# Biggest asshole in Congress **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 20, 2009, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377 "2009-06-20T05:05:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/81 "2009-06-22T17:47:50Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > Isn’t it the American dream to wear a superhero tie on the floor of the US Senate? Perhaps, but then who can top Senator Leahy? I loved his work in the _Batman_ franchise. ---
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/82 "2009-06-22T17:49:07Z")
> [@buttonjockey308](#): > > When I saw him he wore a tan suit and red tennis shoe/moon boot things. Snazzy indeed. OMG, I love it when Senators dress like they’re students at RISD. ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/83 "2009-06-22T17:53:15Z")
> [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](#): > > OMG, I love it when Senators dress like they’re students at RISD. It was priceless, I tell you. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/84 "2009-06-22T17:53:17Z")
> [@buttonjockey308](#): > > Oh yes he does. Burris is an asshole of Blagojevich-ian preportions. He KNEW that appointment was shady, he KNEW the structure at hand would back him up regardless. The guy’s been an empty suit for 20 years and Blago knew it before he propped him up. He’s as asshole just because he tarnished an already unpolished (but also unblemished) record by taking this appointment. He could win. > > After reading the Boxer thing, she’s just being a pain in the ass, but she’s not an asshole per se, but if I were the general, it would have been “yes ma’am” until they locked me up. I think the last guy to switch sides (Sessions, maybe? Can’t remember.) Is up for the asshole award, as is perennial asshole Ted Kennedy. Dodd is a twat but not an asshole and Barney Frank just likes assholes, I don’t think he really IS one. Be honest: if somebody shady appointed you as a US Senator, would you turn down the job? I though Arlen Specter was the last guy to switch sides. ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/85 "2009-06-22T18:02:41Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Be honest: if somebody shady appointed you as a US Senator, would you turn down the job? > > I though Arlen Specter was the last guy to switch sides. If that somebody was Rod Blagojevich, you bet your happy ass I’d turn it down. People within earshot of Illinois State gov’t over the past 8 years have known Blago was dirty, they just thought he was untouchable. He learned at the feet of his father-in-law Dick Mell and aside from La Familia Stephens of Rosemont and the Strogers it doesn’t get much more crooked than slick Dick. The difference being that Rod got caught and Dick was happy stomping around the relatively small pool of Chicago Machine politics, that, thanks to the gov’s office, gets overlooked or ignored by the Feds. You may be right about Specter, I can’t recall, either way though, side switchers are assholes, especially if they do so AFTER an election. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/86 "2009-06-22T18:12:58Z")
> [@buttonjockey308](#): > > You may be right about Specter, I can’t recall, either way though, side switchers are assholes, especially if they do so AFTER an election. Specter may be unique in that even (non-politician) members of the party he switched to hate him for doing it. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/87 "2009-06-22T18:34:00Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Be honest: if somebody shady appointed you as a US Senator, would you turn down the job? I most certainly would. And even if Blagojevich could somehow have convinced to accept the job, I would have enough class not to play the race card when everyone started questioning the legitimacy of the appointment. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/88 "2009-06-22T18:40:53Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > it the American dream to wear a superhero tie on the floor of the US Senate? For athletes, it’s to do like Roger Clemens did and pitch a World Series game while wearing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles shoelace clamps. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/89 "2009-06-22T18:43:00Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Be honest: if somebody shady appointed you as a US Senator, would you turn down the job? Absolutely, especially in this situation. It was well-known that Blago was trying to sell the seat before Burris accepted the appointment. Personally, I would have run like the devil away from ANY association with the Slick Serb at that point, lest I find myself going down in history splashed with his slime. Burris was a pretty unremarkable, but venerable, Illinois politician before this, but he basically took a sledgehammer to his reputation the second he took the Senate seat, whether that reputation destruction is fair or not. It just seems like too many people in both parties have forgotten the whole point of avoiding even the _appearance_ of impropriety. Caesar’s wife, they’re not. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/90 "2009-06-22T18:43:27Z")
…and fucking an underage country singer? ETA: That was supposed to go after **ElvisL1ves** ’ post, dammit. ---
**Author:** ![ashman165](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@ashman165](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ashman165)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/91 "2009-06-22T19:08:03Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > So what congresscritter do you think is most worthy of the title Richard Cranium? > My vote goes to Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe. Check out this story: > [Inhofe Refuses To Meet With Sotomayor | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/19/inhofe-refuses-to-meet-wi_n_217931.html) > He’s refusing to meet with Sonia Sotomayer, saying he’s already decided to vote no on her. > In case you don’t remember he’s also the same dumb ass that said lesbianism is so rampant in high schools that girls can’t even go to the bathroom together anymore and that global warming was a hoax perpetrated by the Weather Channel. Drats. The title is misleading; I thought it was going to be about which one had the biggest asshole. I was going to answer Larry Craig, for what I think are obvious reasons. Alas, I was wrong. ☹ In other news, this guys is a douche. There’s nothing like having an open mind, and this guy’s nothing like having an open mind. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/92 "2009-06-22T22:04:45Z")
Oh, come on gang. This is the SDMB, where Liberals come to gloat and Conservatives come to get bludgeoned to death. I just listed a bunch of people. and since I chose to hammer democrats, justifications were demanded. Haven’t seen that for Orrin Hatch, Santorum, or the rest of the Republican Usual Subjects, in or out of office. Crazy? Nah. I can write the same as **Airman Doors** did, and make you all happy. Just have fun folks, we are all on the same ride. **Taber** , the name is **Stink Fish Pot**. Read It, Learn It, Live It. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/93 "2009-06-22T22:24:30Z")
