Josh Marshall has some rather blunt criticism for Senator Jame Inhofe:
As I said earlier today, I don’t think I can remember a more shameful spectacle in the United States Congress, in my living memory, than the comments today of James Inhofe, the junior senator from Oklahoma.
Clearly when you compare Inhofe’s performance (and let’s call it that, OK?) with that of his fellow Republican Lindsey Graham (who is quickly becoming a hero of mine in all this), the question of who’s playing politics here and who’s one damn fine senator (regardless of all the issues I disagree with him on) becomes crystal clear:
Graham got it exactly right today when he said: “When you are the good guys, you’ve got to act like the good guys.”
More power to you Senator Graham. (That’s a figure of speech, not a political wish, mind you.)
up isn’t down? black isn’t white? i’m afraid that this is just too confusing.
Am I the only one who got chills when McCain laid down the smack, particularly regarding “humanitarian do-gooders”? I thought Inhofe ought to have been red with shame, but I take it that was not the case. I suppose he has none.
Looking for that ray of hope in all the madness, Wilfred…that’s all.
Not having my WaPo registration handy, I have to second the words of Graham. What he said, with nothing added; no buts.
There’s a saying somewhere to the effect of “The differences between two groups will always be swamped by the differences within each group.” It’s a pretty good generalization, but like most generalizations it’s not always true.
I thought before this week that Democrats and Republicans in Congress were definitely an exception. But after seeing the contrast between Inhofe and Sessions and Graham and McCain*–whether or not the saying applies, there are more differences within the GOP caucus than I had realized. And South Carolina sure got an upgrade from Thurmond to Graham.