| Further proving his idiocy, Rep. Louie Gohmert of Tyler, on the floor of the US House, linked Tuesday's massive drop in the stock market to Rep. Murtha and the Democratic Congress.
Think Progress has the video from the floor. Take a moment and go watch it. Rep. Gohmert doesn't seem to understand that it might be a good idea to vet your comments through someone smart before announcing them to a national stage.
Here's a copy of the transcript:
GOHMERT: You know, over the last 12 years, the Democrats have been in the minority, Republicans have been in the majority. The economy boomed in the late-90's. We had this tragic event on 9/11. It should have sent this country in a terrible depression, but this Congress, Republican majority, pushed through tax cuts that has allowed the economy to rebound and be robust and provide jobs and better standard of living. And in two months of talking about raising taxes and more regulation and we are not - one committee chairman talking about how he's going to undermine the President's national security policy - two months! - we have this terrible damage to the stock market, to the economy. Unbelievable. They were saying last night on the news that this is the biggest drop since 9/11. In two months of talking about all these new plans, we are going to cost people jobs. I just encourage my friends across the aisle, be careful. We built a great economy. Don't blow it quite so quickly.
Most analysts, who bothered to read books and articles and some of that hard stuff, have linked Tuesday's stock market drop to the Chinese market, to Alan Greenspan's comments, and, well oil prices that continue to fluctuate due to instability in the middle east.
Louie Gohmert is the worst kind of congressman: smug, uninformed, totally partisan, and uninterested in working for the greater good if it doesn't in some way score political points for him and against his opponents. East Texas deserves better.
Update: Louie Gohmert was named to Keith Olbermann's Worst Person in the World countdown. Gohmert was identified as the "Worser" person of the day for his idiotic comments, bringing the silver medal all the way back to District 1. We're all so proud. Here's the link. |
