Conservative Blogger Calls For Giffords To Resign, Says Holding Seat Akin To ‘Political Brett Favre’

[demmiblue]

In an article published on theloop21.com, John Wilson, a “regular contributor to Hip Hop Republican,” mused that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) should resign her seat as she recuperates from her gunshot wounds. Citing media reports about Gifford’s medical condition, Wilson compared Giffords to the late Rep. Gladys Spellman (D-MD), who went into a coma while in office. He then asked, “Should constituents allow members to hold onto their seats like political Brett Favres with no concept of when it is time to go?” FrumForum, the conservative news site managed by former Bush administration official David Frum, promoted the article on its website this afternoon.

Thankfully Rep. Giffords is on the road to recovery. However, it will be long, arduous and unpredictable. There is no doubt her constituents mourn for her and her family. But does that mean they should also go without representation in Congress? Certainly not. <...>

Stepping down from one’s office is nothing to be ashamed of. In actuality, the shame lies in not being honest with one’s own self about the responsibilities that voters have entrusted in one and the expectations they have. Constituents should expect that an official will either be appointed or a special election held within six months, not years. This current Congress should take this issue up immediately and in consultation with Giffords’ family and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer come to an appropriate remedy.

Wilson says he is calling for Gifford’s resignation in deference to her constituents who need active representation. However, it seems quite early to make that call. Giffords could be released from the hospital and enter rehab as soon as this week. Since the tragic shooting in Arizona, she only missed one substantive vote. Furthermore, Wilson never voiced a demand for resignation last year when former Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA) missed over one hundred votes while campaigning for governor or when former Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) missed a crucial vote on unemployment extension.


http://thinkprogress.org/2011/01/20/blogger-giffords-resign/

[babylonsister]

1. What a major POS. nt

[ChairmanAgnostic]

5. Babsis, we need to applaud him

The longer these jerks remain in the public eye, the worse it gets for the GOP and their rabid, untamed doberman, the Tea Baggers. Think back to Wallace marching in favor of segregation in the south.

To be honest, I LOVE what they are doing to their own movement. Being so disgusting and malevolent, without the slightest bit of empathy, honor, or respect, - it does not come naturally to most people. It takes hard work and concentration.

[babylonsister]

15. Yours is a great way to look at this; thanks for

sharing. I promise to be more appreciative in the future. :D

[ChairmanAgnostic]

25. unlike Barnum, I really think most people

do think on their own, but most of the time, they don't think about politics. That's why the noise makers with pithy bytes of sound can attract their attention for a bit. Like the tea baggers.
But once people see them for what they are, they realize that tea baggers are fucking nuts.

that explains why Obama's numbers are rising, while the Tea Baggers' are falling. It also explains the Bible Spice phenomena, soon to be relegated to an early Alaskan grave. Although, given her similarity to a keystone kop train wreck, she may stay in the public eye a bit longer. Just for our amusement and entertainment.

[Zoeisright]

2. Fuck you, Wilson. What a pig.

Apologies to pigs.

[PBS Poll-435]

4. Agreed

Fuck You, Wilson.

[onehandle]

3. Fuck you. Gabrielle is going to walk onto the floor of Congress and be a symbol...

...of what you and your ilk's hatred has wrought.

[treestar]

6. That is up to the constituents

What as asshole, to try to take advantage of such a thing for political gain.

[PBS Poll-435]

8. Pretty upsetting

Considering Rep. Giffords was injured at an event for her constituents.

It wasn't expensive or porky. It wasn't a fake "town-hall" meeting at the airport Hilton.

It was at a friggin' grocery store parking lot.



Fuck these opportunists.

[pinboy3niner]

20. In the end, it will be up to Gabby

She will decide whether or not she's able to continue serving in her ofice. I suspect that she will, and I second PBS Poll-435's comments.

[RegieRocker]

7. Take you thoughts John Wilson and treat them like

a tube of Preparation H.

[CatWoman]

9. is he suggesting she should send pictures of her privates

via email?

[rfranklin]

10. As always the right wingers show their obsession with sexual perversions...

and it really is such an inappropriate simile that it reveals all of Wilson's private preoccupations.

[ck4829]

11. "Default. Default. Default." Disgusting

[Urban Prairie]

12. He is right, Giffords has nothing to be ashamed of

But Wilson himself obviously has no shame, which is unsurprising since conservatives by and large, lack the capacity for sincere compassion, and are complete self-absorbed sociopaths.

[BrklynLiberal]

13. As opposed to those like Strom Thurmond, whose seat was held for him for decades after he was

nothing more than a blob of empty protoplasm.

More and more, I am convinced that one has to have some sort of personality defect to become a repuke.
They are totally lacking in compassion, empathy or even the minutest quantity of human decency.
They have no capacity for shame or honesty.

[spooky3]

17. I think it's even worse than that.

They would be perfectly sympathetic if Giffords were Republican.

This call is simply to get a Republican appointed to the seat. Power, pure and simple.

[BrklynLiberal]

19. Of course. No doubt about it.

[barbtries]

14. that is so insulting.

omigawd - let the woman get a prognosis at least! he should be ashamed of himself. i think i may go leave a response on his blog.

[blm]

16. Show me the article he wrote calling for Strom Thurmond to resign for dementia...or Ronald Reagan.

Wilson can take his opinion and shove it so far up his ass that Lindsey Graham wouldn't be able to find it.

[KamaAina]

28. Or Jim Bunning

etc., etc. ad nauseam.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

18. The first reader comment on ThinkProgress:

"The Republicans certainly weren't asking Reagan to resign when it was obvious that he was slipping into senility...."

[SoCalDem]

21. Were they desperate to get rid of their own Crypt Keeper from SC?

I don't recall them complaining much about how he was kept on ice at Bethesda & wheeled out for the occasional vote, when an aide would guide that bony finger to the button...and then wheel him back to his chamber, until they needed that next vote:).

[Frustratedlady]

22. It hasn't even been 2 weeks and the wolves are howling?

They sure challenge our ability to be civil, as I am so disgusted at these ignorant baboons today, I'm babbling to myself. (Sorry, normal baboons!)

Hopefully, the citizens who stood with Giffords after this event will erupt in their anger and let Wilson know what a horrible suggestion he has made and that they will continue to stand with their gal.

I hope Gabby is able to recover, can return to her seat and show these jerks what a real Congresswoman can do. Shame on them for salivating over her seat.

[demmiblue]

31. Wolves, howling, salivating... very apropos. n/t

[Doctor_J]

23. This would be akin to giving in to terrorists

Terorists like Loughner and his gurus Beck, Limpballs, Palin, and O'Reilly should not be able to alter the make-up of Congress just by shooting its members.

[FSogol]

24. John Wilson - Today's Worst person in the Woooooorrrrllllldddddddd

:puke:

[EstimatedProphet]

26. So 2 ways of getting rid of her failed, eh, Wilson? Time to try for the third?

[LynneSin]

27. Let's play devil's advocate and say she does resign...

you think the people in her district are gonna elected that POS asshole that ran against her. ESPECIALLY in light of what happened to Giffords. She'll be replaced by another democrat. Maybe that Sheriff can run

[KamaAina]

29. Wasn't this the guy who called for Norm Coleman to concede so MN could have Senate representation?

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[dembotoz]

30. wonder if he would have demanded that ronnie r resign

because of dementia