Senatard James Inhofe (
R-OK). Inhofe is best known for his categorical claim that global warming is “the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American
people”—a rhetorical flourish he recently refined by likening climate change theories to Nazi
propaganda.
Senatard Conrad Burns (
R-MT). Casting his myopic gaze toward terrorism this
summer, Burns offered a helpful clue to law enforcement officials: Be wary of “faceless” Arabs who “drive taxicabs by
day and
kill at night.” But this minor bit of sociological skylarking actually represents progress, of sorts, considering his 1999 outburst blaming “ragheads” for rising gas prices and additional episodes in 1994 in which he delivered a casual joke from the podium about “niggers” and told another audience that living in Washington with so many blacks “is quite a challenge.”
Giving credit where credit is due, these examples were gleaned from the Pandagon blogging site.