Inhofe refuses to meet with Sotomayor

[babylonsister]

The childishness of this is overwhelming. And he gets away with it.

http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/06/19/inhofe-refuses-to-meet-with-sotomayor/

Inhofe refuses to meet with Sotomayor
@ 9:50 am by Eric Zimmermann



Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) is dead set on voting against Sonia Sotomayor's nomination. In fact, he's so certain of his position that he refuses to even meet with her.

Sotomayor has been meeting privately with Senators over the last few weeks, but when it was Inhofe's turn, he declined.

Inhofe's spokesman explained that since the Senator has already decided to vote against the nomination, there's no reason to waste time on a sit-down discussion.

Earlier this week, Inhofe called his vote against Sotomayor a "foregone conclusion," citing his vote against her nomination to a circuit court in 1998.

"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," Inhofe said, according to the Tulsa World.

Inhofe's Oklahoma colleague Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) did meet with Sotomayor, however, and had some kind words.

"She's got the demeanor of a judge," Coburn told NewsOK.com. He added that the two had a "philosophical discussion {about} life, problems in our country, difficulties we face."

[katandmoon]

1. And she'll NEVER recover from the disappointment

[devilgrrl]

2. I'm sure she's losing hours of sleep over it!

:sarcasm:

[grantcart]

3. fortunately for Inhofe there are no hispanic voters in OK

[onenote]

4. since its unlikely inhofe is going to run for reelection, he probably doesn't worry about it much

The guy will be 75 years old this November and won't be up for election until 2014, when he'll be 80. He probably feels he can thumb his nose at anyone he wants

[konnichi wa]

9. Wot? There are MANY Hispanics here...

:wtf:

[bdamomma]

5. what an ignorant man, nothing new.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. Oklahoma has two of the craziest US Senators in history.

[konnichi wa]

10. We've been sandwiched between Cornyn and Brownback for years

that's enough to make anyone nutz.

[pscot]

12. You're too modest

Oklahoma has raised the bar (or lowered it). Inhofe is a world class loony, and Coburn is batshit crazy.

[otohara]

7. Man or Baby?

Okay, OK it's time to boot this butthole out of office.

[predfan]

8. You stay classy, Jim. Hey, Oklahoma, he speaks for you.

[blogslut]

11. Admit it Jim

She tempts you. It's okay. Surely you are man enough to resist her wily ways.

What a stubborn old fool.

[Stevenmarc]

13. I really hate when Inhofe drops his Binky

[librechik]

14. Inhofe is a racist , sexist maggot

I'm sure it would be easier on him than having to actually have a conversation with what he considers human garbage. He should live on a cloud with his head buried in the sand.

Please, Oklahomans, get a brain and vote this idiot out next time...