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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWho is your pick for the worst governor in the country?
Apparently, I am no longer allowed to post a poll. I haven't tried in years, but I guess at some point they changed it so that only star members can still do that. So I'll just ask everyone to post their answer.
Here are a few recommendations:
Rick Scott of Florida
Bruce Rauner of Illinois
Mike Pence of Indiana
Sam Brownback of Kansas
Bobby Jindal of Lousiana
Paul LePage of Maine
Rick Snyder of Michigan
Chris Christie of New Jersey
Greg Abbott of Texas
Scott Walker of Wisconsin
What say you, DUers? Who is the worst of the worst?
valerief
(53,235 posts)Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)Browback is fargin' horrible, but he's also a complete moron. So, I give him a pass.
Walker has a long history of being a complete sack of shit. He gets my vote.
vt_native
(484 posts)Caused severe lead poisoning in thousands of Children in Flint, MI. Should be in Jail with Rick Scott (healthcare fraud).
MH1
(17,600 posts)His behavior has been unconscionable. His mendacity goes beyond even standard republican prickitude.
doc03
(35,336 posts)deserves honorable mention.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)votes for candidates who were not on my list of recommendations!!
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)Skittles
(153,160 posts)for failing to recommend Abbott of Texas
he is DISGUSTING
StevieM
(10,500 posts)I edited my post to include Greg Abbott. Great catch and good looking out!!
It's better to have a top 10 in any event. The bottom quintile of governors. But of course, there are just so many more who are worthy of condemnation.
angrychair
(8,699 posts)Walker
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)But there have been badder ones in the past.
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)hands down
MuseRider
(34,109 posts)He is making it very hard to live here. It is going to get worse since he has doubled down on the budget. We will be lucky if we have anything left. Wish we could actually use Obama care. I had two choices and both raised my rates by $300.00 a month since my company before this left the state. Still we are luckier than many. The state is dying.
Second and possibly tied for first would be Rick Snyder. I was so happy to hear TRMS talk about him again.
saltpoint
(50,986 posts)Maine -- Paul LePage.
Although I concede that the competition is fierce.
MADem
(135,425 posts)has done to the least of those among us really does earn him The Dumb-Ass Scrooge of the Year Award.
Sample (grrrrrrr): http://bangordailynews.com/2015/09/16/politics/lepage-seeks-ban-on-food-stamps-for-mainers-with-5000-in-assets/
LePage seeks ban on food stamps for Mainers with $5,000 in assets
The assets to be counted if the new rule is applied include bank account balances, snowmobiles, boats, motorcycles, jet skis, all-terrain vehicles, recreational vehicles, campers and other valuable assets, according to a news release. The $5,000 asset test, which is defined in a federal law but has been waived in Maine in recent years, will not include the value of a home or a households primary vehicle.
So, if you make your money cutting wood for someone, and you get to your job on an ATV or a skidoo, you're screwed. A lot of people who live deep in the woods use these things to get out to the road when the snow is thick and deep, too. I can't believe he's being such an asshole. He really HATES poor people--and that's a good chunk of his state. Those folks need to be motivated to vote!
saltpoint
(50,986 posts)that he's out of there as soon as possible and replaced by someone who cares about the citizens the job requires him to care about.
southerncrone
(5,506 posts)StevieM
(10,500 posts)winner, if you will.
The gold goes to Sam Brownback
The silver goes to Rick Snyder
The bronze goes to Scott Walker
How sad is it that the guy who poisoned his citizens couldn't even qualify for the top spot?
Of course, I am sure I will change my mind a few times and change the list around a little. As mentioned above, the competition is absolutely fierce.
Chan790
(20,176 posts)Man, she's a pile of stupid and mean as wide as her daughter's camper parked on the lawn of the Governor's mansion and as fall as the world's tallest pile of horse shit. (OK's 2nd-most-popular shit-pile tourist attraction.)
blonndee
(6,746 posts)Person 2713
(3,263 posts)StevieM
(10,500 posts)Person 2713
(3,263 posts)while he works on pushing out the Unions and bringing down Illinois l
The unions lost this one this week
http://www.chicagolabor.org/take-action/stop-lincolnshire-from-becoming-a-so-called-right-to-work-zone
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)jmowreader
(50,557 posts)Each is a disaster in his very own way.
But just because I have to pick one, I'll go with Sam Brownback.
Initech
(100,075 posts)I am a white male, and I get a definite ick factor every time I see an article about him.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 20, 2015, 01:46 AM - Edit history (1)
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Initech
(100,075 posts)hughee99
(16,113 posts)presidential candidate, hurts his chances here.
