Nomination for the Biggest Idiot Award - KELLER of FL >

[Stephanie]

Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Keller).

(Mr. KELLER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time.

Mr. Speaker, there is a wise saying we have used in Florida over the past 4 years that the other side would be wise to learn: ``Get over it.''

Is it not ironic that the very people who refuse to move on are the people from Moveon.org and their hero Michael Moore?

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There's a wise saying we've used quite a bit in Florida over the past 4 years that the other side would do well to learn--Get over it. Isn't it ironic that the only people who refuse to ``move on'', are the people from ``move on.org'', and their hero Michael Moore?

My colleagues across the aisle have two sides to choose from, the JOHN KERRY side that acknowledges the election is over and President Bush has won. Or the Michael Moore side that defines ``democracy'' as Democrats going to the polls, and ``conspiracy'' as Republicans going to the polls.

The election is over and the results couldn't be clearer. We know that President Bush won the electoral vote by 286 to 252. We know that President Bush won the popular vote by 3.3 million votes. We know that President Bush won Ohio by more than 118,000 votes, an overwhelmingly comfortable margin. We know that in every area of Ohio, bipartisan county boards have verified and vouched for the integrity of the Ohio election results.

Why are we here wasting time on silly Hollywood inspired conspiracy theories?

Well, since Hollywood likes conspiracies so much, here's a real one. On June 23, 2004, the Michael Moore movie ``Fahrenheit 911'' premiered in Washington, DC. According to U.S. News and World Report, New York Times, and National Journal, one of the few Senators who attended this premier was Senator BARBARA BOXER. In this movie, Mr. Moore said it was shameful that not one U.S. Senator objected to the electoral vote count in Florida. Two days ago, on January 4, 2005, the same Michael Moore published a

new letter to Senator BOXER and other Senators reminding them that they didn't object to the electoral vote count 4 years ago, and requested that they rise and object to the vote count from Ohio today. Today, in fact, Senator BARBARA BOXER just objected to the Ohio vote count.

Is this all merely a coincidence? Is this pandering to the Michael Moore wing of the Democratic Party? Is it worth wasting 2 hours of Congress' time? The only bigger waste of 2 hours would be to go see ``Fahrenheit 911.''

Do the people in the Michael Moore wing of the Democrat Party really think that the American people and their congressional representatives, are so stupid that they could be tricked into objecting to these electoral results? Well, the answer is ``yes.''

Michael Moore told a British newspaper ``Americans are possibly the dumbest people on the planet ..... We Americans suffer from an enforced ignorance. We don't know about anything that's happening outside our country. Our stupidity is embarrassing.''

In Germany, Mr. Moore told the German people ``You can see us (Americans) coming down the street ..... We've got that big grin on our face all the time because our brains aren't loaded down.'' He further asked the German people, ``Should such an ignorant people (as Americans) lead the world? ..... Don't go the American way when it comes to economics, jobs and services ..... it is the wrong way.''

Regarding those who are now killing Americans in Iraq, he said, ``The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not insurgents or terrorists or the enemy. They are the revolution, the minutemen and their numbers will grow--and they will win.''

How many normal people in this country really believe that a terrorist like Al-Zarqawi, who chops off the heads of Americans over in Iraq, is on the same level as Paul Revere, the folk hero of the American Revolution?

Here's some straight talk. In 2000, they didn't like the way the votes were counted in Florida. Now, they don't like the way the votes are counted in Ohio. In the blue States, they call it a recount. In the red States, we call it what it is: sour grapes.

Mr. Speaker, President Bush has clearly won the electoral vote and the popular vote. Certifying these electoral votes is the only course for us to follow. Why allow the conspiracy theorists to undermine the public confidence in the electoral system itself? Let us vote down the objection, certify the electoral college results, and prepare to celebrate the happy day of January 20, 2005 when President George W. Bush is once again sworn in as the President of the United States.

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[EFerrari]

1. If my vote counted, he'd have it!

[steve2470]

2. he is a disgrace to Florida nt

[jimfromthebronx10469]

3. i missed that yesterday thanks..

for pointing it out...
i get sick when i read that garbage just what kind of scumbags are these repukes..i lost some friends over this election for the disparaging remarks about kerry when in fact its bush the deceiver and his cronies from ohio...walden {wallyboy to bush} o'dell owner of deibold and kennyboy blackwell sec.of state. who stole just enough votes with long lines,hacked machines,discarded registrations,plus many more larcenous acts..

I HATE THEM...:toast: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :hi: :dem:

[greenmutha]

4. I'll second that nomination!

What a :puke: !!!

[damntexdem]

5. Get over voter fraud.

Also, get over trampling on your rights, destroying your environment, losing your jobs, bankrupting your government, and so on.

Nope, I just don't think that I can get over all that.

[Stephanie]

6. move on!

[Fortunato]

7. He wasted five minutes...

...with this verbal sewage?

If he's going to bust on the recount efforts, he could at least make some solid arguments to suggest why the accusations of fraud are inaccurate, rather than launching character attacks on Michael Moore (who wasn't even involved that much in the recount efforts until recently) and nameless people from the so-called "blue states."

I guess, in lieu of serious debate, we're back to attacking straw men again.

Why do we as Americans elect people like this (on both sides) to congress in the first place? It's an awful waste of living space.

[Helga Scow Stern]

8. Thanks for pointing him out. I'll add him to my watch list and make sure

he gets plenty of faxes which are also forwarded to the media.

[MadisonProgressive]

9. This is the most Orwellian comment:

"Why allow the conspiracy theorists to undermine the public confidence in the electoral system itself?"

[Sydnie]

10. I nominated him for Republican Asshat of the year in another thread last

night too. I sat here and listened to that venom he was spewing and wondered who gave him McCain's disgarded speech (the one he didn't choose to make) from the Repuke Convention. He delivered it poorly as well.

Not only did he spew this crap, he had to tap two different members for some of their time to do it. The first shot, he was only given 15 seconds. The second time I couldn't believe that someone gave this guy (with the obligatory dead squirrel on his head hair do, I might add) a second go round at the mic. When he finished I wondered if they (the repukes) thought of him as a hero or were laughing behind his stupid back because they had a bet about whether they could get some asshat to read that speech or not at all.

He appeared to be the biggest patsy of the whole day to me. I mean, we expect stupid swill to come from the likes of Delay or Hayworth, but this guy was and is a nobody in the grand scheme of things. Giving him two chances to make that speech just rings of an inside joke (laughing at him not with him) to me!

[Helga Scow Stern]

11. Stephanie, I so appreciate these thread of yours, that I'll gather them...

and put them in one for easy reference.

Thanks! :hi:

[Stephanie]

12. Oh cool thanks!

It's simply amazing to see this stuff in print.

[SaveAmerica]

13. Don't speak for everyone in the red states, Mr. Dumas

"Here's some straight talk. In 2000, they didn't like the way the votes were counted in Florida. Now, they don't like the way the votes are counted in Ohio. In the blue States, they call it a recount. In the red States, we call it what it is: sour grapes."

And it's precious that the following quote is in his 'debate'. His words, which show his lack of education of the subject at hand, are exactly what Michael Moore is talking about:

"Michael Moore told a British newspaper ``Americans are possibly the dumbest people on the planet ..... We Americans suffer from an enforced ignorance. We don't know about anything that's happening outside our country. Our stupidity is embarrassing.''"
(Editing to say Mr. Moore can include 'inside the country' also)

Ha Ha, Dumas award winner