His recent musing about al-Qaeda operatives "acting
Hispanic" to cross the U.S.-Mexican border landed him at the top of the
heap.
My state of Texas
seems to have an inordinate share of nincompoops in public office. But it’s
only fair that office holders from other states be considered before deciding
which one is the nincompoopiest of all.
Give credit to
Pennsylvania, for example, whose GOP governor, Tom Corbett, recently scored big
nincompoop points by explaining why his state ranks 49th in job creation. “Many
employers,” the guv grumbled during a radio interview, “say ‘we’re looking for
people, but we can’t find anybody that has passed a drug test.’”
The old my-constituents-are-a-bunch-of-drug-addicts dodge? That’s world-class nincompoopery. Did I mention that Tom’s voter approval rating is down to 38 percent?
But compare Corbett to
one of the Lone Star State’s congress critters, Steve Stockman. Steve’s
re-election campaign has put out a bumper sticker with this uplifting thought:
“If babies had guns, they wouldn’t be aborted.” Wow — that’s two nincompoopisms
in only eight words!
Even Steve can’t hold
a candle to Rep. Louie Gohmert another Texas Republican in the House.
He’s the mouth that never shuts. Vice-chair of the House Subcommittee on Crime,
Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, Gohmert recently revealed an
astonishing piece of intelligence on the terrorist threat to the US of A.
Al-Qaeda, he informed the world, has set up radical Islamist camps on the “other side” of the Texas-Mexico border. Really? No. But the Islamophobic alarmist proceeded to tell us that Mexican drug gangs are teaching al-Qaeda infidels how to cross the border into Texas, and they’re also being trained “to act like Hispanics.”
Al-Qaeda, he informed the world, has set up radical Islamist camps on the “other side” of the Texas-Mexico border. Really? No. But the Islamophobic alarmist proceeded to tell us that Mexican drug gangs are teaching al-Qaeda infidels how to cross the border into Texas, and they’re also being trained “to act like Hispanics.”
Hmmm, wondered many
Latinos on “this side,” how does Louie think one would “act” Latino? Sing “La
Cucaracha,” drive a low-rider, dress up as landscapers?
But “think” isn’t part
of Gohmert’s schtick, which puts him atop the world of political nincompoops.
OtherWords columnist Jim Hightower is a radio commentator, writer, and
public speaker. He's also editor of the populist newsletter, The
Hightower Lowdown. OtherWords.org