Inhofe: Sotomayor Is a ‘Racist,’ But Strom Thurmond Is A ‘Great American’
Inhofe: Sotomayor Is a ‘Racist,’ But Strom Thurmond Is A ‘Great American’
Echoing statements by nativist former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) and former KKK Imperial Wizard David Duke, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) called Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor a “racist” last night on the Senate floor. Watch it:
Interestingly, while Inhofe is convinced that the first Latina nominee to the Supreme Court is consumed by racial animus, he had very different things to say about a fellow Southern white conservative. After former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) claimed that America would have avoided “all these problems” if it had put a segregationist in the White House, Inhofe quickly came to Lott’s defense:
“In an effort to honor the life and service of Strom Thurmond, Senator Lott made some comments that he probably wishes he had phrased differently,” Inhofe said. “I do not believe Senator Lott meant to be malicious or racist with the comments he made. I believe he was merely honoring a great American on his 100th birthday, but I believe he is right to apologize for the words he used. Racism of any type must not be tolerated.
“Many have been quick to criticize Lott, but few have been quick to accept his apology. I do not believe he harbors racist sentiments in his heart. He has apologized and appropriately clarified the meaning of his statements. I believe we should accept his apology and move forward.”
In Jim Inhofe’s America, Sonia Sotomayor is a dangerous bigot who must be stopped, but Strom Thurmond is a “great American.”
"Statements that seek to pit one race against another or elevate one race at the expense of another, regardless of who utters them, have no place in the American conversation," Inhofe said. "I am not characterizing anyone as a racist, but I will categorize and condemn such racially fueled statements for what they are."
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Inhofe is about the bottom of the barrel in the Senate, in so many ways — intellectually, spiritually, humanly… if he were in the House, he’d be keeping company with Steve King and Crazy Shelly Bachmann,
August 5th, 2009 at 4:04 pmBug fuc@ crazy.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:04 pmShaking my head >>>>>> this is like getting to be to much, I have to believe that theres a majority of people in OK that will wake up and realize that life has past them bye.
no one told them to run>> they all missed the starting gun.
Trains to Brains and the right wing couldnt even get those right
August 5th, 2009 at 4:04 pmStrom Thurmond was not a great American. He was a sleazy hypocrite at best, running on the Dixiecrat ticket and railing against blacks while fathering children with his maid, thinking no one would find out that he was carrying on an affair with (gasp!) a black woman, lest he be arrested for it in his home state.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:05 pmOMG! Yo Oakies! Vote out this embarassment! Just when you think these Repugs couldn’t sink any lower, they turn into bottom feeders. WTF? On the senate Floor!
August 5th, 2009 at 4:05 pmInhofe STFU you’re making Oklahomans look stupid as hell.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:06 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
cd says:
Inhofe STFU you’re making Oklahomans look stupid as hell.
Too late, Okies already look stupid for electing this twit.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:09 pmWhy is it that the resident jackoffs never come to this jackoffs defense? Pussies….
August 5th, 2009 at 4:09 pmIt’s the way they think: their sh!t don’t stink!
August 5th, 2009 at 4:10 pmWill somebody please tell the racist and the KKK members the South will not rise again it’s over gone finished. They have to get over this as it’s getting old. Someone should remind Senator Inhofe and other racist that brother Strom Thurmond sucked they in for years as Strom had a black daughter who he supported and loved all his life while hiding behind the robe. Yes brother Strom even love the black woman he had sex with to make that little girl. Now many racist today have wives of different races but to go along with the stupid racist for their money. You have to give it to Brother Thurmond he had it both ways and fooled the KKK for years.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:10 pmWhite… (Check)
Male… (Check)
Conservative… (Check)
Old grump… (Check)
Bigot… (Check)
Sexual Pervert… (Check)
Racist… (Check)
Yep, he has what it takes to be a Republican.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:10 pmNot only is Inhofe a racist, he’s a fcking idiot as well.
The Okies that keep voting for him are stupid as hell, cd.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:13 pmWhy do these guys have such a hold on the South? I’m a Northerner and I can’t grasp it. Rick Santorum was our Senator and when we had enough of his Right-wing Bulls*it, we tossed him out in the street. Is it religion, race, Or what?
August 5th, 2009 at 4:13 pmAnd what makes this worse is that this guys is not going to be unseated because OK is so Red.
Which does anyone else see the irony in that Republicans are red states and yet they hate communism?
