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cal04

(41,505 posts)
Thu Feb 26, 2015, 11:10 PM Feb 2015

Sen. Whitehouse: You Can Believe the Senator With a Snowball or Every Major American Scientific Society



You Can Believe the Senator With a Snowball or Every Major American Scientific Society
In this speech on the Senate floor, Sen. Whitehouse rebuts Sen. Inhofe's earlier speech on climate change.
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Sen. Whitehouse: You Can Believe the Senator With a Snowball or Every Major American Scientific Society (Original Post) cal04 Feb 2015 OP
good on Whitehouse-He just made a laughing stock out of Inhofe. ha ha riversedge Feb 2015 #1
Which is about as difficult as taking candy from a baby. So, I honestly don't understand why more TrollBuster9090 Feb 2015 #2
Have Any Of The Cable News Or Local News Outlets Showed Inhofe's Snowball Theatrics?.... global1 Feb 2015 #4
I haven't been near a TV today, so I don't know. But MSNBC is guaranteed to show it. I don't know TrollBuster9090 Feb 2015 #6
The Plan: Make the media afraid to be "liberal," then move the country WAAAY to the right. Beartracks Feb 2015 #19
Was on either Rachel or Lawrence tonight GP6971 Feb 2015 #15
Lawrence O'Donnell did. jwirr Feb 2015 #20
So Over This Whole Big Country - The Only News Show That Showed This Clip Was..... global1 Feb 2015 #23
Have Any Of The Cable News Or Local News Outlets Showed Inhofe's Snowball Theatrics?.... The CCC Feb 2015 #24
Bingo, Global1! panfluteman Feb 2015 #29
+ a gazillion!!! Lifelong Protester Feb 2015 #11
Inhofe made himself a "laughingstock". Senator Whitehouse highlighted him! mahalo cal Cha Feb 2015 #3
Whitehouse and Jack Reed are two great senators. My state is doing its job electing smart people. EEO Feb 2015 #5
I agree. nt TrollBuster9090 Feb 2015 #7
Unimpressed. madamesilverspurs Feb 2015 #8
Good for Senator Whitehouse! Leith Feb 2015 #9
Coke-snort! MyOwnPeace Feb 2015 #10
Gosh darn tootin' zebonaut Feb 2015 #12
We have to have a better grade of people in Congress. I would hope our education Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #13
Q. What is the difference between snowmen and snowwomen? Sheelanagig Feb 2015 #14
Welcome to DU! I like your sense of humor... CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2015 #16
Thank you! That has been a favorite joke of mine for many years. Wanting to post it finally made me Sheelanagig Feb 2015 #32
Snowballs for Snowmen, and Snowboobs for Snowwomen! panfluteman Feb 2015 #31
You know who else takes global warming very seriously? Insurance companies Xipe Totec Feb 2015 #17
Way to go Rhode Island and Sen. Whitehouse mountain grammy Feb 2015 #18
No liberal bias! MSM doesn't cover this as a current event knowing it makes GOP ALBliberal Feb 2015 #21
That's because they are the most dependable corporate whores! panfluteman Feb 2015 #30
boom. blackspade Feb 2015 #22
Perfect! Hulk Feb 2015 #25
from this day forward, let's dub Inhofe "Senator Snowball" zazen Feb 2015 #26
And the GOP cultists said . . . Roy Rolling Feb 2015 #27
Link for Earth-Now iPad App. zebonaut Feb 2015 #28

TrollBuster9090

(5,955 posts)
2. Which is about as difficult as taking candy from a baby. So, I honestly don't understand why more
Thu Feb 26, 2015, 11:18 PM
Feb 2015

Democrats don't do it on a regular basis. Republicans have gotten a LOT of mileage out of being shameless, and repeating the most ridiculous things in public with the understanding that Democrats would feel silly calling them on it. Jon Stewart has shown us that the best way to address this kind of shameless stupidity is with sarcasm.

Bring on the sarcasm!

global1

(25,270 posts)
4. Have Any Of The Cable News Or Local News Outlets Showed Inhofe's Snowball Theatrics?....
Thu Feb 26, 2015, 11:29 PM
Feb 2015

I only read about it hear and see a video here on DU. The American People need to see this on the 10 o'clock news so they can understand what type of nuts they elected.

TrollBuster9090

(5,955 posts)
6. I haven't been near a TV today, so I don't know. But MSNBC is guaranteed to show it. I don't know
Thu Feb 26, 2015, 11:34 PM
Feb 2015

about ABC, CBC or NBC, though.

That's part of the problem. The major networks are afraid they'll be accused of having a 'liberal bias,' even if all they do is SHOW some of the stupid things the Republicans are saying.

