Let The Kids Dance

If memory serves, back in 1995, right after the Republicans took over Congress, a pre-Fox News Dennis Miller looked at footage of a sea of grumpy white men sitting on their hands during a Bill Clinton State of the Union address, and remarked:

It's the elders from Footloose! Let. The. Kids. Dance!

This week James Inhofe, who was swept into the Senate with that GOP takeover, has proven Miller prescient.

The Hill [1] reports that Inhofe is single-handedly blocking a Senate resolution to allow the planned Live Earth [2] concert event from performing on the U.S. Capitol grounds.

Live Earth, a July 7th series of concerts on all seven continents [3], is a benefit to fund "a new, multi-year global effort to combat the climate crisis led by Vice President Al Gore."

Inhofe, fresh off of his laughably juvenile performance [4] during Gore's Senate testimony, dishonestly claimed his opposition to the concert was that it is a "partisan political event." But the resolution opening up the Capitol grounds, which needs unanimous consent to be quickly approved, is co-sponsored by a Democrat and a Republican.

Inhofe has firmly established himself as the most childish member of Congress, which makes him the perfect face for the global warming denial movement.