Political Ruminations

Moronic Quote of the Day

During a conversation with a reporter from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga) claimed that President Obama upholds the “Soviet Constitution”, emphasis mine:

“The Constitution I uphold and defend is the one I carry in my pocket all the time, the U.S. Constitution. I don’t know what Constitution that other members of Congress uphold, but it’s not this one. I think the only Constitution that Barack Obama upholds is the Soviet constitution, not this one. He has no concept of this one, though he claimed to be a constitutional lawyer.”

Is it really possible that Rep. Broun is unaware that there is no “Soviet constitution”, that the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991? We truly do elect incompetent idiots.

H/T Ashby

Morning Quote: Rep. Paul Broun

Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA), Tea Party buffoon,  attempted an analogy re the debt ceiling, telling MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell on Wednesday that “he wanted to lower the debt ceiling because when you’re broke, you have to cut back on certain luxuries”. 

“Well, Andrea, the thing is, when someone is overextended and broke, they don’t continue paying for expensive automobiles; they sell the expensive automobiles and buy a cheaper one. They don’t continue paying for country club dues, they drop out of the country club.”

As if poor people own expensive automobiles or join country clubs. 

And,  as if  Rep. Broun isn’t fully aware that the cuts currently being considered are not going to hurt those who can afford the country club memberships and expensive automobiles. After all, those cuts are specifically targeting the poor and disenfranchised. 

The callousness of many of our lawmakers is astonishing.