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Anderson Cooper Grills Shouting GOPer Louie Gohmert On 'Terror Babies' Conspiracy (VIDEO)
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Oh, wow. Last night, Anderson Cooper hosted none other than Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), the main propagator in Congress of the "terror babies" conspiracy theory -- an alleged diabolical 20- to 30-year plot by terrorists to have babies born in the United States, then taken abroad and trained as terrorists before eventually returning here as U.S. citizens (thanks to birthright citizenship) to commit heinous crimes.
Gohmert previously went to the House floor in June and warned about this evil plan, saying he had heard about it from an unnamed former FBI agent. Then on Wednesday night this week, Cooper hosted an actual former FBI official, who explained that there are no reports of this at all.
Cooper brought Gohmert on last night, and began by asking him whether he had even called the FBI agent. And from there, it turned into a nice one-way shouting match -- that is, Gohmert yelling at Cooper repeatedly. At one point Gohmert did admit that he did not check with the FBI itself: "No, I didn't talk to them, because the point is: when we did the research, we found the hole existed."
At one point, Gohmert was just asking for trouble when he said: "I'm an easy target. You and Jon Stewart can have your fun. But please, at some point look at the gaping hole in our security."
Also, Gohmert said that he promised his former FBI agent source that he would not reveal the man's name. To which Cooper responded: "Well, that's convenient. We have had a former FBI, a high-ranking one on this office who says it's ridiculous."
Gohmert also repeatedly referenced stories about "birth tourism," in which well-off people from other countries time their child's birth to take place here so the child will automatically become a U.S. citizen. This practice does exist, but reportedly encompasses only a few thousand births every year.
A fun exchange:
Gohmert: You have to believe that the terrorists are more stupid than these enterprising people. They say that this business, the so-called birth business -- birth tourism packages are online. Have you looked online? Stay online, all you have to do --
(CROSSTALK)
Cooper: Ok. Sir, again, I am agreeing with you that there are tourists -- sir, you can continue to yell all you want. Again, you're just showing yourself not to have actually any evidence.
What I am saying is, yes, those newspaper articles clearly -- there are many tourists who come here to have babies so they can have U.S. citizenship. Do you have any evidence of terror babies?
And this:
Gohmert: The explosions will not happen for 10 or 15 or 20 years and then you will be one of those blips. I'm not comparable to Winston Churchill, but the detractors like you are comparable to his detractors.
Cooper: Ok.
Gohmert: He tried to tell people these things were going on.
Cooper: All right.
Gohmert: Anderson, do you really believe that the ones that want to destroy the United States are more stupid than these entrepreneurs in China, than these people in Mexico?
And finally, this wonderful kicker for the whole conversation:
Cooper: Sir, you are a former judge. Had somebody done this in your courtroom, you would have asked for evidence, and you have none. I appreciate your time. I appreciate you coming on. I'm disappointed that you did not present evidence.
Gohmert: This isn't a courtroom. We're trying to protect America, Anderson.
Cooper: Everyone wants to protect America, Congressman.
Gohmert: We're trying to protect America. It's not a courtroom.
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The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
August 13, 2010 9:29 AM
I don't care how corrupt or useless or coopted or weak or whatever you think Democrats are. Keeping people like this loon from taking control of Congress ought to be the number one priority of every sane person in America.
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EnnuiDivine
August 13, 2010 9:31 AM in reply to The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
Right on.
If the Repubs take back the house, you're looking at Chairman Gohmert of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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JEP07
August 13, 2010 11:05 AM in reply to EnnuiDivine
I wish that was snark...
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Overreach THIS!
August 14, 2010 3:39 AM in reply to JEP07
Me too, mate.
Me too.
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Prefabfan
August 14, 2010 10:15 PM in reply to JEP07
+2. by the way, I think to Joe Six pack, Gohmert won the exchange. He interrupts and Andersen lets him do so. He filibusters, and Andersen does not cut his mic off..
And of course he used the "I used to be a judge" when he gets caught lying, like McCain did when he cheated at the first debate, and listened on the limos radio, his response "He's a war hero for God's sake!!"
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Overreach THIS!
August 13, 2010 11:05 AM in reply to EnnuiDivine
+1
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eztempo
August 13, 2010 3:21 PM in reply to EnnuiDivine
Now that is a truly terrifying thought!
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david hilton
August 13, 2010 4:05 PM in reply to EnnuiDivine
That is such a scary though n/t.
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patmcgrowen
August 14, 2010 3:50 PM in reply to EnnuiDivine
This is EXACTLY why we have to get out the vote in November. The country depends on you voting against the teabaggers. Stuff is really getting crazy. But if these nuts take the country, I believe the time has come for America to divorce on grounds of irreconcilable differences. There will have to be Blue America and Red America. The rightwingers want to abolish the federal government anyway. They want the Individual States of America, so maybe we should just give it to them. There will be no central federal authority. All the red states can lump together and live out the teabag utopia and all the blue states can join together to create a functional society. We are at the breaking point. And this man's behavior has proven that there is little time to turn this thing around. We have an opportunity to get a glimpse of the new world the tea party wants to form, will we sit back and allow it to happen or are we going to work our asses off to get out the vote to send these morons back to the hole they crawled out of?
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alfkuewoiuoaaa
August 15, 2010 9:37 PM in reply to EnnuiDivine
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geofu54
August 13, 2010 9:32 AM in reply to The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
Co-sign.
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Rick Jones
August 13, 2010 9:49 AM in reply to geofu54
+1
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ronik
August 13, 2010 10:19 AM in reply to geofu54
+1
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FreeRider
August 13, 2010 9:38 AM in reply to The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
There's no difference between Democrats and Republicans, don't you know that???
Democrats are also trying to repeal the 14th amendment and stop plots being hatched by terror babies. Democrats also apologized to BP.
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justadood
August 13, 2010 12:04 PM in reply to FreeRider
Look!! Over there!!! Shiny Object!!!
Please, "dems are teh same" is not a valid point to make in this discussion....and distractions like this are as laughable as they are ludicrous.
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Redwood Rhiadra
August 13, 2010 12:07 PM in reply to justadood
You realize FreeRider was being sarcastic there, right?
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expat46
August 13, 2010 12:48 PM in reply to justadood
Please see johnnydoughey comment at 12:19 PM down thread.
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FreeRider
August 13, 2010 4:52 PM in reply to justadood
You're not very bright, are you?
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bibimimi
August 14, 2010 5:21 PM in reply to FreeRider
FreeRider is TPM's Minnesota Mike. *Props*
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hbobrien
August 13, 2010 8:30 PM in reply to FreeRider
Yeah, well... I think his argument is, since Gohmert terrorizes Americans, and since Gohmert is a big baby, therefore Terror Babies must exist. After all, Gohmert is one!
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AirBender
August 13, 2010 10:04 AM in reply to The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
I think there are many very good and defensible reasons to be critical of the current administration. I also have real problems with the almost reflexive defensiveness many commenters display when Obama is criticized, but on this point NCSteve, I say Halle-fuckin-lujah Brother! The Republicans are simply not fit to lead at this time. Until we unequivocally send the message that this kind of demagogic politics loses elections, they will continue down this path. It's up to the voters to so NO!
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Overreach THIS!
August 13, 2010 10:33 AM in reply to The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
Charlie Cook thinks Republicans will pick up 30-50 seats, closer to 50.
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The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
August 13, 2010 11:30 AM in reply to Overreach THIS!
I have yet to see Charlie Cook explain how that happens when the entire Republican lead on the generic national ballot is attributable to their twenty something point lead in the South.
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Overreach THIS!
August 13, 2010 12:30 PM in reply to The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
That's *easy!* The theoretical explanation is because Charlie is the bloody wiz, and you're just some guy!
But obviously, here's hoping you're right, guy!!
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jdb316
August 13, 2010 4:16 PM in reply to The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
Cook is probably operating on the assumption that, whatever voters think of the Republicans, they're so disgusted with the current going-ons in Washington that they'll vote Republican simply because the Democrats are the party in power and we only have two viable choices in our political system.
Either that or he believes that the Democratic base and independents (such as there are anymore) will stay home on Election Day, either because they don't feel motivated to take the time and jump through the hoops necessary to vote or because they think we're screwed no matter who wins.
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chameleon
August 13, 2010 12:29 PM in reply to Overreach THIS!
Charlie Cook is delusional like the rest of the mainstream media. There is no way the average joe q public will vote for these people. I'm not buying it. I know we have a terribly uninformed electorate but I think the message will be loud and clear come November.
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Overreach THIS!
August 13, 2010 12:37 PM in reply to chameleon
I hope you're right, and I do not share your confidence.
The American electorate was there for George Bush, let's not forget. To me that really is the epitome of stupid, and after that, I will never lose money by underestimating their intelligence, as Mencken would say.
Two-thirds thought Saddam Hussein was behind 9/11 for how many years? Hope you're right, and I do worry.
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chameleon
August 13, 2010 2:19 PM in reply to Overreach THIS!
Your comparing apples and oranges. This is not 2000. Look the republicans have played their hand and they have sold their party to the tea partiers. I do not believe the public (as uniformed as they are) will vote for a party who wants to cut their unemployment insurance benefits, accuses them of preferring to collect benefits over jobs, and want to go back to the way things were. There are also the former republicans who have been disenfranchised. They may not vote for the dems, but they certainly won't vote for the crazies and a lot of them will just stay home. This is media manipulation at its finest.
I'm not buying it.
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Overreach THIS!
August 14, 2010 2:07 AM in reply to chameleon
Again, hope you're right. You do frame the argument well.
