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UTUSN

(70,714 posts)
Sun Dec 28, 2014, 12:45 PM Dec 2014

GQ's 20 Craziest Politicians. 17 Rethugs. 5 from TX, 2 1/2 MDs, 1 from FL.

So the MURDOCH NY Post is outraged GQ couldn't find more crazy Dems and made its own list of crazy Dems (not linking here), most of whose "craziness" amounted only to disagreeing with wingnut views. GQ lists BIDEN but his only "craziness" is "running for president." In this excerpt, the most predictable (ARPAIO, "Carnival" CRUZ, and the pig castrator) are skipped over to spotlight the SHY ones.


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http://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/201501/craziest-politicians
[font size=5]America's 20 Craziest Politicians[/font]
How do you feel about facts? Do you hate them? Are they super annoying, like science? Are you frightened of communists, Muslims, and vaginas? Good news! This month, America is inaugurating a new class of elected representatives, and while some of them are bright, able politicians, a few of them are seriously looney. And they'll be in good company

By STEPHEN SHERRILL
Illustrations by WARD SUTTON

NOTE: These crazy politicians are NOT ranked in order of craziness. They all crazy in equal amounts. (OTHER NOTE: We're pretty sure Cruz would've been disappointed if he wasn't on this list, so: This one's for you, Ted! )

.... 4. Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.)

Just how crazy? Really hates Kwanzaa, claiming in a press release that "almost no black people today care about Kwanzaa—just white left-wingers who try to shove this down black people's throats in an effort to divide Americans." Also declared that giving state workers the day off on Martin Luther King Day "is an insult to all the other taxpayers" who want to contact government offices.

In his defense: It does seem like all the stores are putting up their Kwanzaa decorations earlier and earlier every year.

Actual thing he said: "Did people even know what homosexuality was in high school in 1975? I don't remember any discussion about that at the time."

Think of him as: The ‘50s.

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7. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Tex.)

Actual thing he said: "You watch a sonogram of a fifteen-week baby and they have movements that are purposeful. They stroke their face. If they're a male baby, they may have their hand between their legs. I mean, they feel pleasure. Why is it so hard to think they could feel pain?"

Fun fact: Is an ob-gyn. Think of him as: A respected doctor, in 1820.

In his defense: Many grown men reportedly enjoy masturbation.


8. State Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt (R-Colo.)

Just how crazy? Has repeatedly bragged about performing a gay exorcism (he's a former Navy chaplain) to rid a woman of "the foul spirit of lesbianism," and also tried to perform a long-distance exorcism on President Obama because of something about the NSA. Believes that Obamacare "causes cancer" and that Obama's former FCC chairman was driven by the Devil to "molest and visually rape your children."

Actual thing he said: "Father in Heaven, we pray against the domestic enemies of the Constitution, against this demon of tyranny who is using the White House occupant, and that demonic spirit is oppressing us."

Fun fact: Calls himself Dr. Chaps, which is not the least bit creepy.

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18. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa)

Just how crazy? Voted against federal penalties for attending animal fights, under the theory that since it's legal to watch humans fight, it would be wrong to forbid watching animals fight. Suggested the U.S. electrify the border fence, because "we do that with livestock all the time."

Actual thing he said: "For every [undocumented immigrant] who's a valedictorian, there's another one hundred out there who weigh 130 pounds—and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes, because they're hauling seventy-five pounds of marijuana across the desert."


19. Governor Paul LePage (R-Me.)

Just how crazy? Refused to attend Martin Luther King Day activities, saying the NAACP is a "special interest." Then added, "Tell 'em to kiss my butt." Said that a Democratic state leader "claims to be for the people, but he's the first one to give it to the people without providing Vaseline." Urged a repeal of Maine's ban on the plastics chemical component BPA, claiming it wasn't dangerous and saying, "Put it in the microwave and you heat it up, it gives off a chemical similar to estrogen. So the worst case is some women may have little beards."

Fun fact: Was re-elected in 2014.

Think of him as: If Don Rickles mated with poutine. ....



(P.S.) * Look! A Democrat! Yes, this list is Republican-heavy, and while that may seem like standard liberal-media bias, the reality is that Democrats just aren't keeping pace right now in the crazy department. But to even the score, here's an incomplete list of crazy Dems from yesteryear: Rod Blagojevich, David Duke, at least one or two of the Kennedys, Anthony Weiner/Carlos Danger, and Jim McGreevey.

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GQ's 20 Craziest Politicians. 17 Rethugs. 5 from TX, 2 1/2 MDs, 1 from FL. (Original Post) UTUSN Dec 2014 OP
ROFL malaise Dec 2014 #1
The comments on the GQ website of this article represents what the 17 crazies are all,about kimbutgar Dec 2014 #2
They had to really stretch just to come up with any Democrats at all. dawg Dec 2014 #3
The GQ publisher was on Morning Joe about this. He looked so scared of Scar I thought he was... Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2014 #4
I'm rather surprised that crazy old Don Young isn't on this list Blue_In_AK Dec 2014 #5

malaise

(269,067 posts)
1. ROFL
Sun Dec 28, 2014, 12:49 PM
Dec 2014

because this shit is hilarious. Sadly they are also dangerous
Still tears of laughter are rolling down my face

kimbutgar

(21,164 posts)
2. The comments on the GQ website of this article represents what the 17 crazies are all,about
Sun Dec 28, 2014, 01:09 PM
Dec 2014

I need to take another shower after reading the spew from the crazy kkkteabaggers.

dawg

(10,624 posts)
3. They had to really stretch just to come up with any Democrats at all.
Sun Dec 28, 2014, 01:14 PM
Dec 2014

I don't think Rep. Johnson really thought Guam could tip over.

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,842 posts)
4. The GQ publisher was on Morning Joe about this. He looked so scared of Scar I thought he was...
Sun Dec 28, 2014, 01:24 PM
Dec 2014

...going to pee his pants. Scar was NOT happy with the pubbies taking the brunt of this but unfortunately for them there's simply no getting around it. (I think this was the publisher's regularly scheduled appearance, he wasn't invited on specifically to talk about the list-- just a fun coinci-dink.)

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
5. I'm rather surprised that crazy old Don Young isn't on this list
Sun Dec 28, 2014, 01:58 PM
Dec 2014

although I guess he's crazy like a fox since he keeps on getting elected somehow.

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