This morning on the nationally syndicated radio show “America’s Morning News” co-hosted by John McCaslin and Amy Holmes, Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) declared his opposition to mixed party seating tonight at the State of the Union. In contrast to his Oklahoma colleague Tom Coburn, who plans to sit next to New York Democrat Chuck Schumer, Senator Inhofe has no mixed feelings that mixed seating tonight “is a mistake!”
Here are the transcript and sound clip from the show.
Holmes: …Do you have plans to sit next to a member of the opposing party?
Inhofe: No, I think it’s a mistake by the Republicans, and it’s ingenious for Democrats to try to intermingle, get the Republicans and the Democrats together. Because when they stand and cheer for some of the liberal doctrines the the president’s going to come out with, it’s obvious to the people in America that only the Democrats are cheering and the Republicans are not. But moving them all in there together, you won’t be able to distinguish the Republicans from Democrats.
I think it’s a mistake and the answer is, “no.”
I received a nice invitation to sit next to couple of the Democrats.
Which he rightly rejected.
The Republicans are being played for fools. This seating nonsense simply allows Obama the opportunity to appear bi-partisan. He is supposedly “bringing people together.”
Ridiculous.
Republicans are being played like a lot of saps. Or maybe conservatives are.
First Reagan, now this. I refuse to believe this is naivete or stupidity on their part. I’m inclined to believe Republicans are more like Democrats than they are letting on.
Conservatives need to watch it — and demand a separation from Democrats who are being “used” by progressive/leftist organizations like Communist Party USA for political gain.
Republicans want to mix with this crowd? Ludicrous!!
Oh, musical chairs, it’s so grade school! And school daddy in chief gets to preach to the children on their nap mats: oh how sweet. It must be a soccer mom event?
The Republicans are a bunch of fools and they are being played like violins. I think that every Repub who crosses the aisle to sit with Democrats should be campaigned against and voted against in the next election. These people are too stupid to walk and chew gum; they certainly do not need to be in government.
The Gullible Old Party.
well there is at least one smart republican.
three cheers for Inhofe
Indeed.