tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post5024026945857531095..comments2024-03-27T10:08:06.908-04:00Comments on Encyclopedia of American Loons: #153: Louie GohmertG.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-77802249310016708372019-12-07T00:12:35.125-05:002019-12-07T00:12:35.125-05:00Love your whole loon database. Came in handy this...Love your whole loon database. Came in handy this week during the House Judiciary Committee when sad Louis became so contorted on several occasions that he almost came to tears. I immediately searched here, and sure enough he's a registered loon. Love having this data to learn more about our undistinguished leaders. I'm just curious when Trump will earn membership dishonors.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12812698680019780663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-3173063039271764652018-08-19T21:44:38.379-04:002018-08-19T21:44:38.379-04:00Sadly Screwie Louie is a nut and lives in the same...Sadly Screwie Louie is a nut and lives in the same Texas town that I do, Tyler, Tx. I don't know how I was picked to sit in on one of his "townhall" events over the phone no less because I'm a Democrat, but I listened to it for a while. He took a Q & A and I was going to roast his ass over his gun nut mentality, however, never got the chance. As you can imagine his followers and the people that asked questions on the phone are as batshit as he is. Screw that mofo. El Voxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05985563041511492981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-13910317714006635302014-03-04T18:12:28.941-05:002014-03-04T18:12:28.941-05:00Gohmert is doing his best to take home the prize o...Gohmert is doing his best to take home the prize of being the stupidest member of Congress. You can see his level of brilliance in <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/10/12/gohmert-offers-reasonable-coherent-argument/" rel="nofollow">this bizarre rant</a>, for instance. Apart from incoherence, <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/10/12/gohmert-offers-reasonable-coherent-argument/" rel="nofollow">Gohmert’s toolbox</a> contains primarily appeals to conspiracy theory (for instance his claim that Obamacare <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/gohmert-obamacare-created-secretive-security-force" rel="nofollow">created a secretive security force</a> that apparently only he can see) and, being a wingnut’s wingnut, Gohmert this (predictable) way of reacting when having a political disagreement with McCain – <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/gohmert-mccain-supports-al-qaeda" rel="nofollow">he accused McCain</a> of supporting Al Qaeda. Yup, that’s what counts as making a political argument in Gohmert’s circles. Obama, on the other hand, is <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/gohmert-obama-allowing-evil-people-take-over-world" rel="nofollow">trying to achieve peace</a> by “allowing evil people to take over the world,” which is surely not the way Gohmert would try to achieve world peace.<br /><br />Oh, and the religious fundie backdrop. Gohmert, being dismayed at the existence of people with different religious beliefs than himself <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/05/louie-gohmert-atheists-should-encourage-prayer-to-boost-national-security/" rel="nofollow">has suggested</a> for instance that atheists should encourage prayer <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/12/09/gohmert-thinks-atheists-should-encourage-prayer/" rel="nofollow">to boost national security</a>, and that it is somehow unpatriotic of them not to do so. Since prayer has worked so well for national security in the past (it has worked for Gohmert; once <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/27/louie-gohmert-god-answered-my-prayers-by-creating-the-tea-party/" rel="nofollow">God answered his prayers</a> by creating the Tea Party). And note that this is why he feels entitled to dismiss people’s complaints about forced prayers in public schools and offices. He also <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/gohmert-endorses-arizona-anti-gay-bill-challenging-religion-secularism" rel="nofollow">endorsed the recent and infamous Arizona anti-gay bill</a>, because it was a way of challenging “the religion of secularism.” To back up his points about religion and secularism he has offered <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2014/03/01/gohmert-babbles-about-religion-and-civil-rights/" rel="nofollow">this</a>.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-54601428898790388552014-01-06T00:18:05.168-05:002014-01-06T00:18:05.168-05:00Fixed. And yeah, some of these old entries could h...Fixed. And yeah, some of these old entries could have done with an update.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-76695395756473015062014-01-05T20:01:32.079-05:002014-01-05T20:01:32.079-05:00He spells his name "Louie," but it still...He spells his name "Louie," but it still rhymes with "screwy."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-19690461384269139252013-09-30T15:20:24.876-04:002013-09-30T15:20:24.876-04:00We all know that Gohmert is wrong. But how wrong i...We all know that Gohmert is wrong. But how wrong is it possible for him to be? Well, <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/09/gohmert-radical-islamists-taking-spanish-lessons-because-we-dont-fear-hispanics/" rel="nofollow">this argument</a> that radical islamists are taking Spanish lessons because we don't fear hispanics is pretty telling (what, pray tell, is the conclusion you draw from that premise?) He is also skeptical of vaccines. He is skeptical of vaccines because someone (Alan Keyes?) suggested to him that <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/09/06/losing-the-will-to-live/" rel="nofollow">liberal elites could be culling the population</a> to preserve Earth's resources.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-81316045402841034152013-07-21T10:56:29.698-04:002013-07-21T10:56:29.698-04:00Gohmert is quickly establishing himself as one of ...Gohmert is quickly establishing himself as one of the looniest creatures in American politics, and the list of lunatic stupidity from that source is starting to get long. