More Stupidity

After reading this article, my previous post about the two stupidest people in Washington has to be modified. Sen. James Inhofe belongs in that select circle of idiocy along with Tony Snow and Chimpie.

But Inhofe is not a politician who budges easily from his certainties. Like many Republicans in Washington, he appears to have judged that repetition of the same arguments – amplified loudly and frequently through friendly media outlets – can overcome contrary facts.

Inhofe’s stubbornness is tinged, too, by his reliance on fundamentalist Christianity to interpret political events, including the 9/11 terror attacks and Israel’s disputes with the Palestinians and other Arab neighbors.

“One of the reasons I believe the spiritual door was opened for an attack against the United States of America is that the policy of our Government has been to ask the Israelis, and demand it with pressure, not to retaliate in a significant way against the terrorist strikes that have been launched against them,” Inhofe said in a 2002 Senate speech.

“I believe very strongly that we ought to support Israel; that it has a right to the land. This is the most important reason: Because God said so,” Inhofe added, citing the Biblical passage in Genesis 13:14-17....................

More recently, rather than accept the widespread judgment of an unfolding disaster in Iraq, Inhofe has simply asserted the opposite. “What has happened in Iraq is nothing short of a miracle,” he told an audience in Tulsa.

Inhofe may be an extreme case of Republicans relying on their certitude to tough their way back to congressional majorities in 2008, but he is certainly not alone..............

That he represents the great state of Oklahoma and is expected to be re-elected in 2008 is sorrowful, but there is still time to find a capable Democrat from the thousands of good people in that state to challenge him. Inhofe's view of the world is extremely narrow and the other Rethuglicans like him are welcome to remain complacent in their little bubbles of denial. That's just more seats for the Democrats to win in the next election.
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