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Cincinnatus C
August 14, 2010 12:09 PM in reply to chameleon
What's worrisome to me is that many voters are uninformed to the extent that they don't even know that Republicans blocked unemployment benefits; they just know that Democrats have the majority and that unemployment benefits were temporarily cut off. I forget the statistic, but the number of Americans who are unaware of the filibuster's existence is staggering--to these people, what happens or does not happen in America is the fault of the Democrats because they have the majority and can therefore do whatever they want. That does't make me feel good about the will of the people in November.
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Dave
August 14, 2010 1:48 PM in reply to Cincinnatus C
Facts have little meaning in an election. It's all about the message and who's is more clear. So far I think that the Dems are doing better than before but it's always an uphill battle with a bad economy. Still, our losses will probably be modest this year, similar to how the Republicans did in 82.
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chameleon
August 14, 2010 5:02 PM in reply to Dave
I agree. I think there may be a few losses in the house but I don't anticipate any in the Senate. I agree that's optimistic but I don't believe the loss will be significant. The messaging is important. Need to remind the lazies where we were in 2009 and where we have come and while not good enough we are headed in the "right" direction. Also need to take credit for all of the things the dems have done - compared to the other side. John Q Public may be lazy but they aren't stupid, they see what's happening to their lives and their livelihoods. We just need to keep pounding it home from now until and I think the dems will.
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Dave
August 14, 2010 7:10 PM in reply to chameleon
What people don't seem to understand is that statewide elections like for the Senate or Governor are entirely about the two candidates and not the national mood. Take California for example; Schwartzenegger won in a landslide in 2006 even though the Dems won nationally and California is blue. Minnesota is one of the bluest States and yet they haven't had a Dem in the Governor's mansion since 1990 and they've had several Repub Senators. The Republicans have nominated some incredibly weak candidates this year and it will cost them. The House is less predictable because fewer voters even know their Congressman.
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chameleon
August 14, 2010 4:20 PM in reply to Cincinnatus C
That's what campaigning is all about. The dems will get out their message in the last month or two when it counts and up to the election and remember we have the best campaigner in the country, the President. I am confident we will get out the vote and get out the message. Have some faith. The ammunition with all of the video that can be compiled of these moronic racist scum bags is tremendous. I have no doubt the dems are smart enough to put it all together. Despite what some folks think, the dems aren't sitting around scratching their heads wondering what to do.
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GnomeChompsky
August 15, 2010 11:26 PM in reply to chameleon
I saw last week on either MSNBC or C-Span that only 37% of the population knows that Bush enacted TARP. 47% think Obama did. Many, many people are uninformed, stupid, or both, and they will not hesitate to vote for republicans. It's gonna be a shitty election year.
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chameleon
August 16, 2010 9:36 AM in reply to GnomeChompsky
I am not surprised but I am also not a big fan of polls or believe them to be accurate.
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hbobrien
August 13, 2010 8:36 PM in reply to Overreach THIS!
"I will never lose money by underestimating their intelligence, as Mencken would say."
On the other hand, you're also insisting on your right to not make any money by accurately estimating their intelligence. Also, what's your evidence Mencken knew anything about the topic of money in the first place?
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mmanion
August 13, 2010 1:31 PM in reply to chameleon
My concern is that John Q public is too demoralized to vote (or no longer has a permanent address to even register what with the escalating foreclosure mess). What the majority believes is less important than what actually motivates them to get off their rear ends and vote. It's not so difficult to fire up the perpetually angry and get them to the polls--a clear advantage for the wingnuts. We've got that to contend with, in addition to our own side further demoralizing itself by biting the hand that feeds it (thanks loads, Robert F'in Gibbs).
Plus, look at what's happening in Nevada. Sharon Angle would be a pathetic choice to run a Sunday school class--even with supervision, but she's essentially neck and neck with Reid. It might be hard for us to accept, but it could well be that the majority of Americans are mentally retarded (and before I get pounced on for using the 'R' word, I mean it in the literal sense--their mental development and ability to reason somehow came to an abrupt and premature stop-- I blame the WWE and American Idol).
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chameleon
August 13, 2010 2:15 PM in reply to mmanion
I just don't believe the polls - especially this far out. I don't think most people are really watching all this stuff - we are pol junkies - most folks aren't. And don't forget, the republicans have virtually lost the hispanic vote and they cannot win without them - and they can't win with 27% of the vote either.
I think the dems will get out the vote and don't forget we still have Obama who knows a little bit about campaigning and winning.
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MoCrash
August 13, 2010 8:25 PM in reply to chameleon
I would suggest that while Democrats in general are not polling well, the view from the district level of their individual member of Congress is distinctly different. Missouri CD8 is conservative, but Ike Skelton (D) -- a moderate Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (major installations Ft. Leonard Wood and Whiteman AFB are in his district) -- will be re-elected. In many other districts, Democratic incumbents are probably safe, especially with their familiar names on the ballot.
There may be a shift, but we're not looking at 1994 -- especially since the Republicans have no theme as compelling as the Contract With America. The GOP is unfocused and rudderless and only the Tea Party activism -- also unfocused and rudderless -- is giving it momentum (much like liberals voting Democratic, the Tea Partiers have nowhere else to go but Republican).
The only think I can predict is that it's going to get ugly (or should that be uglier?). So what else is new?
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chameleon
August 14, 2010 4:23 PM in reply to MoCrash
The uglier the better. Let these reprobates keep showing how crazy they are. Bring it on!!!
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democratICnproud
August 13, 2010 3:08 PM in reply to Overreach THIS!
OMG !!!
Charlie Cook is least objective "pollster" currently plying their trade. He has never, and will never, present a poll that shows Democrats in a favorable position. He demagogs, slants and spins to make Republicans seems like they are not the crazy bunch of juvenile, self-indulging morons they actually are. Yes, he knowingly lies and makes up shit just like the fools he props up. Charlie Cook??? Oh please.
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toddincabo
August 13, 2010 5:41 PM in reply to democratICnproud
exactly..I never cared for that fat, smug, blowhole.
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toddincabo
August 13, 2010 5:52 PM in reply to Overreach THIS!
The only thing cooked about Charlie is his brain.
Wait till the ads start busting the thugs for their obstructionism and their hypocritical bullshit on the stimulus...
Gonna' be some good ones....the majority of voters are not that into this stuff right now but will definitely be filled in soon.
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johnnydoughey
August 13, 2010 12:19 PM in reply to The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
Voting against Republican loons does not necessarily mean if you vote for a Democrat you will not get a loon... nor does voting against a clown like this mean you must vote for one of the other mobs thugs...
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The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
August 13, 2010 12:41 PM in reply to johnnydoughey
I hope the visible glow conferred by your moral perfection and political purity that keeps you from distinguishing between corruption and madness keep you warm and safe if the madmen take over. I'm sure it was a great comfort to all the Weimer-era Communists who couldn't bring themselves to vote for Social Democrats while they were being starved, worked and beaten to death in concentration camps.
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hbobrien
August 13, 2010 8:23 PM in reply to johnnydoughey
"Voting against Republican loons does not necessarily mean if you vote for a Democrat you will not get a loon..."
And the race is not always to the swift, nor victory always to the strong.
But that's the way to bet.
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chameleon
August 13, 2010 12:27 PM in reply to The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
Amen Steve. To all the progs who are unhappy with the Dems this is what you'll get if you stay home or vote green.
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Indie Tarheel
August 13, 2010 12:54 PM in reply to The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
Truth!
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Goober Peas
August 13, 2010 2:18 PM in reply to The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
Your panicked point might hold a little water if it weren’t for this:
http://www.jim-traficant.com/
Perhaps you think Republicans have cornered the market on crazy? Not by a long shot. Nice try though. Gohmert is one of many, many crazed conservatives but the Democratic party is not without its own thinking-impaired. Traficant is just one of the most extreme recent examples.
Of course there are those here, I’m quite sure, that will twist themselves into unimaginable yoga poses trying to defend the blatant betrayals and self-interest of the Blue Dogs and “independent” Democrats and other turncoats because, well, they are Democrats! And they are not crazy Republicans! What they actually do and say and legislate has little place in this argument.
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Catsy
August 13, 2010 3:06 PM in reply to Goober Peas
Refresh me, what state or district does Traficant represent?
Oh that's right: he doesn't, because he's a convicted felon that the House voted 420-1, and after spending seven years in prison now speaks at Tea Party rallies, and is running as an "independent" with a platform of repealing the 16th Amendment.
That Jim Traficant? That's your counterpoint to "Republicans are too dangerous to be trusted with public office"?
Let's run down the list of other Dems who rise to the level of corruption and sheer lunacy of today's GOP, shall we?
Let's see, there's Charlie Rangel. Whoops, he's being charged with a bunch of ethics violations by the Dem-controlled Ethics Committee and is very likely going to lose his seat and/or chairmanships.
There's Maxine Waters: also charged by the Ethics Committee. No opinion on the validity of the charges, but the point is that there's smoke and the Dems are looking for fire instead of setting up fans to blow away the smoke.
And then there's... well, my imagination is failing me.
There are corrupt, insane and stupid people on the Democratic side too. The difference is one of sheer scale--we're talking about orders of magnitude here--and in the fact that we clean our own house when we find corrupt loons. The GOP elevates their loons to prominent positions and has institutionalized the kind of corruption you have to scour Wikipedia to find on the Dem side.
You have no argument.
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Catsy
August 13, 2010 3:07 PM in reply to Catsy
That should read, "that the House voted 420-1 to expel".
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barrelhse
August 13, 2010 4:35 PM in reply to Catsy
Not to mention the GOP refusal to even investigate charges against Repugs during the Bush Reich.
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FreemanW
August 13, 2010 10:22 PM in reply to The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
+ to infinity and beyond
It's astonishing.
Just when you witness some insane behavior by these Reprobates and conclude that they could not possibly get any crazier, boom, you're wrong and they manage to pull one out and get crazier.
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agio
August 13, 2010 9:30 AM
R-TX = Batshit crazy.
Actually, batshit has legitimate uses.
