Who is your pick for the worst governor in the country?

[StevieM]

Apparently, I am no longer allowed to post a poll. I haven't tried in years, but I guess at some point they changed it so that only star members can still do that. So I'll just ask everyone to post their answer.

Here are a few recommendations:

Rick Scott of Florida
Bruce Rauner of Illinois
Mike Pence of Indiana
Sam Brownback of Kansas
Bobby Jindal of Lousiana
Paul LePage of Maine
Rick Snyder of Michigan
Chris Christie of New Jersey
Greg Abbott of Texas
Scott Walker of Wisconsin

What say you, DUers? Who is the worst of the worst?

[valerief]

1. Snyder poisoned the whole city of Flint. That's pretty Dr. Evil. nt

[Buzz Clik]

52. It was just a portion of the city of Flint, but it was still pretty evil

[Buzz Clik]

53. Abbott needs to earn this honor. His tenure is far too short.

Browback is fargin' horrible, but he's also a complete moron. So, I give him a pass.

Walker has a long history of being a complete sack of shit. He gets my vote.

[vt_native]

2. Rick Snyder

Caused severe lead poisoning in thousands of Children in Flint, MI. Should be in Jail with Rick Scott (healthcare fraud).

[MH1]

16. That is my pick also, for the same reason.

His behavior has been unconscionable. His mendacity goes beyond even standard republican prickitude.

[doc03]

3. I'll vote for Walker but I think Kasich in Ohio

deserves honorable mention.

[StevieM]

10. Excellent choices. (Of course, they're all good choices.) Honorable mentions are welcome, as are

votes for candidates who were not on my list of recommendations!!

[RKP5637]

4. The Governor of Brownbackistan! n/t

[Skittles]

5. SCHEDULING StevieM for ass kicking

for failing to recommend Abbott of Texas

he is DISGUSTING

[StevieM]

12. I take full responsibility for my oversight and recognize that an ass kick may indeed be in order.

I edited my post to include Greg Abbott. Great catch and good looking out!!

It's better to have a top 10 in any event. The bottom quintile of governors. But of course, there are just so many more who are worthy of condemnation.

[angrychair]

6. Easy

Walker

[El Supremo]

7. Walker

But there have been badder ones in the past.

[demtenjeep]

8. brownback

hands down

[MuseRider]

11. With you.

He is making it very hard to live here. It is going to get worse since he has doubled down on the budget. We will be lucky if we have anything left. Wish we could actually use Obama care. I had two choices and both raised my rates by $300.00 a month since my company before this left the state. Still we are luckier than many. The state is dying.

Second and possibly tied for first would be Rick Snyder. I was so happy to hear TRMS talk about him again.

[saltpoint]

9. I think I'll go with that idiot up in

Maine -- Paul LePage.

Although I concede that the competition is fierce.

[MADem]

56. YES! He is a fucking lunatic! Mendacious asshole--pardon my language, but the things he

has done to the least of those among us really does earn him The Dumb-Ass Scrooge of the Year Award.



Sample (grrrrrrr): http://bangordailynews.com/2015/09/16/politics/lepage-seeks-ban-on-food-stamps-for-mainers-with-5000-in-assets/

LePage seeks ban on food stamps for Mainers with $5,000 in assets

The assets to be counted if the new rule is applied include bank account balances, snowmobiles, boats, motorcycles, jet skis, all-terrain vehicles, recreational vehicles, campers and other valuable assets, according to a news release. The $5,000 asset test, which is defined in a federal law but has been waived in Maine in recent years, will not include the value of a home or a household’s primary vehicle.

So, if you make your money cutting wood for someone, and you get to your job on an ATV or a skidoo, you're screwed. A lot of people who live deep in the woods use these things to get out to the road when the snow is thick and deep, too. I can't believe he's being such an asshole. He really HATES poor people--and that's a good chunk of his state. Those folks need to be motivated to vote!

[saltpoint]

58. 'Will keep my fingers crossed

that he's out of there as soon as possible and replaced by someone who cares about the citizens the job requires him to care about.

[southerncrone]

13. "Axes of evil"

[StevieM]

14. OK, I guess I'll vote in my own poll. Sort of. I'll give a top 3. A gold, silver and bronze medal

winner, if you will.

