Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) had some kind words for the newest member of the U.S. Senate, Al Franken.
“I’ll tell you what a lot of people are thinking,” Inhofe told the Tulsa World, discussing the decreasing likelihood of successful Republican filibusters, “and that is it looks like things are going to be over and we are going to get the clown from Minnesota.”
“I didn’t mean to be disrespectful. I don’t know the guy, but … for a living he is a clown,” Inhofe added. “That’s what he does for a living.”
Franken was, indeed, a funny-man for a living. So what’s Inhofe’s excuse?
And by the way, folks, the Republican Party celebrates as their greatest hero a former actor who starred in a movie in which his character became the adoptive father of a chimpanzee. There’s nothing wrong or disqualifying about acting alongside a chimp, of course — it sounds kind of fun, actually. But the complete double-standard, and the seemingly total unawareness of it, are pretty striking.