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IbiVonTaterBacon
August 13, 2010 11:41 AM in reply to agio
I use batshit to grow some serious sinsemilla.
Gohmert = week fertilizer...
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IbiVonTaterBacon
August 13, 2010 11:44 AM in reply to IbiVonTaterBacon
Whoops - I meant weed fertilizer.
I need to lay off for a day or two.
:)
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toddincabo
August 13, 2010 5:59 PM in reply to IbiVonTaterBacon
this dude needs a little of that sensi
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pengo
August 13, 2010 9:32 AM
Terror Babies. Say it with me, "Terror Babies."
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CTHankster
August 13, 2010 9:38 AM in reply to pengo
My wife and I were lucky. Our son, now a college graduate, was a very easy and well-behaved baby.
But not all babies are well-behaved. And inevitably, when you come across difficult babies--terror babies--it turns out that they hate us for our freedoms.
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DanF
August 13, 2010 10:05 AM in reply to CTHankster
My youngest decided that that midnight was the perfect time to throw a tantrum. It. Was. Awesome. Not. Fortunately, she's on our side.
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Mom, Esq.
August 13, 2010 10:12 AM in reply to CTHankster
I find myself frequently telling my children that I don't negotiate with terrorists.
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expat46
August 13, 2010 10:24 AM in reply to Mom, Esq.
LOL! That's a good policy.
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Majorajam
August 13, 2010 4:45 PM in reply to Mom, Esq.
Brilliant. You win the internets for today.
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August 15, 2010 2:31 PM in reply to Majorajam
Wins the whole Internets for a whole day?
On second thought, you're right. She wins the whole Internets.
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agio
August 13, 2010 10:47 AM in reply to pengo
Muppet babies are scarier, if you ask me.
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jeffgee
August 13, 2010 12:11 PM in reply to pengo
Another plush toy from Ty?
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pengo
August 13, 2010 9:32 AM
Terror Babies. Say it with me, "Terror Babies."
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barnacle
August 13, 2010 10:46 AM in reply to pengo
Terror Babies.
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Bar Kafka
August 13, 2010 12:15 PM in reply to barnacle
I guess "Anchor Babies" isn't scary enough for getting campaign contributions and poll bumps.
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SchoolyT
August 14, 2010 5:37 PM in reply to Bar Kafka
Next up on the GOP-a-rama, Nazi Kittens. They were planted here 70 years ago and are planning their attacks on 9/11/2010. Then after that, waves of Commie Puppies! So adorable, but uber dangerous and DEFINITELY not house trained!
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braveomatic
August 13, 2010 11:55 AM in reply to pengo
Infant Jihad.
Toddler Combatants.
-Me? Like Colbert, I'm more concerned with the bears organizing and rising up against us.
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donquijoterocket
August 13, 2010 6:39 PM in reply to braveomatic
Especially if they'd uphold the right to arm bears.Colbert has never, to my knowledge spoken to this point while I think it would make things more fair, just, and interesting and the woods a lot less crowded.
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Blueline99
August 13, 2010 12:04 PM in reply to pengo
Gohmert reminds me of those people who swear that Las Vegas Casinos cheat at their games...
I'm sure there are ways for them to cheat their patrons, but the reality is, why would they?
The same is true for the terrorist threat. Why would they? They have much more effective ways to recruit terrorists and there are plenty of examples of that... the terrorist are smarter than that and they probably are laughing at us with loons like this in our government
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slb
August 13, 2010 1:53 PM in reply to Blueline99
Absolutely. They are already using the Internet to recruit disaffected American Muslims. That's a much more efficient use of recruitment resources than sending a pregnant woman halfway around the world, keeping her in the U.S. until she delivers, and then flying them both back to where they came from, and taking the chance that the resulting child is going to be a suitable jihadi candidate in 15 or 20 years.
Hey, Gohmert, you want to do something to fight jihadi recruitment of American citizens? Here's what you should do:
(1) You and the other members of your party get of your nay-saying asses and work to get some real job-creating programs going in this country. And no, I do not mean tax cuts for billionaires.
(2) Work to tamp down the anti-Muslim fever that your side has been stoking lately. Stop protesting the construction of mosques and try treating Muslims like real people. If you make them into outsiders, how can you be surprised when they react as if they were outsiders?
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geofu54
August 13, 2010 9:35 AM
A nut at his nuttiest. Wow.
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Overreach THIS!
August 13, 2010 11:18 AM in reply to geofu54
Must have been some judge, you know?
He's an actual former judge. Wow.
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TruthWithoutFear
August 13, 2010 11:32 AM in reply to Overreach THIS!
An ACTIVIST judge!!!
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jeffgee
August 13, 2010 12:12 PM in reply to Overreach THIS!
How did he ever get through law school and the Bar exam?
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Overreach THIS!
August 13, 2010 12:21 PM in reply to jeffgee
Well, the bar, all I can think of is that it was maybe an oral exam in his case, and he just shouted at that them the whole time about how he was obviously right and that their questions missed the entire point and that the legal system was in serious danger.
My only idea, that.
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Dogger
August 13, 2010 1:56 PM in reply to jeffgee
He passed the bar in 1977, and entered Congress in 2005. Apparently, he went batshit crazy between those dates.
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BeeClone
August 13, 2010 1:03 PM in reply to Overreach THIS!
But he is from Texas.
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slb
August 13, 2010 1:44 PM in reply to Overreach THIS!
Well, a Texas judge. So was Alberto Gonzalez. They have different standards in Texas. I think as long as you can pronounce the word "guilty," you qualify to be a Texas judge.
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Scheherazade
August 13, 2010 3:30 PM in reply to slb
I'm sure being able to say "death penalty" helps too.
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Overreach THIS!
August 14, 2010 3:37 AM in reply to Scheherazade
Indeed!
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August 13, 2010 9:35 AM
I'm surprised he's not for tagging those babies so that we can target them with drones later on.
But then Democrats are the fascists.
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a4638809
August 13, 2010 9:36 AM
Holy shit.
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free2bme
August 13, 2010 9:37 AM
gohmert pyle - the only gaping hole I see is between your ears.
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RuperttheBear
August 13, 2010 9:39 AM
I, for one, welcome our new unhinged overlords.
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Newbian Princess
August 13, 2010 9:41 AM
I'd like to punch Gohmert in the adam's apple.
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greenmean
August 13, 2010 9:49 AM in reply to Newbian Princess
In the adam's apple, I love it!!!!
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bwindrip
August 13, 2010 10:00 AM in reply to Newbian Princess
I would not wish to punch Rep. Gohmert in the adam's apple, and I would not wish to see you do so, either.
But I would pay to see Anderson Cooper do it.
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Nowukkers
August 13, 2010 10:30 AM in reply to bwindrip
I would pay to see Anderson Cooper bite this guy's adam's apple clear out of his neck and then sell the lump on ebay to raise money for the patriotification of terrorist babies cos Looorrddd knows, they're gonna need some straightenin' out in that Texas/Murken way.
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Msinformed
August 13, 2010 10:34 AM in reply to bwindrip
I kept waiting for Anderson to say, "We'll be happy to look at your gaping hole." Or "Please just shut your gaping hole."
Gohmert sounded like he had a few to drink.
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kctex
August 13, 2010 9:48 AM
I am embarrassed to be a Texan today. le sigh.
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dsavio
August 13, 2010 9:57 AM in reply to kctex
surely, not only today??
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toddincabo
August 13, 2010 11:45 AM in reply to dsavio
no shit !
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dvoconnor
August 13, 2010 11:00 AM in reply to kctex
Keep in mind that Texas is also home to Jim Hightower, Bill Moyers, Molly Ivans, and Dan Rather.
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kctex
August 13, 2010 11:50 AM in reply to dvoconnor
Well said. And Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon!
So now that we have all these terror babies, what are we to do with them?? I have....a modest proposal...
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DancingBear
August 13, 2010 12:33 PM in reply to kctex
Oh, sure, glorify another immigrant who came over here to take a job away from an American.
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kctex
August 13, 2010 5:53 PM in reply to DancingBear
What do you think the "dream" really stands for? duh.
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jonez
August 13, 2010 12:46 PM in reply to dvoconnor
yeah, but they killed Kennedy.
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MoCrash
August 13, 2010 8:37 PM in reply to dvoconnor
Of course, Molly Ivins used to point out that Texas liberals had to be tough and resilient, since they constantly faced failure.
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PSzymeczek
August 13, 2010 11:14 PM in reply to dvoconnor
Not to mention John Henry Faulk. But, then, I just did.
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holdie1
August 13, 2010 9:48 AM
Um, that theory is pretty much the plot of the Angelina Jolie movie "Salt". Maybe he's just confusing reality with the movies. Like Reagan.
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wendynyc
August 13, 2010 10:59 AM in reply to holdie1
Also a Dylan McDermott mini-series called "The Grid."
The terrorist was a blond, blue-eyed, 20-year-old. When the Michigan Militia guy being questioned about who he'd sold weapons to insisted "couldn't be a Muslim, this guy was white." the FBI interrogater responded "Yes, definitely Caucasian. From the Caucasus. He's Chechnyan."
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Ugg the Repug
August 13, 2010 9:51 AM
Har har har. He was a JUDGE! Holy friggin' crap! Har har har.
p.s. Gohmert, however does make a good argument to doubt human evolution. Har har har.
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Sir Craig
August 13, 2010 11:42 AM in reply to Ugg the Repug
Ugg: This presupposes that Gohmert is actually human as opposed to, say, merely a rather vocal piece of bread mold. My bet is on him being ergot...
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Ugg the Repug
August 13, 2010 11:48 AM in reply to Sir Craig
OK, but it argues against the evolution of slime molds. Har har har.
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vickj
August 13, 2010 12:03 PM in reply to Ugg the Repug
Ugg... you're sounding very articulate today...
