Louis Gohmert is such a total asshat. That is all. n/t

[CincyDem]

[JustAnotherGen]

1. I have no idea

What he's getting on about. Seriously - who cares what you did? He's so self-absorbed.

[malaise]

2. Neither does he

[TheBlackAdder]

3. It's called Representative Democracy for a reason. He represents the plurality of his district. 🤡

[marble falls]

6. Representing the mediocre is a longstanding tradition in the US ...

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mccains-hruskaism-the-med_b_136934

McCain's "Hruskaism:" The Mediocre People of America Deserve Representation!

McCain's Hruskaist contention boils down to this: Why have an extraordinary person for president, when you can have an ordinary one?

Robert McElvaine
Historian, writer, feminist and progressive activist
11/22/2008 05:12am EST | Updated December 6, 2017

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In 1970, when Richard Nixon nominated Court of Appeals Judge G. Harrold Carswell of Florida to the United States Supreme Court, there was an outcry that Carswell was not a jurist of the caliber required for the nation's highest tribunal.

Nearly 60 percent of Carswell's decisions as a District Court Judge had been overturned. Critics charged that he was, at best, mediocre, and therefore unqualified to sit on the Supreme Court.

Republican Senator Roman Hruska of Nebraska leapt to Carswell's defense.

''Even if he were mediocre,'' Mr. Hruska declared, ''there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren't they, and a little chance? We can't have all Brandeises, Frankfurters and Cardozos.''

Hruska's argument was an interesting one, but the elitists in the Senate decided to deny representation on the high court to the mediocre people of America, even though Judge Carswell demonstrated that he was qualified because he could see the Supreme Court from his front porch. (OK, not really.)

-snip-

[rsdsharp]

10. I remember Hruska, well. He supported Nixon to the very end, and beyond.

Even after Nixon has resigned, Hruska was supportive.

His list of justices we “can’t have all” of were not just exceptional justices. They were all jewish. I’m sure that was just a coincidence (cough).

[marble falls]

11. Hruska was consistent and deeply mediocre.

[harumph]

12. Being mediocre for Palin would have been a stretch

[Sneederbunk]

4. Texasshat.

[marble falls]

5. Thanks for the heads up. Texas is full of asshats.

[packman]

7. Please - I know it's Louie, but some reference

Is this new asshatery or old asshatery?? Or just simple, everyday asshatery by Louie?

[CincyDem]

8. Garland hearing....

It's likely "simple, everyday asshatery" but I typically make an effort to not expose myself to his speechifying.

[Bev54]

9. I missed the beginning of the hearing, so I did not hear or see it but

One of the dem rep's referenced his outrage at Gohmer's comparison of the lawful and peaceful walks of protest of John Lewis with the attack on the capitol. I suspect that is what it is about.