Inhofe criticizes McCain on election day


by: RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
8/24/2010 11:17:47 AM


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U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe attacked fellow Republican John McCain of Arizona on Tuesday as a closet liberal who "gets elected because of one thing - earmarks."

Specifically, Inhofe was criticizing McCain's opposition to earmarks, which Inhofe said are simply appropriations.

McCain came under heavy pressure from the right during his reelection campaign this year but is expected to win Tuesday's GOP primary.

Inhofe did not mention Oklahoma's junior senator Tom Coburn, also an opponent of earmarks.

Speaking to a Tulsa Metro Chamber breakfast, Inhofe was also critical of the Obama Administration and the Troubled Asset Relief Program, passed in 2008 to rescue the financial sector.




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