Today was a special day for opponents of the president's Iran deal. Sarah Palin finally lost her shit during a anti-deal tea party rally (see this week's forthcoming Banter M for a full report). And Louie Gohmert threatened to quit Congress if the deal avoids a congressional ...read more
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) came up with a magic bullet solution to prove that homosexuality will destroy humanity. I think we could do a study. We are good at funding studies. We could take four heterosexual couples, married, and put them on an island where they have everything ...read more
I'm deadly serious about this. Contrary to popular opinion dictating that fringe political weirdos and radicals should be ignored until they somehow magically vanish (they don't), I've always believed that the more they're exposed as the weirdos and radicals they are, the faster ...read more
Appearing on a right-wing radio talk show this week, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) discussed his views on Don't Ask Don't Tell and gays in the military, even though it's a settled non-issue. His rationale this time? LGBT soldiers receive same-sex rub-downs all day long, just like ...read more
Barney Frank once famously said that Republicans believe life begins at conception and ends at birth. It couldn't be more true when it comes to the current humanitarian crisis involving some 52,000 Central American youths who have fled across the U.S. border since October. How ...read more
Eric Cantor has managed to do what was previously thought impossible: screw the country by losing his seat in Congress. His loss to David Brat -- a Tea Partier who until now could barely afford his own trip to the glue factory -- is going to fire up conservative districts ...read more
Of all the things ever said about gay marriage in the United States, none has been as sad, pathetic, and stupendously idiotic as the notion that it somehow persecutes Christians. This view was most recently articulated by Texas congressman and noted slack-jawed yokel Louie ...read more
Attorney General Eric Holder appeared before the House Judiciary Committee today and successfully nailed Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) with a couple of well-deserved zingers. It doesn't matter that Gohmert is such an easy target, any jab at that self-important, mush-mouthed buffoon ...read more
The physics of this thing should baffle anyone with even a basic grasp of logic. So, conversely, it makes perfect sense to Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX). Speaking for a World Net Daily presentation titled “Washington – A Man of Prayer,” a ridiculously misleading history of how ...read more
(Gohmert photo meme via Little Green Footballs) Let's be perfectly clear about this from the beginning. Congress is not "exempt" from Obamacare. The idea that members of Congress are somehow exempt from the law is possibly one of the grossest lies foisted upon the American ...read more
From Charlie Pierce's "What's the Matter with Texas?" post over at Esquire today: The voters in the state of Texas would prefer Louie Gohmert, the lowest watt bulb in what is an admittedly dim chandelier, to Julian Castro, one of the best young candidates the Democratic party ...read more
Step aside, Louie Gohmert and Michele Bachmann. I believe we have no choice but to crown the new chairperson of the House of Representatives' Crazy Caucus. Incidentally, the crown is more like the creepy wire mask worn by Hannibal Lecter. You know, to prevent spitting and ...read more
Yesterday in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing, named for the press secretary who was near-fatally shot in the head during an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan, President Obama boldly announced that Vice President Biden would be heading a task force to ...read more
I've tried to steer clear of politics over the past several days. I know that in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting, there's really no way to attempt to bring about meaningful change on a lasting, national level than through political action, and yet somehow I can't help but ...read more
