James Inhofe
Maddow: Obama 1st Yr 'Most Accomplished in Generation,' Cold Winter Si
January 8th, 2010 8:10 AM
Appearing as a guest on the Thursday, January 7, Late Show with David Letterman on CBS, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow praised President Obama claiming that "he’s kind of quietly put together the most legislatively accomplished first year of any President in a generation," right after she referred to Obama’s "opposition" like Sarah Palin and the Tea Party activists as being "crazy." Maddow went on to…
Weak: Keith Olbermann, Jon Stewart Attack Inhofe's Climate Skepticism
December 15th, 2009 3:18 PM
The exposure of ClimateGate and the impending failure of the Copenhagen climate summit have the global warming community on the ropes. And to add insult to their injury, Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., has taken his one-man truth squad to Copenhagen, to continue to underscore just how absurd the idea of anthropogenic global warming is. That has drawn the ire of the left, which knows it's losing…
CNN's American Morning Leans Towards ClimateGate Deniers
December 7th, 2009 3:10 PM
Monday’s American Morning on CNN covered the ClimateGate scandal extensively, but slanted towards those who deny that the exposed e-mails amount to much. Anchor John Roberts let the interim director of the Climate Research Unit at the center of the controversy give his talking points without question. Out of the four segments on the scandal, two featured skeptics of the theory of manmade climate…
Nets Ignore Climategate While FNC & CNN Report, CNN Dismisses Relevanc
November 27th, 2009 7:24 AM
Even though all three of Wednesday’s broadcast network evening newscasts reported on President Obama’s decision to attend the climate change summit in Copenhagen, they also continued to ignore email evidence that scientists who push global warming theory have distorted data to support their assertions while trying to suppress the views of dissenters. FNC’s Special Report with Bret Baier gave…
Inhofe Ambushed on CNBC's 'The Kudlow Report' by Fill-in Host over Cli
November 25th, 2009 10:14 PM
When viewers tune into watch CNBC's "The Kudlow Report," they may not anticipate a host interrupting conservative Republican Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla. But on CNBC's Nov. 24 "The Kudlow Report," fill-in host Simon Hobbs attempted to do just that. Hobbs, a regular on CNBC Europe, suggested there was nothing to emails unveiled after a hacker allegedly accessed the Climate Research Unit at…
Saturday Funnies: Inhofe Tells Boxer 'We Won, You Lost, Get a Life
November 21st, 2009 11:59 PM
On Thursday, following news that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) had delayed a vote on cap and trade legislation until next year, the ranking Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee James Inhofe (R-Okla.) chose to rub it in at Chairwoman Barbara Boxer's (D-Calif.) expense:The fact that this whole idea on the global warming, I'm glad that's over and gone, done.…
Maddow's 'Creepy' Reasoning: Blasts GOP Senators for Differing on Obam
October 6th, 2009 12:32 PM
This is perhaps a pretty desperate way for MSNBC host Rachel Maddow to try to resonate with her liberal viewers. On her Oct. 6 show, Maddow specifically targeted Sens. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., and Jim DeMint, R-S.C. for pursuing foreign policy objectives that run counter to President Barack Obama's on the issues of global warming and Latin America relations. First she set her sights on Inhofe,…
Schultz: I Never Saw A Dem With A Bush = Hitler Sign
September 3rd, 2009 6:53 PM
Where has Ed Schultz been for the last eight years? Obviously not out with his progressive peeps. Otherwise he could not possibly have said what he did on his MSNBC show this evening:"I never saw anywhere in the news a Democrat carry a picture to any kind of a rally with a picture of Adolph Hitler putting them close to a characterization of President Bush. Never saw that!"Oh, really?
CNN's Rick Sanchez: Democrat Think Tank Is 'Down Now in the Middle
April 9th, 2009 8:50 PM
Today on CNN Newsroom, anchor Rick Sanchez attacked Senator James Inhofe's (R-OK) assertion that Barack Obama is disarming America. Joining Sanchez was Jim Arkedis of the Progressive Policy Institute. Sanchez wanted viewers to believe the PPI is a nonpartisan think tank. He ran a video of Inhofe denouncing Obama's proposals followed with:SANCHEZ: Cutting and gutting the military budget.Joining…
NewsBusters Discusses Fairness Doctrine With Sen. Inhofe
March 4th, 2009 9:56 PM
Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) participated in a conference call with a number of bloggers on Wednesday. On the agenda was the Fairness Doctrine, and what the Senator believes the Democrats have up their sleeves to attack conservative talk radio.Also on the docket was an update on the potential for a carbon cap-and-trade scheme to be enacted by this Congress, and what Republicans are going to do to…
Olbermann Omits Key Points from Center for American Progress Report to
January 15th, 2009 12:38 PM
He's reviled by the left for carrying the water in the U.S. Senate for those who are skeptical of manmade global warming - and that may have been enough to put him over the top for MSNBC's Keith Olbermann's "Worst Person in the World" award. On the Jan. 14 broadcast of MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann," Olbermann cited an appearance by Inhofe on Fox News' Jan. 14 "America's Newsroom" with…
Most Networks Skip Story of Obama's Socialist Global Warming Czar
January 14th, 2009 4:41 PM
Fox News on Wednesday continued to be one of the very few media outlets covering the fact that Barack Obama's new "global warming czar" has ties to socialist groups. While all three network morning shows ignored the story, "Fox News Live" host Megyn Kelly interviewed climate change skeptic Senator James Inhofe on the subject. After noting that appointee Carol Browner was a member of the Socialist…
Legislators Vow to Fight Fairness Doctrine with Introduction of New Bi
January 8th, 2009 9:17 AM
In the midst of economic troubles and much anticipation of a new administration about to enter the White House, the potential return of the Fairness Doctrine hasn't gotten much attention. But on the eve of President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration, Republican members of Congress haven't forgotten. GOP Sens. Jim DeMint, S.C. and James Inhofe, Okla., along with two of their House colleagues, Reps…
Inhofe Calls for Congressional and EPA Action on Ethanol Mandates (w/v
April 29th, 2008 12:26 PM
As food prices soar, and international experts as well as media members call for action, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), the ranking Republican on the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee, took to the Senate floor Tuesday calling for a Congressional review of biofuel policy, and for the Environmental Protection Agency to waive the current ethanol mandates.Coincidentally, this occurred…