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Ugg the Repug
August 13, 2010 12:24 PM in reply to vickj
Har har har. Maybe Ugg evolve via TPM? "Via?" where fuck that come from? Har har har.
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SleepinJeezus
August 13, 2010 9:53 AM
Wow! This is a painful train wreck to watch - almost like something scripted by Tennessee Williams. It's a pathetic (word chosen carefully!) performance worthy of admission to a rubber room. And yet, he's given a seat in Congress? Seriously, Texas, what were you thinking?
I find no joy in this. I'm actually embarrassed for the Republicans, and ashamed for our Congress.
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expat46
August 13, 2010 10:23 AM in reply to SleepinJeezus
I'm ashamed for our country. Terror babies is just the latest outrage.
IMO the debates over the ground zero mosque and the 14th amendment are a test of our national character. These are concepts that define us as a nation and the world is watching.
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The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
August 13, 2010 11:45 AM in reply to SleepinJeezus
Thing is, this guy's the norm among Congressional Republicans. You can count the sane ones on your fingers and toes, and half of them are such useless whores they might as well be crazy.
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slb
August 13, 2010 1:59 PM in reply to SleepinJeezus
He owes his seat to Tom Delay's mid-decade redistricting shenanigans.
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Outraged
August 13, 2010 9:53 AM
You know the old Shakespearean line about him "protesting too much"? Wow!
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psyclone
August 13, 2010 9:59 AM
Well, it's true that babies can be scary sometimes, I'll give him that much.
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Signalman
August 13, 2010 10:00 AM
Rhymes with "spithead."
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barnacle
August 13, 2010 10:48 AM in reply to Signalman
shithead?
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jcgrim
August 13, 2010 10:00 AM
Why is the south afflicted with so many head-trauma crazy pols?
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dsavio
August 13, 2010 10:05 AM in reply to jcgrim
lack of education funding
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vickj
August 13, 2010 12:04 PM in reply to jcgrim
Read the book 'Bad Religion' by Kevin Phillips... they're still fighting the Civil War...
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August 13, 2010 12:17 PM in reply to jcgrim
I think it's because they use only textbooks approved for use in TX!
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SchrodingersCat
August 13, 2010 3:16 PM in reply to jcgrim
It's the heat.
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Walter Mitty
August 13, 2010 10:03 AM
Cooper had a take down of another "terror babies" believer not a day or so earlier, and I believe she was from Texas as well. At one point the congresswoman said "I didn't think I was going to be grilled" after Cooper kept demanding proof and wouldn't let her dance around the issue. Gomert was just being chivalrous in defending her honor against the evil Anderson Cooper.
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a4638809
August 13, 2010 10:15 AM in reply to Walter Mitty
Rep. Debbie Riddle (R-TX):
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/08/ex-fbi-official-debunks-terror-babies-conspiracy-theory-on-cnn-video.php
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Rick Jones
August 13, 2010 11:27 AM in reply to a4638809
Proof? We don't need no stinking proof.
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toddincabo
August 13, 2010 12:16 PM in reply to a4638809
Wow....talk about Fire Marsall Debbie....
....scary
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toddincabo
August 13, 2010 12:18 PM in reply to toddincabo
oops...Fire Marshall
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August 13, 2010 3:41 PM in reply to toddincabo
She can eat corn-on-the-cob through a picket fence.
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expat46
August 13, 2010 5:37 PM in reply to Allan
Looks like she was weaned on a pickle.
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toddincabo
August 13, 2010 6:03 PM in reply to expat46
yeah....that's what you get when you buy your dentures from your vet
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Lestatdelc
August 13, 2010 8:37 PM in reply to expat46
LOL touché
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FlownOver
August 13, 2010 10:52 AM in reply to Walter Mitty
Seriously. The nutters believe news organizations exist to promote the spouting of any unsupported crap-of-the-day arguments. Hence the entirety of the Obtuse Angle media strategy.
CNN – and all responsible news organizations – should let it be known that interviewees who won't engage in legitimate Q&A won't get any more free ("earned media") face time.
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jeffgee
August 13, 2010 12:17 PM in reply to Walter Mitty
This will give him an excuse to go to Fox and whine about how he was mistreated by the librul media. The Fox can catapult the propaganda and crow about how their ratings are the best in cable news. I'm betting he shows up on every Fox show that'll have him, starting with Fox & Friends.
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dsavio
August 13, 2010 10:04 AM
Louie Gohmert may be a Liberal plant.
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August 13, 2010 3:45 PM in reply to dsavio
Definitely a plant. Still trying to decide whether he's a nut, fruit, or vegetable.
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greenmean
August 13, 2010 4:04 PM in reply to Allan
Is he kin to Minnie Pearl?
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SchoolyT
August 14, 2010 7:34 PM in reply to Allan
When he grows up, he wants to be an amoeba. Everyone's gotta have goals. Not a plant, although I can see where he is a plant but wants to evolve.
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twoangstroms
August 13, 2010 10:06 AM
Well, they're both wrong in a journamalism way. Both have staked their positions on a single source: Cooper on one ex-FBI agent, Gohmert on some paranoid delusion apparition. Okay, so Gohmert's case is insane, but really, why is Cooper taking one person's word for it?
"If your mother says she loves you -- get a second source."
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expat46
August 13, 2010 10:37 AM in reply to twoangstroms
Not! Cooper called the actual FBI not the department of Retired Batshit-crazy Anonymous Former FBI.
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Severus
August 13, 2010 11:20 AM in reply to expat46
Right. I may be in the minority, but on the whole, I think Anderson Cooper is better than most TV journalists. It's a hard medium, and he seems to try harder than most to get to the truth. Like most of the TV news folks, he makes false equivalinecies, but more often than most, he'll take one side if it's clear it's the factual side.
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chameleon
August 13, 2010 12:34 PM in reply to Severus
He's not better than Rachel or Keith. He is known to fuel the flames.
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Remny - Brooklyn
August 13, 2010 11:19 AM in reply to twoangstroms
Cooper also said that he had a letter from a spokesman from the FBI who substantiated the viewpoint the the retired FBI agent said on camera.
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a4638809
August 13, 2010 12:03 PM in reply to Remny - Brooklyn
Not to mention that the retired FBI agent, Tom Fuentes, served as Assistant Director of the Office of International Operations between 2004 and 2008. Hardly a nobody.
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twoangstroms
August 13, 2010 12:22 PM in reply to a4638809
Ah, thanks, I missed that. In all the shouty-man stuff, all I heard Cooper talk about was the retired FBI source.
Yeah, didn't mean to sound like I was justifying the nutcase at all, but I am sensitive to much of TV media and pundits just pulling out "well, this other person says... ."
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slb
August 13, 2010 6:16 PM in reply to twoangstroms
It was on the chyron in the video clip that Anderson showed. Gohmert dismissively referred to him as a "supervisor."
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expat46
August 13, 2010 10:08 AM
He did get one thing right when he said "I'm an easy target."
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jeffs
August 13, 2010 10:09 AM
I've seen terror babies in the supermarket, most often in the cereal aisle and checkout lines.
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eb123
August 13, 2010 12:56 PM in reply to jeffs
More terrorizing are the ones in airplanes.
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Lestatdelc
August 13, 2010 3:11 PM in reply to jeffs
Toy R' Us was a veritable ground zero of terror babies. They had explosive ones that would go off at the mere whisper of the sound formed by the word "no".
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tgh86
August 13, 2010 10:11 AM
I can't stop picturing this guy waking up in a cold sweat crying "FILL THE HOLE!!!" and sucking his thumb while his wife rocks him back to sleep.
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Sun Tzu
August 13, 2010 10:11 AM
The really scary thing about all these crackpots is that they are representative of actual constituencies who support all these paranoid delusions.
When you look at this guy, you are looking at the face of America. Sarah Palin would even go as far as to claim it is the "real" America
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BigJay
August 13, 2010 10:12 AM
So, essentially, take his word because he has a secret "former-FBI agent" that is telling him things he cannot reveal to anyone because he told them he wouldn't use their name... Sounds convenient...
Oh, and we HAD credible evidence that there was going to be an attack on 9/11, you dumb-@$$ Republicans from Texas ignored it.
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maggie33
August 13, 2010 10:34 AM in reply to BigJay
I was wondering why no one had mentioned that we DID have a credible warning on 8/6/01. Funny how all the Republicans have forgotten that Bush was warned almost a week ahead of 9/ll.
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mycomment
August 13, 2010 11:19 AM in reply to maggie33
yeah ... cooper dropped the ball on that opening...
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slb
August 13, 2010 6:24 PM in reply to BigJay
I'm not 100 percent sure he even said that his retired FBI source even confirmed this. He first got the story, apparently, from some woman who was sitting next to him on the plane. (Oh, yeah, that's a real credible source -- some random woman sitting next to you on an airplane.) And he said something about discussing it with this retired FBI guy, but I can't say I ever actually heard him claim that the guy confirmed the existence, or even the suspicion, of a plot. Is it possible that his source, assuming he exists, actually told him, no, I've never heard anything about that, and that's the reason Gohmert doesn't want to identify him?
Of course, just because the guy was once in the FBI is no guarantee that he's not just as much a conspiracy nut as Gohmert is. I mean, Gordon Liddy was once a CIA agent, and I imagine there are similar guys in the FBI as well.
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blkblt
August 13, 2010 10:17 AM
I've always been a little scared of babies, now I know why.
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Spyder308
August 13, 2010 10:17 AM
Texas should be encouraged to secede. The crazy people there elect the craziest of their brethren to Congress, it is the most polluted state in the nation, and it is owned by oil companies.
Are all republican leaders crazy? This is similar to the problem with Muslem extremists. I am sure there are reasonable republican leaders, but they are aparently afraid to speak up, and all we hear from it the crazy extremists.
