Guam to Capsize

[custosnox]

Apparently we are all wrong. Johnson is just too darn smart and we are just too darned dumb to get his "metaphor":

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NWRlZjY5MDRjYzY3NTBjMGFhOGI0OWIwZjI1MWFhM2U=

Dooshbagness level hits new high.

I read about that, but personally think the statement was actually written by his handlers.  It seems to me more of an attempt to try and hide their bosses failing mental health.

[guido911]

I read about that, but personally think the statement was actually written by his handlers.  It seems to me more of an attempt to try and hide their bosses failing mental health.

Come on, you have to admit you are really stretching it a bit. If Johnson is that messed up, why in the he!! is he out there voting on policies that affect each of our lives?

[Townsend]

Reagan had Alzheimer's.

Wilson had a serious stroke and maintained office working through his wife.

FDR was close to death for months and running the country during the end of the war.

Nixon was drunk and paranoid.

Kennedy was doped up on pain killers

It happens to higher office than this guy's.

[guido911]

Reagan had Alzheimer's.

Wilson had a serious stroke and maintained office working through his wife.

FDR was close to death for months and running the country during the end of the war.

Nixon was drunk and paranoid.

Kennedy was doped up on pain killers

It happens to higher office than this guy's.

I understand that. I would  also throw in Tim Johnson from South Dakota (stroke) and Sheets Byrd (severe infection).  Imagine the uproar if either of the above said an island could possibly capsize because of over-population however.

Exit question: Are you saying it's okay to have leaders that are mentally incapacitated continue to serve because it occurred in the past?

[Townsend]

Exit question: Are you saying it's okay to have leaders that are mentally incapacitated continue to serve because it occurred in the past?

What's your point?

[guido911]

What's your point?

I was not making any point with that question, I was just asking that question.

[Townsend]

I was not making any point with that question, I was just asking that question.

Really?  Not a very good question.

[custosnox]

It's not so much a matter of it being okay as it is a matter of not exactly that easy to remove someone that has an elected office.  To be perfectly honest, I think that if the proceedings started now to have him removed, he would be voting out in November before it came to a conclusion.  Besides, as far as I know, there is not a constitutional reason to remove him.  Other then an amendment giving a procedure for the President in the case of a mental defecit, I don't know of any other such ability to have an official stand down if they are not breaking a law.

[guido911]

It's not so much a matter of it being okay as it is a matter of not exactly that easy to remove someone that has an elected office.  To be perfectly honest, I think that if the proceedings started now to have him removed, he would be voting out in November before it came to a conclusion.  Besides, as far as I know, there is not a constitutional reason to remove him.  Other then an amendment giving a procedure for the President in the case of a mental defecit, I don't know of any other such ability to have an official stand down if they are not breaking a law.

Thanks for answering that "not a very good question". While I still think his comment was made lucidly and not from mental deficiency, especially after that follow-up statement, you have the right to your opinion. BTW, I would probably be more willing to give this guy a break, but he was one of those demanding Joe Wilson be punished for the "You Lie!" outburst. Johnson said people would put on "white hoods and ride through the countryside" if Wilson was not disciplined.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/15/congressman-suggests-people-don-white-hoods-wilson-rebuked/

Wait a minute, maybe I should rethink this. Maybe Johnson has lost it. Naw, just typical race-baiting bs.

[custosnox]

Thanks for answering that "not a very good question". While I still think his comment was made lucidly and not from mental deficiency, especially after that follow-up statement, you have the right to your opinion. BTW, I would probably be more willing to give this guy a break, but he was one of those demanding Joe Wilson be punished for the "You Lie!" outburst. Johnson said people would put on "white hoods and ride through the countryside" if Wilson was not disciplined.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/15/congressman-suggests-people-don-white-hoods-wilson-rebuked/

Wait a minute, maybe I should rethink this. Maybe Johnson has lost it. Naw, just typical race-baiting bs.

It could go either way, but in any case he needs to be on the way out the door at the next election, and most likely will be.  Then the question will be if the good people of Georgia will vote in a clone or if they will find someone with a better ability to use "metaphors".