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MFrohike

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37. No

Reply to MoonRiver (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2013, 10:17 PM

Oct 2013

Theodore Bilbo, Jim Eastland, Joe McCarthy, Bully Brooks, and Jim Bunning rank way ahead of him. He's not even the clear number one currently, as Rand Paul is working hard to reclaim that title on a daily basis.

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Is Ted Cruz the biggest A-HOLE to have ever disgraced our U.S. Senate? [View all] MoonRiver Oct 2013 OP

I'd say it's a 3 way tie: gopiscrap Oct 2013 #1

Yeah, I can see that. MoonRiver Oct 2013 #4

Oy - i thought you said Congress and you said senate el_bryanto Oct 2013 #2

Okay, but John C Calhoun wins best historical hairdo BainsBane Oct 2013 #8

Close, but still trailing slightly behind McCarthy, Thurmond, and Helms. n/t QC Oct 2013 #3

Yeah, my thoughts as well. TDale313 Oct 2013 #7

The competition for this title is pretty stiff. QC Oct 2013 #9

Maybe right behind Jesse Helms, Phil Gramm (Texas), and Joseph McCarthy. n/t FSogol Oct 2013 #5

I'd have to say JOE McCARTHY Pyrzqxgl Oct 2013 #6

McCarthy and Nixon come to mind as worse. Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2013 #10

Yeah, but what, at four months into their first terms, were they doing? MoonRiver Oct 2013 #14

But Cruz has already jumped the shark pscot Oct 2013 #22

I wouldn't say THE biggest, LeftofObama Oct 2013 #11

+1 Incitatus Oct 2013 #13

Strom Thurmond was plenty bad. ananda Oct 2013 #12

No way quinnox Oct 2013 #15

he's getting there. he's only had since january. he could be 'prick of the year' in 2014 spanone Oct 2013 #16

Senators Joesph McCarthy and Patrick McCarran Kaleva Oct 2013 #17

You forget Jim Eastland, Theodore Bilbo, James K Vardaman-and thats just from Mississippi Rowdyboy Oct 2013 #18

Ted Cruz is the best thing to happen to us in a long time. geek tragedy Oct 2013 #19

There was one senator in the 1960's... Archae Oct 2013 #20

I am sure that some pro-slavery senators from pre-civil war were worse than Cruz. GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #21

Jesse Helms is way ahead. NuclearDem Oct 2013 #23

Without- ruffburr Oct 2013 #24

Strom Thurmond. Scurrilous Oct 2013 #25

That's My Choice Strom Thurmond Wolf Frankula Oct 2013 #26

I give you...Strom Thurmond VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #27

Thurmond. McCarthy, runner-up. nt riqster Oct 2013 #28

Cruz is a puppy at this. nt bemildred Oct 2013 #29

I'd place him in the top ten. n/t louslobbs Oct 2013 #30

Preston Brooks. Remember him? dimbear Oct 2013 #31

Well my personal favorite awful senator has to be John Ensign, late of NV. kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #32

I am not even sure he is #1 today - he is the loudest rurallib Oct 2013 #33

He is a gift! Rosa Luxemburg Oct 2013 #34

since we still have zombie joe mccarthy, it remains to be seen. pansypoo53219 Oct 2013 #35

The competition is too great for me to make a definitive selection. Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #36

No MFrohike Oct 2013 #37

That would probably be Theodore Bilbo. Spider Jerusalem Oct 2013 #38

The one I hate the worst Spirochete Oct 2013 #39