Robert Kinsey
Robert Kinsey is a fictional character in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1 played by Ronny Cox.
From 1996 through 2003, Senator Robert Kinsey held the position of Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Kinsey oversaw allocation of federal funds to various different government agencies, departments and organizations on an annual basis. As such, Kinsey is also one of Congress' leading overseers of the national defence budget. As Chairman of the Defense Appropriations Sub-Committee, he has taken a particularly special interest in - and meticulously tracked - defence requirements and spending, particularly for secret projects such as the Stargate Programme.
He first appeared in the episode "Politics", where he managed to shut down the Stargate Command briefly. He is one of the show's main antagonists, trying first to shut down the program and later to take control over it.
He sponsored a committee known as the National Intelligence Division, a civilian organization that oversees government agencies. Kinsey and the NID appears hell-bent on shutting down the Stargate program, citing its cost and ineffectiveness in defeating the Goa'uld, though SG-1 has learned that the NID's true motive is to exploit the alien technology that could be obtained through the Stargate.
In "Chain Reaction", he seeks to use the NID to control the Stargate and is implicated in Harry Maybourne's illegal offworld operation, but gets away scot-free by allowing General George Hammond to retake command of the SGC. Here he begins spouting religious rhetoric which, combined with the political leanings of his native Indiana, would seem to indicate his membership in the religious right of the Republican Party, though it is by no means certain.
Kinsey's ambition was to become President, and he was made Vice-President in the episode "Inauguration". Soon after, he tried again to take control of the Stargate program, trying to convince President Henry Hayes that the current leadership was a threat to national security. He was soon forced to resign, when NID Agent Richard Woolsey gave President Hayes incriminating evidence against him he had obtained from General Hammond.
Kinsey was later taken as a host by a Goa'uld, and fled Earth after a failed attempt to split both the American and Russian governments. He has a wife, three children, seven grandchildren (as of 2001) and a dog named Oscar.
In the alternate timelines presented in "2010" and "Moebius, Part 2", he achieves his goal of attaining the Presidency.