The gold goes to Sam Brownback
The silver goes to Rick Snyder
The bronze goes to Scott Walker

How sad is it that the guy who poisoned his citizens couldn't even qualify for the top spot?

Of course, I am sure I will change my mind a few times and change the list around a little. As mentioned above, the competition is absolutely fierce.

[Chan790]

15. Mary Fallin of OK beats them all by a country-mile of stupid and corrupt.

Man, she's a pile of stupid and mean as wide as her daughter's camper parked on the lawn of the Governor's mansion and as fall as the world's tallest pile of horse shit. (OK's 2nd-most-popular shit-pile tourist attraction.)

[blonndee]

20. Agreed. She's a horrifying combination of hate, spite, and stupid. Dirty as shit, too, as you say.nt

[Person 2713]

17. King Rauner. He is a ruiner

[StevieM]

36. As I wrote below, Rauner is a real Cinderella story in this competition. (eom)

[Person 2713]

47. Be warned if not already aware. Illinois will have a right to work for less zone now

while he works on pushing out the Unions and bringing down Illinois l
The unions lost this one this week
http://www.chicagolabor.org/take-action/stop-lincolnshire-from-becoming-a-so-called-right-to-work-zone

[Brickbat]

18. Walker.

[jmowreader]

19. It's so very hard for a person to say...

Each is a disaster in his very own way.

But just because I have to pick one, I'll go with Sam Brownback.

[Initech]

21. No mention of John Kasich?

I am a white male, and I get a definite ick factor every time I see an article about him.

[StevieM]

23. One of the earlier respondents gave Kasich an honorable mention, after voting for Scott Walker.

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eom

[Initech]

25. Oh yeah between him and Scott Walker, tough call.

[hughee99]

32. I think the fact that Kasich, by comparison, looks like the least crazy republican

presidential candidate, hurts his chances here.

[Release The Hounds]

22. Scott Walker. Everyone else is a distant second.

[fleur-de-lisa]

24. Jindal! Asshole ruined my state!

[RKP5637]

59. Yep, Jindal is a very strange dude! n/t

[polichick]

26. The Republican.

[BlueJazz]

27. As bad as Rick Scott has been, I have to give the honor to Scott Walker or Rick Snyder

[mainstreetonce]

28. Christie

Ask a NJ teacher

[cwydro]

29. Allow me to nominate my state's governor:

Pat McCrory.

[StevieM]

31. Nominations are always welcome!! There are just so many worthy contenders. (eom)

[MFrohike]

34. I dunno

I know Pat's the governor in name, but I'd say Phil Berger. He seems to outrank Pat by a mile or two, even without the title.

[mnhtnbb]

43. McCookie should definitely be included in this poll.

[Pool Hall Ace]

60. Yes

So many bad ones, I know, but one must not overlook Pat McCrony.

[cwydro]

61. Hey there you!

[Pool Hall Ace]

64. Hello!

[murielm99]

30. The Ruiner.

I see firsthand what is is doing to Illinois.

I would have said Walker, but we have to take responsibility for allowing Rauner to be elected.

[StevieM]

35. Rauner is a Cinderella story in this competition. He isn't nearly as well-known as

the other disasters. But he is rapidly taking the country by storm.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

50. Too close to home. I agree with your sentiments completely

Wish I could continue to say Walker, but he doesn't affect me like his evil clown twin down here in Illinois.

[murielm99]

54. I worked very hard to get

Quinn reelected. It was a close election, no matter what the Ruiner says.

Ir is classic how he bought the election. He started early, too.

[Logical]

33. No doubt, BROWNBACK! Nt

[romanic]

37. Snyder for sure!

He's turned Michigan into Michissippi, a state that's fallen behind in union jobs, living wages, stable education, the crappy right-to-work bullcrap and the big doozy, lead poisoning in one of the state's poorest cities (probably on purpose).

[mikehiggins]

38. Rick Snyder

Him and his administration should be put in jail charged with indifference to the lives of the children of Flint.

[Liberal_in_LA]

39. Brownback

[Samantha]

40. Too close to call, but I have to go with Synder (magnitude of offense) followed closely by Scott

for overall number of truly gross (and perhaps illegal) number of breaches.

