Rep Gohmert: Obama and FBI conspiring to keep shooter's love for Marx out of picture

[ck4829]

Yesterday morning, FBI representatives briefed House Republicans on the tragic shooting in Tucson. Unsatisfied with the level of detail provided by the FBI, the ever-hyperbolic Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) took the divisive fingerpointing to an absurd level. Believing the FBI was “stonewalling” him on its profile of gunman Jared Lee Loughner, Gohmert suggested the FBI was playing politics to avoid admitting Loughner’s “a liberal” and “embarrassing” President Obama’s liberal supporters:

“It may be if the things he was reading, that he’s a liberal, hates the flag, supports Marx, if those type of things turn out to be true, then it may be embarrassing to the current administration’s constituents, and heaven help us we wouldn’t want to embarrass the president’s constituents,” Gohmert said.<...>

“You could tell us a personality profile: what this guy believes in, what he doesn’t,” he said. “I’ve been part of a prosecution, I’ve been a prosecutor, I’ve been a judge. I know what they can do, and they’ve stonewalled on being specific.“

Joining the company of fellow conspiracists Newt Gingrich, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), and Tucson Tea Party founder Trent Humphries, Gohmert is not only insisting that Loughner’s left-wing allegiance is a foregone conclusion but implying that the FBI is involved in “an elaborate partisan ruse, orchestrated by Democrats, the White House, and Justice Department” in order to cover it up. But should anyone like Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik express concern regarding his preferred right-wing hyperbole, Gohmert says he can just “tone down his rhetoric.” But at least Gohmert is consistent in his paranoia. Fearful “to walk home from the Capitol,” Gohmert is drafting a 535-person exception to Washington’s gun ban to “deter” people from “attacking members.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2011/01/13/gohmert-fbi-critic/

[SteveG]

1. What about his love

of Hitler's Mein Kampf and Ayn Rand?

[MattBaggins]

16. The right will with a straight face; insist that Hitler was left wing,

and stand there perplexed when you break out in laughter.

[JoePhilly]

2. That guy is so crazy he shouldn't be allowed to own a gun.

He thinks that the FBI should damage its investigation by releasing a final profile less than a week after the shooting. What a nut.

[fascisthunter]

3. His Ranting was Anti-Government Right Wing Rhetoric... he also read Ayn Rand

and the violent rhetoric is coming from the right wing media... let us liberals know when we get a whole network pushing our agaenda and when we have equal radio time. Then maybe your point would be some-what valid.

[hobbit709]

4. Loonie Louie-So crazy he makes Bachmann look sane.

[DCKit]

How UnAmerican.

[LynneSin]

5. When did being a liberal equate hating the country

I'm a liberal and I love being an American. I love that I can choose what books I want to preach, how I want to worship my God and and the fact that I can choose who I want to represent me in DC. These are just a few things that are wonderful about being an American.

I've never read Karl Marx and I love my flag. I also believe that God Blesses everyone, not just the USA.

What kind of nutjobs elected this idiot Gohmert??!!

[Historic NY]

14. If the conservatives were in charge in 1776 we'd still be singing "God save the Queen".

[gatorboy]

6. He was a judge?

Brrrrrr.....

[Strelnikov_]

9. Now THAT is scary n/t

[Canuckistanian]

7. There should be a judicial review of all of his findings as a judge

The man is batshit crazy.

[rfranklin]

8. Glad to hear that I have the FBI under my thumb...

now can I have my file expunged?

[yellowcanine]

10. “It may be if ...., that he’s ... if those type of things turn out to be true, then it may be...."

It is clear to me that Gohmert has a slam dunk case for a conspiracy to cover up! :tinfoilhat:

Aside from the absurd straw man construction the Congressman, as a former prosecutor, should know that releasing details about a suspect's personal philosophy and motivations is not necessarily helpful for successful prosecution.

[randr]

11. To assume anyone would "love" the author of any book they read

is nonsense. I would gather that Jared had a rather inquisitive mind. How many of these books have the pundits on the right read? If not, how can they be qualified to offer any opinion?
Many people have read the Bible and do not consider themselves Christian or a Jewish.

[Ikonoklast]

17. I've read The Book of Mormon.

Turned me into a newt.

[C_U_L8R]

12. In republican bizarro land...

people only read what they believe in.
That explains a lot - like their myopic narrowmindedness

[Joe the Revelator]

13. How Funny, Republicans think that a youtube account is the end all/be all of someone's existence

That's just hilarious to me.

[DenverDad]

15. If they aren't told what they want to hear

it's a "cover-up" or "conspiracy".

[DFW]

18. Of all the embarrassments to Texas out there

I didn't think it was possible to top Rick Perry, but Louie Gohmert proved me wrong.