Gohmert is a current Republican U.S. Representative from Texas's 1st congressional district. That’s a rather scary thought. Gohmert's position as a hardcore fiscal rightwing is not surprising. His lunacy may be made more obvious by the fact that he signed on as a co-sponsor of H.R. 1503, which would "amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the principal campaign committee of a candidate for election to the office of President to include with the committee's statement of organization a copy of the candidate's birth certificate, together with such other documentation as may be necessary to establish that the candidate meets the qualifications for eligibility to the Office of President under the Constitution". Still, that might have been opportunistic pandering to the substantial nutblock on GOP’s right wing.There's no getting around the terror babies bit, however (see also here). And he cannot get around his response to a CDC report saying that Americans did not eat enough fruits and vegetables: ““Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta said people in America are not eating enough fruits and vegetables. They want all the power of the federal government to force you to eat more fruits and vegetables. This is what the federal, CDC , they going to be calling people and finding out how many fruits and vegetables you eat (sic) today. This is socialism of the highest order!" You can virtually see the synapses short-circuiting during the mental processing that goes on in Gohmert’s head here.
To crown the case for the inclusion of Gohmert, you could watch this clip (Gohmert arguing against the protection of gays since that would lead to the protection of pedophiles and necrophiliacs, and he wants Alan Keyes for president – and that last fact is enough to qualify Gohmert for any list of loons).
If there is still any doubt about the helpless ignorance, incompetence and nuttery of Gohmert, try this. Or this one.
You can also watch Debbie Riddle make a fool of herself trying to defend Gohmert’s idea of terror babies.
Diagnosis: It scares me a little that after dealing with this row of unhinged nutters, Gohmert comes across as almost normal. He isn’t. He is insane.
Well, if there were any trace of doubt concerning Gohmert's candidacy, this one should probably do the trick.
ReplyDeleteErr yes, that alone does the trick. And here's one more bit of recent fun.
ReplyDeleteHey-ho, look who's still going strong
ReplyDeleteAnd this one is pretty, uh, far out there as well.
ReplyDeleteHe really is really stupid, and in possession of a complete lack of self-awareness.
ReplyDeleteHere's Gohmert summing up Obama's presidency thus far. "Hyperbole" is not the word, but "batshit, unhinged insanity" comes rather close.
ReplyDeletePredictably enough, Gohmert's latest prayer event was a mixture of ghastly fundie craziness and pseudo-history, complete with David Barton.
ReplyDeleteHere’s Gohmert claiming that the US is worse off now than during slavery. Although the comparison appears superficially to concern some kind of abstract “distance from God” measure, there are more obvious interpretations of what he has in mind. More here.
ReplyDeleteGohmert tries to argue that the military under Obama is pushing active discrimination against Christianity. But Gohmert has never liked facts or truths.
ReplyDeleteOne of Gohmert's important talking points in the gun control debate is how guns are needed to prevent a sharia takeover.
ReplyDeleteAnother argument that illustrates Gohmert's relationship with reality is his argument that Vietnam was winnable and would have been won if Washington hadn't decided not to win it. Because ... well. Here are some more cents on gay marriage. And, for completeness, here is his already legendary take on how the Internet works.
He's kind of the Energizer Bunny of lunacy.
ReplyDeleteHere (sorry that this isn't a nice embedded pretty link...can I put HTML in these comments?) he's explaining that he is against all forms of gun control because gay marriage leads to bestiality. And that if Christians don't get out and vote, then churches will be forced to hire cross-dressing Satan worshipers.
No, really!
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/louie-gohmert-opposes-gun-control-because-gay-marriage-leads-bestiality
This one shows his...er...impeccable logic:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/louie-gohmert-opposes-gun-control-because-gay-marriage-leads-bestiality
At least Gohmert has a knack for combining his bigotry into something unified and insane. For instance, he has recently argued that we need to build a border fence because Muslim terrorists are being taught to act Hispanic, for which he provided exactly the same amount of incontrovertible evidence as always.
ReplyDeleteHe has recently been particularly concerned with the muslim brotherhood members in the Obama administration, and here he combines that claim with his border fence suggestion and the Boston Marathon bombings, in a manner that is not particularly brilliant.