GQ Magazine released a list of the “Twenty Craziest Politicians in the U.S. on Tuesday, and before Republicans start to keen and wail, GQ did not play favorites. Both major parties were represented, but as always, overachieving Republicans outnumbered Democrats seventeen to three. Prominent Republicans included Senators and possible presidential candidates Rand Paul (KY) and Ted Cruz (Texas) as well as incoming Senator Joni Ernst (Iowa). The three Democrats named to the list were Congressman Hank Johnson (Ga), Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas), and Vice President Joe Biden…What?
Cenk Uyger of The Young Turks breaks it down, but first – just a couple of our favorite crazy-list quotes, from Cenk’s extensive and scary video list.
Immigration Quote of the Year:
“For every (undocumented immigrant) who’s a valedictorian, there’s another one hundred out there who weigh 130 pounds – and they’ve got calves the size of cantaloupes, because they’re hauling seventy-five pounds of marijuana across the desert.” Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa)
Exposing the people of Maine to dangerous chemicals while opposing regulation:
“Put it in the microwave and you heat it up, it gives off a chemical similar to estrogen. So the worst case is some women may have little beards.”
Governor Paul LePage (R-Me.) (and perhaps men will grow breasts the size of cantaloupes)
A Soothsayer in Office:
“‘Four blood moons’ falling on ‘major Jewish holidays’ could be a sign of ‘world-changing, ‘shaking type events.'”
Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga)
An apology to BP for the oil disaster from a friend of the oil industry, the taxpayers…Not so much.
“If anything I said this morning has been misconstrued to the opposite effect, I want to apologize for that misconstrued misconstruction.”
Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.) Eloquent man of letters – all of them.
I invite you to watch the video for exorcisms, threats and a great many “misconstructions.”