August 5th, 2009 at 4:18 pmMy aunt taught at OSU during her last working years. There was an active liberal undercurrent in the state, and David Boren was a reasonably capable legislator. It seems that as any state sinks into redness the entire political fabric becomes moth-eaten. Inhofe has only one thing to promote him over Coburn – he’s not involved in anyone’s adultery facilitated by the family at C Street. At least not so far.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:20 pmI highly debate that Strom Thurmond was a “great American”.
I mean, I’ve never seen his Birth Certificate.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:21 pmAllow me to apologize in advance to all the natural born birther trolls who look to Inhofe for guidance, but this is truly excellent breaking news.
The new synonym for idiot, cretin, or moron is Inhofe.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:23 pmFirst, Great American and Strom Thurmond should not be uttered in the same sentence.
Again I ask what are they so afraid of? Do they have an issue with Sotomayor’s rulings or are they fearful of a “wise latina” woman on the Supreme Court? They seem unable to admit that a woman of color has a high degree of intelligence and would make a good choice for a Supreme Court justice. They have no proof that she is racist. On the other hand comments made by the likes of Tom Tancredo Strom Thurmond, Trent Lott are clearly racist.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:25 pmBy association then, the handful of Republican senators who said they’ll support her nomination with a vote must be racists as well. The question is will Inhofe call them racist to their face? For that matter, if a majority of senators vote for her _ and they will _ doesn’t that mean that Inhofe is a member of a racist organization? That’s called logic (not that Inhofe ever followed it).
August 5th, 2009 at 4:26 pmInhofe praising Lott.
You mean that Senator who left so he could ‘jump the new law’ on lobbying?
That one?
Granted, we in MN have Bachmann, but not all of us are in her district.
ALL Oklahomans get a chance to vote for Inhofe; what’s your excuse?
Inhofe’s family has never had a…
-divorce
-gay
-dwi
-brain
-clue
And yes, his family is only 6,000 yrs old. In fact,
August 5th, 2009 at 4:27 pmInhofe still walks like a Dinosaur
17. Purple State sez:…
And you’re not likely to, either, or for Inhofe for that matter. They weren’t born (birthed), they were hatched.
:)
August 5th, 2009 at 4:28 pmSpeaking of racists:
George Sodini, the man who took the lives of four women, and then his own, at a Pittsburgh-area fitness club Wednesday, leaves behind a long history of right-wing anti-government militancy.
In political rants on the Internet, going back to the early days of the Web, Sodini showed a consistently anti-government attitude. …. made plans for upending the “socialist” policies of the Clinton White House. Sodini appeared to support a violent overthrow of the US government in order to return the country to its “Constitutional order.”
“I am convinced that more drastic action is required to bring the country back to the Constitutional order that it was 200 years ago,” Sodini wrote.
But as Sodini saw it,… a violent overthrow of the US government would “cause the investors holding the $4.8 trillion [of US public debt] debt to panic…
The Associated Press and other news outlets have omitted references to President Barack Obama, the election of “The Black Man” and remarks that black men have “their choice of the best white” women when republishing excerpts of his diary… in fact, the Associated Press’ story contains no reference to Obama, even though the first entry of the killer’s diary came the day after Obama was elected and references Obama’s election directly.
History shows us we have more to fear from home-grown terrorists.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:28 pmOnly 2 states come to mind when thinking about a place with more simple minded, gullible, right-wing morons than we have here in Texas. Alabama and Oklahoma. This Jack Inhofe is proof of OK’s stupidity.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:29 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Proving yet again that the people of the fine state of Oklahoma keep their communities clean and safe by exporting their ninnies, twits and sociopaths to Washington.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:29 pmOnce again, the ol’ hick from Ok channels Glenn Beck on the Senate floor. Every thinking American should be ashamed that this utter moron is walking the halls of power.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:31 pmAndrew Rice was nice and all but he didn’t have what it takes to remove a guy like Inhofe from office.
Don’t kid yourself Inhofe has been a Senator for well over a decade and unless he’s caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy it’s going to take an Obama class candidate to beat Inhofe in an election.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:32 pmHim and Cheney ought to go hunting together.
