Steve Schmidt at his best. Here's the "18 dumbest members of congress" clip from

[lamp_shade]

yesterday's appearance on Nicole Wallace's show. Nicole couldn't suppress her laughter. Neither could I.

Link to tweet

Deadline White House
?"The rigor that this issue was approached with was the same that he would approach mediating a fight between Gary Busey, Little John and Meatloaf on 'The Apprentice'. There's no strategy here"

[jimlup]

1. I know they claim to be "Republicans" but...

I have to admit I like both of these folks.

At least, though I suspect I differ ideologically with both, they are sane and see the Trump thing for what it is.

[PJMcK]

18. I've often wondered about Steve Schmidt

Imagine that McCain had won the presidency in 2008, (let's ignore the Palin issue for the moment). It was likely that Mr. Schmidt would have become McCain's Chief of Staff. In that position, he would have probably done an excellent job for his president and although it would have been a Republican administration, it would have been traditional and "normal."

In other words, the complete opposite of Trump.

Mr. Schmidt and Nicole Wallace have made tremendous efforts of atonement for their Palin debacle. I respect their knowledgable commentary on our current events but I suspect that on many issues we would not see eye-to-eye.

[Mike Nelson]

2. Bravo!

[Danascot]

3. At least Bush had

strategery

[rmac3075]

4. Trump

First you tell the world that he is afraid of you, then you say you are going to make a sucker out him. Next you let everyone know that you really want to get a Noble prize out of it and finally you make a bizarre statement “we promise that we won’t assassinate you in Singapore”. This guy is the world’s worst negotiator.

[Lochloosa]

5. On point. Welcome to DU rmac3075.

On edit: Saw you've been here a while. Welcome to posting....

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Trumps core competency not dealmaking w powerful counter-parties. Its duping gullible victims - Frum

Welcome to DU.

[PJMcK]

19. Don't you see the logic?

In Trumpworld, this bullshit makes complete sense:

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/5/30/15631710/trump-bullshit

You made an excellent point, I think, and welcome to DU!

[onecent]

23. Welcome to DU!

[watoos]

6. Nicole Wallace

has the best cable news show, bar none. She doesn't fool around, gets to the point, talks turkey, and most importantly, her guests are top notch, not people who make stuff up that time is wasted on rebuffing.

I try not to miss her show, msnbc should give her Tweety's time slot.

[GWC58]

11. I, too, like Nicolle

Plus I do believe she has left the Republican Party. 😇

[DinahMoeHum]

7. The list of 18, if you're interested. . .

https://splinternews.com/some-dumbass-congressmen-nominated-donald-trump-for-a-n-1825723483

Rep. Luke Messer of Indiana
Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina
Rep. Michael Burgess of Texas
Rep. Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee
Rep. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota
Del. Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen of American Samoa
Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina
Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida
Rep. Doug LaMalfa of California
Rep. David McKinley of West Virginia
Rep. Brian Babin of Texas
Rep. Diane Black of Tennessee
Rep. Steve King of Iowa
Rep. Pete Olson of Texas
Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee
Rep. Jim Renacci of Ohio
Rep. Evan Jenkins of West Virginia
Rep. Drew Ferguson of Georgia

[lamp_shade]

9. Thanks.

[pangaia]

13. Look where most of those states are..

[RicROC]

21. Rep. Chris Collins

How did Rep. Chris Collins of Buffalo, NY miss being on this list?

[Buns_of_Fire]

22. The only reason it's not 19 is because Louie Gohmert accidentally

locked himself in the bathroom and wasn't able to figure out how to unlock the door when Marsha came by for his signature.

Okay, probably not, but any "dumbest" list without Louie's name on it just doesn't look right.

[Staph]

24. We won't have to worry about Evan Jenkins of West Virginia for much longer.

He was one of a multitude of candidates running to take on Joe Manchin. He barely beat Don Blankenship, the coal baron who served a year in jail for the deaths of 29 miners in one of his badly maintained coal mines. Jenkins didn't get the nomination; that went to the Attorney General who's wife lobbies for one of the big drug firms that dumped millions of opioid pills in West Virginia.

I think Joe's going to win. I hope Joe's going to win!

[Cognitive_Resonance]

25. Holy crap! Louie Gomert is too intelligent to make the list. nt

[dembotoz]

10. thought for sure glenn grothman wisconsin was on the list...he is stupid

[MGKrebs]

15. I think these are the guys that signed the letter nominating Trump for the Nobel.

Otherwise, I would expect to see a couple of names from here in Georgia on that list too!

[dembotoz]

20. perhaps glenn misplaced his favorite crayon

[MGKrebs]

16. It would be fun to make our own list though.

People here could nominate the Stupidest Congressperson from their own state and make the case for why that person was the stupidest. Then we could have like a bracket, and members could vote. We would have an epic Final Four and then a titanic final between the two stupidest members of congress, finally crowning a winner. Maybe we could crowd fund a prize and send it to them. Like a 55 gallon drum of horseshit or something. And all DU members from that state get free stars here for a year as a token of our sympathy.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

12. Brutal

[Mr. Sparkle]

14. I would sure like to hear some Democrats talk like that. n/t

[DemoHack]

17. There are a handful of great Republicans.

Moderate and reasonable, like Eisenhower. It's just too bad none of them are in Congress.

[Wounded Bear]

26. Wow, tell us how you really feel!