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ck4829

(35,076 posts)
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 10:40 PM Aug 2013

Move over Michele Bachmann and Steve King. Meet Ted Yoho, the newest Looney Toon in the House

Speaking at a town hall meeting earlier this month, Florida Republican congressman Ted Yoho promised that he would support possible birther legislation floated by Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX), telling the audience that after learning about a potential birther bill from Stockman while attending a Tea Party meeting, he called the congressman and agreed to back it.

While Yoho told the crowd that the issue of President Obama’s birth certificate was a “distraction” from topics like the national debt, he said he was hopeful that a birther investigation could bring down the whole government: “They said if it is true, it’s illegal, he shouldn’t be there and we can get rid of everything he’s done, and I said I agree with that.”

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/rep-ted-yoho-praises-birther-conspiracy-calls-obamacare-racist-against-white-people

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Move over Michele Bachmann and Steve King. Meet Ted Yoho, the newest Looney Toon in the House (Original Post) ck4829 Aug 2013 OP
Sure his name isn't Yahoo, or Yoyo? The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2013 #1
Ono ... zbdent Aug 2013 #2
Damn you beat me to it! we can do it Aug 2013 #4
Yo ho -- anybody there. Downwinder Aug 2013 #3
I'm adding him to my 'Nutty Republicans' list Tx4obama Aug 2013 #5
I am officially ashamed to be a veterinarian. I was dismayed a few kestrel91316 Aug 2013 #6
It was republican former U.S. Senator John Ensign that was a veterinarian... Tx4obama Aug 2013 #9
Oh, I know all about John Ensign. He was one of my students. kestrel91316 Aug 2013 #11
You are an angel for taking care of furbabies. KittyWampus Aug 2013 #10
Thank you. I had a tough case last week. Had to kestrel91316 Aug 2013 #12
I read about that. I had to bring F. to vet today for lungworm. :-( KittyWampus Aug 2013 #13
Flori-duh republicans strike again quinnox Aug 2013 #7
What the babbling fuck? Rex Aug 2013 #8
Just another cookie cut out from FL. Probably, Cha Aug 2013 #14

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
5. I'm adding him to my 'Nutty Republicans' list
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 11:10 PM
Aug 2013

Btw, Ted Yoho is a veterinarian: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Yoho

There was another veterinarian a republican U.S. Senator (I think he was, can't remember his name) that retired not too long ago.
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Nutty Republican Women:
Sarah Palin (AK)
Michele Bachmann (MN)
Orly Taitz (CA)
Sue Lowden (NV)
Virginia Foxx (NC)
Jan Brewer (AZ)
Sharron Angle (NV)
Debbie Riddle (TX)
Nikki Haley (SC)
Christine O'donnell (DE)
Marsha Blackburn (TN)
Victoria Jackson
Ann Coulter
Michelle Malkin

Nutty Republican Men:
Glenn Beck
Rush Limbaugh
Mark 'Appalachia' Sanford (SC)
Rand Paul (KY)
Louie Gohmert (TX)
Carl Paladino (NY)
Jim DeMint (SC)
Rick ‘Syrup-Cuddlin’ Perry (TX)
Herman ‘999' Cain (GA)
Scott Walker (WI)
Steve King (IA)
Todd ‘legitimate rape’ Akin (MO)
Jimmy ‘The Rent is Too Damn High Party’ McMillan
Dana (dinosaur flatulence causes global warming) Rohrabacher
Donald Trump
Hank Williams, Jr.
Ted Nuggent
Stephen Baldwin
Jon Voight
Ted Yoho (FL)


And as far as OUR side goes, we have some young sane GOOD folks to look forward to watching for a long time: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251305574

 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
6. I am officially ashamed to be a veterinarian. I was dismayed a few
Mon Aug 5, 2013, 11:51 PM
Aug 2013

years ago to read that the majority of my colleagues are Republicans.

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
9. It was republican former U.S. Senator John Ensign that was a veterinarian...
Tue Aug 6, 2013, 12:02 AM
Aug 2013

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ensign

Well it's a good thing you're a vet too - we need some good Democratic ones



 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
11. Oh, I know all about John Ensign. He was one of my students.
Tue Aug 6, 2013, 12:30 AM
Aug 2013

When I was a senior in vet school I also worked as a teaching assistant for the freshman vet students' microbiology class. He was a smarmy, phony, slick guy even then. I wasn't at all surprised to hear he went into politics, and I was delighted when he fell as hard as he did, lol.

 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
12. Thank you. I had a tough case last week. Had to
Tue Aug 6, 2013, 12:31 AM
Aug 2013

send a kitty's head in to the county lab for rabies testing. He was a little 3 MO, 2 lb stray that got sick and bit both his rescuer and me and then died. Sigh.

But he was negative for rabies, so that's a relief.

Cha

(297,220 posts)
14. Just another cookie cut out from FL. Probably,
Tue Aug 6, 2013, 02:24 AM
Aug 2013

promised to do things differently in D.C. and then didn't.

they're a dime a dozen, YoYo.

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