# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 7
**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 27, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/121 "2009-06-27T19:44:01Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Again, _why_ is Reid an asshole? Because he’s supposed to be the MAJORITY leader and has acted like he’s the MINORITY leader ever since he got the post. LBJ would have wiped the floor with him. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/122 "2009-06-27T20:20:29Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Obama has been in office for almost six months now. How many guns have you had to surrender to the government so far? > > -Joe :rolleyes: As opposed to..He has only been in office 6 months now. ---
**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 27, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/123 "2009-06-27T20:27:13Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > :rolleyes: > > As opposed to..He has only been in office 6 months now. More than enough time to have renewed the federal AWB, if he wanted to. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/124 "2009-06-27T20:59:20Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > :rolleyes: > > As opposed to..He has only been in office 6 months now. If you’d like to put money on whether or not you’ll have to surrender any currently legally-owned firearms by, say, January 2013, you just let me know. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/125 "2009-06-27T23:59:35Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Because he’s supposed to be the MAJORITY leader and has acted like he’s the MINORITY leader ever since he got the post. LBJ would have wiped the floor with him. Pretty much this. I’m as far left as most of the rest on this board and I can’t stand the guy. He bends and breaks to even the slightest of pressure. He has the passion of a two day old bowl of non-frosted mini-wheats. Even his Daily Show appearance was pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/126 "2009-06-28T00:16:16Z")
Michelle Bachmann owns this title and will possess it until she loses or retires. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/127 "2009-06-28T18:39:07Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Michelle Bachmann owns this title and will possess it until she loses or retires. She has to share it with the people who voted her in. Minn. can be out of step but they reelected her? ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/128 "2010-10-01T14:19:16Z")
It looks like Tom Coburn is still the King of the Assholes in Congress. Check out this Daily Show clip from last night: > **[The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Comedy Central](https://www.cc.com/shows/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah)** > > The Daily Show is an Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning program that looks at the day’s top headlines through a sharp, reality-based lens. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/129 "2010-10-01T14:45:21Z")
Summary for the televisually impaired? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377/130 "2010-10-01T14:48:29Z")
It looks like Coburn is putting a hold on aid to Haiti. Some people are upset. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-asshole-in-congress/500377.md?page=6)