# Butthead Matt Gaetz **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 30, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthead-matt-gaetz/943235 "2021-05-30T20:55:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthead-matt-gaetz/943235/21 "2021-05-31T17:11:32Z")
I am going to have to assume all this is true because a sane person could not make this up, but the way you tell it makes it almost feel… human in its stupidity. I expect this to escalate and wait for the hyaenas to enter the stage. I hope they don’t disappoint me. The hyaenas, I mean. They seldom do. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthead-matt-gaetz/943235/22 "2021-05-31T17:24:39Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > I am going to have to assume all this is true because a sane person could not make this up, but the way you tell it makes it almost feel… human in its stupidity. You should read some Carl Hiaasen, if you haven’t already. He was a newspaper columnist who freely borrowed from Florida’s weirdness for his fiction. The whole state is a confounding stew of aggression, foolishness, and desperation. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthead-matt-gaetz/943235/23 "2021-05-31T17:25:51Z")
He’s on my buy list, I read that “Squeeze Me” is a good start, thanks for reminding me. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthead-matt-gaetz/943235/24 "2021-05-31T17:30:59Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > All that grift for nothing, just a big circle of grifters grifting each other until everyone ends up with nothing more or less then they had when they started. That’s Republican Florida for you. > [@Cervaise](#): > > You should read some Carl Hiaasen, if you haven’t already. He was a newspaper columnist who freely borrowed from Florida’s weirdness for his fiction. The whole state is a confounding stew of aggression, foolishness, and desperation. Exactly what I came here to say. You beat me by 6 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthead-matt-gaetz/943235/25 "2021-05-31T17:31:01Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > There’s also Andy Biggs, but I may be more sensitive to his shenanigans because I’m a quarter mile outside his district. You’re so lucky. Andy Pander is my “representative”. You got Stanton? I think Biggot Biggs is the worst congressional representative in the country currently serving. Chief nut case in the FreeDUM Caucus, gave tours to insurrectionists, bought and paid for by special interests, former president trump’s Number 1 ass kisser. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthead-matt-gaetz/943235/26 "2021-05-31T17:32:27Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > You should read some Carl Hiaasen, if you haven’t already. And Tim Dorsey. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthead-matt-gaetz/943235/27 "2021-05-31T17:34:49Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > You got Stanton? I do. 👏🏽 ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthead-matt-gaetz/943235/28 "2021-05-31T17:37:49Z")
FWIW, that’s the book I’m currently reading. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthead-matt-gaetz/943235/29 "2021-05-31T17:39:09Z")
Then it will go straight up to the top of my list. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthead-matt-gaetz/943235/30 "2021-05-31T18:11:23Z")
🤦‍♂️ I finally realized that I forgot to include these in the OP: [![](https://i.redd.it/7bxa1b2ac2s61.jpg) ](https://i.redd.it/7bxa1b2ac2s61.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/lReoCW6h.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/lReoCW6h.jpg) and of course [https://i.redd.it/ymlou7jw3ua61.jpg](https://i.redd.it/ymlou7jw3ua61.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthead-matt-gaetz/943235/31 "2021-05-31T18:19:47Z")
I largely grew up in South Florida and spent quite a few years in the Panhandle ('70s-'90s all told) and I agree with this post. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthead-matt-gaetz/943235/32 "2021-05-31T18:31:17Z")
I totally buy that he got conned, because you couldn’t build a better mark in a lab. Money-adjacent, corrupt, thinks he’s smart but clearly a moron. I’d be more surprised if he didn’t get fleeced regularly. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthead-matt-gaetz/943235/33 "2021-05-31T19:28:47Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > In case you haven’t been following, here’s a recap of the **Florida Men** story so far! Never stop writing, @Ann_Hedonia. You told this sordid, disgusting tale in a wonderfully engaging and concise manner. I love your riffs! ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthead-matt-gaetz/943235/34 "2021-05-31T23:12:51Z")
👏 👏 👏 🤣 😂 😍 ❤ 💗 💙 👍 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthead-matt-gaetz/943235/35 "2021-06-01T00:07:23Z")
An Intercept writer tweeted a photo of Lee Harvey Oswald, who he identified as his grandpa and a veteran, and asked several right wing figures for a Memorial Day retweet for him. Guess who took the bait? > **[‘Lee Harvey Oswald’ trends on Twitter after conservatives get punked on...](https://www.rawstory.com/lee-harvey-oswald/)** > > On Memorial Day, Twitter blew up as several prominent right-wing figures were tricked into honoring Lee Harvey Oswald, the gunman who assassinated President John F. Kennedy.The ruse was pulled off by The Intercept reporter Ken Klippenstein, who... > ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthead-matt-gaetz/943235/36 "2021-06-01T00:25:09Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > And Tim Dorsey. If only we could sic Serge Storms on the lot of 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthead-matt-gaetz/943235/37 "2021-06-01T08:58:28Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > An Intercept writer tweeted a photo of Lee Harvey Oswald, who he identified as his grandpa and a veteran, and asked several right wing figures for a Memorial Day retweet for him. Admittedly I wouldn’t have identified that picture as Oswald either. I’m guessing that at the point Matt Gaetz retweeted it, the account name wasn’t “matt gaetz is a pedo” as it appears in the screenshot presented. Although who knows… ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthead-matt-gaetz/943235/38 "2021-06-01T09:00:15Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I’m guessing that at the point Matt Gaetz retweeted it, the account name wasn’t “matt gaetz is a pedo” as it appears in the screenshot presented. From what I’ve read, the poster does this kind of thing often and changes his handle once the target retweets it. Here’s another of his “victims” from today; > ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthead-matt-gaetz/943235/39 "2021-06-01T13:23:51Z")
Digging down into the Twitter thread, Candace Owens (who apparently is something of a big deal in right-wing circles?) took him to task for photo-shopping LHO into a uniform. She got rightly dragged for her lack of historical knowledge. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthead-matt-gaetz/943235/40 "2021-06-01T13:49:13Z")
I loved the side-by-side of Owens saying “I can’t read this because she blocked me. Most people who lie for a living block people who expose them” followed by “@RealCandaceO blocked you”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butthead-matt-gaetz/943235.md?page=1)