How Could A Complete Nincompoop Like McCarthy Ever Get Elected To Anything?

[TheMastersNemesis]

The fact that anyone like McCarthy is actually elected to anything is an embarrassment to the people who elected him multiple times. This guy makes a complete idiot look like Einstein. He makes absolutely NO sense at all when he talks.

One thing as Speaker he would be a national joke. The comedians would have a field day with this guy.

Then again you have to look at the GOP presidential candidate field.

[marmar]

1. Just another in a long line...........

[oldandhappy]

8. great post!

[newfie11]

13. Lol!!!!!!!

[MineralMan]

2. He's from the Bakersfield area in California.

His constituents think he's a genius, I guess. It just goes to show that you never can tell.

[KamaAina]

23. Pretty much.

Bako has one of the least educated populaces in 'Merka, despite the presence of a California State University campus as well as a community college.

[DFW]

3. Ever heard of Louie Gohmert?

Texans ask the same thing.

[pinboy3niner]

4. You're dissing my Rep!

On the plus side, he's not a teapartier. On the neg, his recent statements strike me as indicating he will be more accomodating to the Freedom Caucus than Boehner.

[Faux pas]

5. When I found out where he's from

everything made sense. No offense to Bakersfield, but, I lived there for awhile and it was like landing on a different planet. I feel lucky that I got out of there with any brains left!

[pinboy3niner]

10. His district extends here, in the Antelope Valley

Redistricting a few years ago shifted me from Buck McKeon's district to McCarthy's. Out of the frying pan, into the fire...

[Faux pas]

11. That is sad pinboy3niner.

Yikes!

[pinboy3niner]

17. We have an AFB and big defense contractors here, so we understand why the chips fall the way they do

In our very red area someone once noticed the Kerry placards on my car and said, "So you're the other Democrat in the valley."

[Faux pas]

18. LOL

that's a good one.

[Mendocino]

16. My niece's husband

His mother lived in Phoenix, had to move to Fresno for a short time. She was a moderate democrat but could not fathom the mindset of so many in the central valley. She said it made AZ look like a liberal commie hell. Now lives in Half Moon Bay, has become far more liberal and plans to vote for Bernie.

[Faux pas]

19. It's crazy!

Good to know that I'm not the only one with the belief that the Central Valley isn't quite right (left?) in the head.

[CanonRay]

6. In Republican circles this guy is a genius.

[oldandhappy]

7. My neighbors are from Bakersfield

and they speak clearly and make sense and are smart. I don't know about the population that elects this man. There seems to be a distinct pattern. Anyone here a linguist? His speech pattern sounds to me as if he is translating from a language with different rules but he has an American accent. I donno. But he should not be Speaker.

[Stardust]

9. The only reasonable explanation is: He's got the look...

[yuiyoshida]

12. I guess the Republicans think this will be a plus

having a guy with speech problems to represent them. All they have to do is say he is
disabled, and point at us and say see? You guys are no different, when it comes to prejudice against the disabled. Hopefully they will get him a great speech writer, that is...if he can read.

[jberryhill]

14. People who think this is a good idea in the desert....

[aikoaiko]

15. And yet, even he can admit that the Benghazi investigation is a sham

[11 Bravo]

20. Have you ever been to Bakersfield?

[Gothmog]

21. Kevin McCarthy is too stupid to be speaker

[TheMastersNemesis]

22. Apparently Not. He Is Predicted To Be Elected. Other Hopefuls Are Even Worse.

[moondust]

24. Superficial, special interest, big money politics?

Visual image and number of big money backers are apparently what matter most in some places.