Really y’all!?! The sky is purple through the GOP glasses.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:32 pmPetrified turd sinks
August 5th, 2009 at 4:32 pmRests on oily lake bottom
Among friends at last
… it’s called ‘projection’… it’s what they do…
that, and lie.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:32 pmActually cancervative goy, I don’t particularly revere Robert Byrd. I accept him however because he renounced his past. Thurmond was a racist hypocrite to the day he died. Inhofe no doubt will remain an ignorant, bigoted corporate tool and you shall forever be one of the least interesting trolls on this board.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:33 pm#14 P.D. says: “Why do these guys have such a hold on the South?
I got one word for you: Gerrymandering.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:35 pmMarie@23, The AP put a brake on the racist elements of the story. Unreal. This is the same situation of the Right-wingers goading people into violence. Just a couple of months ago in Pittsburg, Pensylvania(My state) a man shot up several cops. Why? because Righ-wing radio told him the Dems were going to take his guns away. Do you know what happened? Neither do I. He seems to have disapperared. MSM doesn’t mention him, just like they don’t mention Tillman’s murderer either.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:35 pmYes, we revere senator Byrd, now. He had the courage and honesty to recognize the errors of his ways, a very, very long time ago and to put new beliefs into action. If Inhofe ever takes the same path, then he might deserve some reverence. For now, though, he only gets ridicule – as do you who support him.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:36 pmconservative guy says:
SQUIRREL!
August 5th, 2009 at 4:37 pmgully@33, Very true. But the people who live down South have the worst educational standards, the worst infant mortaly rate, record obesity. Don’t the people want change? ANY change? Jobs are scarse, and unemployment is up. Aren’t they worried about their childrens future?
August 5th, 2009 at 4:39 pmMarie says:
Speaking of racists:
George Sodini, the man who took the lives of four women, and then his own, at a Pittsburgh-area fitness club Wednesday, leaves behind a long history of right-wing anti-government militancy.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
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Sweet. So it’s only a matter of hours before the Glenn Becks and Michelle Malkins and Bill O’Reillys start insisting that Sodini is a liberal.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:40 pmAnd you Mr. Inhofe are a certifiable dumbass.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:43 pmc’mon guys, let’s stop generalizing about Oklahomans (and it’s “okies” not “oakies”).
I’ve lived here all my life, and I’m happy to say I’m a very liberal-minded person. In fact, I know LOTS of liberal Oklahomans.
Inhoffe is a crazy old man, I don’t know why he says/does the things he does. Sen. Coburn is just as bad. Inhoffe was up for re-election last Nov. and he beat the democratic nominee, Andrew Rice. MONTHS before the election he started a smear campaign against Rice, and showed pictures of him with pictures of Obama, it was embarrasingly disgusting.
Most Oklahomans are simple-minded people and Inhoffe represents them…not me.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:43 pmchiro@39, Yeah, I’m suprised Faux News didn’t show a picture of him with a ‘D’ after his name.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:44 pmInhofe: Inventing a new level of stupidity is hard work, but basically, he’s just a backwoods racist old white idiot.
A dying breed.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:45 pmHey TP, in addition to forever repeating the tinfoil hat moments, how digging a little deeper? I.e., Inhofe is a scheming, calculating politician playing to his deeply conservative constituency.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:46 pmrtucker@41, Do you talk politics with any of your neighbors? How Red is it where you live? Are the people in your state getting fed up with Inhoffe, or the opposite? I’m very curious.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:47 pmThe worst part, the republicans will not hear him say this. I doubt Fixed News will show it, Nor CNN. Or the republicans will agree with him.
Please end the tyranny of the republican propaganda machine
August 5th, 2009 at 4:49 pmDNFP says:
DNFP, I only wish it was a dying breed. The problem appears to be that it’s not only not dying, it’s become socially acceptable for the closeted racists, embarrassed by their ignorance, to come out and openly rail against anyone that is “other” to them.
I fear we have a whole new dawning of the age of racism. The difference, this time, is that they have national spokespeople on TV and radio not only agreeing with them, but encouraging more to join in the racisism.
This country is getting more fcuked up each day.
PEACE
August 5th, 2009 at 4:51 pm23. Marie,
thanks for the information. I’ve been wondering why an exercise club, etc. What was driving him beyond vague generalities of a long history of blogging.
August 5th, 2009 at 4:53 pm# 37 P.D. says:
You are correct in your assessment of the south, but given the level of intelligence, and the lack of any kind of basic knowledge of the world other than their hometowns (some of these people have never set foot out of the border of their own state), the initiative for ‘change’ is not a given.
