Who is the dumbest Governor in the country besides Perry?

[hrmjustin]

[yourout]

1. Walker may not be the dumbest but he might the most corrupt.

[mzteris]

18. Honestly?

I don't think he's all that bright, either.

[yourout]

44. Not saying he is smart.....just saying less stupid than a couple of them.

And way more corrupt.

[KentuckyWoman]

2. Palin isn't governor anymore but she's probably the dumbest that ever was or ever will be.

At least I hope a dumber one is never elected.

[hrmjustin]

5. Welcome to DU KentuckyWoman!

Yes she is one scary woman and I am glad she is not the VP.

[brucefan]

3. That's an easy one

Pa. Gov Tom Corbett.

[Freddie]

15. Yup!

[Lugnut]

17. He's definitely dumb.

He's also cunning and very greedy. That sounds like a nasty combination to me.

[lpbk2713]

4. Rick Scott --- too stupid to pour piss out of a boot.

... with the instructions printed on the heel.

[KaryninMiami]

36. Nope - Scott is not dumb- have to disagree

Biggest asshole maybe or tied for first with Walker or a few others but any criminal who rather then going to jail where he belongs gets himself elected governor is not dumb. Florida's voters who elected this monster are another story altogether however.

[Initech]

6. I'd say Jan Brewer or Rick Scott.

[jmowreader]

7. Perry isn't even in the top 5

With Jan Brewer, Paul LePage, Chris Christie, Rick Scott and Scott Walker all vying for the title, Perry looks like a Rhodes Scholar instead of the Waxahachie Normal School grad that he is.

[freshwest]

20. I agree. Once you take the preaching outta Governor Goodhair's remarks, all that's left is a smile.

And The Coiffure, of course. We can't forget his best feature.

[jmowreader]

22. Texas governors can be stupid and it's okay

The Texas constitution is written to give most of the executive power to the lite guv...apparently strong governors have caused problems in the past. A Texas governor has two main functions in life: signing bills they get no real input into, and signing writs of execution. You know all that shit about Bush spending his time as Texas guv playing video games? Since the Texas governor has approximately the same amount of authority as the Queen of England, why not let him play games on company time?

[freshwest]

24. I started to go into factoid, but wasn't sure if you knew it already.

The Texas Constitution is unique and really doesn't like to cede any power to governors and unless they've changed it greatly since I grew up (haha, how many amendments are there now?), they don't meet that often compared to where I am living now.

The bad thing about my pretty blue state is that it seems the legislature is always in session and mischief must be fought off almost monthly. It's exhausting. Elections are year around, from whether the local school will hire a nurse or librarian, or we build new parks or schools, it's always something.

We have many new voters who come in and really do want to support our way of doing things but have fallen for the baggers' lying pamphlets, so we are at a tipping point here.

Rick has just 'been there' like Bush was. I hated most of what the Shrub DID do, that lousy little bastard. I suspect Rick has been more open playing his role as the robosigner which Grover wanted Romney to be.

But there's still hope, and the Castro brothers may turn Tejas around yet but some of the change is just permanent and no going back. That's going on in many states, not just there. Get rid of public unions, close a school, shut down this or that agency and it's not going to return in our lifetime. The GOP has gone for broke, slashing and burning bridges that took generations to build.

Some Texans have been fooled, but I think that there will be new voices to overcome it. See you later.

[MADem]

27. LePage came to mind, as did Brewer....

I don't think Chris Christie is stupid, though--intemperate, sure, but he's managed to reinvent himself pretty handily. Walker is just mendacious, IMO...

[jmowreader]

58. Okay, then do this...

http://www.rga.org/homepage/governors/ is the complete list of Republican governors. Pick five that are stupider than Rick Perry. You can do it. It's easy! How about...

Rick Scott
Nikki Haley
Bob McDonnell
Jan Brewer
Paul LePage

or change out Butch Otter for Haley and Pat McCrory for LePage...there are pictures of the whole sorry bunch on this page, and I swear to ya they all look like they got smacked in the head with coal shovels.

[onehandle]

8. I have three reasons that confirm that he's the dumbest.

But I can only remember two.

Oops.

[hrmjustin]

9. LMFAO!

[underpants]

46. LOL

thanks for my morning laugh. That was hilarious.

[Cha]

10. There's a pack of them vying for 1st place..

Corbett come to mind, Le Page, Snyder, the goprick in FL.. what's his name.. Scott.

[jberryhill]

11. Jan Brewer - hands down dumbest

Rick Scott made a fortune in crime and is now selling off Florida to his buddies. I can't call that "dumb" per se.

Rick Perry manages to get one right once in a long while, and he seems to be trying.

But Brewer? Lights on, nobody home.

[GoCubsGo]

12. Yeah. She even has Nikki Haley beat.

I think Haley may have her beat in the corruption department, however.

[jberryhill]

14. It's hard to be dumb AND corrupt

I mean, yeah, there are a lot of dumb corruption schemes. But being corrupt takes a sense of vision, planning, and goal oriented behavior to be even marginally good at it.

