Four Tennessee State Representatives Go Insane, Sign Up With Birthers

[WeDidIt]

Yup. Here are the names of the four idiots from Tennessee:

Eric Swafford

Stacy Campfield

Glen Casada

Frank Niceley

Here the link to their consent forms to join up with Orly Taitz in her tinfoilhat conspiracy theorist lawsuits:

Link

So it's official, there are no bigger idiots than Tennessee Republicans.

[Birthmark]

1. Is there anything more stupid...

...than a Republican? Seriously.

[Jennicut]

2. What is going on down there?!

I never knew Tennessee was so bad. I am from CT.

[Lucinda]

4. I wouldn't point fingers if I were you

You've got Joe Lieberman :D

[Jennicut]

11. True, true.

Last I heard Loserman might have a real opponent in Richard Blumenthal, our attorney general. Keep your fingers crossed that he runs against Holy Joe!

[WeDidIt]

12. Looks like Dodd has bigger problems in 2010 n/t

[Jennicut]

20. Well, I still think he may win. Its tough to get a big name out of here

Its such a small state. There are no real good Repub opponents. Our governor is a moderate Repub and very popular but is going to run again for Gov. If Dodd did end up retiring, we have some really good reps like Rosa Delauro, Joe Courteny and Chris Murphy. Joe and Chris have only been around since 2006 and maybe we need some new blood.

[Kalyke]

26. It wasn't until very recently.

We've been infiltrated because our voters only receive their information from right-wing media. Even our legit news sources lean right.

:(

[JayMusgrove]

3. A little late for this, isn't it? Um, President Obama is

already President. I guess the news travels slow to TN.

These idiots just picked up a six month old newspaper?

Let me guess, they are all white and Rethuglicans.

[TornadoTN]

19. In Tennessee GOP politics, they make their own news - truth be damned

Just look at what they did to their own party members recently when the "anointed one" Jason Mumpower, wasn't elected as Speaker of the House. They threw a fit and threw the guy who got the Speakership out of their party and they've been bitching about it ever since. They've even tried to tie this guy into a sex scandal that doesn't exist.

This state is a fucking embarrassment. IF we had a state party that gave a damn, we might be able to make some major changes here.

[WeDidIt]

5. Links to the Tennessee Legislature sites W/Photos

Eric Swafford



Stacy Campfield



Glen Casada



Frank Niceley




Looks like Swafford was the first to put on the tinfoil hat, then he got the other nimrods to join him in this exercise in nuttery.

[JayMusgrove]

6. I was right!!!!!!!!! Good ole white boys!

They look like the racists they have shown themselves to be.

[WeDidIt]

8. Since the entire Birther nutball theory

was started by Stormfront, it's no surprise that a bunch of good ole boys from Tennessee would don the tinfoil hats.

[MadBadger]

17. I say we Flood their offices with calls.

[jberryhill]

22. You left out one....

This guy signed on, but he's just copying the others....

[theoldman]

7. I guess idiots give birth to more idiots.

[JayMusgrove]

9. God!!!!! Are you telling me these wingnuts have kids? n/t

[WeDidIt]

10. Sadly, yes

Swafford:

[BeyondGeography]

15. Looks like they gave birth to Joe Scarborough

[Earth Bound Misfit]

49. ROTFLMFAO......

Damn near choked on my sandwich..

DUzy if there were still such an award given.

[Claire Beth]

13. I'm so embarrassed to live in TN!!!....

At least I live in a BLUE county, Davidson (Nashville) and we voted for Obama.

[WeDidIt]

14. Do something about it

Make sure these fools are justly ridiculed. Point out actual real photographs of Obama's birth certificate when you do it.

[Kalyke]

27. Where would we do that at?

We have NO left-leaning media (to speak of) in the state.

Sure, there are a few alternative weeklies that lean left, but their circulation is tiny.

We have no liberal radio (they might in Memphis, but they're already liberal) and all our newspapers, television stations, etc. lean right or far-right.

Our media is in a pitiful state around here. But, of course, the radio wingnuts still insist that all our newspapers are "liberal." :eyes:

[WeDidIt]

43. Letters to the Editor n/t

[Kalyke]

47. We do that already.

But more wingnut letters get posted than ours.