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TheIronCage
August 13, 2010 10:46 AM in reply to Spyder308
I completely agree with you. Let Texas secede, and all the crazies can move there. It will be a teabag paradise. No foreign aid from the U.S. though, and I propose that we'd have a highly militarized southern border to prevent illegals from taking advantage of our country's perks. God Bless America Without Texas.
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Ego
August 13, 2010 11:03 AM in reply to TheIronCage
That's a great idea. I wonder if Arizona and NM could trade places so that Texas could annex them in too. And a build a dang fence around both states. Perfect solution.
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vickj
August 13, 2010 12:08 PM in reply to Spyder308
I wish these charlatans were successful in breaking up the US into separate state/countries. Then Minnesota could declare war on Texas and bomb some of these idiots into oblivion...
Sorry - just daydreaming...
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amber
August 13, 2010 10:25 AM
JUDGES IN TEXAS ARE ELECTED!
Just in case there is any mistake that somehow this freaky right-wing nutjob should somehow be held to a higher standard because he's a former judge. Congressman Gohmert is all politics and aparently an jackass.
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amber
August 13, 2010 10:28 AM in reply to amber
Excuse me, aparently Congressman Gohmert is A jackass.
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TIMMY
August 13, 2010 10:32 AM
So if we just get rid of all the brown people, everything will be fine.
And I guess he believes that we should also get rid of the non-Christans.
And maybe we should get rid of all the poor people. Wouldn't that solve a bunch of problems.
And he hates teachers too....unionized ones. Let's get rid of them.
In fact, let's get rid of all commie union members.
Oh, I almost forgot....got to get rid of all the gays and lesbians.
is Thas the final solution? Did I leave anybody out?
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jeffgee
August 13, 2010 12:26 PM in reply to TIMMY
Sounds eerily like that recently banned troll who wanted to send all African Americans back to Africa with a $100,000 parting gift.
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biff diggerence
August 13, 2010 10:32 AM
Can one imagine the average IQ of the vegetables in this moron's district?
"I was a judge".
Christ, in Texas, that's equivalent of a fucking dog catcher.
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JEP07
August 13, 2010 11:06 AM in reply to biff diggerence
except thatt "the pound" he sent PEOPLE to is a Texas prison...
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jcgrim
August 13, 2010 11:19 AM in reply to JEP07
good one!
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amber
August 13, 2010 4:49 PM in reply to jcgrim
Makes their death penalty crown just that much more frightening.
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Whosits
August 13, 2010 10:39 AM
I would suggest that everyone keep a copy of this on their hard drive and every time a Blue Dog rep or Ben Nelson does something that makes you want to vomit, watch this....
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Steaming Pile
August 13, 2010 11:44 AM in reply to Whosits
He's not really helping his "cause" you know. People like him should confine their ranting to Fox News, where people happily eat this kind of shit like chocolate ice cream.
I remember a time when the GOPers kept their loonies under wraps during election season.
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timqz1
August 13, 2010 10:43 AM
Jeez, is there something in the Texas water that rots people's brains? I agree with Spyder. Let Texas secede and Texans stew in their own idiocy without dragging down the rest of the country.
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amati1684
August 13, 2010 10:46 AM
What a harrowing ride. Where was Rep.Gohmert when W declined to take the suggestions of the 9/11 Commission on dealing with gaping holes in our security in places such as ports? Did Gohmert make these awful wailing noises then?
Given his amply demonstrated lack of respect for the concept of presenting evidence, I find it hard to believe this man was ever a sitting judge. But, if he were a judge, he appears to be the sort who would happily hand out the death sentence on the flimsiest of prosecutions. That's the way they like it in Texas.
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jeffgee
August 13, 2010 12:25 PM in reply to amati1684
Or that W dismissed the hair-on-fire CIA guy who warned in August 2001 of a big impending AQ attack, cuz it was interfering with his hard-earned vacation after 7 grueling months of presidency.
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AlphaLiberal
August 13, 2010 10:48 AM
Well it's a relief to finally see someone in the MSM with some stones to call these demagogues on their BS.
Gohmert is behaving exactly like Joe McCarthy. Exactly.
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a4638809
August 13, 2010 11:17 AM in reply to AlphaLiberal
There's a distinction. Joseph McCarthy had the intellectual capacity to be able to express his views in an articulate and seemingly thoughtful manner. This one sounds like a mental patient on the loose.
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IMNOTBITTER
August 13, 2010 10:50 AM
This guy is very preoccupied with "Gapping Holes" Hmmmmm that must mean that he is front for gay Jihadists who come to this country and foment for gay marriage to destroy our culture and adopt babies so they can raise them to be JIHADIST TERRORISTS!!!!!! MMMMWWWWWAAAAAAHHHHHHAAAAAAAA !
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kenga
August 13, 2010 12:13 PM in reply to IMNOTBITTER
Veiled goatse reference?
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August 13, 2010 10:51 AM
I called Gohmert's office WEEKS ago after his initial outbursts and grilled his staff. They admitted then that Gomer had never reported anything he "witnessed" to the authorities, so I concluded then that his evidence was an email forwarded to him by his alcoholic Nazi aunt Louise.
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jcricket
August 13, 2010 10:54 AM
It's not a courtroom
translated: I don't have to tell the truth.
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jeffgee
August 13, 2010 10:55 AM
Gohmert: "You have to believe that the terrorists are more stupid than these entrepreneurs in Chahnuh."
No you have to believe that Texans are stupid enough to elect this bozo.
Texas- secede away. You gave us Bush, DeLay, Armey, Cornyn, Gohmert. Enough already. We won't miss you.
I guess Louie should follow Sharron Angle and stick to friendlier news venues, like Ailes' GOP-TV, cuz the uthuhs are takin' shots aginst him. And throughout the shouting match he plays the victim card that every GOPer plays when challenged.
Can we get some of that cement from BP and fill the hole that is in Gohmert's head?
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dvoconnor
August 13, 2010 10:56 AM
Welcome to Uh-mur-ika, where the likes of Louie Gohmert can become a judge and a member of the United States House of Representatives.
Note to the ACLU or the Southern Poverty Law Center: Can somebody review this guy's judicial record? I suspect we might find evidence of bias here and there.
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kasinca
August 13, 2010 10:57 AM
Any takers who want to prove to me that teabaggers and wingnuts are not certifiably insane? Come on and bet.
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August 13, 2010 10:57 AM
twoangs - because you can't prove a negative so Anderson has nothing to prove. However, he not only got the former FBI agent on camera - he also got a statement from the current FBI saying it's BS. So I'd say Anderson is on pretty solid journalistic grounds here.
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BrownEye
August 13, 2010 10:58 AM
C'mon people, give 'em a break. Suicide vest on a baby wouldn't be much more than a firecracker. We can handle that.
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mycomment
August 13, 2010 11:00 AM
and how many times did that freakin' nitwit use 'gaping hole' ... i'm thinking that's a frank luntz approved term.
please, texas, secede.
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Godwhacker
August 13, 2010 11:01 AM
The only 'gapping hole' I see is Gohmert's mouth. Way to go GOP!
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jeffgee
August 13, 2010 12:29 PM in reply to Godwhacker
"Your mouth
is your religion
you put your faith in a hole like that?"
Frank Zappa
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Sir Craig
August 13, 2010 11:05 AM
Ooh, sorry, wrong answer there, Congressman. Everyday people and policies are judged, and you have been found guilty of paranoid nonsense.
This almost makes me look forward to moving to Texas - it gives me the opportunity to attempt to vote these loons out of office.
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tinsk
August 13, 2010 11:07 AM
One could look at the entire tea party movement as the "Gomertization" of America. It is something we all need to fear.
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henk
August 13, 2010 11:08 AM
Pray to God that you don't end up in front of a "Judge" in Texas. This guy is dumber than dirt and he was a JUDGE! Good Lord.
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chimpale
August 13, 2010 11:10 AM
Thank you, Gohmert. You've performed a valuable service. I love this clip. This is a perfect example of pure indefensible bullshit being thwarted by reality and reason. Notice how Gohmert pauses when Cooper pauses and starts throwing up a verbal barrage the instant Copper starts to speak again. It's what the rethugs practice at. They work at being able to keep blabbing while the other person is trying to speak.
I suspect that the 25% who thought Bush was a great president and probably the same 25% who approve of the Tea Party would watch this and come out believing that Gohmert actually had a case. Lord help us if there are much more than 25% in this country who could have been persuaded by Gohmert.
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slb
August 13, 2010 6:30 PM in reply to chimpale
That might have been partly the result of satellite delay, but I think there's no question that Gohmert was deliberately trying to talk over him. Kudos to Anderson Cooper for not letting him get away with it. He struck a very nice balance between treating his guest politely and getting his own point across.
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biff diggerence
August 13, 2010 11:14 AM
"Gohmert"
"Gomer"
perfect
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Powkat
August 13, 2010 11:19 AM
Gohmerts said "It's not a courtroom." Exactly - the last thing these crazies want is a courtromm - look what happened with Prop 8 when they were forced to provide evidence - they had none.
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nickrhoward
August 13, 2010 11:19 AM
I'm glad I'm not a Republican; I'd hate to be scared all the time. I bet they still have nightmares over Batboy.
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bidalah
August 13, 2010 11:28 AM
The object of a terrorist is self-descriptive; they want to foment "terror". If Bin Laden could see that interview if he obvious think "mission accomplished". Rep. Gohmert is obviously terrified. 9/11 has reduced him to a paranoid, gibbering little man-child panicking at visions of pregnant terrorists on the march.
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Lestatdelc
August 13, 2010 3:22 PM in reply to bidalah
Well said. This clowns reaction is exactly like those screaming about the NYC "mosque" being built too close to the WTC site. They are reacting exactly like terrorists want them to, and having the exact type of fascist, panicked non-thinking reaction that only validates the jihadists claims about how the west is at war with Islam.