Beartracks

(12,821 posts)
19. The Plan: Make the media afraid to be "liberal," then move the country WAAAY to the right.
Fri Feb 27, 2015, 01:48 AM
Feb 2015

They will watch in a hypnotic stare as you do so, and will eventually even carry your water for you!!

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global1

(25,270 posts)
23. So Over This Whole Big Country - The Only News Show That Showed This Clip Was.....
Fri Feb 27, 2015, 03:18 AM
Feb 2015

Lawrence O'Donnell? It's no wonder that the Repugs like Inhofe pull these stunts. We let them get away with them.

If a Dem did that - or if a Dem blew kisses like Boehner did today - along with saying "If ands and buts were candy and nuts - everyday would be Christmas" - the conservative tv and radio shows would be all over them wanting an apology or saying how disrespectful.

But when a Repug does these things - we let them get away with them and don't call them on it.

The CCC

(463 posts)
24. Have Any Of The Cable News Or Local News Outlets Showed Inhofe's Snowball Theatrics?....
Fri Feb 27, 2015, 03:18 AM
Feb 2015

Chris Hayes on MSNBC did.

panfluteman

(2,066 posts)
29. Bingo, Global1!
Fri Feb 27, 2015, 12:14 PM
Feb 2015

And maybe then they will understand that midterm elections really DO natter! I think that the reason why the major corporate news outlets have not called attention to "Senator Snowball"'s antics is that Senator Snowball and his ilk are in control of the government now, and are doing the bidding of the big oil corporations. And that's good enough for them. Negative publicity is reserved for those who stand up for what's right against the corporate powers that be, who fund the mainstream media.

EEO

(1,620 posts)
5. Whitehouse and Jack Reed are two great senators. My state is doing its job electing smart people.
Thu Feb 26, 2015, 11:29 PM
Feb 2015

Leith

(7,813 posts)
9. Good for Senator Whitehouse!
Thu Feb 26, 2015, 11:51 PM
Feb 2015

"Or you can believe the senator with the snowball."


Somebody better tell Senator Whitehouse that Nestle is a Swiss corporation, though.


Did Inhofe actually call snow in February "unseasonable?"

 

zebonaut

(3,688 posts)
12. Gosh darn tootin'
Thu Feb 26, 2015, 11:55 PM
Feb 2015


"Well I Bleeeeeve the Senuahtah with the Snowball"

Well done Sheldon Whitehouse

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
13. We have to have a better grade of people in Congress. I would hope our education
Thu Feb 26, 2015, 11:58 PM
Feb 2015

System is better than the dumb remarks and events put on by the GOP. I would have hoped some knowledge of female bodies would be known before we hear from a Republican of swallowing a camera in order to achieve a vaginal exam or Inhofe's snowball stunt but it seems that the dumb comes out.

 

Sheelanagig

(62 posts)
32. Thank you! That has been a favorite joke of mine for many years. Wanting to post it finally made me
Fri Feb 27, 2015, 04:26 PM
Feb 2015

Sign up.

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)
17. You know who else takes global warming very seriously? Insurance companies
Fri Feb 27, 2015, 12:15 AM
Feb 2015

The insurance companies are the first to feel the impact of climate change. Right in their pocket books.

If you don't believe the rise of sea levels is real, watch the rise in insurance rates on coastal properties.

mountain grammy

(26,650 posts)
18. Way to go Rhode Island and Sen. Whitehouse
Fri Feb 27, 2015, 01:41 AM
Feb 2015

meantime my Democratic Senator voted for the Keystone XL and will vote to override the veto.

Grrrrr.

ALBliberal

(2,344 posts)
21. No liberal bias! MSM doesn't cover this as a current event knowing it makes GOP
Fri Feb 27, 2015, 02:00 AM
Feb 2015

look ridiculous. Inhoffe did this in a true genuine effort to appeal to Americans' belief there is no climate change. Why NOT publicize this from the Head of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee? Isn't this newsworthy? Sarcasm thingy.

GOP so protected in the media it's infuriating.

panfluteman

(2,066 posts)
30. That's because they are the most dependable corporate whores!
Fri Feb 27, 2015, 12:23 PM
Feb 2015

The corporate powers that be take care of their own. And I suppose that there is a definite pecking order of money and power within the corporate world. After all, global warming does indeed hurt the pocketbooks of insurance companies - but they rank lower on the totem pole than Big Oil, who have the most money and power of all. Money talks, and BS walks!

 

Hulk

(6,699 posts)
25. Perfect!
Fri Feb 27, 2015, 03:19 AM
Feb 2015

I am always surprised when I see just how fookin' stupid some of these repuKKKes can be. What the hell are they thinking? Are their constituents REALLY that fookin' stupid too?

zazen

(2,978 posts)
26. from this day forward, let's dub Inhofe "Senator Snowball"
Fri Feb 27, 2015, 06:04 AM
Feb 2015

Trudeau could have a field day with this.

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