Vulnerable GOP senator tweets wrong pic of Scalia

[Judi Lynn]

Source: The Hill

February 13, 2016, 08:43 pm
Vulnerable GOP senator tweets wrong pic of Scalia



One of the most vulnerable Republican senators up for reelection accidentally tweeted a picture of a veteran stage actor while memorializing late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Saturday.

“Justice #Scalia's death: a profound loss for America,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) tweeted hours after news of the justice’s death in Texas.

But instead of a picture of the longtime jurist, Johnson accidentally included a photo of veteran actor Edward Gero, who played Scalia in a play about his court opinions last year, called “The Originalist.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/269403-vulnerable-gop-senator-tweets-wrong-pic-of-scalia

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[JeffHead]

1. Feingold needs to crush this fool. nt

[potone]

3. Yes, he does.

For a lot of people's sake.

[DarthDem]

4. Agreed.

And I think he will. Polling has looked good.

[valerief]

23. Definitely. I'm sure Feingold knows how to use Google, since it's clear the GOP

asswipe doesn't.

[tabasco]

2. Another imbecile republican.

There are too many to count.

[cascadiance]

11. Mistakes like this cost elections. Remember when Gordon Smith lost here in Oregon to Jeff Merkley

after in a debate, he identified Sarah Palin as a governor of California!

http://www.blueoregon.com/2008/10/gordon-smith-sa/

A pretty bad mistake to make when your senator of one of two states between the state of Alaska and California to get confused about which one she was governor of!

Was quite amusing to me when I had just moved up to Oregon from California after that election.

Real thankful that he lost too! Jeff Merkley is a great senator. Always love getting a chance to talk to him on occasion around here.

[longship]

5. Oh dear! And he's up for election this year.

Tsk, tsk.


And Feingold is running against him.


Good luck, Ron!
NOT!

[cascadiance]

7. And Feingold earlier served on the judiciary committee, that would screen a candidate in 2017...

... if they put off the selection of a justice until then, if he's put back on this committee in the event that Feingold beats him.

[longship]

8. And the GOP is in big, big trouble for keeping the Senate.

The numbers just work out in Dems' favor this year. The GOP have too damned many senators running in blue states, like Johnson. Dems have maybe one in a red state, and I think it's Tester in Montana. (???)

The bottom line... Nobody thinks that the US Senate won't be in Democratic hands in 2017. Nobody!

How many of these GOP assholes are going to support overt obstruction of a SCOTUS nominee and risk losing their seat? (Probably lose it anyway)

Go ahead, assholes. Make my day. Either way, you lose.

[cstanleytech]

13. LOL ya they might as well save themselves the time and shoot themselves in the head now

if they really think its a good idea to play games during an election year and oppose any nomination that Obama makes when alot of offices are up for grabs including the office of President.

[wordpix]

16. it betters our chances if these asshats want to put time/energy into SCOTUS

rather than getting one of their clowns elected

[cstanleytech]

20. I would rather get a good moderate (which are rare) to liberal judge

because they will be on the court a hell of alot longer than any President.
Sure one of the nutjobs the Republicans are running can do alot of damage but that damage is mitigated by term limits where as a conservative SCOTUS judge can do a hell of alot more damage in the long run imo.

[wordpix]

14. I caught a Faux pundit saying this same thing

R's very worried about the Senate

[Judi Lynn]

6. Republican Senator has no idea who Justice Scalia is, tweets picture of a Scalia impersonator

Saturday, Feb 13, 2016 07:23 PM CST

Republican Senator has no idea who Justice Scalia is, tweets picture of a Scalia impersonator

Wisconsin's Ron Johnson may want to double check before he hashtags Scalia's death
Sophia Tesfaye

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The picture Johnson tweeted was of Edward Gero, an actor who portrayed Scalia in “The Originalist,” a play centered around the Supreme Court Justice.

If it’s any comfort to Johnson, his tweet confirms he is a man of the people as only 16 percent of Americans were able to name Justice Scalia when asked to identify a Supreme Court Justice.

http://www.salon.com/2016/02/14/republican_senator_has_no_idea_who_justice_scalia_is_tweets_picture_of_a_scalia_impersonator/

[DFW]

9. I'm trying very very VERY hard to keep from laughing at this

But it's a losing battle

[pansypoo53219]

10. BWAH HA HA HA. of COURSE senator stupid!

he IS a teahadist. as good as their spelling.

[mdbl]

12. DUH!

[Dont call me Shirley]

15. oops....

[dembotoz]

17. shouldn't a vulnerable adult be put in assisted living?

[Cartoonist]

18. You mean this Ron Johnson

[hatrack]

19. Right before I clicked on the thread, I told my wife "I bet it's Ron Johnson"

And lo and behold, it sure as shit was.

[ret5hd]

21. How do we know it wasn't THIS guy that died?

Maybe Skinner can help us get to the bottom of it!

[Liberal_in_LA]

22. .

[eppur_se_muova]

24. I thought it would be this actor ...