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jimspice
August 13, 2010 11:40 AM
Want to see a terror baby? How 'bout the demon offspring of Gohmert and Sharron Angle.
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chameleon
August 13, 2010 7:02 PM in reply to jimspice
Perfect!!!
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BlueIndependent
August 13, 2010 11:44 AM
IS there any way we can rid our Congress of these insufferable morons? Explain to me why these supposedly so scheming terrorists would be so stupid as to waste time and resources birthing the kid here, where the child is likely to be overtaken by cell phones, Hollywood movies, and observant citizens, when instead they could control the kids' lives over there using the Madrassas? Is the rationale that the kid, being a citizen, would have free reign to pick and choose targets or something? That he'd never be suspected? You can do all that stuff coming over here on a work visa. Further, keeping the kids in the ME would (unfortunately) ensure a greater level of success in keeping them as suicidal religious zombies.
Man alive, that this much stupid is allowed to roam the halls of Congress while many more intelligent people sit at home jobless.
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SoSad69
August 13, 2010 11:47 AM
Which is it? Did he hear about it from a woman on a plane or was it an FBI agent? Or was the woman on the plane an FBI agent? This guy is a prime example of the republican party today. Fear is the only thing they care about. No solutions, no nothing. This guy just keeps saying dumber and dumber stuff. it's incredible. I'm liking the progressives chances in November if Angle, Paul and Gomert keep it up. Little peppering of Bachman, Boener and Palin will do nothing but turn voters off.
Great day to be a liberal.
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Backcountry
August 13, 2010 11:47 AM
I think Gomer is a crazy jihadist -- AND he's stupid.
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sconset
August 13, 2010 11:47 AM
For the life of me, I cannot understand how Gohmert ever fot this far in life.....he is on the House floor every chance he gets spewing utter nonsense that has no reality. When he has his other moronic pals with him ie., Steven King of Iowa, Michelle Bachmann, Tod Akin of Missouri, Ted Bishop of Utah or Idaho, Virginia Fox of North Carolina and John Carter, Texas....it would be hysterical if it wasn't so pathetic to watch them.
These people should be on a locked ward in some Psychiatric facility because they have no grasp of reality.
As for Debbie Riddle of Texas, if she paid for that facelift she was taken to the cleaners because it is hideous.
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Ego
August 13, 2010 12:04 PM
Is this really any different than GWB hoodwinking the country into a war with phony evidence? God help us if the Cons get back into power. They're all loons!
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Ego
August 13, 2010 12:06 PM in reply to Ego
Oh, yeah. And GWB is from Texas too. Perfect.
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Joekuh
August 13, 2010 12:48 PM in reply to Ego
Texas. The mental spill that keeps on spilling.
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docrocktex
August 13, 2010 8:04 PM in reply to Ego
Actually, GWB is from Connecticut.
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jasonnewyork
August 13, 2010 12:07 PM
This guy is not only crazy. He has severe paranoia. Either that or he has created some complicated story and now believes his own lie.
But I don't think the title of this post is correct. Anderson didn't "grill" him. It was no fault of his, but he wasn't allowed the opportunity to "grill" him.
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BrightLightsBigCity
August 13, 2010 12:11 PM
No where else but Tyler, Texas. Way to go Louie. And this guy was a state district judge.
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jeffgee
August 13, 2010 12:21 PM in reply to BrightLightsBigCity
Named after one of the worst presidents in history. He annexed Texas to the Union in 1845. Later a Confederate ally.
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bodie1
August 13, 2010 12:13 PM
Doctor, doctor, readjust Louie's meds, please. If the Dems don't use this clip in their ads, they are foolish.
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psyclone
August 13, 2010 12:18 PM in reply to bodie1
Oh, they won't. They're too polite and civil for that.
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TheOtherWA
August 13, 2010 12:25 PM
I watched this last night and was horrified. This goober is in congress! Gohmert made a complete ass of himself.
Then came the Dr Laura story, and to finish the show, an interview with Sheriff Arpaio of Arizona. AC360 was chock full o'crazy last night.
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August 13, 2010 12:26 PM
I think I see the problem here. The congressman doesn't understand the difference between 'toreism' and 'terrism'.
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Blueline99
August 13, 2010 12:27 PM
I wish someone would say to Gohmert that he is doing the job of a terrorist by trying to scare every American with his batsh1t crazy rants
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mezcalero
August 13, 2010 12:27 PM
Awe, but Terror Babies are so cute! Especially with their little turbans and their little AKs :).
Seriously, what is Bill Dauterive's problem?
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bibimimi
August 13, 2010 1:22 PM in reply to mezcalero
'Bill Dauterive'
chuckle-chuckle.
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August 13, 2010 12:38 PM
I've been called a terrorist by conservatives and my grandmother snuck across the Canadian border back in 1910.
So you see it's a much longer conspiracy then anyone really knows.
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Barry Champlain
August 13, 2010 12:44 PM
Speaking as exactly one American, I do not wish to live in Dumbfuckistan.
Yes, I absolutely DO think I am more "elite" than this white trash, and the white trash he represents. I've had it with the pundits telling us that this societal contingent has every right to have their beliefs respected.
NO THEY DON'T. They're fucking idiots, okay? And they will take Roman Empire II down, just like the first one, if we keep "respecting" them. Is that what we want to happen? Really? Is that worth giving our retarded hillbilly cousins a seat at the table, so they can throw food, piss in their chairs, and puke all over the main course? NOT ON MY DIME!
It all comes down to the next election, folks: do we officially become Dumbfuckistan? In which anyone living in an urban area; anyone not Christian or Jew (for now [g]...); anyone from the East; anyone from the West Coast; anyone Hispanic; anyone gay; any member of the Democratic Party, etc. etc... is suspect. And not quite "American" (and when this happens, watch the mainstream media snuggle-up, yet again, to the forces pushing this meme!).
Because right now, conventional wisdom is that normally sane Americans will be so affected by the horror of actual mosques, coming soon to a good, white Christian neighborhood near you, that their lizard brains will drive them to the polls in November, where they will vote for "the individual" ("I don't vote along party lines! I vote for the individual!"), who will address this swarthy Muslim menace.
Who will happen to be Republican.
It's the "abortion issue" of 2010, folks.
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Joekuh
August 13, 2010 12:51 PM in reply to Barry Champlain
+1. Fear tactics should not get you elected. PERIOD. Its too easy to get information these days for that to happen.
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jw1
August 13, 2010 1:50 PM in reply to Barry Champlain
Understand this about Texas:
We (TX Dems) are just now recovering from the (Tom Delay) gerrymandering of districts in the late nineties. We have a democratic candidate for governor, Bill White, former mayor of Houston-- who will take down Rick Perry this fall.
When you survey the political landscape of Texas--understand that the major metropolises, Houston, Austin, San Antonio, and to a lesser degree Dallas/Ft Worth are the democratic bastions in a huge rural geographic area dominated by conservative local politics.
For the first time in nearly 20 years, I see possibilities. Possibilities of societal change in this state.
Idiots like Gohmert, if they felt safe in their districts? Wouldn't be putting on shows like this serve up red meat to the borderline non-voter.
Secession? From what I understand? Talk of secession is tantamount to treason. Try them all. Come to a verdict. Deport 'em. Nothing could be more deserved.
jw1
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slb
August 13, 2010 2:33 PM in reply to jw1
I sincerely hope you are right!
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BlueIndependent
August 13, 2010 3:52 PM in reply to Barry Champlain
+100
They deserve to be heard, not respected. And thank you for summarizing almost exactly how I feel. These cretins will send this country into a tailspin any chance they get. It's the universal axiom that whoever is crowing the most about how they're protecting you is the one you should most suspect. I wouldn't trust these people to babysit a child. I keep hearing how this group of privileged white whiners (btw I'm white) is shrinking, but cynically speaking, it's not shrinking fast enough. There's still plenty of time to poison the waters before they no longer matter electorally.
We have to find a way to challenge this rhetoric publicly and *often*, otherwise all anyone will ever hear is fear and intimidation. And we know exactly what humanity is best at when those fuels mix.
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PushMe-PullYou
August 13, 2010 12:55 PM
The gaping hole has been found and it is Gohmert.
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bibimimi
August 13, 2010 1:16 PM in reply to PushMe-PullYou
I was wondering what that high-pitched whistle was coming from.
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August 13, 2010 1:06 PM
Full-Blown Gohmert
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August 13, 2010 1:10 PM
Just called his office. East Texas kid answered. Surely he thinks he is doing God's work, as do I when I work for Dems. Made it a point to denote that my mind is blown over this issue. He is probably reconsidering his choice of internship about now.
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bibimimi
August 13, 2010 1:13 PM
"Have you looked online? Stay online, all you have to do --"
Yeah, Gohmer...nobody lies on the internet.
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Scheherazade
August 13, 2010 3:33 PM in reply to bibimimi
Yeah, like I read there were going to gay jihadist who would get married in Cali now so they can get tax perks in order to fund blowing up a water fountain with alien technology that's based on using bubblegum wrappers. You know a story like THAT has got to be true! ; ) hehe
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AmericanDad
August 13, 2010 1:21 PM
OK, yes the guy from Texas is a raving lunatic -- WARNING! Insignificant pet peeve rant ahead! -- but for God's sake Cooper is paid millions to TALK on TV so you'd think that he'd know how to pronounce "tourist"!!! "Tour" is a French word that sounds like "sewer," not "door." He actually changed to the correct sound, then back again to the ignorant Americanism again, late in the conversation. He cannot possibly be as stupid as he sounds. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tour
Sorry. Pet peeve. Go back to your discussion of things that are important.
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bibimimi
August 13, 2010 1:41 PM in reply to AmericanDad
Not insignificant. My butt goes outta joint because well-paid on-air types DO NOT know how to use adverbs.
