Cong Bridenstine (R-OK) Sinks to New Lows in his Floor Speeches Against President Obama

Mr. Speaker, the President’s dishonesty, incompetence, vengefulness and lack of moral compass lead many to suggest that he is not fit to lead.  (Cong Bridenstine, R-OK)

Once again the Republican Congressman Bridenstine from Tulsa, OK, proves why he should never have been elected.  He replaced John Sullivan who was much more attuned to doing what was best for the Country and Oklahoma.   Bridenstine is typical Tea Party with no class along with being extremely arrogant.  When I first heard about his rant against President Obama, I couldn't believe he was that dumb - I was wrong.  Judge for yourself what a no-class, unethical person this Freshman Congressman has shown himself to be in only a few months in office:


This one-minute speech made me cringe and is a total insult to the Office of the President.  Shows he has zero class and doesn't understand there is a certain docorum in the House.  He fits in perfectly with the Tea Party Caucus trying to outdo each other on attacks on President Obama.  The man should be censored but that would take backbone out of Speaker Boehner who has none at all as he plays up to the Tea Party.  Cong Issa must love Bridenstine.  This is all you to know about one of the most offensive members of Congress - guess he is trying to be Ted Cruz of the House.  He had this to say on 5 June 2013:

Mr. Speaker, the President’s dishonesty, incompetence, vengefulness and lack of moral compass lead many to suggest that he is not fit to lead. 

The only problem is that his vice president is equally unfit and even more embarrassing. 

Person unfit in all of this in my honest opinion, is the arrogant Mr. Bridenstine who is fronting for Issa the way it sounds.  When did Freshman Congressmen take to the floor in the past to be so hateful toward a sitting President?  You can tell he has zero respect for the Office of the President or Vice President which means, in turn, Mr. Bridenstine deserves every last bit of scorn thrown his way.  I would have said the same thing about a Democrat Congressman saying such trash against a sitting Republican President but don't remember a Democrat being so vile.

Have had it with the elected Tea Party people who think only they have all the answers and come across as arrogant, rude, and nasty.  Bridenstine fits all three.  The Congressman wasn't done as now he wants Obama to Apologize to Oklahoma for Investing in Climate Change Research.  The person who owes Oklahoma an apology is Bridenstine for being a jerk and taking tax payer dollars for his salary and expenses.

Anyone who doesn't see climate change in what we went through this past spring in Oklahoma is clueless or has their head buried in the sand.  There is a variety of facts that go into climate change and to deny they exist is stupid but he has a good teacher in Sen Inhofe who refuses to acknowledge any change at all to the weather.  It is a Democrat plot in their small minds.

Still cannot get over the remarks I hear in Oklahoma against wind power and the smart grid with the smart meter which I take full advantage here in Norman and saved almost $200 last year.  Another time I have been called a liberal Democrat recently.  If wanting to go more green and build less power plants that use coal is what a liberal Democrat is all about then count me in on energy.  I also recycle as much as I can at the huge recycling bins here in Norman - cardboard boxes, newspapers, plastics, paper - all go to recycling.

Don't know what it in the water supply in Tulsa, but suggest they get a new one as they have Inhofe and now Bridenstine who refuse to believe there is climate change:

Congressman Demands Obama Apologize To Oklahoma For Investing In Climate Change ResearchBy Rebecca Leber posted from Climate Progress on Jun 12, 2013 at 9:12 am   

Just as extreme weather season kicks off, freshman Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK) demanded that President Obama apologize to Oklahoma for allocating funding to climate change research. Bridenstine, a climate denier who serves on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, plans to introduce a bill that defunds climate change research. 

Rep Bridenstine

“Even climate change alarmists admit the number of hurricanes hitting the U.S. and the number of tornado touchdowns have been on a slow decline for over 100 years,” Bridenstine said on the House floor Tuesday, according to Raw Story. “But here is what we absolutely know. We know that Oklahoma will have tornadoes when the cold jet stream meets the warm Gulf air, and we also know that this President spends 30 times as much money on global warming research as he does on weather forecasting and warning. For this gross misallocation, the people of Oklahoma are ready to accept the President’s apology and I intend to submit legislation to fix this.” 

