Governor Haley Barbour: A New Level of Stupid

[marmar]

from HuffPost:




Bob Cesca
Author, Blogger, New Media Producer

Posted: June 23, 2010 06:06 PM

Governor Haley Barbour: A New Level of Stupid


I never thought I'd write this, but I think we've discovered a new level of stupid below the heretofore impenetrable Sarah Palin floor.

It's not unlike the discovery of a previously unknown species of protohuman deep within a cave somewhere, revealing some new twist in the constantly expanding canon of human evolution. There is, in fact, a Republican of national prominence who makes Sarah Palin seem brighter and less contradictory by comparison. That's not to say Palin has miraculously become smarter or better spoken, it's just that the idiot curve is now redrawn in her favor.

Yes, Governor Haley Barbour of Mississippi is arguably the new king of all Republican stupids. Palin must now relinquish her Twitter feed, her fork cork and her trident. For Haley Barbour has arrived.

What is it about Republican governors? They're either appearing in interviews with a blood-soaked cletus geeking turkeys in the background, or they're lying about hiking the Appalachian Trail, or they're honoring the Confederate States of America while ignoring slavery, or they're entertaining the treasonous option of state secession, or they're bitching about government stimulus money one minute, then posing with giant stimulus checks the next minute. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/move-over-sarah-palin-the_b_623319.html

[KonaKane]

1. He is truly repulsive.

But then again I've held that notably low opinion of him since he first appeared on the scene. Becoming governor of Mississippi didn't improve him a bit.

[chillspike]

2. How stupid must republicans get before

they realize they've lost?

[FiveGoodMen]

3. How much smarter must the American electorate become before we can safely say

that the pukes have lost?

[NC_Nurse]

4. Foghorn Leghorn himself.

[Binka]

5. Foghorn Leghorn Is Kinda Funny

Mr shit for brains not so much.

[corkhead]

6. What an incredible insult

to Foghorn Leghorn

[pscot]

7. Republican stupidity is like a rare and precious

jewel. As one holds it up to the light, new facets are constantly revealed, each one stupider than the last.

[FBI_Un_Sub]

8. What Phineas T. Phoghorn said is

And now there's Haley Barbour, who said this week about the $20 billion escrow fund to compensate victims of the oil spill:

It bothers me to talk about causing an escrow to be made, uh, which will, which makes it less likely that they'll make the income that they need to pay us.

Let's ignore the Palin-ish phrase "causing an escrow fund to be made" and focus on the substance. Paraphrasing Jon Stewart's analysis: Governor Barbour appears to be suggesting here that if BP sets aside $20 billion to be paid to victims of the oil spill, it won't have enough money to... pay out to victims of the oil spill. In other words, Barbour is against compensating victims because he supports compensating victims.

I can't follow his illogic.

[donheld]

9. There does seem to be a war between Barbour, Bachman

and Palin for who can be the stupidest.