This made my day!!! Inhofe is an embarrassment to the US and the US Senate. I hope Europeans don't judge us by his idiocy.

If by going Inhofe let some foreign reporters see for themselves just what Obama and the Democrats are up against, it's a net plus. I'm sure they know the Republicans are crazy on the subject, and perhaps they know that Inhofe's the worst, but I do hope his appearance will create even just a bit more space for Obama to get acceptance from foreign leaders and press that the offer on hand is the best the President can give.

Did he make this heroic trip on the taxpayer's dime? If so, someone should bring that up for FoxNews discussion.

A reporter from Der Spiegel told the senator, "You're ridiculous."

And he wasn't done yet, because after that the Spiegel reporter wrote an article with the (translated) headline "The Dinosaur from the Bushocaen"

A mild mannered reporter from a large metropolis newspaper told the senator, "You're ridiculous."
Who disguised as a serious senator did what Roosevelt never did with his silly chickens in every pot . Inhofe (putz) puts egg on the face of every reasonable American past , present , and future .
Now thats a mans putz (puts)

Where can I find details on this flight? Did he fly commercial or some taxpayer-provided air transport? What was the total cost of flying Dimhoff and some aides there and back?

Its just so hard to live in this state!!!! Dear god.

He must fancy himself a modern day Don Quixote.

What a delusional douche-bag. Cue the crickets.

If a cracker crumbles in front of a few aides and a single reporter, will anyone notice the crumbs?

If he paid for the trip himself maybe he did it for the frequent flyer miles? Otherwise the trip makes no sense, like Inhofe most days.

As it turned out I would have happily taxpayer financed that trip. What a tool!

I hate to admit this. I am from Oklahoma and have 2 of the worst Senators in the Senate. I am so bummed and literally thinking of moving out of Oklahoma where I was born just so as not to be tarred with the same brush as these Jackasses.

Coburn acts as a go between to pay off Mistresses of other Senators and says women going to the bathroom with each other promotes lesbianism and Inhofe ........ well he's just a moron. Forgive us for inflicting these two jackasses on the American people.

I could just cry. :-(

Republicans of course consider such forms of "opposing our CIC in time of war" to be treasonous, yet consider it their duty. I have never seen such shitty, hypocritical double-talkers anywhere.

"Soon after, Inhofe dashed back to the airport for the nine-hour flight back to D.C., having accomplished nothing.

If he wasn't such a dangerous clown, and the most ridiculous senator of his generation, I might even feel sorry for the guy."

And how exactly would this differs from a honest assessment of Obama's trip? LOL

For Conservatives, he's the gift that keeps on giving. Destroying liberals' long cherished policy dreams of nationalized health care and stopping man-made global "climate change"; making the Democrats toxic to moderates and independents in all those GOP leaning districts and being completely clueless as to how jump start the economy apart from more brain dead "stimulus spending." Not bad for the first year of on the job training. ;-P

Merry Christmas to you all.

Has there been any better one-liner illustrating the utter pointlessness of the American press? If there has, I'd love to see it....

Clearly we need to import some German reporters or start an exchange program. Far too many of ours are worthless.

It made my day as well.

I hope Europeans don't judge us by his idiocy.

Sadly, they do. As a former ex-pat, I can tell that the Euros often judged us by the people we elected who are just not the smartest and certainly are the most ignorant people around - Ronnie Reagan, both Bushes, Dan Quayle, Jesse Helms, Schwarzenegger, etc., etc. I routinely, had to point out that, yes, there actually is a majority of people in the U.S. who don't walk around with a bible under their arm and act like the preacher dad from Footloose

For shits and giggles, just flip back and forth from CNN to CNN International to BBC World News (I have all three on my teevee) and see how the media treats people in power, especially conservatives.

Couldn't Reid have scheduled some important votes to take place while he was gone? !!! ???

I think the trip was worthwhile. A German reporter told Inhofe he is ridiculous. Of course, he is, but no American reporter would ever say it to his face. Maybe he will wonder if Americans also think he is ridiculous.

Per usual, Chicounsel, you show yourself to be an igonorant douche. LOL

If by "brain dead" you mean EFFECTIVE, then you are right on. The Stimulus spurred growth by as much as 3.2% and created or saved as many as 1.6 million jobs according to multiple independent analyses, including the CBO. I know it is hard to admit when you are wrong and so you just pull pure bs from your rear. You have nothing else. It's ok, we know how you and your ilk roll. Reality has a liberal bias and it is hard to face facts with your head inserted firmly in your right-wing reactionary butt.;P

Happy Holidays, Chicounsel.

A reporter from Der Spiegel told the senator, "You're ridiculous."

THIS made my day.

I hate to admit this. I am from Oklahoma and have 2 of the worst Senators in the Senate. I am so bummed and literally thinking of moving out of Oklahoma

Hey, any state that produces The Flaming Lips can't be all bad.

