Inhofe and Coburn: Red state hypocrites

[DonViejo]

Apparently we have deserving and undeserving disasters, Oklahoma senators James Inhofe and Tom Coburn explain

BY JOAN WALSH

Just a week ago Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe suggested that President Obama might be impeached over the Benghazi non-scandal. Now Inhofe must watch as Obama declares his state a disaster area and promises Oklahomans “all the resources they need at their disposal.”

Inhofe, of course, believes his state deserves those resources, even though he voted down aid to Hurricane Sandy victims. On MSNBC, Chris Jansing confronted Inhofe about his calling the Sandy aid bill a “slush fund,” and the brazen right-winger insisted the two issues shouldn’t be linked.

“Let’s look at that, that was totally different,” Inhofe told Jansing. “They were getting things—for instance that was supposed to be in New Jersey, they had things in the Virgin Islands, they were fixing roads there, they were putting roofs on houses in Washington D.C., everyone was getting in and exploiting the tragedy taking place. That won’t happen in Oklahoma.”

Inhofe’s answer is too dishonest to fully parse. First of all, there was Sandy damage way beyond New Jersey, including in the Caribbean and Washington D.C. too. And Inhofe had different objections to the Sandy bill at the time. In a rambling, hard to follow Senate floor speech blocking Sandy aid last December, the Oklahoma conservative objected to the bill’s timing – “There’s always a lot of theater right before Christmas time… We shouldn’t be talking about it right before Christmas” – even though it was already going on two months since the storm ravaged the east coast.

full article
http://www.salon.com/2013/05/21/inhofe_and_coburn_red_state_hypocrites/

[Wednesdays]

1. Oh my, they were EXPLOITING the funds

By putting on new roofs on damaged homes.

Oh, the humanity!

[7wo7rees]

2. "I hate that I have to help Obama," he added.

Sorry, I was reading the subtext. That's a quote. But it is what he said.

He hates the idea of supporting the President in aiding the tornado victims of his own state more than the idea of being seen as a hero to the very people he can save.

[brooklynite]

3. "Hypocrite" is such an UGLY word...

I'm sure they would have supported Government aid for ANY state that voted for Mitt Romney...

[The Wizard]

4. Fucking gargoyles (NT)

[sulphurdunn]

5. Most members of the US Congress

should either be in prisons or mental institutions.

[Generic Other]

6. What a slug

I bet he leaves a slime trail wherever he goes.