The ten most terrifying would-be congressmen

[babylonsister]

The ten most terrifying would-be congressmen
By Justin Elliott and Mark Benjamin

View the slide show @ link~


The thing about wave elections is that you never know until the very end who will wash ashore.

That the Republicans will gain seats -- probably a lot of seats -- in next week's midterms is not in dispute. But don't be fooled by their claims of a looming mandate: They really haven't done anything to deserve it. The GOP is simply benefiting from the same rule of politics that boosted Democrats in 2008 and 2006: When voters are angry, they take it out on the party that runs Washington.

In House districts across the country, many voters will head to the polls next week intent on voting for the Republican candidate, even if they don't know a thing about him or her -- a perfect opportunity, in other words, for GOP candidates with checkered backgrounds to slip undetected into the halls of Congress.

We've looked around and identified who we think are the 10 Republican House candidates with the most bizarre, unnerving and downright alarming baggage who just might sneak through next week. So when someone expresses bafflement that, say, a guy who allegedly dry-fired a gun outside his estranged wife's bedroom could become a member of Congress -- well, don't say you weren't warned.

http://www.salon.com/life/slide_shows/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2010/10/25/under_radar_candidates

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Please review these and see our future...unless we vote and encourage others to do the same. n/t

[Pacifist Patriot]

2. The uninformed vote definitely has me worried.

Incredible the list doesn't include Broden. Anyone else notice a theme? Along with Webster in the Florida 8th, once again we see misogynism run amok in the GOP. Well, hatred of anyone who isn't identical to themselves really. Nothing new there, move along.

[JCMach1]

3. Everyone should bookmark this and see how many of these Repugnant idiots win next Tuesday

:(

If 1 of them wins it's too many.

[RockaFowler]

4. Allen West

He is very dangerous. He's also another one who says that the government is tyrannical and he should help to overthrow it.

[Scurrilous]

5. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Bozita]

6. Which GOPer will note NO on repealing the minimum wage? ... You know that vote is coming.