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Killing the Republican Majority

by John Cole|  January 28, 200312:19 am| 2 Comments

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Atrios links to this exchange between Paul Begala (ptooey- I have to spit every time I say his name) and Sen. James Inhofe (R., OK):

INHOFE: That isn’t true. That isn’t true. The Al Hussein missile goes further than that. And by the way, that would reach every capital in that whole region out there.

How do you know they don’t have a missile? We know one thing for sure, China has been trading technology and systems with Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya, Pakistan, North Korea now for years and years. Indigenously? No they’re not going to have one. But they’re getting dangerously close to having one. We can all have reason to suspect. Why would they not if they’re trading with these countries?

It was your guys back during your president, Bill Clinton’s time in 1998…

BEGALA: He was your president too, we’re all Americans.

INHOFE: Well, you make that determination…

BEGALA: I just — you look like American to me. United States senator.

All together now- Clinton is no longer President. Breathe in, breathe out. Pull yourself together Sen. Inhofe, and you will remember that the reason you hated him was because HE WAS YOUR PRESIDENT. Otherwise he would have been just some other loudmouth from Arkansas.

Grow up, really. Please?

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  1. 1.

    Joshua Martin

    January 28, 2003 at 7:46 am

    I suspect the Senator was trying to apportion political responsibility for Clinton’s failed policies to the Democrats who supported, funded, and elected him. In that sense, Clinton was “their” president, and they should be help politically accountable for his policies.
    And if something like this is going to kill the GOP majority, they have a more serious problem than Clinton obsession.

  2. 2.

    John Cole

    January 28, 2003 at 9:44 am

    That is a possible explanation, but he was given every oportunity to make that clear, and did not.

    No, this act alone won’t kill the majority- but repeated behavior like this will.

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