Brewer is too dumb to be corrupt.

[MADem]

28. Palin managed...but she had help! nt

[onethatcares]

25. prick scott has also

found out that a lot of folks down here are dumber than a box of rocks and won't remember a thing he does.

He's also figured out that he can look good by saying something and then blaming the legislature for it not happening.

true case of two evils working together.

No, the geek alien carpetbagger from Naples isn't dumb at all, just very conniving.

[PlanetBev]

13. That idiot in PA

Corbett is by far the biggest of the gubernatorial dim bulbs.

[life long demo]

21. As a resident of PA, I second that

Corbett has got to go.

[PCIntern]

32. "You betcha!" nt

[WinkyDink]

35. Same here!

[AlinPA]

54. Corbett looks stupid, acts stupid, talks stupid, and is stupid. What does that say for PA?

[alp227]

16. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana?

Rick Snyder of Michigan?
Bob McDonnell of Virginia?
Scott Walker of Wisconsin?
Dennis Daugaard of South Dakota? (See these links why: http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2013/03/04/south-dakota-women-cant-think-on-weekends-or-holidays/ and http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/02/15/its-gonna-be-open-season-on-ab/)

[IphengeniaBlumgarten]

53. Jindal gets my vote, too. nt

[Cheap_Trick]

19. Sam Brownback of KS

Determined to out-do Perry in ass hattery and turn Kansas into Brownbackistan.

[Mopar151]

38. I'm with you!

Brownback has reached dimensions of douchebaggery that the rest of these chumps only aspire to. And i gotta tell ya - being dumber than Paul LePage, Rick Perry, or Jan Brewer is quite a row to hoe.

[rhiannon55]

41. Brownback is stupid and evil

I'm always surprised that he's usually left off the top ten horrible governors lists. It seems that, outside of Kansas, he flies under the 'bad governors' radar. He thinks he's going to be president someday, so we need to let the rest of the country know about him.

[RC]

47. There he is.

Being next door to Brownback, one hears a bit more than elsewhere. Even so, we hear more about Jay Nixon than Brownback. We hear what is going on over there in Kansas, but the governor's hands in the political corruption is strangely missing, even when it can be traced back to the Governor's office.

[hrmjustin]

50. That was my thought.

[LonePirate]

56. Brownback is evil wrapped in a religious cloak.

That makes him especially dangerous, especially when he doesn't know a damn thing about pretty much everything.

[olddots]

23. the competition is fierce

we have possibly some of the dumbest , corrupt retches ever in government Jan Brewer just drips evil and mean .

We in California have had some of the worst =Steroid Mc Dumbfuck etc.....

[JI7]

26. Jan Brewer, the ones from Wisconsin , Florida , and Virginia

[hrmjustin]

51. Welcome to DU my friend!

[OKNancy]

57. that person was here before

changed the name slightly... http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=303526

[SummerSnow]

30. So many to list.Bobby Jindal comes to mind.

[PeaceNikki]

31. Scott Walker

I mean, look at him. There's no soul, no brains, no clue.

[madaboutharry]

33. Gov. Branstad of Iowa

The thing saving Iowa is that democrats are the majority in the state senate. Branstad is a dope like Perry.

[rurallib]

48. I was hoping someone nominated our boy. His health plan is a disaster

half the coverage for twice the price. Thank goodness we have 26 in the senate to stop his insanity.
His education proposal is a joke.
He is looking out for ALEC first and ALEC second. The people of Iowa don't even get considered.

[zazen]

34. McCrory in NC may be ALEC's biggest sock puppet

He says very ignorant things, but in that average CEO way that doesn't seem at first glance as stupid and corrupt as it actually is.

[Squinch]

37. I'd hate to see this thread end without mention of Governor Vaginal Probe and his kickback emporium.

[DFW]

39. Paul Richard LePage of Maine

Plenty of others are some combination of either stupid or evil (Walker, Brewer, Scott, Snyder, Corbett, McDonnell, etc etc.)

But for pure lack of candlepower, I'd have to put LePage before even Perry, and for a Texan, that's going far.

[mainer]

40. Seconded.

I can't think of anyone who's both as dumb and as plain old mean-spirited as LePage. He and Jan Brewer would make a lovely couple.

[BeyondGeography]

42. Brewer

There's the policies and her oh-so-awkward behavior; spacing out at debates, getting in Obama's face soon as he deplaned AF1. She has no idea what to say or how or when to say it.

[hedgehog]

43. Andrew Cuomo thinks he's running for President in 2016......

although that may fall into the category of delusional!

[panader0]

45. I'm from Arizona. We're number ONE!

[gopiscrap]

49. Scott Walker

[Worried senior]

52. Really several to chose from

so hard to say.

Walker is mine so I figure he's the worst but others might not agree.

[ananda]

55. None that I can think of.

..

[Fire Walk With Me]

59. With Palin gone, gotta be Quan. n/t