Robert Kinsey (Stargate)
Robert Kinsey is a male television character who features in Stargate.
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Robert Kinsey
Senator Kinsey came to be the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which controlled the Stargate Program's budget. He successfully argued that the program should be shut down, citing the colossal waste of money and the threat to Earth it represented. Upon meeting SG-1 and learning of their reports, Kinsey refused to change his mind, instead ordering that the Program be shut down for good while naively insisting that the U.S. military would defeat the Goa'uld and that God was with them. (SG1: Politics)
As a last ditch effort to save the program, the President invited Kinsey to visit Stargate Command and speak to the flagship team, SG-1 about the project. Kinsey claimed to come with an open mind, but already had preconceived notions about this 'drain' of taxpayer resources, dismissing the threat of the Goa'uld as a military bogeyman to get more funding. Dr. Jackson's assertions that he knew the Goa'uld were launching a space attack because of his visit to an alternate reality did not help their case. Spouting fundamentalist Christian dogma and overconfidence at the US military in the unlikely scenario the attack would happen, Kinsey ordered the program be shut down immediately. General Hammond flew to Washington to try and the program reinstated, and was even thrown out of Senator Kinsey's office, but Kinsey was too powerful politically for the President to overrule him. (SG1: Within the Serpent's Lair) Two Goa'uld ships came to Earth, but thanks to the rogue efforts of SG-1 and some rebel Jaffa, the ha'taks exploded in orbit. (SG1: The Serpent's Grasp)
At first, Kinsey appeared to simply be a short-sighted politician pursuing his agenda. However, his interest in the Stargate went much deeper than that. In 2000, Colonel Jack O'Neill discovered that Kinsey was the politician protecting the rogue NID agents that had been causing trouble for Stargate Command, and that he was tied to various corporate and business interests hoping to use the Stargate for financial gain first, and to defend Earth as a secondary consideration. As a result of his actions, Major General George S. Hammond was briefly forced to retire and the SGC placed under the command of Major General Henry Bauer, who placed the organization in a more aggressive stance. However, O'Neill, collaborating with Harold Maybourne, managed to acquire incriminating evidence of Kinsey's ties to the NID and his off-the-books funding. He blackmailed the Senator into allowing Hammond to take control of the program once again or the evidence would go public. (SG1: Chain Reaction)
Kinsey would later help Agent Malcolm Barrett take down the rogue NID elements. In an attempt to stop his cooperation, Agent Mark Devlin tried to assassinate him using the Mimetic imaging device to pose as Colonel Jack O'Neill. Kinsey survived the attempt and Devlin tried again this time impersonating Major Paul Davis but was stopped by Barrett and Major Samantha Carter. After he recovered, he gave a speech exonerating O'Neill and announcing his intention to run for the President of the United States. After the speech, he told O'Neill that the Colonel had just won him the election. (SG1: Smoke and Mirrors)
Later, he became chairman of the Senate Intelligence Oversight Committee, which placed him in a position of direct control over the NID. Shortly before, knowing he was about to be moved to this post, he tried to place the Stargate into the NID's hands instead of the United States Air Force. He attempted to manipulate the other nations to whom The Pentagon disclosed the Stargate into handing control of the Stargate into NID hands, citing various dangers to Earth Stargate Command caused. However, Major General George S. Hammond countered that the SGC has made allies, such as the Asgard, going so far as to contact Thor, Supreme Commander of the Asgard fleet for assistance. During his brief appearance at the SGC, Thor made it clear to Kinsey, in front of all the foreign representatives, that he was not on a name-only basis with him, and asked Kinsey to refer to him by both name and rank. Thor's presence convinced the other nations to place the SGC in Hammond's hands with Kinsey grudgingly acknowledging that Hammond's trump card had been "well played". (SG1: Disclosure)
He traveled to Stargate Command to take part in an interview with Emmett Bregman for his Stargate documentary. (SG1: Heroes, Part 1) The same year, the senator sent his ambassador, Bill Crawford, to made a deal with the Kinanhi, offering them to give them prisoners in exchange for the sheh-fet, a device to read minds. However, the Kinanhi really were planning to take the world for themselves. Only thanks to SG1 and General George Hammond made their plan fail. Anyway, Kinsey blamed the Kinanhi of all, evading all the blame. (SG1: The Cost of Honor) A short time later, he was inaugurated as Vice President of the United States of America, a position of power that he hoped would give him more control over the Stargate. He tried to convince President Henry Hayes to remove the current leadership at Stargate Command with the help of Richard Woolsey, who turned on him when he became aware of his connection to The Trust. Woolsey received a copy of the evidence of his duplicity, which O'Neill and Maybourne had taken in 2000, from Major General George S. Hammond and handed it over to the President. (SG1: Inauguration)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Despite being a well-spoken politician, implying some level of charisma, Kinsey lacks the ability to inspire any loyalty thanks to his complete lack of interpersonal skills. On occasion, when managing to install his own puppets within positions of authority, he proceeds to act as though he owns them, and that they will find in his favor despite their own outlooks; such examples include President Henry Hayes and Dr. Elizabeth Weir. Once Hayes was inaugurated, Kinsey almost immediately began pushing to clean house at Stargate Command, becoming antagonistic when Hayes insisted on hearing all the facts. Hayes later admitted to Hammond that choosing Kinsey as his running mate was motivated purely by the latter's political pull and financial contributions to the campaign. He personally pushed Hayes to have Weir put in charge of the SGC, but when she didn't take his side during SG-1's briefing regarding the impending attack on Earth by Anubis, he outright insulted her. (SG1: Lost City)
He was noted to have had three children and seven grandchildren along with a dog named Oscar. (SG1: Chain Reaction)
Powers and abilities
Initially, Senator Kinsey came to serve as the Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which was one of the most powerful positions in the Senate. (SG1: Politics) He would eventually get a position as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Oversight Committee that led to him having direct control over the NID. (SG1: Disclosure)
Notes
- Robert Kinsey was created by Brad Wright and was portrayed by actor Ronny Cox where he featured in the setting of the Stargate universe.
In other media
Novels
Appearances
- Stargate SG-1: "Politics"
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