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I know we toss around the phrase "worst member of congress" but..... (Original Post) Nevilledog Apr 2021 OP
I've always hated calling something "the worst anything" WarGamer Apr 2021 #1
What? Kingofalldems Apr 2021 #4
It may be debatable... tonedevil Apr 2021 #10
No doubt. WarGamer Apr 2021 #18
Self serving faux rage on display lunatica Apr 2021 #2
What a colossal asshole. I made it through about 43 seconds. CrispyQ Apr 2021 #3
I hung in there longer Chautauquas Apr 2021 #8
FUCK YOU jordan. spanone Apr 2021 #5
I suspect this is exactly the behavior his constituents in Ohio sent him there for... SKKY Apr 2021 #6
Amen! blueinredohio Apr 2021 #7
No, I am not sure even those who vote for him in Central Ohio True Blue American Apr 2021 #14
And that's my point. His only play here is to double-down on the crazy... SKKY Apr 2021 #19
"Your time has expired sir. You need to leave the chair and shut your mouth." That's what you... TreasonousBastard Apr 2021 #9
I heard her. True Blue American Apr 2021 #15
With the GQP in a race to the bottom, it gets harder and harder to call that one... Wounded Bear Apr 2021 #11
I wish Covid had the FREEDOM to assault that piece of trash dalton99a Apr 2021 #12
"One year of lost liberty." The GOP is a joke. Politicub Apr 2021 #13
Jordan always relies on reframing the argument. It's all he's got. Duncan Grant Apr 2021 #16
Definitely a contender iemanja Apr 2021 #17

WarGamer

(12,354 posts)
1. I've always hated calling something "the worst anything"
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 12:59 PM
Apr 2021

You've got to define what is better/worse.

What's the worst car in history?

Is it the least reliable car ever made? Or the worst NVH? Or the worst value, losing 80% of value in 3 years? The ugliest? Who gets to judge the beauty? Under what criteria?

Jordan is certainly a jackass, I'll say that with confidence.

 

tonedevil

(3,022 posts)
10. It may be debatable...
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 01:51 PM
Apr 2021

as to jordon being the worst congressperson, but that he is trying to be seems unquestionable.

WarGamer

(12,354 posts)
18. No doubt.
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 04:02 PM
Apr 2021

My issue is with "Best and Worst" lists.

All lists.

Best QB of all time?

Some would say Mahomes is better than Namath or Brady... or Staubach or Griese or Bradshaw. Is he?

Is Super Bowls won a good metric? If yes, then Dan Marino won fewer than Joe Flacco. Was Flacco a better QB than Marino?

Bird, Jordan, James or Wilt?

How do you judge?


Best POTUS ever? Define best.

Best meaning sheer exercise of power? FDR

Best meaning stood up to the greatest challenge in US history? Lincoln

Dude who was responsible for the US in the first place? Washington.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
2. Self serving faux rage on display
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 01:07 PM
Apr 2021

He isn’t even asking a new question. Dr Fauci has answered that question dozens of times. His answer satisfies me. My freedom of my right to live is just fine. As is my respect for others’ right to live, which requires using a mask in public and around other people.

CrispyQ

(36,421 posts)
3. What a colossal asshole. I made it through about 43 seconds.
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 01:08 PM
Apr 2021

So arrogant & disrespectful.

As for the worst? I think there's a whole shit ton of them that qualify for that.

Chautauquas

(4,435 posts)
8. I hung in there longer
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 01:28 PM
Apr 2021

made it to 1.15 minutes before I turned it off so I wouldn't have to listen to that monstrous asshole say anything else.

SKKY

(11,792 posts)
6. I suspect this is exactly the behavior his constituents in Ohio sent him there for...
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 01:11 PM
Apr 2021

...this is all about his own local politics. Probably has very little to do with Fauci.

True Blue American

(17,981 posts)
14. No, I am not sure even those who vote for him in Central Ohio
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 02:26 PM
Apr 2021

Admire him. Jordan has a law suit against him. Ironically the District that Boehner drew for him will be changed this year because we will have a committee to draw it.

John Boehner found out what an, uh, er Jordan was after he witnessed the Freedom Caucus act like a bunch of idiots, forcing John to retire.

Most of the Freedom Caucus is gone now. The ones left realize their time is past. Even the idiot Gohmart are mostly silent. Gym is running scared.

SKKY

(11,792 posts)
19. And that's my point. His only play here is to double-down on the crazy...
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 07:50 PM
Apr 2021

...so that's what he's doing. Someone in his inner circle who looks at polls told him his constituents are sick of Fauci, and it would be good political theater to take a shot at him. Did you notice how many times he used the word "Liberty"? That's not an accident.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
9. "Your time has expired sir. You need to leave the chair and shut your mouth." That's what you...
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 01:45 PM
Apr 2021

missed if you didn't watch to the end.

I would have liked it if Fauci gave him a statistical formula as an answer. "You've got your answer, Congressman, now go ask your kids what it means."

Politicub

(12,165 posts)
13. "One year of lost liberty." The GOP is a joke.
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 02:13 PM
Apr 2021

More than half a million Americans have lost their liberty forever due to republican negligence.

Republicans are not serious about anything, other than entertaining their Fox News base.

Duncan Grant

(8,259 posts)
16. Jordan always relies on reframing the argument. It's all he's got.
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 02:51 PM
Apr 2021

I’m insulted by mediocre men with manipulative and insincere purpose(s). Jim Jordan doesn’t have the competency to mount a rational inquiry into the source of sunshine. He’s a grandiose-contrarian-imbecile who’s fundamentally anti-social.

It’s a shame that insufferable zealots get elected to Congress. They contribute nothing.

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