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slb
August 13, 2010 2:24 PM in reply to bibimimi
The talking heads are some of the worst offenders. Even the best of them. I love Rachel Maddow, but she drives me absolutely crazy every time she uses "to not" instead of "not to". (She's hardly the only offender on that front; a number of the NPR news people -- the younger ones, mostly -- are just as bad.)
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The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
August 13, 2010 3:02 PM in reply to slb
Careful. The people whose pet peeves are people who have pet peeves are are listening. There's this whole thread this other website I'd never heard of before where people went off on me for going off on people who don't know the difference between "tack" and "tact."
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expat46
August 13, 2010 3:44 PM in reply to The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
LMAO...
I kind of like it when the gloves occasionally come off.
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slb
August 13, 2010 6:50 PM in reply to The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
LOL!!! You never know what some other blogger is going to pick up on, do you?
I love the guy who came after you with "My pet peave is people correcting others when it is themselves who are wrong." I'd like to think he was deliberately being funny, but since he misspelled the word twice, I don't think it was deliberate. (Not to mention that his grammar is also a little off.)
I get that a lot of people don't think grammar and spelling are worth worrying about, but I don't think they should expect those of us who love language and hate to see it abused not to protest occasionally when we see it being mistreated.
(And as someone who used to enjoy sailing at summer camp, thanks for trying to keep people straight regarding "tack" and "tact.")
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Bradyhawke
August 13, 2010 1:23 PM
I'm afraid for my son's well being. My racial history is so mixed up it's best to say I'm an Irish/Englishman who tripped head-first into the pub known as the rest of Europe and rolled around in it until last call...
My wife is Chinese/Filipino. Now, both of us were born here, but b/c my wife's parents moved here in the late 60's, I'm afraid that "true" Americans will think that she is a terror-baby all grown up now and prepared to unleash Jihad upon all of us infidels. Now the only thing I can think of that she has done that could remotely be considered part of this plot would be that she had my son, and is grooming him for his future role of destroying this great country.
So far his training has consisted of him spinning in a circle until he falls down giggling, attempts to stand on his head, the swallowing (and eventual passing) of a penny and some phases like "open the door" & "I got the ball."
I really need to know if my wife is secretly grooming my son to take us down. If so, he is the perfect weapon, cuz he just makes me melt every time he smiles at me...
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slb
August 13, 2010 2:37 PM in reply to Bradyhawke
Yep -- today he swallows pennies. Next thing you know it will be tiny little bomblets.
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labman57
August 13, 2010 1:27 PM
Once again, we see that right wingers rarely let reality get in the way of their hyperbolic rhetoric.
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personalrob1
August 13, 2010 1:36 PM
Gohmert is crazy like a fox and like Sarah Palin, narcissistic/paranoid (all his stuff about how it's an attack ON HIM.) Such manipulation of people's emotions!! If he acts crazy/angry/emotional enough, then people might actually believe it. "Gee if he's that upset, there must be something there. Maybe he's a true whistleblower1" Also, weak minds always go to conspiracy - fear being their motivator of choice. It sure ain't "evidence".
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bibimimi
August 13, 2010 1:38 PM
Last time I saw Loopie-Louie, he was workin' a bullhorn like a carnival huckster along side Michele Bachmann [the snake lady] bitchin' about health care to a frothy-mouth bagger scrum on the Capitol Mall.
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Lucieann
August 13, 2010 1:48 PM
Kudos to Anderson Cooper for keeping his cool as long as he did!!
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OhioMan
August 13, 2010 1:58 PM
Why I am I not surprised that the second this loon started talking, he sounded like a backwoods hick without a brain?
I'm getting tired of southern accents, Tom Petty notwithstanding.
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Sniffit
August 13, 2010 2:01 PM
Won't be long now before we start hearing GOPers/conservatives boycotting AC360 and/or CNN alltogether.
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Scheherazade
August 13, 2010 3:36 PM in reply to Sniffit
They already do. FNC is all they watch. : (
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a SC mom
August 13, 2010 2:30 PM
Gohmert sounded nuttier than a fruitcake.
has he been taking lessons from Orly?
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Ego
August 13, 2010 2:37 PM
Strange, Fox News site has no mention of Gohmert or Riddle. What? Are these two clowns too crazy for the Fox Circus?
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Lestatdelc
August 13, 2010 2:38 PM
Wow. This guys sounds like an average whack-job yelling at buildings, somehow getting on television.
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Debra
August 13, 2010 2:51 PM
As a constituent of Rep. Gohmert, I thought you might appreciate some background.
Gohmert was the first Republican representative to be elected in this district since the Civil War. We can thank gerrymandering for that, which weakened the voting influence of the African-American population in this district (as it did all across the South). The local print and broadcast news are as Republican bias as Fox News, so a majority of the voters here (even the young people) have very little access to progressive opinions.
Gohmert was a quiet, thoughtful man when he first took office. He is currently running unopposed by a Republican or Democrat. As a result, in my opinion, he has become a puppet for the Republicans to voice their anti-Muslim fear tactics (hyping Americans for the next war).
To say that all Texans are crazy wingnuts is as ridiculous as it is to say all Muslims are terrorists. There are many Texans who would love to take back our state from Republican control and undo the gerrymandering. I hope you will consider donating to White for Texas governor because that would be a giant first step.
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slb
August 13, 2010 6:54 PM in reply to Debra
We haven't forgotten that Texas was also home to the late, great, Molly Ivins. But Molly made a living off of poking fun at the wingnuts all around here, and you gotta admit, not only does Texas have a bumper crop of wingnut, but they are some of the wingnuttiest wingnuts going. And always highly entertaining!
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bdog207
August 13, 2010 2:58 PM
He's a good example of why all elected officials need a psychiatric evaluation prior to taking office. This should be part of the security clearance, and to keep the loonies out.
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August 13, 2010 3:06 PM
Wow -- anyone else remember Boone Pickens riding that missile -- sure sounded similar to me. How scary that this guy is in VCongress and was a judge. Sure glad I never ended up in his court room.
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castanea
August 13, 2010 4:43 PM in reply to Peter
Slim Pickens?
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Joseph K
August 13, 2010 3:13 PM
Terrier Babies! Terrier Babies! What? Oh, never mind.
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eztempo
August 13, 2010 3:20 PM
The scariest thing about this Gohmert nightmare is that he apparently was actually a judge! This whack-job was entrusted to preside over cases of law? Decide the fate of real people? {shudder!}
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spg
August 13, 2010 3:21 PM
"There's no evidence of terror babies."
Because they're that good. You won't know until it's too late.
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Scheherazade
August 13, 2010 3:35 PM
You know, I hate to admit this to all of you, but my level of discouragement regarding November has been such that I've considered sitting it out. However, I think this video just scared me back into my senses. YIKES!
EVERYBODY VOTE!
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pierre denerome
August 13, 2010 3:49 PM
La propagande xenophobe europeenne des annees 1930.L'histoire se repete au XXI sciecle:quelle horreur!
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david hilton
August 13, 2010 3:54 PM
What an idiot n/t.
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david hilton
August 13, 2010 3:58 PM
Anderson Cooper is such a pro. Being able to keep control in the presence of this yelling fool, is top notch.
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Ego
August 13, 2010 5:43 PM in reply to david hilton
Actually, a few times, it looked like Anderson was about to burst into laughter.
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slb
August 13, 2010 6:57 PM in reply to Ego
I noticed that he couldn't help an amused grin when Gohmert said, "You used to be good."
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Dabb
August 13, 2010 4:08 PM
Gohmert was slurring his words. Was he drunk? Or is he ill?
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slb
August 13, 2010 6:59 PM in reply to Dabb
No, that's called a Texas drawl.
I heard once that AT&T (I think that was the company) used Charlotte, NC as a test market for voice response systems when they were being developed. They had to re-program the system to understand Southern drawls.
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Dabb
August 14, 2010 5:24 AM in reply to slb
I'm from the south. That's not a southern drawl. Not even a Texas drawl.
Please don't think that just because someone is from the south they are stupid and that all from the south are Republicans.
We're not and we're not.
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new10
August 13, 2010 4:30 PM
To think, this insane fool used to sit on the bench.
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red cabbage
August 13, 2010 4:37 PM
Louie, Louie. He's gotta go.
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lovethesinner
August 13, 2010 5:15 PM
The way it works, is...
In the beginning of that rant, Gohmert says, "I know I have a southern accent..." which was a taunt he hoped Cooper would follow with, "what does your having a southern accent have to do with it?"
At that point, Gohmert would have launched into a speech about how the "liberal media" want to marginalize "conservative voices" (which is code for, we-who-cling-to-guns-and-god-bible-thumping-racist-SONS-OF-THE-KKKonfederacy) and... anything after that was unimportant.
Republicans have only two things in their favor in the coming election; fear, and ignorance. Gohmert isn't trying to protect America from terrorists, he's trying to protect them from Democrats. This wasn't an interview about "Terror Babies", this was just a normal Republican campaign commercial.
What he really wanted to do was wave a confederate flag and yell, "the south will rise again," while "Dixie" played in the background.
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jeffgee
August 13, 2010 5:33 PM in reply to lovethesinner
I know I sound like Cletus the slack-jawed yokel, but…
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1dmnolan
August 13, 2010 5:16 PM
Well, there ya go. There's your Republican Leadership. Talk about a gaping hole. If I were Louie, I'd start worrying about the illegal gays coming here to have their babies.
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jeffgee
August 13, 2010 5:29 PM
Not a word about it at Politico.
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slb
August 13, 2010 7:01 PM in reply to jeffgee
About terror babies, or about Anderson's take-down of Gohmert?
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Whenwillthisnightmareend
August 13, 2010 5:54 PM
maybe it's his dumbass southern backwoods accent, but I say, let him speak, let them all speak. Problem is most know it's better to keep quiet.
