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cali

(114,904 posts)
Wed Apr 3, 2013, 03:48 PM Apr 2013

We have a winner: The stupidest repub in Congress is: **drumroll**

Louis Gohmert. I defy anyone to contest his claim to the Iron(clad) Throne (of Idiocy). Sure there are lots of bigot republicans and a fair share of idiot republicans, but the ease with which Gohmert combines these two oh-so-adorable traits, is unsurpassed. We're talking titanically stupid.

Rep. Louie Gohmert Opposes Gun Control Because Gay Marriage Leads to Polygamy, Sex with Animals

<snip>

In fact, I had this discussion with some wonderful, caring Democrats earlier this week on the issue of, well, they said "surely you could agree to limit the number of rounds in a magazine, couldn't you? How would that be problematic?"

...

And I pointed out, well, once you make it ten, then why would you draw the line at ten? What's wrong with nine? Or eleven? And the problem is once you draw that limit ; it's kind of like marriage when you say it's not a man and a woman any more, then why not have three men and one woman, or four women and one man, or why not somebody has a love for an animal?

There is no clear place to draw the line once you eliminate the traditional marriage and it's the same once you start putting limits on what guns can be used, then it's just really easy to have laws that make them all illegal.

Earlier in the discussion, Gohmert called on Christians to take a more active role in politics ... because otherwise their churches are going to be forced to hire cross-dressing Satan-worshipers.

Read more: http://www.towleroad.com/2013/04/rep-louie-gohmert-opposes-gun-control-because-gay-marriage-leads-to-polygamy-sex-with-animals.html#ixzz2PQoD59hs


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We have a winner: The stupidest repub in Congress is: **drumroll** (Original Post) cali Apr 2013 OP
I knew the answer before I clicked on the thread. Ron Green Apr 2013 #1
You get a gold star! cali Apr 2013 #2
So did I. Skidmore Apr 2013 #29
Count me in! TexasTowelie Apr 2013 #30
It could only be him or Steve Stockman..... lastlib Apr 2013 #52
Ugh shenmue Apr 2013 #3
I opened the thread to take exception DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2013 #4
he is a mineral olddots Apr 2013 #5
I collect minerals chemenger Apr 2013 #46
lol! HappyMe Apr 2013 #6
So all law is a slippery slope to beastiality. Marr Apr 2013 #7
Santorum woould agree. Control-Z Apr 2013 #8
besties or beasties? cali Apr 2013 #12
Lol. Control-Z Apr 2013 #13
Well hey, go with what you know, right? n/t Scootaloo Apr 2013 #26
Fear of incarceration and congressional republicans... rucky Apr 2013 #56
He was a lawyer and a judge? libodem Apr 2013 #9
And he gets EXTRA credit b/c the competition was FIERCE this year.... n/t TygrBright Apr 2013 #10
Ok he wins Kalidurga Apr 2013 #11
Virginia Foxx is a close second.... oldhippydude Apr 2013 #14
I love this: LG should be a unit of measurement of stupid cali Apr 2013 #15
Sort of like katie kourics chemenger Apr 2013 #48
Good concept, needs work Mopar151 Apr 2013 #49
Gohmert's Pile of Bullshit Blue Owl Apr 2013 #16
An impressive achievement, given the stiff competition. Buns_of_Fire Apr 2013 #17
I have to suppose there is something like a Flashmann Apr 2013 #18
Please, he's a fucking amateur Floyd_Gondolli Apr 2013 #19
I nominate our resident idiot... progressoid Apr 2013 #24
Inhofe is stupid but he's not as stupid as Gohmert cali Apr 2013 #25
I think we can agree they're both morons Floyd_Gondolli Apr 2013 #27
Inhofe is willfully acting stupid re Climate Denial. Gohmert IS stupid. nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2013 #33
King of the non sequitur, Louie is a worthy successor to Roman Hruska. immoderate Apr 2013 #20
That fruit hangs so low, it's a turnip. sadbear Apr 2013 #21
That line wins Lindsay Apr 2013 #31
Jimmy Inhofe. Michele Bachmann. Louis Gohmert. HughBeaumont Apr 2013 #22
Well, it's hard to come up with another dumber than that mercymechap Apr 2013 #23
It's a tie with Michelle Bachmann n/t malaise Apr 2013 #28
Because one man makes more than enough work in a marriage... What woman in her 1monster Apr 2013 #32
Wait! Virginia Foxx isn't a tie? librechik Apr 2013 #34
I think it depends on the phase of the moon. n/t Ganja Ninja Apr 2013 #41
Don't get Gohmert started on Muslims in the State Department Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2013 #35
I am fully confident another Pub will say something even stupider before the end of the month UBEEDelusional Apr 2013 #36
Nah. Gohmert consistently says the stupidest most hateful shit. I defend this designation. cali Apr 2013 #37
Rick Perry is nipping at his heels see post UBEEDelusional Apr 2013 #38
Whether least or most smelly, poop is still poop. /nt Festivito Apr 2013 #39
I guessed it before I clicked on your thread! What do I win? 11 Bravo Apr 2013 #40
So many of you guys guessed right that I've run out of gold stars cali Apr 2013 #45
Profound ignorance treestar Apr 2013 #42
Knew it! LOL Oilwellian Apr 2013 #43
Ahh! Then I could have a gay marriage with my dog? I love her! Auntie Bush Apr 2013 #44
Not unless Mrs. Mopar and I can marry our little Jozie! Mopar151 Apr 2013 #50
in a field of competition that is stellar in its' stupidity JitterbugPerfume Apr 2013 #47
The one who tells the biggest, stupidest and meanest lies... Orsino Apr 2013 #51
Sorry, what did I miss? Ikonoklast Apr 2013 #53
Cross dressing Satan worshippers? What is this guy smoking? Initech Apr 2013 #54
One really has to wonder jmowreader Apr 2013 #55
 