[K Gardner]

16. You and me both.

[TornadoTN]

18. Once again, I'm embarrassed of this damn state

It also doesn't help that we've got the worst state Democratic Party in the nation. Full of good ole boys just trying to use it as a piece on a resume before they get called up to some lobbying firm in D.C.

This state could be a reliable Democratic state if we had some leadership at the state level. As it stands now, Davidson county is the only county that has a party that knows what its doing and actually wants to work with the people.

[WeDidIt]

21. At least Democrats in the State Legislature are RIDICULING Swafford

Swafford is also the guy who introduced legislation to ban sex toys:

Democrats Ridicule Lawmaker for Demanding Obama's Birth Certificate
By Jeff Woods in Legislature, Politics, Woods

This year's session has only just begun and already a lawmaker is making Tennessee a laughingstock. This time, it's Republican Rep. Eric Swafford who's slipping on the banana peel. He's proudly become America's first state legislator to join the wacky legal action by the weird Russian dentist Orly Taitz demanding Barack Obama's birth certificate.

When reporters asked House Democrats for their reaction this morning during a press conference, Rep. Larry Miller was incredulous.

"He did what? Who's Eric Swafford?" he asked. "He's from Mars," Democratic leader Gary Odom scoffed.

The party's caucus leader, Mike Turner--fresh out of the hospital for tests for chest pains--laughed: "I actually asked Eric for his this morning. I told him I wanted to see his. He said he had it in his office. I think it's shenanigans. I don't see how some of these people get elected. I'm just tickled to death I'm not in a leadership position in the Republican Party. That heart attack I had yesterday would have been for real probably."

<snip>

Link

[TornadoTN]

23. *sigh* At least there are a few good ones left

Gray Sasser's term on the TNDP set us back decades. I'm glad to see a few good ones left.

[Kalyke]

29. I heard our new chair, Chip Forrester, is feisty.

Don't know much more than that.

[TornadoTN]

37. He's not bad - but the old guard is already digging into him

The "Old Guard" or DINO's as we so affectionately call them, are already hard at work trying to cut off his knees. They want indistinguishable Democrat candidates - ones that are essentially Republicans on most issues. The don't want to bring the state forward because they are too in bed with the corporate interests that back Corker and his ilk.

The Democratic Party here has been a laughingstock not because of the national message, but because of the way the state party runs candidates and shapes the message to be almost carbon copies of the GOP's. The campaigns are generally jokes and the candidates that we field are barely any better - because that's what the state party wants.

What I've seen happening is grassroots organizations rising up to challenge the county Democratic parties. You'd be surprised how effective some of them are starting to become. In my opinion, that's where we have the best shot at winning.

[Kalyke]

48. Agreed.

And I had heard that Forrester was being challenged by the old guard (read that in the Metro Pulse here in Knoxville).

I'm in full agreement that the Party needs to do SOMETHING here - our candidates are bland and, frankly, I can't think of ONE Democrat who has a shot at governor. Has anyone even announced? We have three Republicans who have done so already, including my mayor (who's a joke - I didn't vote for him either time - oil baron that he is).

[politicasista]

32. Join the club

Thankfully, I am from Blue Davidson County aka Democratic Country. My mom's home county (Hardeman Co.) also went for Obama (It usually goes blue). :)

I didn't know that TN was the state Dem party in the nation. It doesn't help that there are too many DINOs either. Someone of PO's caliber hasn't stepped to the plate yet.

[WeDidIt]

24. Swafford introduced a bill for Tennessee Sovereignty

I guess Swafford not only is a nutball, he's a secessionist nutball.

[Kalyke]

25. Stacy Campfield is certifiable

and sadly, has a shot at becoming my next county mayor.

:cry:

http://guerillawomentn.blogspot.com/2007/02/rep-stacey-campfield-r-is-joke.html

(And, yes, that's him behind our governor. What a freak!)

[FatDave]

28. If every pissed off democrat embarassed to live in Tenessee, Utah...

...or some other backwards fucking red state were to move to Ohio, or Texas or Florida, republicans would never win another presidential election.

[Kalyke]

30. I don't want to move to Ohio or Texas or Florida.

Ohio has no jobs and Texas and Florida are armpits.

Tennessee may have piss-poor politics, but it's a beautiful state with a moderate climate.