Here is what Director of the National Climatic Data Center Tom Karl had to say about hurricanes, tornadoes, and climate change in 2011: “What we can say with confidence is that heavy and extreme precipitation events often associated with thunderstorms and convection are increasing and have been linked to human-induced changes in atmospheric composition.” Meanwhile, climate scientists are in near universal agreement that climate change is driven by human activity. 

Bridenstine also recently accused Obama of “dishonesty, incompetence, vengefulness” in an unhinged speech on the House floor. 

FYI, Bridenstine also voted against the Violence Against Women Act, voted against Hurricane Sandy relief, voted to Repeal Obamacare, and follows the Michelle Bachmann Tea Party Caucus line.  Check out his votes from only his first two months in office:

March 6, 2013	HR 933	Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013	Bill Passed - House (267 - 151)	Nay
Feb. 28, 2013	H Amdt 23	Reauthorizes the Violence Against Women Act	Bill Failed - House (166 - 257)	Nay
Feb. 28, 2013	S 47	Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013	Bill Passed - House (286 - 138)	Nay
Feb. 15, 2013	HR 273	Eliminates the 2013 Statutory Pay Adjustment for Federal Employees	Bill Passed - House (261 - 154)	Yea
Jan. 23, 2013	HR 325	To Ensure the Complete and Timely Payment of the Obligations of the United States Government Until May 19, 2013	Bill Passed - House (285 - 144)	Nay
Jan. 15, 2013	H Amdt 4	Offsets Cost of Disaster Relief Appropriations Through Discretionary Budget Cuts	Amendment Rejected - House (162 - 258)	Yea
Jan. 15, 2013	HR 152	Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013	Bill Passed - House (241 - 180)	Nay

Tulsa Democrats need to get busy and field a candidate that can win this seat even if it is the Tulsa area which is heavy Republican.  If Kathy Taylor wins the Tulsa Mayor's race in November, it should give  boost to Democrats as the current Mayor Dewey Bartlett leaves a lot to be desired.  More on that race later this summer.

Cong Bridenstine (R-OK): “Just because the Supreme Court rules on something doesn’t necessarily mean that that’s constitutional”

Knew it was bad news for the House of Representatives when the more centrist candidate Rep John Sullivan from Tulsa lost in the primary to a Tea Party candidate

Oklahoma's 1st District now has a Congressman in his first term who believes he knows more then the Supreme Court on whether a bill is Constitutional -- First Term Congressman Jim Bridenstine.  He obviously doesn't understand the 'Separation of Powers' if he thinks the Supreme Court has no say on bills that are passed by the Congress.  With his comments, why bother having a Constitution?  He also voted against Violence Against Women Act which should shock no one.

Didn't agree with the SCOTUS 'Citizens United' ruling and still don't but when SCOTUS rules, it is the law of the land.  Looks like Bridenstine fits in well with the loons of the House Tea Party who don't believe rules or laws they don't like apply.  How many times have the GOP voted to rescind the Affordable Healthcare Act? Up to 34 and counting even though it was ruled Constitutional.

Members of the GOP in Congress remind me of the people on some websites I belonged to some time ago where if they stood on principle, they didn't care if they lost.  At the same time they would do everything possible to destroy anyone who didn't agree with them.  The 'no way or my way' crowd which I like to call them is alive and well in the US Congress with their heads fully buried in the sand refusing to believe they actually lost the election and Romney is not President.  I thank the voters every day for turning their backs on Romney and reelecting President Obama.  We dodged a bomb that would have destroyed the Middle Class and poor of this Country - don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

How can any member of Congress from first term to having been there for years say such a dumb thing about the Supreme Court.  Shows a gross lack of understanding how Government works or they think the House knows more than SCOTUS.  Wonder if he belonged to Americans for Prosperity because their knowledge of how Government works when I heard them speak, you can put in a thimble.  I have been gradually breaking with the Republican Party for sometime and didn't realize it until last year.  All the signs were in front of me that I didn't belong in OK GOP which is too hard right for what I believe.  This is just another example:

GOP Congressman Says Supreme Court Doesn’t Actually Get To Decide Whether Laws Are Constitutional 

By Scott Keyes and Ian Millhiser on Mar 13, 2013 at 2:50 pm 

Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK) 

Still smarting over last year’s ruling upholding Obamacare, freshman Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK) dismissed the idea that the Supreme Court decides whether or not laws are constitutional. 

