At this point we have all heard the triumphant trumpets sounding, Congressman Louie Gohmert is officially challenging Speaker Boehner for the Speakership of the House of Representatives.
I'm not sure which I find scarier: the fact that any sentient being would vote for Gohmert, or that fate finally found some democratic contest in which I would (if no other options existed) vote for John Boehner.
In commemoration of this fateful day (and in lieu of an official campaign committee) here is the official highlight reel of America's dumbest congressman.
(1) That time Rep. Gohmert said that illegal immigrant children were here to commit sexual crimes
Last July we heard straight from DailyKos diarist MinistryofTruth about how Congressman Gohmert added an eloquent voice to the chorus of Republicans calling for the continuation of an wholly ineffective border strategy. He oh so casually suggested that illegal immigrants came to the United States to rape women and children. Thank god this guy wasn't in charge of approving new citizen immigration papers 200 years ago, or our population would be a 1/3 the current size. Also Oktoberfest and St. Patrick's Day celebrations would blow.
(2) Tell the wildlife to ditch their space heaters! Rep. Gohmert says that they can snuggle up right next to their habitat destroying oil pipeline!
In 2012 Louie Gohmert demonstrated exactly how hard he slept through Environmental Science class (or, I suppose, common sense class) by suggesting that the caribou might enjoy a nice cozy nap next to the oil pipeline in response to concerns from environmental groups. I think the House would have removed him for clear mental incompetence, but they were probably too busy laughing their asses off.
(3) But who can forget the time when Louie Gohmert MD PhD informed us of Obama's evil plot to use Ebola to destroy America.
The United States of America may have been lost just a few months ago had the honorable master-of-all-things, Louie Gohmert, not exposed President Obama (D-Antichrist) and his plot to import Ebola into America. See, under the guise of being a compassionate world power, President Obama sent troops over to African countries that have been torn apart by the Ebola virus. The story was that Obama wanted the troops to aid these nations in building an infrastructure to stop Ebola, and that multiple safety mechanisms were in place to protect the soldiers. But in fact -- as we were informed by Louie -- in actuality Obama wanted the soldiers to catch Ebola and bring it back to our shores in order to infect the nation. A plot right out of V for Vendetta!
(no, but actually Gohmert is an idiot)
(4) That sad sad time where Louie Gohmert tried to invoke the "slippery slope" fallacy between marriage equality and gun control
In case you were wondering why Congressman Gohmert opposes any gun control, it is apparently because of "the gays". Gohmert laments the progress our nation has taken on gay rights, and uses such progress to explain (okay, "explain" might be a bit of an overstatement) why he refuses on compromise on gun control. ITS THE SLIPPERY SLOPE. Because if two loving people are allowed to get married, he should certainly be allowed to own a flamethrower. Right? RIGHT?!
(5) That time when he attacked a decorated war here -- who was also his party's nominee for President in 2008 -- as a terrorist.
Let me just let ole' Louie say this one himself:
"I heard just before I came some senator from Arizona, a guy that liked Qadaffi before he wanted to bomb him, a guy that liked Mubarak before he wanted him out, a guy that's been to Syria and supported Al-Qaeda and rebels [...]" (Source)
You can say many things about John McCain, good and bad, but he is absolutely not a terrorist. It really is pathetic how numb we have become to this garbage that the radical right feeds us, because this quote should've had Gohmert kicked out to the curb, on his ass.
Oh we could go on and on and on and on, and on. The endurance of a figure like Gohmert in our national politics is disgraceful, and even us liberals must take some responsibility for his political survival. The ultimate tool of conservatism is ignorance, while the ultimate tool of liberalism is education. Ignorance is breed by hate, by fear, but mostly by lack of knowledge.
We have to start running better political campaigns that focus on educating the voters on what kind of country we want to live. We have to -- with a clarion voice -- debunk Gohmert's America as the in-compassionate, segregated, racist, sexist, hateful, anti-Jesus, trash heap that it is. Because, truly, Louie Gohmert's America scares the shit out of me.
Let's start today.
#Louie4Speaker2015