are the phone numbers, and be sure to mention that you are an Oklahoma voter:
Washington, DC
453 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-3603
Phone: 202-224-4721
Fax: 202-228-0380
Tulsa
1924 S. Utica Avenue
Suite 530
Tulsa, OK 74104-6511
Phone: 918-748-5111
Fax: 918-748-5119
Oklahoma City
1900 NW Expressway
Suite 1210
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
Phone: 405-608-4381
Fax: 405-608-4120
McAlester
215 E. Choctaw
Suite 106 McAlester, OK 74501
Phone: 918-426-0933
Fax: 918-426-0935
Enid
June 7th, 2006 at 12:25 pm302 N. Independence
Suite 104
Enid, OK 73701
Phone: 580-234-5105
Fax: 580-234-5094
You notice he said ‘recorded’ history. Someone will find something.
June 7th, 2006 at 12:30 pmHigh five, hogweed! That was excellent. Damn that Bill Frist, forcing Sen. Inhofe to debate same-sex marriage on the floor of the Senate. And the responses of Inhofe’s spokeswomen to your questions point out one glaring fact: Inhofe does not have any credible, legitimate defense of his support for an amendment banning same-sex marriage.
June 7th, 2006 at 12:43 pmWhen he says “recorded history” of his family, does he mean all the way back to Adam, plus all his aunts, uncles, or cousins for all of recorded history? Seems to me there has been at least one homosexual in his extended family.
June 7th, 2006 at 12:44 pmWhat would he say about Cheney?
June 7th, 2006 at 12:45 pmMy brother was gay, my parents, grandparents, and most everyone in my family has been divorced (including me), and you know what? I love them all dearly, and they’re just as good and American as the Inhofe family. My family has never practicied blatant discrimination, never denied rights to fellow citizens, and never claimed to be holier than anyone else. Far as I can see, that makes them BETTER than the Inhofes.
June 7th, 2006 at 12:49 pmI’m yet another progressive from Oklahoma, and I am horrified by this man. I don’t think a lot can be done about this immediately, because our educational system has been in shambles for decades now. The best defense against this sort of nonsense is a decent education, which is derided here unless you can prove how it earns you some money.
June 7th, 2006 at 12:54 pmI tried calling his office, and I couldn’t get two intelligent words out other than to tell his secretary that it was an embarassment. I was so upset I was tongue-tied.
It doesn’t help much to say that not everyone here agrees with the likes of Mr. Inhofe. Unfortunately, things won’t get better here if reasonable people keep leaving, which they are in droves. Maybe that’s part of the problem though. Rather than stay and try to change things here, progressives leave and go somewhere else that they feel is more sympathetic to their point of view. That leaves people here with the same mindset, which means that people like Inhofe get elected.
Then again, who in their right mind would want to be around this all the time?
gtholkan:
I couldn’t agree more, but please do try to give the office a call again to ask for some clarification on these statements. They are going to insist that this was not a bigoted statement, so you might ask them if this means that it would be OK for a public official to say “I am proud that there are no Christians in my family.” My guess is that they would sputter, but it would be nice for them to have to spend some time defending this ass.
As a transplant from a more civilized part of the country (northern wisconsin), I have to say that staying here is tough. My family is part of a religious minority, and m