DisgustipatedinCA

(12,530 posts)
4. I opened the thread to take exception
Wed Apr 3, 2013, 03:53 PM
Apr 2013

...to whichever Republican you were going to name. But I see you got the answer right, so nevermind.

rucky

(35,211 posts)
56. Fear of incarceration and congressional republicans...
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 05:57 AM
Apr 2013

are the only thing preventing us from keeping litters of puppies as concubines, although the Old Testament could give us a loophole on this one. I'm still researching.

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
11. Ok he wins
Wed Apr 3, 2013, 04:05 PM
Apr 2013

Somewhere though Michele Bachmann is eating a corn dog and sobbing about how she could have had it all.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
15. I love this: LG should be a unit of measurement of stupid
Wed Apr 3, 2013, 04:19 PM
Apr 2013

<snip>

I’m quite sure that Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert is the benchmark by which stupid is measured. If he isn’t, then someone should make it so. We can start by declaring LG as a unit measurement of stupid. Members of congress could then be assigned an LG value. Michele Bachmann : .96 LG, Sarah Palin : 2.6 LGs, etc.

<snip>

http://www.zimbio.com/Congressman+Louie+Gohmert/articles/gyuuxAUMI1J/Crazy+Louie+Gohmert+Again

chemenger

(1,593 posts)
48. Sort of like katie kourics
Thu Apr 4, 2013, 12:35 PM
Apr 2013

The standard unit measurement for mass weight of feces, as noted on the 2007 South Park episode "More Crap". The European Fecal Standards & Measurements Board in Zürich keeps track of the authenticity of its records. It is mentioned in the episode that "one Katie Couric is about two and a half pounds of excrement".

Mopar151

(9,978 posts)
49. Good concept, needs work
Thu Apr 4, 2013, 12:41 PM
Apr 2013

How many dimensions of stupid is Looey the benchmark in? Is there a frequency component, i.e. How many LooeyHertz is that? What kind of scale - linear/inverse/exponential?

Buns_of_Fire

(17,174 posts)
17. An impressive achievement, given the stiff competition.
Wed Apr 3, 2013, 04:19 PM
Apr 2013

But you know who's even stupider?

The people who voted for him.