[FatDave]

31. Those were just examples.

Colorado, Nevada, Iowa... I'm just saying find yourself a swing state. It's one of the reasons I moved back to Iowa when I had a chance. Figured my votes would do more good here than in Illinois or Wisconsin.

I know not everybody wants to move, and sure Tennessee is beautiful, but at what price? Hell, there's beauty everywhere if you look for it (well, maybe not Baltimore). Really your only options are to move someplace you'll fit in better, fix things where you are (and Tennessee is probably a lost cause for a few generations) or to just deal with it.

On edit: It's kind of like what would be your advice to a gay kid living in rural Utah? Get the fuck out of Utah. Move to a city. You may not want to uproot yourself, but what are your options in Utah?

[Tsiyu]

35. Well, everyone could take that advice

All the Californians who bitch about their high host of living could move to Tennessee and turn it blue.

We have idiots here as surely as any place. Those four simply hate Obama for race. And there are racists everywhere.

The beauty and most of the good people here are different than anywhere and I've been many places.

Hard to explain with words.

[TornadoTN]

36. I dont think Tennessee is a lost cause by any stretch of the imagination

It's just going to take leadership and the right candidates. Look, we were solidly for Clinton and we've had Democratic state legislatures for years along with good, solid Democratic governors - it's not that we're averse to voting for Democrats, it just that we pick the wrong ones and the campaigns don't seize upon the right messages. They've tried to play right down the middle and people think there's no difference between the two candidates (See Corker v. Ford) in terms of substance.

We can turn this state around, but we have to make an effort to do so. If we actually made a push, I believe that Tennessee could deliver a Democratic Senator in 2012 and just maybe go Obama next time around if the economic climate becomes more favorable. It wont be easy - don't get me wrong - but it's doable it just takes the effort.

[dbackjon]

33. Stacy Campfield is a LOON of the highest order

Just look at the bills he is sponsoring this session.

Among others...

Firearms and Ammunition - As introduced, authorizes full-time faculty and staff at public schools, colleges, and universities in Tennessee to carry handguns if not otherwise prohibited by law.

Education, Higher - As introduced, requires students attending public colleges and universities in Tennessee to be lawfully in the United States.

Advertising - As introduced, imposes 25 percent sales tax on advertising of adult entertainment and adult products in newspapers and other periodicals published on newsprint.

Taxes, Amusement - As introduced, adds certain adult-oriented materials and activities to items subject to amusement tax, sets tax rates for such materials and activities; lowers sales tax on certain foods.

Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, eliminates tenure for teachers employed after July 1, 2009; places teachers on two-year contracts with two performance reviews during such time.

Education, Curriculum - As introduced, requires parents to request students attend family life courses; provides alternative classes be provided for students who do not choose to attend family life courses; authorizes students to not attend portions of family life courses.

Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, requires all disciplinary actions, criminal violations, and civil actions pertaining to official capacity of teachers and administrators be posted on a site on the Internet.

Vital Records - As introduced, requires stillborn deaths to be placed in vital records; fetus must be 22 weeks or 500 grams; parent may choose whether to name stillborn child on such records.

Labor - As introduced, requires certain political activities by labor organizations be funded separately through voluntary donations of members and not through regularly collected dues.

[WeDidIt]

34. IMO, all four are racists of the highest order

This birther shit is racist at its core.

[4lbs]

38. For every Al Gore, Tennessee has 10 of these idiots.

n/t

[TornadoTN]

39. Nah, they are just louder and more obnoxious

Their time is coming though. They've made some MAJOR missteps on the state level as of late and their power structure is starting to fall apart. We'll most likely have a Republican Governor next because our party is inept at thinking ahead here, but things are looking promising for 2012.

[struggle4progress]

40. I thought Sarah Palin had been keeping us safe from wacko Russians who subvert our Tennessee youth

[ellie]

41. Maybe they don't know

that Hawaii is a state?

[WeDidIt]

42. Shameless Kick n/t

[NashVegas]

44. Look, I'm Sorry

I posted my thread in LBN, because it was reported in a major news article. Mods moved it to this forum. FWIW, I'm not happy about it, either.

[WeDidIt]

46. Heh

I was just funnin' on ya!

[underpants]

45. What do Lulu and Junior think 'bout it?

http://www.luluandjunior.com/