Inhofe: I Made Up My Mind To Vote Against Sotomayor’s Supreme Court Nomination 11 Years Ago
Inhofe: I Made Up My Mind To Vote Against Sotomayor’s Supreme Court Nomination 11 Years Ago
In a surprisingly candid statement, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) admitted that his vote to oppose Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor was a “foregone conclusion” eleven years before she was even nominated:
“That was a foregone conclusion,” the Oklahoma Republican said, citing his 1998 opposition to Sotomayor’s nomination to her current post.
“If you voted against anyone on the circuit (court), I have never been able to see how you turn around when the bar is actually higher and support it at a higher level.” … [T]he senator was offered a meeting with the judge but turned it down since he already had made his decision to oppose her nomination and did not wish to take up her time.
Inhofe’s refusal to even consider Sotomayor’s record as a circuit judge is unfortunate, but it is hardly surprising. During the Clinton Administration, Inhofe would frequently throw tantrums such as placing a hold on every single one of President Clinton’s judicial nominees in retaliation for Clinton’s decision to make a recess appointment, or bottling up every one of President Clinton’s civilian nominees in protest of Clinton’s decision to nominate a gay man to an ambassadorship.
This spring, Inhofe announced that he would filibuster President Obama’s nomination of Judge David Hamilton to a federal appeals court because Hamilton allegedly once forbade the Indiana legislature from opening its sessions with Christian prayer, but endorsed the use of Islamic prayer. In reality, Hamilton held that any non-sectarian prayer would be acceptable, and that such a prayer could be offered in a foreign language such as Arabic.
Ultimately, however, Inhofe predicts his own opposition to Sotomayor will be futile:
“She will be definitely confirmed,” he said, adding that other Republicans will be too afraid to vote against Sotomayor because she is a woman and a Hispanic.
“I’m predicting half the Republicans at least will end up supporting her who might not otherwise because of these things I just mentioned.”
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June 18th, 2009 at 2:36 pmStupid people say stupid things.
June 18th, 2009 at 2:36 pmNeeds to go quail hunting with little dicky cheney…
June 18th, 2009 at 2:38 pmJames Inhofe
Red meat for the base!! In order words, A REAL SCHMUCK!
June 18th, 2009 at 2:38 pmAnd get all liquored up first, just like last time.
June 18th, 2009 at 2:38 pmi think it’s amazing this guy is a representative of the united states.
amazing in a bad way.
June 18th, 2009 at 2:39 pmNice to know he’s staying open minded… /snark
June 18th, 2009 at 2:40 pmJust sing along, “I’m in with the Inhofe crowd…”
June 18th, 2009 at 2:42 pmInhofe is not like a box of cherries, since we always know what we’re going to get and none of it is palatable.
June 18th, 2009 at 2:43 pmDoes Inhofe go hunting with Darth Cheney by any chance?
June 18th, 2009 at 2:43 pmINOhofe
June 18th, 2009 at 2:44 pmShorter Inhofe:
“Don’t bother me with facts. They make my head hurt.”
June 18th, 2009 at 2:45 pmAt least he is consistent in his insistence on being wrong about everything.
June 18th, 2009 at 2:46 pmWow, that looks like a Browning Silver Pidgon non vented Invector 3 shotgun in grade 5…..many thousands of dollars.
June 18th, 2009 at 2:55 pmThe state of Oklahoma produces lots of natural gas from methane and this article proves that pockets of it have drifted to Washington, D.C. and settled in the Senate seat reserved for Oklahoma. Oklahoma is also famous for mass murders (Oklahoma City) and bigots who hide behind their military service records. Just the ticket for the nervous: a gas-filled racist bomb with the ability to fly planes; that’s Sen. Inhofe in a proverbial nutshell.
June 18th, 2009 at 2:55 pm“I’m predicting half the Republicans at least will end up supporting her who might not otherwise because of these things I just mentioned.”