Release The Hounds
(467 posts)fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)RKP5637
(67,108 posts)polichick
(37,152 posts)BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)Ask a NJ teacher
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Pat McCrory.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)I know Pat's the governor in name, but I'd say Phil Berger. He seems to outrank Pat by a mile or two, even without the title.
mnhtnbb
(31,388 posts)So many bad ones, I know, but one must not overlook Pat McCrony.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Pool Hall Ace
(5,849 posts)murielm99
(30,740 posts)I see firsthand what is is doing to Illinois.
I would have said Walker, but we have to take responsibility for allowing Rauner to be elected.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)the other disasters. But he is rapidly taking the country by storm.
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
(5,252 posts)Wish I could continue to say Walker, but he doesn't affect me like his evil clown twin down here in Illinois.
murielm99
(30,740 posts)Quinn reelected. It was a close election, no matter what the Ruiner says.
Ir is classic how he bought the election. He started early, too.
Logical
(22,457 posts)romanic
(2,841 posts)He's turned Michigan into Michissippi, a state that's fallen behind in union jobs, living wages, stable education, the crappy right-to-work bullcrap and the big doozy, lead poisoning in one of the state's poorest cities (probably on purpose).
mikehiggins
(5,614 posts)Him and his administration should be put in jail charged with indifference to the lives of the children of Flint.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Samantha
(9,314 posts)for overall number of truly gross (and perhaps illegal) number of breaches.
Sam
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)StevieM
(10,500 posts)His level of unpopularity is remarkable, even given his horrible performance at the job.
melman
(7,681 posts)w8liftinglady
(23,278 posts)My governor leads the state with the highest uninsured rate,high school dropout rate and teen pregnancy rate, so lets repeal Obamacare,gut the Dept of education and close Planned Parenthood.
madokie
(51,076 posts)by far the worst of the worst
mascarax
(1,528 posts)She doesn't seem to get much press (at least outside her state?).
This is a great thread. I could add an argument for any of those nominated - but she's been mentioned a few times, and I realize I don't know her story. Kinda like the vague awareness of Palin -- until McCain!
Yes, I will do some online research, but there's nothing to replace your stories/comments.
And it's a tough call for worst. I lean toward Brownback, but Snyder is worthy. Walker, of course (past winner?) too.
Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,083 posts)Phoney as a three dollar bill, and corrupt as they come. But, Ruiner of Illinois and Snott Walker take the cake. They're trying to turn their states into the same sorts of hellholes as South Carolina already is.
PatrickforO
(14,574 posts)I'm going with Brownback and Walker. Both scum of the earth neolibs who don't care a rat's rear end about anything but themselves and their corporate overlord owners. Because they ARE owned.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)when I posted a reply to my own question.
I gave a gold medal to Sam Brownback, a silver to Rick Snyder of Michigan and the bronze to Scott Walker.
And as I wrote above...how sad is it that the guy who literally poisoned his own constituents couldn't even qualify for a first place showing?
Proserpina
(2,352 posts)Can we get rid of them all, and start over, please?
Still Sensible
(2,870 posts)but my God there's a roll call of assholes! Snyder...and Walker...and Christie! Jeez, crazy LePage can't break through that bunch of losers. And our governor, Mary Fallin, is terrible!!!! But she can't make cut against those loons!
StevieM
(10,500 posts)impossible to list all of them. But yes, Mary Fallin has certainly proven herself deserving of strong consideration.
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)B Calm
(28,762 posts)the worst!
Truprogressive85
(900 posts)there are 32 Republican governors
What has the DNC been dong picking shitty candidates to run
Democrats only have 17
back to the subject at hand
Rick Synder gets my vote - the story about the the water in Flint, Michigan is despicable
Vinca
(50,271 posts)Poisoning the citizens and trying to hide it? The man should be criminally charged. Some kids will have lifelong disabilities. And I don't get how Snyder's whole overthrow of elected officials is legal in the first place even if it was a bill passed by the Michigan legislature.
dembotoz
(16,804 posts)i am from wisconsin and wanker is really an ass
but i see news from maine, or kansas, or michigan, and on and on
they are all awful
ProfessorGAC
(65,042 posts)I'll say Rauner, but i really should say Walker.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)well-known as the others, but he is a strong up-and-coming contender.
A good case can be made for him, and it is perfectly reasonable to select him above all others IMO.
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)All are awful in their own unique ways, but I can't think of anyone else that has been as directly destructive to their respective states as these two.