Talking today with Fox News’ Neil Cavuto about his opposition to the anti-earmark position of Tea Partiers and some of his fellow Republican Senators, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) made the argument that he has to look out for his state, because the President doesn’t even know where Oklahoma is.
“I can assure you, Neil, that if we leave it up to Obama to do something for Oklahoma, nothing’s going to get done,” Inhofe said. “I mean Obama doesn’t care about Okla— he doesn’t know where Oklahoma is. I would probably say the same thing about South Carolina and maybe even Kentucky.”
“Alright, well, I think he knows kind of where those states are,” Cavuto responded.
Getting Cavuto to defend Obama on anything is no small feat, Senator Inhofe.
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