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

[rwt1138]

Doesn't he read the news? The clown from Minnesota conceded after he lost before the state supreme court.

[littlepeople]

DEMENTIA

[poaster]

Inhofe looks like he got in a tussle with Jack Daniels and lost.

[RevengeIsNear]

Jackhofe calls global warming a hoax, while Franken graduated from Harvard and wrote 2 searing books revealing Limbaugh's second a-hole. Who's the clown again? OK, send in more clowns.

[Passenger57]

And as you know, RevengeIsNear, about 20 clowns can fit into one tiny car,so despite their gigantic shoes, they have the smallest carbon footprint.­...

[DragonFly]

Al Franken is a 'comedian' who has evolved into a politician,
whereas, Mr. Inhofe is a politician who has evolved into a clown.

[MarcusT]

Are you sure thats evolution?

[desertdweller]

Franken was an intellectual before he became an entertainer.

[1differentdrummer]

Now there's an Okie.

[desertdweller]

I'd rather be a "Hippie From Olema" than an "Okie From Muskogee."

[MarcusT]

Hey everyone, calm down. Al IS a clown and proud of it. Last time I ran into him he was getting $60K/gig clowing at corporate events. So he's a happy and relatively wealthy clown. I do suspect he misses his home however. And the UWS just isn't the same without him.

[PimpOmega]

No, you're the one making a living as a clown. Jackhofe.

[JZ735]

Yes, he is a clown, and that's why you and Senators on both sides of the aisle detest the idea of his being in the Senate...h­e just shines a scary light on what idiots reside there.

I don't think that Al is going to become one of the boys anytime soon.

[northernperspective]

What irony. Franken becomes a senator. And Bush is still a clown.

[Cunningham]

Inhofe doesn't know the difference between a comedian and a clown? Oh, he's from Oklahoma. Nevermind.

[fran-pan]

senator franken will do fine.. the real clowns are the republican­s.. sanford and ensign are the current
act.then there is the THREE WIVES CLUB of limbaugh, guiliani and gingrich. how do they feel they can criticise others????????????? we shouldn't leave out foley, craig and vitter.. the hypocrisy is
amazing...

[tjr101]

Inhofe is as nutty as it gets for the GOP. What is it with Oklahoma?

[Weirdwriter]

Statement issued from the National Clown Anti-Defamation League:

"We are members of that ancient, honorable tribe of entertainers who speak truth to power known as jesters,montebanks, comedians, whathaveyou. Yes, we are clowns. And we vote."

[tbirdalum]

Guess what, Inhoffee, You've already had the clowns. They're called rethugs.