Barbara Boxer is my neighbor - lives 2 doors down from me in my building - and she’s never an asshole to me, personally. Quite pleasant and easy to talk to, in fact. Her husband, I have to say, seems a bit sheepish and “stay on the sidelines” even in normal life, but he’s pleasant as well. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/94 "2009-06-22T22:34:56Z")
I have to go with Pelosi. What a cunt, er, asshole. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/95 "2009-06-22T22:55:16Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > That’s as good a reason as any others you might be inclined to come up with. > > In any event, those particular people, along with McCarthy, Clinton, Lautenberg and Emmanuel, are the people commonly known as “gun grabbers”. While I don’t necessarily have anything personal against them, I certainly object to their like-clockwork yearly attempts to pass gun bans. > > I would think that, given it was **Crafter\_Man** that said it, you would see it for what it was and understand why he said it instead of acting like you didn’t understand and trying to play it off as Democrat hating, although that’s perfectly OK too given the hate for all things Republican here. Yup, “gun grabbing” is certainly the most important issue facing the country right now. Some people mistakenly think it is the ecnomy, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, or the threat of nuclear missles from North Korea. But without every nut in America having access to a gun how can we face down North Korea? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/96 "2009-06-22T22:57:48Z")
> [@DanBlather](#): > > Yup, “gun grabbing” is certainly the most important issue facing the country right now. Some people mistakenly think it is the ecnomy, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, or the threat of nuclear missles from North Korea. But without every nut in America having access to a gun how can we face down North Korea? You can shoot down a nuclear missile with a rifle and a good scope. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/97 "2009-06-23T00:08:03Z")
> [@DanBlather](#): > > Yup, “gun grabbing” is certainly the most important issue facing the country right now. Some people mistakenly think it is the ecnomy, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, or the threat of nuclear missles from North Korea. But without every nut in America having access to a gun how can we face down North Korea? I know this is OT, but are we all really concerned with North Korea? Pakistan and India HATE each other, and they are both nuclear powers. It’s amazing how since WWII, no one has dropped one on even their biggest enemy. (and those two bombs were firecrackers compared to what we have now). To drop a bomb would mean instant retaliation/annihilation. I don’t think anyone wants a ticket to that party. North Korea is just a small, poor country that wants the world to look at them. A sad vestige of the WWII cold war, lucky enough to have the 38th parallel to neatly divide the country. Angry that their relatives to the south have a relatively good standard of living. So, we’re looking. Now what? (IMO, China will squish them before anything of substance happens.) ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/98 "2009-06-23T01:10:57Z")
> [@DanBlather](#): > > Yup, “gun grabbing” is certainly the most important issue facing the country right now. Some people mistakenly think it is the ecnomy, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, or the threat of nuclear missles from North Korea. But without every nut in America having access to a gun how can we face down North Korea? You’re exactly right. Hey, you shouldn’t be worried about health care, tobacco regulation or gay rights, either. Those are ancillary to the issues you mentioned. Therefore, I expect that you will temper your interests with regard to those topics and focus solely on what’s really important. Yeah, I thought it sounded pretty stupid too. Do you people even think before you respond, or can you do nothing but hurl invective? ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/99 "2009-06-23T01:12:31Z")
> [@DanBlather](#): > > Yup, “gun grabbing” is certainly the most important issue facing the country right now. Some people mistakenly think it is the ecnomy, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, or the threat of nuclear missles from North Korea. But without every nut in America having access to a gun how can we face down North Korea? Nope, the most important issue right now is Boxer getting her panties in a bunch over a general calling her ma’am instead of Senator. Especially since she should damn well know that anybody who is in the military will address anyone as sir or ma’am if there is any doubt who is higher in the chain of command and I’m pretty sure the General knows the chain of command. She was grandstanding and petty and yes, being a bitch. Maybe not the biggest asshole in congress but for this week she surely is in the running. Please stay focused on the so very important issue of your fucking title Senator, maybe it will keep your petty ass out of less important issues like health care. ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/100 "2009-06-23T01:24:40Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > **Taber** , the name is **Stink Fish Pot**. Read It, Learn It, Live It. Damn it, you’re right. I’m sorry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377.md?page=6)