People in the South are close-minded and fearful of change because that is all they know. It is in their upbringing–they’re ‘clannish’, mistrustful, and are difficult to convince that something might be good for them.
Without a bigger picture to look at, one tends to focus on only what can be seen–and in this case the picture is very small.
Think about
August 5th, 2009 at 4:55 pmuh, ignore the ‘think about’ at the end of #49
That is all…
August 5th, 2009 at 4:57 pmHe can refuse to meet with her but still call her a racist based upon what he’s heard about her???
August 5th, 2009 at 4:59 pmInhofe is one disgusting human being.
August 5th, 2009 at 5:01 pmInhofe is one of the most highly regarded and admired folks in all of Oklahoma, along with Garth Brooks, Toby Keith, and Tom Coburn…
that should tell ya all you need to know…
August 5th, 2009 at 5:02 pmtokin librul says:
A cursory review of his biography indicates he didn’t complete his bachelors degree until he was thirty eight. Are all Okies slow learners? I know Toby Keith is but Garth Brooks graduated with a degree in Marketing before he hit the stage. Inhofe is one inbred fool. He gives OK a worse name than they already enjoy.
August 5th, 2009 at 5:06 pmInhoff is tied to the C Street Family. These guys are very concerned with race. They are pro-life, not because they believe, but because too many babies of other races will be born. Everyone needs to read Jeff Shalet’s book “The Family”. It will scare the hell out of you. This secret cult needs to be exposed, and the justice department needs to take a look at all of the overseas trips taken on behalf of “the family”. A lot of these trips were paid for by taxpayer dollars, not a surprize because they don’t believe in separation of church and state. The more people that read about this group, relate it to what has gone on, and what is going on now in this country, the better.
August 5th, 2009 at 5:10 pmDavid Duke calling someone racist. That’s rich.
August 5th, 2009 at 5:11 pmFor those who are wondering my last post explained why the Oklahomans let Inhofe get reelected in 08.
August 5th, 2009 at 5:14 pm.
White, like me.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/10356/saturday-night-live-white-like-me
The satire of the 70’s wasn’t stong enough!
.
August 5th, 2009 at 5:26 pmconservative guy says:
Senator Byrd has apologized for his bigotry and has changed his ways. What rethuglican has ever admitted wrong doing or apologized or changed their way? Can’t think of any can you? Not Craig, Foley, Ensign, Stanford, Nixon, Dubya, Cheney, Rove, DeLay. No thug with (R) associated with their name has ever been honest or honorable. I rest my case.
August 5th, 2009 at 5:26 pmMaybe if Sonia Sotomayor raped a young white guy and forced him to bear her child, as Strom did with a young black maid, Inhoax would like her.
August 5th, 2009 at 6:15 pmInhofe is a liar, racist, hate-monger, anti-American, anti-democracy, dishonest, smearing, bitter, racist (worth saying twice) stupid, uninformed, right-wing radical extremist nutcase. That mostly sums him up. Did I say despicable & repulsive?
August 5th, 2009 at 6:43 pmInhofe isn’t a racist just a damn stupid arsehole. Does anything this man says make any sense.
Since I am sure he believes in HELL may he just go there forever.
Dave
August 5th, 2009 at 7:09 pmuh huh. Keep talking, dickweed.
August 5th, 2009 at 8:12 pm#4, the so called Nixon Southern Strategy is a myth. The south went Republican because of the 1964 civil rights bill. If fact after president Johnson signed the bill he admitted to an aide that the democrats had lost the south for at least a generation.
BTW, check out the votes by southern democrats on the civil rights bill. You might be surprised to learn one of those that voted against the bill was Al Gore’s father.
August 5th, 2009 at 10:10 pmracists are real and Republicanz are racists on a racist crusade. they are not oyuor friend:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#32307206
August 5th, 2009 at 11:27 pmGod, how I loathe that stupid bastard.
August 5th, 2009 at 11:29 pmconservative guy says:
Your intelligence is a myth.
August 6th, 2009 at 12:00 amconservative guy says:
#4, the so called Nixon Southern Strategy is a myth. The south went Republican because of the 1964 civil rights bill. If fact after president Johnson signed the bill he admitted to an aide that the democrats had lost the south for at least a generation.
