coffman

Happily, I am not a constituent of Colorado Congressman Mike Coffman, but I can still be ashamed of him.
Consider, for instance, Coffman's recent comments about Barack Obama: Coffman said he didn't know for sure that the president was born in the United States (as the Constitution requires), but did know  that "in his heart, he's not an American."
Coffman later issued a weasel-worded apology. He admitted  that Obama truly is native-born, and thus is holding office legitimately. But he didn't look into the president's heart again to determine whether Obama is a genuine, true-blue "American" like himself.
There used to be a label for the Coffmans of public life: "peanut politician"