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Antineocon
August 13, 2010 6:37 PM
It is long past time that reasonable, responsible, realistic, and respectful individuals fully understand that neocons have a complete inability to see, understand, learn about, provide, or tolerate proof and truth is just a word they might know is in the dictionary, but the book is far too thick to use.
Why do good thinking people like most of you reading TPM continue to try and get neocons and teabaggers to understand that for every claim they make, some proof needs to be offered?
It is a time consuming task that will never find fruition and it is simply a waste of energy.
For goodness sake, neocons came up with their 'teabagging' and 'teabaggers' without even understanding that those words are used in some circles that most of us would not include in our normal conversations.
neocons are so ignorant, they didn't bother to check for slang definitions to words that identify themselves. How stupid is that?
If you tried to show proof that Reagan was the provider of the last great amnesty, they would not believe you.
If you used factual proof that more deportations occured during the first year of the current President's administration than in the last year of "W"'s to the tone of SIXTY PERCENT more, they would still continue to hate President Obama....just because of the amount of melanin in his skin.
If you handed neocons proof that ending "W"'s tax cuts means that three tenths of one percent of the population of this country would be forced to pay higher taxes AND that small part of a percent is the wealthiest Americans, they would still want the taxes kept lower.
Since there has been substantial proof that tax cuts increase deficits, while neocons want a lower deficits AND tax cuts, why bother wasting time and energy trying to get them to understand proof that isn't from the propaganda machine at Fixed Noise.
It is time to move forward with work on continuing to fix what Cheney/"W" did to all of us and we should no longer deal with those who stand in the way of gettin the job done.
I think Dr. Laura finally provided the straw that broke the camel's back on denying that neocons and teabaggers hate our President ONLY because of the color of his skin.
It is sad that we continue to try and fight against that kind of ignorance instead of spending quality time and great energy demonstrating that progress, growth, understanding, and uplifting everyone is colorless and can be accomplished by anyone and everyone having skin, no matter the amount of melanin.
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slb
August 13, 2010 7:08 PM in reply to Antineocon
I suspect that many others are like me. I don't take issue with them because I hope to convince them; my remarks are intended for the spectators, those other people who may be listening or reading who are persuadable and who need to be shown that these guys are talking total nonsense.
I do it because I want to try to keep the completely delusional segment of the country down to no more than its current 25%.
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big jonny
August 13, 2010 6:45 PM
Anderson Cooper handled that quite well. How to you tolerate a braying jackass screaming like that? Well, Mr. Cooper did just that.
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sherifffruitfly
August 13, 2010 6:57 PM
I'm pretty sure they'll be gay, too.
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Riyaz Guerra
August 13, 2010 6:59 PM
I've been very critical of Cooper in the past.
But for what it's worth, that was a very good piece and he did not let Gohmert rattle him. In fact, he stood firm on his request for evidence and he coldly stated what needed to be said..'you 'Gohmert) have not presented any evidence'.
It's obvious for many of us, but these kinds of statements have a certain power to them when conveyed by the interviewer / reporter. They are important, and they need to be said.
Well done Cooper.
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jimbobuddy
August 13, 2010 9:07 PM
Incontinent combatants.
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bentbill
August 13, 2010 10:16 PM
Gomer was an elected judge in a very repug district. His abilities in a courtroom are very suspect. He just went on to a higher level of incompetence.
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Ripper McCord
August 14, 2010 12:24 AM
Gohmert's piles are responsible for the gaping hole.
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Leftflank
August 14, 2010 12:47 AM
Loud Louie practically admitted that he is a common fool easily made fun of & not close to equal to any of the great thinkers. Something like, "I know I'm a dumbass, but look at the gaping hole".
Gomer kept talking loudly & repeating the same thing over & over to keep Anderson from asking him another question, like, where is your proof, Bucko.
How many terror babies do you think that judge Gomer sentenced for life, just because he heard something & was scared? Mucho, mucho, I'll say, mas or menos.
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August 14, 2010 3:27 AM
This "terror baby" hoopla is really about Obama. This is the "birther" story in a nutshell.
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August 14, 2010 8:09 AM in reply to Ellen
Actually, I think they've moved on to worrying about "The Next Obama".
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wildbluffalo
August 14, 2010 3:49 AM
The real danger here is minimalizing this man. He was elected by people who respond to his abandonment of rationality. I do not think that this guy is a flake. He is as sane as any of us. He just responds to fear by abandoning rationality.
911 was a shock to most people in the US. It caused us to abandon rationality and be drug into to long, deadly, wars that have in fact done more damage to this country than the events of 911.
The issue is fear. We have built up a monster in these political discontents that live in caves and spend their lives trying to destroy. They are not genius masterminds, they throw bombs and often they get lucky. We only see their success's not their many failures and non-starts.
It reminds me of a discussion I had with a John Birtch follower in the late 70's. I was living in a small Louisiana town and had ordered food to take out. This guy comes up to me to tell me the dangers of Communism. I grew up in a small Texas town in the 50's, I knew all about the "Great Communist Conspiracy". The man told me that since Lenin laid out the plan to take over the world that the Communists had succeeded exactly on schedule with that plan.
I jokingly said to him that maybe we should adopt Communism as we can't even get trains to run on time, let along a 60 year plan to take over the world.
Reason just was not something he understood.
There are threats. We had the Bomb and the all of a sudden the Russians had the bomb. Only a great conspiracy could achieve that, right? The 911 hijackers blew up the World Trade Center, they have to be evil geniuses don't they?
No the hijackers got lucky. We were not paying attention and they got on the planes. They did not plan to blow up the World Trade Center they just wanted to do as much damage as possible.
How could this have happened, we say. It can not just be a series of coincidences, it has to be a genius master plan.
Once you abandon reason, as Gohmert has, anything is possible. The more absurd it is, the more believable it can be when you allow yourself to say that the FBI would have said that 911 was crazy on 9/10.
Things happen. A group of people determined to do just about anything will eventually succeed at something.
Dismissing these people as nuts serves us poorly. We the people allowed the War in Iraq to be waged because we were willing to believe lies. Many people understood that the idea of Saddam having weapons of mass destruction was not reasonable enough to justify a war. But we were afraid.
Fear is a debilitating force.
This nation was forged by men and women who knew that they were headed in to clear and present dangers. Dangers from nature and dangers from other humans. They faced them anyway. We need to find that spirit today. There is danger everywhere, even in the USA. We get in a vehicle and drive down roads a high speed passing by other card less than 10 feet from us and never blink an eye. Only a small error could cause, and does cause, a collision and death.
It is much less likely that we will be killed by a "Terrorist" that by a oncoming vehicle. So why are we more afraid? IT is because the we know the dangers of driving, "Terrorists" are the unknown, the boogieman.
In all of there is some of this. We need to stop allowing ourselves to be scared by the monster under our bed.
Live is dangerous, there are unknowns and always will be. Some people are just not real good at dealing with that. The only real solution is to shine the light under the bed and see there are no boogieman there.
The real danger is in ourselves and how we act in response to fear. Rationality is always the best solution and that comes with knowledge. Fortunately in this rare case, Anderson Cooper has shed a bright light on the boogieman, and those that claim he exists. But be careful at dismissing the power of the boogieman in all of us as well.
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castanea
August 14, 2010 2:24 PM in reply to wildbluffalo
+1. Very well stated. Thanks for the insight.
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Nancy Irving
August 14, 2010 6:35 AM
I wonder if people from his district look at this and say, wow, Louie sure showed that fancy-pants elitist Lamestream Media guy!
Since they voted him in, you've got to imagine so.
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Texar
August 14, 2010 10:54 AM
The "be afraid" crowd enters the scene as rationality heads for the exit.
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Old Marsalla
August 14, 2010 11:03 AM
One for the ages and the Republican 2010 platform:
"Help us fill the hole...Help us fill the hole"
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rmwarnick
August 14, 2010 1:34 PM
Why is Anderson Cooper dredging up this months-old nonsense? We already know he's not a real journalist, he doesn't have to prove it!
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JonBrownzBody
August 14, 2010 2:29 PM in reply to rmwarnick
Why did Gohmert appear on AC360 to discuss this nonsense? We already knew he wasn't a real public servant...he didn't have to prove it yet again. At least AC has a piece of very entertaining TV. Louie? No idea what he gets from this except scorn and ridicule.
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JonathanU
August 14, 2010 1:46 PM
Tourist babies, terrorist babies, it's all the same to Louie...
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JonBrownzBody
August 14, 2010 1:51 PM
What a cheap, empty suit Gohmert is. I can see it now....come the Holiday Season the hottest new toy will by flying off the shelves. 'Terror Babies', complete with dynamite vest and an authentic Certificate of Live Birth from Kenya....available, of course, only in shades of brown.
Texas....the eyes of the country are upon you.
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August 14, 2010 5:05 PM
Ohhhhhhhh, I see where this is going: Obama is a TERROR BABY!!!!
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August 14, 2010 5:23 PM in reply to Grant
Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!
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a4638809
August 14, 2010 7:15 PM in reply to Grant
Took you long enough.
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Leftflank
August 14, 2010 8:29 PM
Next up, TERROR SPERM!
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August 15, 2010 3:11 AM
Next on 360, Gohmert reveals how secret terrorist aliens (flying saucer style) implanted a Marxist Nazi mind control chip in his rectum in an attempt to force him to ride a bicycle to work.
This guy is certifiable crazy...
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August 15, 2010 7:54 AM
Gohmert: A gaping hole exists.
QED
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August 15, 2010 7:15 PM
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August 16, 2010 4:14 AM
Wow. That guy is emotionally abusive. I used to teach cognitive restructuring classes to inmates. This Congressman is using a starkly recognizable criminal thinking error called "anger as power over" [cf. Stanton Samenow, Inside the Criminal Mind].
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