So he admits that at least half of the republican party are racist mysoginists, who are too chickenshit to stand up for their beliefs, no matter how wrong they are…
June 18th, 2009 at 2:56 pmSlappyBastinado Says:
Wow, that looks like a Browning Silver Pidgon non vented Invector 3 shotgun in grade 5…..many thousands of dollars.
Paid for by the National Redneck Association no doubt…
June 18th, 2009 at 2:58 pmI wonder if thats what he’s going to be wearing (pic above) the first day she reports to the SCOTUS.
Idiot.
RIP
June 18th, 2009 at 2:59 pmSGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
Texas can secede, if they’ll take OK with them.
June 18th, 2009 at 2:59 pmRepublicans will be too afraid to vote against Sotomayor because she is a woman and a Hispanic.
Then how can these Republicans claim to be brave enough to stand up to the terrorists? To the immigrant hordes? To the “feminazi” agenda?
/snark off
Don’t follow Inhofe.
June 18th, 2009 at 2:59 pmHe’s way off.
He’ll lead you down a path
Of misery, fear, and wrath.
You’ll only end up lost
If you follow Inhofe.
Inhofe is just another Christian Fundamentalist Terrorist (CFT).
June 18th, 2009 at 3:01 pmBreaking News:
Hillary Fell and Broke Her Elbow.
June 18th, 2009 at 3:03 pmIt’s a foregone conclusion that Inhofe is determined to be as rascist and obstructionist as possible.
June 18th, 2009 at 3:07 pmWe used to have our very own “Senator No” in Jesse Helms. Nature must apparently abhor a vacuum, because Inhofe is going for that title now.
June 18th, 2009 at 3:08 pmCaption: “Here I am Phallic Man!”
June 18th, 2009 at 3:08 pmIt would be one thing if he said “I’ve looked at her record on the circuit court and I don’t see anything to change my mind that she didn’t belong there.” That would be fine. But doing the “we never change our minds no matter what happens” thing just demonstrates how unqualified he is for office.
June 18th, 2009 at 3:08 pmShallower I-No-hofe: She was a woman then same as now.
June 18th, 2009 at 3:10 pmOklahoma, where Inhofe comes spoutin’ off his mouth
And his wavin’ lips can sure spew shi*
Spreadin’ out east, west, north, and south.
Oklahoma, Ev’ry night regressive friends and him
Sit around and wait to verbally masturbate
Makin’ lyin’ comments on a whim .
We know he belongs to the right
June 18th, 2009 at 3:16 pmAnd the right he belongs to ain’t bright!
And when we say
Yeeow! Shi*onabaleofhay!
We’re only sayin’
Shut him up now, Oklahoma!
Oklahoma O.K.?
Too bad he doesn’t trip and fall on that gun, butt first.
June 18th, 2009 at 3:20 pmapparently according to cancervatives there’s no such thing as ongoing performance assessment for jobs. for example, taking a look at what they’ve achieve at one position while applying for another. then again, what can you expect from a party that promotes incompetents who feel entitled to their elected positions.
June 18th, 2009 at 3:23 pmInhofe? Stubbornly sticking to a decade-old opinion, new information be damned?
NOOOOO. Whoda ever thunk it?
June 18th, 2009 at 3:33 pmWhat one could do with the name Inhofe.
June 18th, 2009 at 3:35 pmhad enough Says:
What one could do with the name Inhofe.
June 18th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
_________
Forget it, preferably.
June 18th, 2009 at 3:37 pmInhofe is a german word meaning inbred assclown
June 18th, 2009 at 3:38 pmThe white men are terrified of the brown woman.
June 18th, 2009 at 3:46 pm*
This guy is totally clueless, and apparently racist/sexist as well.
June 18th, 2009 at 4:02 pmDo the people in OK really think this asshat represents them and their beliefs. If so, I’m really glad I don’t live in OK.
June 18th, 2009 at 4:04 pmSlappy, Watchpup is here.
June 18th, 2009 at 4:15 pmCould you make him roll over?