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/gohmert-cair-isna-are-front-organizations-muslim-brotherhood-want-sharia-law" rel="nofollow">His attempt</a> to show that CAIR & ISNA are "front organizations for the Muslim Brotherhood," and trying to implement sharia law is worthy of whale.to, and <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/gohmert-gay-marriage-signals-collapse-civilization" rel="nofollow">his attempts</a> to argue that gay marriage signals the collapse of civilization (also <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/06/29/gohmert-its-the-end-of-civilization/" rel="nofollow">here</a>), while predictable, is pretty far away from anything having anything to do with reality. <br /><br />Still, a new low was reached when <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/07/19/gohmert-fires-up-the-rubes/" rel="nofollow">he tried to argue</a> that Obama has declared war on Christianity, invoking evolution (which he neither understands nor accepts) to try to paint his detractors as silly in the process. You can see how things went when he teamed up with Bachmann on marriage and history <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/07/01/bachmann-vs-gohmert-on-marriage-and-history/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-36012370310970465262013-04-02T17:50:36.410-04:002013-04-02T17:50:36.410-04:00This one shows his...er...impeccable logic:
http:...This one shows his...er...impeccable logic:<br /><br />http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/louie-gohmert-opposes-gun-control-because-gay-marriage-leads-bestiality <br /><br />Posmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00867918548951206645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-17618344273423649652013-03-31T12:18:05.765-04:002013-03-31T12:18:05.765-04:00One of Gohmert's important talking points in t...One of Gohmert's important talking points in the gun control debate is how <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/02/26/gohmert-guns-needed-to-stop-sharia-takeover/" rel="nofollow">guns are needed to prevent a sharia takeover</a>.<br /><br />Another argument that illustrates Gohmert's relationship with reality is his argument that <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/gohmert-cpac-vietnam-was-winnable-people-washington-decided-we-would-not-win-it" rel="nofollow">Vietnam was winnable</a> and would have been won if Washington hadn't decided not to win it. Because ... well. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/14/louie-gohmert-cpac-gay-marriage-_n_2877354.html" rel="nofollow">Here</a> are some more cents on gay marriage. And, for completeness, <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/03/28/gohmert-and-the-internet/" rel="nofollow">here</a> is his already legendary take on how the Internet works.<br />G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-72301938757821974562013-02-14T19:08:58.545-05:002013-02-14T19:08:58.545-05:00Gohmert tries to argue that the military under Oba...Gohmert <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/gohmert-military-under-obama-pushing-active-discrimination-against-christianity" rel="nofollow">tries to argue</a> that the military under Obama is pushing active discrimination against Christianity. But Gohmert has never liked facts or truths.<br />G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-86596715601615937612012-10-20T13:30:53.983-04:002012-10-20T13:30:53.983-04:00Here’s Gohmert claiming that the US is worse off n...<a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/gohmert-america-worse-off-now-slavery" rel="nofollow">Here’s</a> 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 <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/10/19/dumbass-quote-of-the-day-31/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-20275765201098455682012-05-15T20:18:50.480-04:002012-05-15T20:18:50.480-04:00Predictably enough, Gohmert's latest prayer ev...Predictably enough, Gohmert's <a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/prayer-capitol-american-economy-politics-and-culture-are-dying-because-sin" rel="nofollow">latest prayer event</a> was a mixture of ghastly fundie craziness and pseudo-history, complete with David Barton.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-55631023050806714732012-02-13T14:59:56.602-05:002012-02-13T14:59:56.602-05:00Here's Gohmert summing up Obama's presiden...<a href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/gohmert-obama-wants-dictatorship" rel="nofollow">Here's</a> Gohmert summing up Obama's presidency thus far. "Hyperbole" is not the word, but "batshit, unhinged insanity" comes rather close.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-78242179522990457002011-06-24T19:43:37.390-04:002011-06-24T19:43:37.390-04:00And this one is pretty, uh, far out there as well....And <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2011/06/gohmerts_latest_dumbass_quote.php" rel="nofollow">this one</a> is pretty, uh, far out there as well.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-6277454918229567892011-04-06T23:45:43.667-04:002011-04-06T23:45:43.667-04:00Hey-ho, look who's still going strongHey-ho, look who's <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2011/04/batshit_crazy_quote_of_the_day_1.php" rel="nofollow">still going strong</a>G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-35024388485176787752011-02-24T00:35:33.247-05:002011-02-24T00:35:33.247-05:00Err yes, that alone does the trick. And here's...Err yes, that alone does the trick. And here's <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0111/Gohmert_drafts_bill_to_allow_guns_on_House_floor.html" rel="nofollow">one more bit</a> of recent fun.chaospethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811612076302931506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-10624268859601988662011-02-24T00:21:16.168-05:002011-02-24T00:21:16.168-05:00Well, if there were any trace of doubt concerning ...Well, if there were any trace of doubt concerning Gohmert's candidacy, <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2010/12/lifting_dadt_end_of_existence.php" rel="nofollow">this one</a> should probably do the trick.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.com