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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
Tue Dec 10, 2013, 02:07 PM Dec 2013

"If babies had guns, they wouldn't be aborted."

Meet the Senate Candidate Who Might be Too Crazy for Texas


Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas), the weirdest member of a Congress that also includes a Santa-impersonating reindeer herder and this guy, is challenging Sen. Cornyn (R-Texas) in next year's U.S. Senate primary. In an interview with WorldNetDaily, a birther website that once reported that President Obama had perhaps hidden his gay life in order to run for president, Stockman explained that he was entering the race—just before the filing deadline—because Cornyn had "undermined (Sen.) Ted Cruz's fight against Obamacare" and was guilty of "stabbing fellow Republicans in the back."

If his very short career in Washington is any indication, Stockman will at least give us a reason to tune in. Some highlights from his second term in Congress:


His campaign bumper sticker: "If babies had guns, they wouldn't be aborted."

This tweet: "The best thing about the Earth is if you poke holes in it oil and gas come out."

And this one: "Democrats are playing the knockout game with your health insurance."

The time he raffled off an AR-15 as a campaign fundraiser.

The second time he raffled off an AR-15 as a campaign fundraiser.

His interview
with Ted Nugent, in which he wondered whether victims of gun violence who advocated for gun control were "useful idiots"?

His decision to bring Nugent as his plus one to last year's state of the union.

His (empty) threat to impeach President Obama over gun control.

The time he compared Obama to Saddam Hussein.

The time he explained he would vote against the Violence Against Women Act because it helps "men dressed up as women."


The $350,000 in income that's unexplained in his personal financial disclosures.



http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/12/steve-stockman-yolo

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"If babies had guns, they wouldn't be aborted." (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Dec 2013 OP
What a Nucking Fut!!! aptal Dec 2013 #1
Can't argue with that. eppur_se_muova Dec 2013 #2
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