At least he didn't insult any world leaders to their face.

Shorter Chicounsel - "SURRENDER, DOROTHY!!!"

Tactics right out of the Wizard of Oz. All he needs to do is paint his skin green, and cackle, while watching his beloved GOP try to burn the government down.

A reporter from Der Spiegel told the senator, "You're ridiculous."

I wish we had "reporters" here in the U.S.

[...] Inhofe is ... what's the word ... special. -- Steve Benen

"Special" as in "special education"? Too bad that, in his case, it doesn't have to be very successful.

Inhofe tried to hide the decline in the number of people who care what he thinks.

He's also homogenizing his poll numbers.

Inhofe is ridiculous, all right.

But meanwhile in Copenhagen, the Powers That Be are struggling to agree on GHG emissions reductions that are already known to be inadequate to limit the global temperature increase (from pre-AGW levels) to 2 degrees Celsius, an increase that is already known to be too high to avoid catastrophic effects (this being self-evident given that catastrophic effects are already occurring as a result of the anthropogenic warming that has already occurred).

That's even more ridiculous.

I really think there should be a pool formed to purchase carbon offsets for his trip, if for no other reason than it would infuriate him & his supporters. Looks like the only damage worth correcting was environmental, anyway.

Wow! German reporters are better than our reporters. Who'da thought?

And how exactly would this differs from a honest assessment of Obama's trip? LOL

The stupid that is chicounsel, there for anyone to read.

Thanks, dumbass. You work for me, now.

If he wasn't such a dangerous clown, and the most ridiculous senator of his generation, I might even feel sorry for the guy.

Oh cut it out! Even I don't feel sorry for him. He was unprepared, and the reporter for Der Spiegel was correct. "The science is not settled", but AGW is not a hoax: lots of scientists believe in AGW.

That wasn't the most farcical event of the Copenhagen meeting. My nominee for the most farcical event was the ovation given to Hugo Chavez; a close second was the attendance of Robert Mugabe. With those two guys on scene, any sensible politician would stay away.

Chicounsel, well said.

The net effect of Obama's speech in Copenhagen will be to reduce American support for cap-and-trade.

In the rhetorical style of the day:

Is Inhofe an idiot? Yes
Is he the most ridiculous senator? Probably not. Let's give Al Franken his due.

No one is paying attention to my wails about Hugo Chavez so I keep pathetically reposting them. If I don't get a rise out of you guys I have no point to my empty day.

Maybe this is the time for the first-ever prosecution under the Logan Act, which prohibits private citizens from negotiating with foreign governments.

Is Inhofe an idiot? Yes
Is he the most ridiculous senator? Probably not. Let's give Al Franken his due.
Posted by: Teddy

teddy, franken would eat you (and for that matter a lot of his colleagues) for lunch, intellectually speaking.

But the MSM will report Inhofe's speech and that will make his constituency feel very good about him. His speech will be quoted by the radio talk guys. He let Copenhagen know what he thought. What a show!

Oh no, Sen. Inhofe left too soon!
Deal is made!

In fairness, Inhofe didn't realize that Copenhagen is in a different time zone. He doesn't believe the world is round, you see.

If I don't get a rise out of you guys I have no point to my empty day.

Damn - you must lead a pretty pathetic life then.

Inhofe was interviewed by the BBC World Service this morning. My local NPR affiliate airs the BBC from 9-10 am, so I had the singular pleasure of choking on my Cheerios as Inhofe went into his spiel of half truths & outright lies. He even went as far as calling Obama a "liar" because he couldn't promise the US would agree to any terms coming out of Copenhagen because he, The Great & All Powerful Inhofe, had the power to block the bill all by himself ! The BBC interviewer was respectfully skeptical & unabashedly amused.

Let me try this again: No one is paying attention to my wails about Hugo Chavez so I keep pathetically reposting them. If I don't get a rise out of you guys I have no point to my empty day.

Captain Obvious: Damn - you must lead a pretty pathetic life then.

You have no idea.

So Europe gets to see a "dumb Okey". Sorry to slur all Okies that way, but you did elect this idiot.

"OOOOOOOOK-lahoma, where the wind comes sweeping 'tween my ears . . ."

What if it turned out that the Chinese heard about Inhofe stupidity and, came to terms with the President because either they felt sorry for the bullshit he has to put up with or they wanted to give him a diplomatic win to make the teabagger crowd STFU?

**snicker** good one pj!

If the networks wanted to do the country some real good, they'd have a 30 second "dumbest senator of the week" segment on every Friday's evening news broadcast.

Of course, there would be so many Republican senators competing that they'd have to consider doing it nightly.

Never mind Lieberman getting counseling, could someone test McCain for Parkinsons? That man isn't normal.