“Just because the Supreme Court rules on something doesn’t necessarily mean that that’s constitutional,” Bridenstine said in a Daily Caller interview posted Sunday. 

After accusing Democrats of “stacking the courts in their favor” — five of the current nine justices were appointed by Republican presidents — Bridenstine dismissed the idea that Congress must write laws within the boundaries set by the Supreme Court. “That’s not the case,” the Oklahoma congressman said. 

The interviewer, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s wife Ginni Thomas, didn’t have the heart to correct Bridenstine’s peculiar view of the Court’s role. 

BRIDENSTINE: Just because the Supreme Court rules on something doesn’t necessarily mean that that’s constitutional. What that means is that that’s what they decided on that particular day given the makeup of the Court on that particular day. And the left in this country has done an extraordinary job of stacking the courts in their favor. So what we have to do as a body of Congress is say, “look, just because the courts” – and I hear this all the time from Republicans – they say that the court is the arbitrator and after the arbitration is done, that’s the rules we have to live under and we can go forth and make legislation given those rules. That’s not the case. A perfect example if Obamacare. Obamacare is not constitutional, the individual mandate.

Watch the interview at Think Progress

This was not his first interview with Ginni Thomas as I found another one when he didn't vote for Speaker Boehner for Speaker:

 GOP congressman explains why he didn’t support Boehner [VIDEO]

Freshman Oklahoma Republican Rep. Jim Bridenstine told The Daily Caller’s Ginni Thomas why he didn’t support Speaker of the House John Boehner’s successful bid to keep his leadership post. 

“In August of 2011, when Congress voted to raise the debt limit and they created the super committee, the super committee failed, [and] that triggered sequestration. If I’m going to challenge an incumbent Republican based on voting for that, then it’s also incumbent upon me to challenge the leadership for creating that policy to begin with. And so it be came clear in my primary, from my constituents, that it would be appropriate for me to do that.”

See Video at The Daily Caller

Seems the Navy Reserve Lt Commander (Major in other branches) missed the part of his education that discussed the Separation of Powers.  In the campaign he used his Naval Reserve to be front and center so with Oklahoma being a very pro-military state along with being Southern Baptist, it was easy for him to convince voters he was the man from the job.

When this interview came out I received some emails from friends in the Tulsa area with "We have been duped - he is just like the rest of the OK Tea Party - no common sense and refuses to acknowledge that Congress is not the sole authority - obstructionist" - That was one of the nicer ones - one said three words, "Tea Party Loon" and others said they tried to tell people he is one of the earth is less than 10,000 year old crowd as he is part Tulsa Southern Baptist.  At least I have had my chuckle with the comments I have been reading in my email.  One friend said "He is a Romney person, what do you expect?  Rom didn't know how Government works as he thought he would be King."

Guess I have hung out with the wrong crowd all these years since moving here or it is a case of a lot of us who moved to OK from other states have had a hard time with the hard right beliefs here with zero common sense.  Their members in the legislature have caused OK taxpayers countless dollars with their legislation they pass that doesn't meet the State Constitution usually on social issues.

Suffice to say I am happy to be on the other side of the state and he is not my Congressman.  I am grateful that Congressman Cole (R-OK-4th) is not hard right and understands how Government works along with the need for compromise - a rare person in the GOP House.  I would be going nuts if Bridenstine was my Congressman.  Senator Inhofe (R-OK) must love him.

Add Bridenstein to the list of obstructionists in the GOP House which is growing.