And Inhofe is **NEVER** wrong about anything. No one deserves a second chance. etc. etc.
His mind is totally closed from the outside, now if he could just close it a little further so nothing from the inside gets out.
June 18th, 2009 at 4:43 pmHi, Linkwray: Oklahomans are responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing the way New Yorkers are responsible for 9-11, that is, not at all. The same cannot be said for our two foaming-at-the-mouth loonie Senators. The majority of Oklahoma voters have been voting in the lunatic fringe, and the only thing the rest of us can do about it is support the other side. I can only ask the outside world to keep in mind that all Oklahomans are not crazy. Really.
June 18th, 2009 at 4:47 pmWhy won’t this worthless piece of flotsam do society a huge favor and die. Please Jim. Please. Find a bus racing down Constitution Avenue this afternoon, jump under it, and get us out of your misery.
June 18th, 2009 at 5:05 pmI would be concerned about her if Inhofe wasn’t against her
June 18th, 2009 at 5:06 pmI refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Walt_Kelly
Some Inhofe quotes
June 18th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Inhofe is an imbecile.
Why does he feel the need to constantly confirm it?
June 18th, 2009 at 5:47 pmWho would ever have suspected Senator Inhofe of being such a blind partisan?
June 18th, 2009 at 6:09 pmInhofe is the poster child for the kind of ignoramus that too often occupies a seat in the Senate. Unintelligent and pigheaded.
I would hope that Oklahoma coud do better.
June 18th, 2009 at 6:10 pmhe is from the south what do you expect?
those folks are as dumbed down as you will find anywhere in the world.
And wars these folks love their wars even raise their children to fight in our wars for profits and call them heroes for doing so.
take a drive thru the south than you will understand.
oh must ask questions because on the surface those folks are friendly. but underneath that friendly are right wing neo cons that love individualism something Jesus never taught but then:
Christianity died on the cross.
June 18th, 2009 at 6:32 pmVoting “no” is the only thing that Republicans are not afraid of.
June 18th, 2009 at 8:03 pmSo Inhofe was a bigot then, and he’s a bigot now – that’s the consistency that has kept the GOP on the cutting edge of 19th century politics. I’m just digging the fact that 11 later, Sotomayor will get the last laugh on this omadhaun.
June 18th, 2009 at 8:22 pmHe’s a liar. He made up his mind when he started believing his pink-ass was better than anybody else who didn’t have a disgusting pink ass. That’s the mind-set of the bulk of OK.
June 19th, 2009 at 8:49 amGOP = party of NO change
June 19th, 2009 at 10:50 amIf this article does not prove it nothing will.
I’d love to see this @sshole go hunting with Cheney. Just once.
June 19th, 2009 at 12:21 pmJust remembering, especially on the Republican side, that looking at new evidence, looking at changing circumstances and/or changing your mind is tantamount to treason and will certainly guarantee you don’t get elected.
Remember the Kerry flip-flops held up by republicans.
He was for it before he was against it.
etc.
I can see it now: when John McCain was 2 years old he had a lemonade stand to raise money for social issues. How can we trust him now ?!
Just heard on NPR yesterday about a guy in Alaska convicted of rape by DNA evidence many years ago (when it was very non-specific such that 16% of African American males would have matched). He wants to retest using newer and better systems which are extremely specific. Alaska is refusing him. Supreme court ruled that there is no constitutional right to DNA evidence.
The guy has even offered to pay for the test. So why not either confirm or deny ?
June 19th, 2009 at 12:31 pmShorter Inhofe: “Yep, still racist.”
June 19th, 2009 at 5:56 pmIt is great when our elected officials don’t have the decency to communicate. There is a related post at http://iamsoannoyed.com/?p=1858
June 19th, 2009 at 6:08 pmI think Inhofe is not telling the truth. It wasn’t 11years ago he made up his mind. His mind was made up when Inhof’e mother dropped him on his head at the youthful age of 2 years old.
June 19th, 2009 at 11:08 pmThank you..
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