Posted on 07/22/2007 10:34:01 PM PDT by goldstategop
Meet the dumbest man in Congress
Who could it be?
Ted Kennedy?
Joe Biden?
Jack Murtha?
I admit it. There's quite a bit of competition for the title – the dumbest man in Congress.
Could it be Maxine Waters, Barbara Lee or Patty Murray?
No, I'm not limiting the choices to men of the male persuasion. We're talking about men here in the sense of mankind. These chicks are in contention – no question about it. Each has made her own bids for the honor.
What about Jim Moran?
Charlie Rangel?
Robert Byrd?
It's a tough choice, isn't it? There are lots of qualified candidates.
Could it be Mark Udall?
Or Tom Udall?
Or Anyone Named Udall?
These are all good nominees, without a doubt. But I think there is a clear choice for the title. The only thing that has kept him from earning the title before is his own obscurity. But he has managed to overcome that liability in recent weeks.
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My choice has been in the news recently – at least twice.
Do you want to know who I think is the dumbest man in Congress?
I tell you it is Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio.
George Voinovich
Personally, I came to this conclusion while listening to the man babble and sputter during what should have been a routine interview with radio talker Sean Hannity – a friendly to most Republicans.
But Voinovich, being the dumbest man in Congress, self-destructed. He imploded. He self-immolated. He nuked himself.
You can hear the whole exchange for yourself if you have never had the pleasure. It will be worth your time – especially if you are from Ohio.
For starters, Voinovich demonstrated he had no clue what the Fairness Doctrine was. This was pretty strange given some of his colleagues were clamoring to reinstate the rule that required broadcasters to provide all sides of important policy issues.
"Fairness Doctrine – I'm all for it, whatever it is," he said. "I think everyone should be open to show the other side. That's what you do every night on Fox. That's great!"
When Hannity reminded Voinovich that the Fairness Doctrine would establish government regulatory bureaucracies to enforce this balance, Voinovich quickly retreated. He also misinterpreted the results of a vote in the Senate hours earlier.
Let's just say he didn't handle himself real well.
Then earlier this month Voinovich was back in the news for a simply astonishing quote attributed to him.
When Sen. John McCain returned from a trip to Iraq, he told some of his colleagues the most dangerous threat for U.S. troops was al-Qaida.
How did Voinovich respond?
"Al-Qaida wouldn't be in Iraq if American forces weren't there!" he retorted.
Of course, he's right. If American forces weren't in Iraq, al-Qaida would be right here!
A little-known U.S. senator from a major U.S. state has emerged from obscurity to become the holder of a real distinction – the dumbest man in the U.S. Congress.
I am sorry. I despise Voinovich, but NOBODY is stupider than Maxine Waters.
I don't think that almost any congresscritters read bills. Staff reads them, maybe.
What do they spend their working hours doing?
Really though, the only reason Voinovich got anywhere in Cleveland was because he kissed the butt of George Forbes. He ran the city.
Remember when people joked the Kuchinich was going to throw his wife under a bus to have the same advantage as Voinovich?
She taught my friends at Berea High School and was dumb as a box of rocks!
Meeting with lobbyists and campaigning for next election.
It’s that hat that Jackson Lee wears; it is damaging her brain. She cannot even decide what is her last name!
You would think that someone on the space subcommittee would at least know a little about manned missions.
Sandy? A bunch of very, very small rocks.
Yes, Forbes did run the show. Looks as if they finally caught up to him, at least a bit.
“Sandy? A bunch of very, very small rocks”
Amen!
Murray almost makes Voinovich look like a rocket scientist. So does Boxer.
Don’t agree with him very often, but Biden doesn’t belong on any list of Senate morons. Give him this: unlike some of his colleagues: he is college material.
In the House, Maxine Waters wins with highest honors.
I will raise you one Maxine Waters (D) Ca. who said the CIA started the cocaine epidemic by putting the drug in the L.A. water supply..............................AND, I recall her accusing someone of “Doing a 360” re a position.....LOL
I never thought anybody could outdo Maxine in the stupid department (see post 13). It’s hard to believe that people keep sending these liberals to congress.
Man, how I despise that woman.
Barbara Boxer must, simply MUST remain in the Senate for California.
Agreed. She is the perfect representative for California.
That’s quite an impressive list of truly dumb Democrats in Congress. Are there any Republicans who belong on that list?
Mr. Jeeves, I am shocked, shocked I tell you, by your cynicism! Certainly if there were any irregularities in the elections anywhere, it would have been noticed, nay trumpeted abroad, by our Republican Party professionals.
Nothing gets by those stout lads at the RNC.
Aren't those decided by the UN anyway?!
A lot of people must have heard the interview, because it was the next morning or the following morning the Capitol phone system crashed.
Quiet as its kept, you’ve got quite a few red neck transplants that don’t live in the Cleveland area that sure do help the democrats out too. I spent a number of years launching Econolines at the Ford Lorain Assembly Plant and I got to meet them—hard heads.
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