 

Floyd_Gondolli

(1,277 posts)
19. Please, he's a fucking amateur
Wed Apr 3, 2013, 04:32 PM
Apr 2013

I give you.....

James Mountain Inhofe (and yes Mountain is his given middle name)

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
25. Inhofe is stupid but he's not as stupid as Gohmert
Wed Apr 3, 2013, 04:55 PM
Apr 2013

He's said a lot of stupid things but Louis beats him in quantity and quality.

 

immoderate

(20,885 posts)
20. King of the non sequitur, Louie is a worthy successor to Roman Hruska.
Wed Apr 3, 2013, 04:36 PM
Apr 2013

Roman was king of stupid in the Nixon Era. On the nomination of Carswell to SCOTUS:

"Even if he were mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren't they, and a little chance? We can't have all Brandeises, Frankfurters and Cardozos."


--imm

Lindsay

(3,276 posts)
31. That line wins
Wed Apr 3, 2013, 05:09 PM
Apr 2013

the internet today, IMO.

I am not much in the mood for laughing these days, but that had me



HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
22. Jimmy Inhofe. Michele Bachmann. Louis Gohmert.
Wed Apr 3, 2013, 04:39 PM
Apr 2013

Three American EMBARRASSMENTS.

These people were elected by thousands. THOUSANDS.

Is THIS how STUPID American voters have become? IS IT??

mercymechap

(579 posts)
23. Well, it's hard to come up with another dumber than that
Wed Apr 3, 2013, 04:46 PM
Apr 2013

although Sanford winning in South Carolina makes you wonder how many dumb people there are in the GOP - his claim to fame is that he is super conservative who hates government spending, but it appears by his past that he doesn't mind spending government money to take trips to Argentina to visit his mistress! Now that's dumb, too.

1monster

(11,012 posts)
32. Because one man makes more than enough work in a marriage... What woman in her
Wed Apr 3, 2013, 06:35 PM
Apr 2013

right mind would want to have three or four????

And the problem is once you draw that limit ; it's kind of like marriage when you say it's not a man and a woman any more, then why not have three men and one woman,

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,988 posts)
35. Don't get Gohmert started on Muslims in the State Department
Wed Apr 3, 2013, 06:45 PM
Apr 2013

He believes that there's a muzzy (RW terminology) under every bed ("A red under every bed&quot , that there is a list of muslims in the State Department that Ted Cruz has (just like Joseph McCarthy), that the only good muslim is a self-deported muslim, that the nominee for Sec. of State was a member of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (or equivalently had some vague third order connection), etc.

His hating and hatred is part and parcel of his stupidity.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
45. So many of you guys guessed right that I've run out of gold stars
Thu Apr 4, 2013, 11:40 AM
Apr 2013

would you take a silver one?

treestar

(82,383 posts)
42. Profound ignorance
Thu Apr 4, 2013, 10:43 AM
Apr 2013

Usually of history. When societies were polygamous, and they started to draw the line, and then limit a man to one wife, was there a Gohmert around to argue it was a slippery slope to no wives and homosexuality?

Oilwellian

(12,647 posts)
43. Knew it! LOL
Thu Apr 4, 2013, 11:33 AM
Apr 2013

I've thought of writing a letter to newspapers in his district, asking the people what the hell they were thinking when they voted for him. He's an embarrassment to the country.

Mopar151

(9,978 posts)
50. Not unless Mrs. Mopar and I can marry our little Jozie!
Thu Apr 4, 2013, 12:47 PM
Apr 2013

A menage 'a mutt, where the bride is groomed.....

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
51. The one who tells the biggest, stupidest and meanest lies...
Thu Apr 4, 2013, 12:53 PM
Apr 2013

...is by definition the best Republican leader.

Gohmert for Speaker!

jmowreader

(50,552 posts)
55. One really has to wonder
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 05:51 AM
Apr 2013

Gohmert falls back on "sex with animals" so often I need to know how many times he's picked wool off his overalls. Not if he did it - he's clearly got a history with sheep.

He wouldn't be the first...Neal Horsley admits he lost his virginity to the family mule.

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