Sam

[Katashi_itto]

41. I live in New Orleans. I would kinda say Jindal. But I think Brownback is worse

[StevieM]

46. And yet somehow it made sense to Gov. Jindal that he would be our next president.

His level of unpopularity is remarkable, even given his horrible performance at the job.

[melman]

42. Greg Abbott

[w8liftinglady]

44. Greg Abbott

My governor leads the state with the highest uninsured rate,high school dropout rate and teen pregnancy rate, so lets repeal Obamacare,gut the Dept of education and close Planned Parenthood.

[madokie]

45. Mary Fallin of Oklahoma

by far the worst of the worst

[mascarax]

68. Can you & others please expand on Mary Fallin?

She doesn't seem to get much press (at least outside her state?).

This is a great thread. I could add an argument for any of those nominated - but she's been mentioned a few times, and I realize I don't know her story. Kinda like the vague awareness of Palin -- until McCain!

Yes, I will do some online research, but there's nothing to replace your stories/comments.

And it's a tough call for worst. I lean toward Brownback, but Snyder is worthy. Walker, of course (past winner?) too.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

48. Gov of my state, LePage n/t

[GoCubsGo]

49. Nikki Haley of South Carolina is pretty bad, too.

Phoney as a three dollar bill, and corrupt as they come. But, Ruiner of Illinois and Snott Walker take the cake. They're trying to turn their states into the same sorts of hellholes as South Carolina already is.

[PatrickforO]

51. Sorry, I get TWO votes!

I'm going with Brownback and Walker. Both scum of the earth neolibs who don't care a rat's rear end about anything but themselves and their corporate overlord owners. Because they ARE owned.

[StevieM]

57. No complaints from the OP. I realize how fierce the competition is, and I kind of broke my own rules

when I posted a reply to my own question.

I gave a gold medal to Sam Brownback, a silver to Rick Snyder of Michigan and the bronze to Scott Walker.

And as I wrote above...how sad is it that the guy who literally poisoned his own constituents couldn't even qualify for a first place showing?

[Proserpina]

55. Too Many Choices!

Can we get rid of them all, and start over, please?

[Still Sensible]

62. I'd probably pick Brownback out of that list

but my God there's a roll call of assholes! Snyder...and Walker...and Christie! Jeez, crazy LePage can't break through that bunch of losers. And our governor, Mary Fallin, is terrible!!!! But she can't make cut against those loons!

[StevieM]

63. My recommendations need not be your choices!! There are just so many worthy competitors that it was

impossible to list all of them. But yes, Mary Fallin has certainly proven herself deserving of strong consideration.

[greymattermom]

65. Sam Brownback

[B Calm]

66. After Mitch Daniels we get Mike Pence. I vote for Indiana having

the worst!

[Truprogressive85]

67. slightly off topic but i just releied there are

there are 32 Republican governors

What has the DNC been dong picking shitty candidates to run

Democrats only have 17

back to the subject at hand

Rick Synder gets my vote - the story about the the water in Flint, Michigan is despicable

[Vinca]

69. It has to be Snyder.

Poisoning the citizens and trying to hide it? The man should be criminally charged. Some kids will have lifelong disabilities. And I don't get how Snyder's whole overthrow of elected officials is legal in the first place even if it was a bill passed by the Michigan legislature.

[dembotoz]

70. this is sort of like going onto an oncology ward and asking who hates their cancer more

i am from wisconsin and wanker is really an ass

but i see news from maine, or kansas, or michigan, and on and on


they are all awful

[ProfessorGAC]

71. Being Parochial Here

I'll say Rauner, but i really should say Walker.

[StevieM]

73. I have said a couple of times in this thread that Rauner is a real Cinderella story. He isn't as

well-known as the others, but he is a strong up-and-coming contender.

A good case can be made for him, and it is perfectly reasonable to select him above all others IMO.

[Bradical79]

72. Not sure if I can pick between Walker and Brownback

All are awful in their own unique ways, but I can't think of anyone else that has been as directly destructive to their respective states as these two.

[StevieM]

74. Bumping my own thread (if it can still be bumped) to provide new info on Paul LePage.

http://www.pressherald.com/2016/01/07/lepage-accused-of-making-racist-comment-at-bridgton-meeting/

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027508770#post8