Rep. Louie "Terror Babies" Gohmert: Tea Party Pick for House Leadership

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Source: Mother Jones

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) would like to become the next chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, a body that has launched many an ambitious pol to higher GOP leadership in the House. And he wants tea partiers to help him get there.Gohmert is a tea party kind of guy. A staple of their rallies, he voted against every stimulus and bailout proposal brought to the House floor when the economy was in a tailspin, making him a fiscal conservative rock star in tea partiers' eyes. He's also a colorful fellow, famous for his attacks on illegal aliens, as well as his suggestion that pregnant Arab women were seeking visas to come to the US to give birth to "terror babies." Last year, at a tea party rally on Capitol Hill to protest the health care bill, Gohmert fired up the crowd, declaring, "I've brought an abortion to show you." He then went on to wave a copy of the health care reform bill in the air.

Tea partiers like the idea of Gohmert heading the Republican Study Committee (RSC), where he's promised to serve as a watchdog of his party. Most House Republicans, however, are less excited by the idea of giving the chairmanship to a guy who once protested US funding for the protection of rare dogs and cats in China by saying that there was no guarantee they wouldn't be turned into "moo goo dog pan"—and who has co-sponsored a bill demanding that all presidential candidates prove their citizenship before running for office.
The RSC is a party organ created by conservative members to get House Republicans to hold the line on conservative principles. It's just the kind of obscure job where a tea party loyalist could make a big difference and also move up the leadership ladder. In the past, the job has proven to be a launching pad for rising stars of the party, including Indiana Rep. Mike Pence, the 2008 RSC chair who is considering a run for the presidency in 2012. The committee is currently headed by chair Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), a doctor who served as the Republicans' point man during the health care reform battle. Price is moving up to head the Republican Policy Committee, the House's fifth-ranking Republican slot.

Read more: http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/12/louie-gohmert-tea-party-republican-study-committee

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[pattmarty]

1. This goofy looking motherfucker has to be one of the dumbest, clownest......

......hickiest ass holes out there. I hope "Ghomer" makes an ass out of himself as well as the other teapartiers too. The next two years (and I fear beyond) will be a fucking train wreck, but it ought to be at least entertaining and give ALL the comics plenty of material.