Crossposted at TruthTicker.com
Earlier today, Rep Louie Gohmert (R, TX-1), spent a few minutes on Lars Larson's national radio program. My jaw hit the floor. Twice.
In the first clip, Gohmert yuks it up with Larson as they discuss hitting golf balls with a picture of Nancy Pelosi painted on them. Those gosh darn Republicans are such kidders! And classy too! I mean, who doesn't fantasize about hitting a 70 year old woman with a golf club?
Apparently, Gohmert hadn't heard that Boenher's people backed away from the initial reports as quickly as they could. Gohmert probably figured that if Boehner was doing it, the idea of beating on women was acceptable Republican humor.
here's the transcript:
Larson: "Hey, I was gonna ask you: my producer is from Ohio and he noticed that John Boehner ws apparently using Nancy Pelosi golf balls at a recent fund raiser and my producer wants to get a whole sleeve of of those things. He thinks it might make him hit better."
Gohmert: "(chuckling) oh, man... yeah... I bet you'd put a little extra umph in it. No kidding! I'll have to check on it; I'll have to see where we get those."
The next bit is interesting too. According to Gohmert, he and his buddies, Dana Rohrabacher (R, CA-46) and Steve King (R, IA-5) made a trip over to Afghanistan to speak with a number of warlords about US policy in the country. This is notable for two reasons. The first is that Gohmert's description of the talks pretty clearly describes a violation of the Logan Act, which prohibits American citizens from conducting foreign policy. Gohmert says they were speaking with warlords the Obama administration has refused to negotiate with, and engaged in discussions that undermine the President's ability to conduct foreign policy.
It is also interesting that Rep. Steve King is involved, considering that he accused then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi of "a blatant violation of the Logan Act" in 2007.