Inhofe On Franken: "We Are Going To Get The Clown"

UPDATE: A week after calling him a "clown," Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) embraced new Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) on the Senate floor.

Inhofe said he and Franken "physically embraced'' in front of a number of people not long before the Minnesota Democrat took the oath of office on the Senate floor.

"He introduced me to his wife, who couldn't have been nicer,'' Inhofe said.

Of his previous comment about Franken, Inhofe said neither one brought it up. "But believe me, he knew. He kind of looked like a clown when I was talking to him."

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In an interview with Tulsa World, Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe said confidently that a climate change bill wouldn't pass the Senate.

Democrats wouldn't be able to hustle up 60 votes to stop a filibuster, the Republican said. "I'll tell you what a lot of people are thinking, and that is it looks like things are going to be over and we are going to get the clown from Minnesota ... They are not going to get more than 35 votes."

Asked if he was referring to Al Franken, Inhofe confirmed that he was. "I didn't mean to be disrespectful. I don't know the guy, but ... for a living he is a clown. That's what he does for a living."

Inhofe has previously compared people who believe in global warming to Hitler's Third Reich and called "An Inconvenient Truth" a "science fiction" movie.

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Comments

[swlewis57]

Gezz, what does it take to vote this guy out of office? What a hypocrate.

[barkingcat]

Yech!

I hope that Franken knows a good dry cleaner.

[serindipity803]

"Turning the other cheek" in Congress has to do with survival. Depends on where the cameras are and who is doing the editing.

[smchp]

what an a$$hat!

[4evryoung]

"He introduced me to his wife, who couldn't have been nicer,'' Inhofe said. "

Probably because "she" has class!

[stylenease]

I know it is wrong to say, but if I were Franken, I would have been hard pressed to accept a hug from Inhofe. That guy is so backward on so many issues, his ignorance may rub off through bodily contact.

[victor the crab]

And his acid would eat through flesh.

[white mende man]

looks like hugging isn't the only thing Inhofe will be doing, he'll be constantly looking behind him for any boogeyman.

[medici]

Inhofe is such a sleazoid!!

[loax]

Two faces showing again. InHoffe is such a hypocrite. Watch your back Senator Franken!

[Donnat]

Al had to shower for 45 minutes to get the stink of Oklahoma hypocrisy off of him.

[AurigaRa]

but that's how the senate WORKS....

Negative comments up the ying yang about your opponents and then, behind closed doors, they figure out TOGETHER how to screw the American people.

so what's new?

[Ponderus]

He HUGGED him???

Did Al counthisgenitals after the hug?

[MisterHands]

This is what the GOP does-- they'll call Obama a t.errorist on Fox, then stand single file waiting for an autograph like star-struck teenagers in his presence.

[whatthel]

The power of O.

[babyboomerorig]

Opportunist?

Hypocrit?

I know...AH

[bigsioux]

Did he ask to meet him for drinks in the men's room after work?

[Ponderus]

jeebusgod a drink of WHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTT????????????