a liar, or just plain stupider than a lavatory plunger?

[realthog]

I report, you decide. Well, in fact, it's Harper's Weekly that reports:

The House and Senate reached agreement on a $789 billion economic-stimulus plan, which President Barack Obama is expected to sign into law despite a lack of support from Republicans. "When Roosevelt did this," said Representative Steve Austria (R., Ohio), "he put our country into a Great Depression. That's just history."

Um, no, Rep. Austria. It's not.

Comments

[scottakennedy.livejournal.com]

He's obviously just pandering to try win the highly competitive title of "Dumbest Republican".

[realthog.livejournal.com]

the highly competitive title of "Dumbest Republican"

Well, it's a big field with a lot of very strong contestants . . .

Oh! My! This is not very bipartisan of us, is it? Shame on us!

[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

Again, let us stop making this same error that this is because They are stupid. They are not. They have a stratagy that has worked very well for them.

Ignorant, though, yes they are. But again, it is their choice. Because if they know things this knowledge jiggles their focus on the prize of destroying the nation in order to save it. They believe this sh*t. That isn't stupid. That is terrifying.

Love, C.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"Well, it's a big field with a lot of very strong contestants"

The field is even stronger than I thought it was. A friend has just sent me this: http://www.alternet.org:80/blogs/peek/127329/is_michele_bachmann_the_most_idiotic_member_of_congress/

[txtriffidranch.livejournal.com]

Sadly, I'm very familiar with Bachmann's brand of deliberate insanity. For years, I've been amazed and appalled at the number of dolts who, faced with losing an argument, would rather make up their entire argument and then expect their opponent to explain that. She won't be challenged on her claims for the same reasons young-earth creationists aren't: it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"She won't be challenged on her claims"

Which is a very great pity -- not just because her policies are those of the gulag or the madhouse but because distortions of reality like hers are damn' near as murderous as putting anthrax in the water supply: they destroy countless people's lives by making them ignorant.

[txtriffidranch.livejournal.com]

I don't disagree. It's just that writing a rebuttal assumes that she can read, and trying to debate her means that she'll scream over you the moment you get in a word, and then she'll cry about "getting my chance" if you dare interrupt one of her tirades. Again, I've been watching that unique condition with Republican debaters for decades, and most people give up rather than exhaust themselves with such an arrogant moron. It's not fair and it's not right, but her ilk were the sort who'd pee on their toys rather than let any of the other kids on the playground have a chance to play with them.