James Inhofe's "support" of the troops deserves a GOP Hypocrite of the Week award

http://gophypocrites.com/2008/06/hyp08026.html

 

James Inhofe

Welcome back to the BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrite of the Week.

Sometimes we wonder how a great nation can have so many stupid people in Congress -- or are they just opportunistic jerks?

That's a difficult question to answer, unless you've patented a moron meter. But certainly one of the first people we would want to wire up to such a device is U.S. Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma.

BuzzFlash received the following e-mail from a reader in regards to the grandstanding Inhofe:

Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe (who thinks Global Warming is a hoax) currently has a local TV political ad bragging about how he has supported the troops. Here's what he hasn't done to support the troops:

He voted no to increase veterans' medical care in March 2005;
voted no to increase veterans' health-care funding in March 2007;
voted no for additional funding for veterans' affairs in April 2006;
voted no for additional funding for veterans' programs in March 2003;
voted no for armor for tactical wheeled vehicles in October 2005;
voted no for safety equipment for U.S. forces in Iraq in October 2003.

I hope you can expose the hypocrisy of this man.

Barbara Santee
Tulsa, OK

We haven't checked out all the votes, but it would be par for the course. Heck, Bush and McCain were most recently against giving GIs more post-discharge benefits because they needed to be kept indentured in the army in order to keep enlistment numbers from falling. (Yes, that's right, the Republican President and Nominee want to force men and women to stay in the Armed Forces by denying them decent benefits if they leave the military.)

Anyway, whether Inhofe just has a bean for a brain or is a shrewd right-wing schemer, he is still a hypocrite when it comes to valuing our GIs. He steps on their fingers as he climbs up a ladder all the time shouting out about how patriotic he is and how he's a great supporter of the troops.

Please, spare us. For the reasons cited in Barbara Santee's e-mail -- and so many more -- James Inhofe is the BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrite of the Week.

Remember our motto: So many Republican hypocrites, so little time.

Catch up with you soon.

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This is the second HOTW Award for James Inhofe. He also won the award on March 30, 2007.

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