Someone put stickers on milk jugs of "missing" US Rep. (GOP, Calif 8th)

[demmiblue]

Alan@GammaCounter

Someone put stickers on milk jugs of "missing" US Rep. (GOP, Calif 8th) who refuses to hold town meetings. @WhereIsPaulCook @bittersweetdb

Clever!

[TexasTowelie]

1. Here is a picture of the representative for the district where I live:

A missing poster for Blake Farenthold would definitely get attention.

[Vinca]

3. You poor thing. If you look up "dumb as a stump," this is the picture you'd get.

[TexasTowelie]

4. It's tough living in Texas at times.

Farenthold did have two town hall meetings in the town where I live during 2016.

However, I do turn over the tabloids if the covers have negative articles about Hillary, Bill or Obama.

[vlyons]

9. and to think . . .

this man is related to Sissy Farenthold, who is best known for her two campaigns for the office of Governor of Texas and for being placed in nomination for the office of Vice President of the United States during the 1972 Democratic National Convention.

[global1]

6. Very Alfred E. Newmany.....nt

[pinboy3niner]

8. I remember when he said disabled vets hurt by gov shutdown had to make sacrifices

My sympathies, TexasTowelie.

[Red State Prisoner]

13. I'm from the Corpus Christi area

That they've elected this ass-hat is no surprise. For such a traditionally Democratic demographic, it's disheartening to see it becoming more and more conservative as time passes. I've never understood why so many people down there willingly vote against their best interests. Very disappointing.

[PatrickforO]

19. I never understood either until I read two books:

The Left Hand of God, by Rabbi Michael Lerner, and The Righteous Mind, by Jonathan Haidt.

I'm sure these don't elucidate the ONLY reasons, but the arguments each book makes are a good start.

No spoilers here, but in a nutshell, both authors address spirituality and values of conservatives vs liberals, and talk about how we need to change the way we talk to conservatives about liberal values.

And, you know, it is a point. Laughing at them, ridiculing them on national TV, and calling them stupid nut-jobs hasn't really worked very well...

[LonghornJack]

20. TX-27 (covering Corpus Christi) Was Gerrymandered!

The Corpus Christi area itself isn't all that bad (although it has regressed). Congressional District 27 was re-drawn after the 2010 census, and, as you might recall, it was gerrymandered to by the GOP-dominated legislature to bring in conservative-voting counties from the mid-Gulf Coast and some other inland (also conservative) areas.

In its previous version TX-27 elected Democratic candidates. The current iteration has many more red-leaning counties, which effectively dilutes the voting power of Democratic areas in CC and other nearby counties.

That's how we got stuck with the Alfred E. Nuemann uber-clown!

Hoping and praying for more voters to register and start moving TX-27 to the middle.

LHJ

[Red State Prisoner]

21. "Hoping and praying for more voters to register and start moving TX-27 to the middle."

I share your sentiments. However, like me, most liberal minded individuals tend to seek the Democratic Mecca that is Austin (myself included). I think that's the fly in the ointment.

[mcar]

15. My eyes!

[yellowcanine]

17. Hard to say what is most disturbing about that picture.

The pajamas, the ducks on the pajamas, the lecherous smirk, or what appears to be the beginning of a public dry hump between an old coot and a woman 20 years his junior.

[PatrickforO]

18. This pic is REALLY FUNNY! I can't stop laughing.

What a fine example of Republican manhood! Makes me feel safer just looking at the guy. Yep, the US SHIP OF STATE can't help but go in the right direction with REAL MEN like this at the helm!

[Rhiannon12866]

2. K&R! I wonder if that would work in my district! We have one of those, too!

Very clever!

[Dustlawyer]

5. We have a Texas Tea Party representative here in oil refinery land.

He is such an industry hack it is sickening! We are calling and writing even though we have Cornholio Coryn and Terrible Ted Cruz as our Senators and asshats like Randy Weber as Congressman.

[TexasTowelie]

7. It really is a competition

as to which congressional district in Texas has the worst representative. Weber is pretty horrible, but I think that Gohmert still retains the title.

[Dustlawyer]

10. Wasn't looking at it that way, just voicing my frustration at my particular asshats.

I agree Gohmert is the all-time champ at idiocy!

[Auggie]

11. Flip a district: check out www.swingleft.org

Even if you can't flip something like CA-8, there are plenty of others that need help.

[Scarsdale]

12. Lobbyists

All the so called representatives show up when the lobbyists dole out the checks for their services.

[HAB911]

14. I need some of those for Marco Rubio!

[AllaN01Bear]

16. oh , that one . that tired cookie cutter retread.

[Pachamama]

22. Hysterical - what a great idea! We should be doing that everywhere that Congress Critters are not

...showing their faces and hiding from constituents.

[davsand]

23. Here's what we've done in IL 13. We created Flat Rodney.

Republican Congressman Rodney Davis refuses to meet with anybody live, so we created "Flat Rodney" to show up at events and "fill in" for him. The tweets have been witty and fairly to the point. He's been so successful that neighboring districts have created their own versions of their reps too.

http://www.smilepolitely.com/splog/flat_rodney_davis_is_adventuring_around_cu_today/

He's even doing interviews: