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The Velveteen Ocelot

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38. We've had a few sleazy characters and some goofballs, but

Fri May 17, 2013, 06:18 PM

May 2013

almost none of them are in office any more. I can think of a few embarrassments - John Edwards turned out to be a complete slimeball; Sheila Jackson Lee was pretty goofy; occasionally even Kucinich jumped the rails; and we've had some crooks, like Cong. William Jefferson, the guy who was hiding money in his freezer and Jim Traficant (who also had really weird hair). But I'm not aware of any high-profile Dem politician who reached the depths of weirdness and/or ickiness as dozens of GOPers who are still holding office. We have no equivalent of Michele Bachmann or Steve King or Alan West or Christine O'Donnell or any of the other current passengers of the GOP Clown Car. We don't have media people like Limbaugh or Beck - Matthews at his worst and most spittle-flecked doesn't even come close. There's just something about the GOP ideology that brings out the mean, dumb and crazy...

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Name a Democrat who embarrasses us like Bachmann, Palin, Gingrich, Santorum.... [View all] Logical May 2013 OP

Where Stupidity? nt DCKit May 2013 #1

Over there. HubertHeaver May 2013 #3

My LIST of nutty Republicans Tx4obama May 2013 #2

I agree I left many off! n-t Logical May 2013 #8

Well, you are just John2 May 2013 #19

The real problem is these folks keep on showing up on TV mrdmk May 2013 #58

Wiener n/t librechik May 2013 #4

Well, morally, not intelligence! n-t Logical May 2013 #9

I strongly disagree Motown_Johnny May 2013 #17

His biggest problem Go Vols May 2013 #24

We have to hold him to our values, not theirs krispos42 May 2013 #36

But then you could add Spitzer John Edwards along Vitter and John Ensign. Thinkingabout May 2013 #54

Chris Matthews. femmocrat May 2013 #5

the closest would be BainsBane May 2013 #6

I agree. n-t Logical May 2013 #10

Mark Pryor, Max Baucus name not needed May 2013 #7

I wasn't very impressed with how John Edwards dealt with his wife (cancer) and mistress Electric Monk May 2013 #11

Shelia Jackson Lee former9thward May 2013 #12

+1 derby378 May 2013 #21

Yep. cloudbase May 2013 #60

Joe Lieberman comes to mind for me,,,, KarenS May 2013 #13

only because DEMOCRATS in CT threw him OUT... CTyankee May 2013 #18

Someone named Mark Pryor but I don't think he rises (or sinks) to that level of stupidity. He also Guy Whitey Corngood May 2013 #14

Two Democratics: Eric ‘The Tickler’ Massa (D-NY) and Rod 'The Hair' Blagojevich (D-IL) Tx4obama May 2013 #15

Rod 'The Hair' Blagojevich (D-IL) LeftInTX May 2013 #61

don't forget louie gohmert, he ALWAYS deserves honorable mention.... spanone May 2013 #16

Gomert is a Republican, last time I looked...But, yes, incredibly embarrassing. Demoiselle May 2013 #23

of course he is....i want him mentioned in any lineup of the loonies... spanone May 2013 #55

Yes. That's a good idea. He does have lot of loony pals among the Republicans, of course. nt Demoiselle May 2013 #68

Gohmert is a REPUBLICAN of the stupidest kind. lumpy May 2013 #39

At this point I look at Nader as an embarrasssment but Drale May 2013 #20

After he wrote Unsafe at Any Speed and changed the automobile industry, AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #62

Hank Johnson 1KansasDem May 2013 #22

Only if you don't get what he's doing. MrSlayer May 2013 #37

I am not convinced that Johnson is a clever comedian on seeing his ridiculous lumpy May 2013 #41

You either get it or you don't I suppose. MrSlayer May 2013 #43

I live in Georgia..... 7962 May 2013 #53

Dennis Kucinich Capt. Obvious May 2013 #25

Jim Trafficant... madinmaryland May 2013 #26

Good one! femmocrat May 2013 #63

Rep Hank Johnson wondered if Guam could tip over from overpopulation. DesMoinesDem May 2013 #27

John Edwards, but the party handles it differently. ScreamingMeemie May 2013 #28

Rham Emmanuel DJ13 May 2013 #29

George Wallace, David Duke, and Ralph Nader(oh, wait...Ralph was a republican, I forgot). graham4anything May 2013 #30

Ol' George redeemed himself a little at the end there. dawg May 2013 #40

There is nothing complicated about rampant racism. lumpy May 2013 #42

Racism is simple and stupid. People, like George Wallace, can be complicated. dawg May 2013 #44

Anything to get re-elected! Walk away May 2013 #80

NO. He did NOT redeem himself. There is nothing complicated at what he did. graham4anything May 2013 #46

Well, the guy did claim to have a change of heart. dawg May 2013 #71

No. Sorry.and I truly hate to start a beautiful Saturday morning off like this, however... graham4anything May 2013 #75

Dixiecrats don't count LeftInTX May 2013 #56

Marion Berry, Mark Weiner, and sometimes Dennis Kucinich, but bless his heart, he means well. Ian David May 2013 #31

Here you go, Wellstone ruled May 2013 #32

Darn near all of the Republicans embarrass me... truebluegreen May 2013 #33

Those people do not embarrass repugs... They simply pander to the repug base... Ohio Joe May 2013 #34

Zell Miller, John Edwards, Joe Lieberman nt rbrnmw May 2013 #35

yes, Edwards indeed was one of the biggest embarrasments of alltime. graham4anything May 2013 #48

We've had a few sleazy characters and some goofballs, but The Velveteen Ocelot May 2013 #38

Cynthia McKinney is the only one that comes to mind. tritsofme May 2013 #45

Joe Lieberman. David__77 May 2013 #47

I agree nt rbrnmw May 2013 #50

None. Even the ones we have that do something wrong, treestar May 2013 #49

Has anybody said Rahm Emanual, via "F-cking r-tards"? nt limpyhobbler May 2013 #51

That is not what he said. He said THE PLAN was F'ing R*t***ed Tx4obama May 2013 #59

Actully, he called liberal activists "fucking retarded." AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #64

He was referring to their PLAN Tx4obama May 2013 #67

No. From your own material: "'F—ing retarded,' Mr. Emanuel scolded the group ..." AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #69

He did not say 'YOU'RE ' or 'you all' or 'youse guys are'. And the R word ended in 'ed' not a 's'. Tx4obama May 2013 #70

There are many dictionaries on the web and elsewhere. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #73

And he was absolutely correct, it was an accurate description tritsofme May 2013 #78

Slobberman Lieberman, when he was a dem. n/t Whisp May 2013 #52

Kucinich. I'd say Greenwald, but he's not a Democrat. nt patrice May 2013 #57

Include this guy: AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #65

Isn't Lyndon LaRouche technically a Democrat? Warren DeMontague May 2013 #66

I was just going to list him. His people are still around with the Obama as Hitler chelsea0011 May 2013 #77

sadly, my former rep David Wu became a laughing stock before he quit 0rganism May 2013 #72

Wu needed to go, for sure. But I still felt like the Oregonian had it out for him. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #74

Fred Phelps, sadly (nt) Recursion May 2013 #76

All the DLC, 3rd Way, Corporate Dems YeahSureRight May 2013 #79

Weiner. nt Honeycombe8 May 2013 #81

Sociopaths are incapable of embarrassment DefenseLawyer May 2013 #82