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<,
You are a liar and a fool. You post nothing but lies and stupid all the time. The Southern strategy was NOT a myth. The head of the RNC Melman APPOLOGIZED to the nation for the GOP following it. My GOD you are stupid. As for the civil rights bill here it is broken down in a way that shows just how stupid your argument is. I know Rush TOLD you to think it so you are obligated but really you are just stupid.
The original House version:
Southern Democrats: 7-87 (7%-93%)
Southern Republicans: 0-10 (0%-100%)
Northern Democrats: 145-9 (94%-6%)
Northern Republicans: 138-24 (85%-15%)
The Senate version:
Southern Democrats: 1-20 (5%-95%) (only Senator Ralph Yarborough of Texas voted in favor)
Southern Republicans: 0-1 (0%-100%) (this was Senator John Tower of Texas)
Northern Democrats: 45-1 (98%-2%) (only Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia opposed the measure)
Northern Republicans: 27-5 (84%-16%)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
So you can see a larger percentage of Southern Dems voted FOR the bill than southern Reps and a larger portion of Nothern Dems voted for it than northern reps. Keep trying this weak idiocy that has only fooled the really stupid like you. I just love to laugh at morons as stupid as you.
August 6th, 2009 at 12:31 amConservativeMORON doesnt care what is true. He lives to spew his stupid at us like a drooling moron
August 6th, 2009 at 12:33 am69. EugeneDebs says: ConservativeMORON doesnt care what is true. He lives to spew his stupid at us like a drooling moron
No, no, EugeneDebs, not like a drooling moron, like a drooling inhofe.
August 6th, 2009 at 1:08 amFollow-up to 69, 70. Calling a troll moron, cretin or idiot does a disservice to all the good decent citizens who were so categorized before we started calling them retarded or challenged.
Trolls may, however, be called an “inhofe” without fear of offending anyone in particular or general.
August 6th, 2009 at 1:14 amOh, jimmy.
Can’t you just let go?
I’ve been voting against you for thirty years…..
A very frustrating tradition for me.
You’re 74 years old, and your world has nothing to do with the future.
Has it occured to you that the rest of the state does not share the same world-vision as the c-street cult?
That jetting around the world at state expense and proselytizing your personal faith might be sorta evil and definitely not cool?
Or that our children will still need clean air and water long after you’ve gone to meet jesus…..or whatever?
So, until you do finally go away, would you please take this advice?
“If you don’t have anything good to say, don’t say anything at all”. – Thumper
August 6th, 2009 at 1:59 amInhofe is probably too mentally challenged to face the death penalty.
It’s become almost painful to watch as the Bush era GOP implodes.
August 6th, 2009 at 2:24 amPD, I am a young-ish person (25) so I hang out with mostly young people, and most of my friends are tired of this type of thinking too. However, we had a big turnout at the “teabag” bullshit a few months ago and I see anti-Obama stickers all the time. It boils down to racism. There is a lot of racism in Oklahoma.
I’ve written letters/emails to Coburn and Inhoffe, but I only ever get form letters back. And they only state their position on the issue, not an actual response to my questions.
I like being the voice of dissent in an otherwise backwards state, but it gets hard sometime. I wish I lived around smarter people.
August 6th, 2009 at 9:01 amI think I will go have sex with a black women today and later this afternoon, a latina women. Just to celibrate Thermonds birthday.
I can’t wait for the day (2018)when the white man will be the minorty in this nation ( I am a white man).
August 6th, 2009 at 9:38 amhang in there rtucker25…you sound like a smart reasonable person…have you ever thought of not living in OK…just askin
August 6th, 2009 at 10:34 amInhofe has finally out-Inhofed himself…
Wow. F**kin’ wow, man.
August 6th, 2009 at 11:55 amInhoff is just another paranoid white republican fearing the day that the non-whites will take over everything!!!!
The horror!!! Got to stock up on guns and ammo!!!! Hide the kids, gotta have more babies!!! Move to a gated community!!! Befriend fringe right wing groups!!!! Become republican!!!
Maybe he should check out the fortune 500 or forbes lists, it is still almost all white but slowly changing (the horror!!).
August 6th, 2009 at 4:08 pmInhofe is a slow-witted and backwards man. He’s good at digging in his heels and flicking his tongue out. It’s a reptilian brain operating as if human in a bi-ped; yes, a human looking enough creature but when Inhofe speaks, we’re seeing sort of the end of the dinosaur era at the same time.
August 7th, 2009 at 12:42 am