There are so many things wrong with Sen. James Inhofe's floor speech from yesterday, I hardly know where to start, but I'll try. Sen. Inhofe took to the Senate floor yesterday to attack environmental groups and their donors for supporting ... wait for it ... ENVIRONMENTAL CANDIDATES.
OMG. Environmentalists donate to environmental groups who give their endorsements and spend money to elect candidates who are friendly to the environment. Who knew?
Of course, one of the environmentalists who gives a whole lot of money to these worthy organizations is none other than our very own Teresa Heinz. So he attacked her, too.
First, what kind of boorish oaf attacks a colleague's wife at work? I can't imagine a circumstance where someone would get up in the middle of a meeting and start trashing a coworker's spouse for her charitable work. I thought the Senate was a little better than that, but apparently not. Inhofe's bit of classless, tasteless behavior aside, how stupid does this low-life neanderthal think people are that we don't realize environmental groups like the LCV and the Sierra Club endorse candidates for office that vote in the interest of the environment?
IT'S WHAT THEY DO.
They're trying to keep the planet from bursting into a lifeless ball of flame, and when you have to fight against climate change deniers like Inhofe, it takes a bit of cash. And they give money and more endorsements to Democrats for one simple reason.
Democrats are better on environmental issues. In fact, a lot of Republicans really suck when it comes to the environment. They have a VP candidate who pays people to shoot animals from low flying aircraft, and is suing the federal government to take polar bears off the protected list. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out. Environmental groups will back candidates who care about the environment, and people who care about leaving a healthy planet for our children will continue to support them.
The day the Sierra Club endorses Inhofe and Palin is the day I stop sending them my hard earned money. This guy has to be either the most dense member of the Senate, or he thinks we're all just a bunch of idiots who don't know why we're sending them money.
Here's a hint.
TO GET RID OF JIM INHOFE.
Watch the clip, then I'll get to the really good part.
Good thing she can keep her sense of humor about it. We'll post more on the conference soon, but for now, here are a few photos to give you an idea. There's also a good post at Momocrats that you should check out.
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Comments (2)
Posted by democrafty | September 26, 2008 6:58 PM
I'm not sure why Inhofe expects us to be shocked - SHOCKED - by the money that comes from environmental groups, considering that he's taken more than enough from oil companies and lobbyists. It's a bit like that great line from season 1 of The West Wing: "You think only Republicans pay for sex?"
Posted by Noisy Democrat | September 29, 2008 11:02 AM
The clip of THK is awesome. I hope you post more from that speech.
The CSPAN embedding link seems to access the whole day in the Senate, or something like that; not sure what it's doing.