Our Nation's Most Batsh*t Congressman Is Worried About Gay Spaceships

[joeybee12]

When the U.S. House of Representatives allows "general speeches," you can expect fireworks. It's a chance for our elected representatives to raise issues important to them that might not normally come up, often because they are insane. Step right up Louie Gohmert, crowned "Padishah Emperor for Life of the Crazy People" by Esquire's Charles P. Pierce, who has some thoughts on same-sex couples and the space colonies of the future.

(Yes, really.)

After taking shots at trans and gay people—including the implication that the old DSM classification of homosexuality as a mental disorder is accurate—Gohmert embarked on a fun little hypothetical where the Earth becomes uninhabitable. (Due to, say, climate change, perhaps? Of course not. Gohmert thinks that's a hoax, but one which might also make more plants grow.) There is a spaceship in this scenario, and it's bound for a colony on another planet, and Gohmert is just asking whether we should let gay people on, OK?

"You're wanting to save humankind for posterity, basically a modern-day Noah. You have the opportunity to be a modern day Noah, you can preserve life. How many same sex couples would you take from the animal kingdom and from humans to put on the spacecraft to perpetuate humanity and the wildlife kingdom?"

Maybe it's time to ask if Louie should be allowed on the spaceship.

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/videos/a45303/our-nations-most-delightfully-batsht-congressman-is-worried-about-gay-space-colonies/

[Socal31]

2. Wow.

Can you imagine the ideas he REALLY wanted to discuss, but was advised that they were too crazy?

[silvershadow]

3. I *knew it was Gohmert Pyle before I even clicked.

[Initech]

4. John Oliver really needs to profile Louie Gohmert in "People Who Somehow Got Elected".

[madokie]

7. Send him a text.

we need a John Oliver group around here were we can go to to watch his show and comment on them. He is a god send to us who possess an open mind and a somewhat sane one.

I'm heading to watch some John Oliver right the fuck now. Just what this old sick man needs to see and hear.
thanks for bring him to my attention

[Initech]

8. He did that segment featuring Paul Le Page two weeks ago and it was epic.

[madokie]

9. I'm watching it now

and rolling in the fucking floor.
I feel like I've been run over by a truck when in reality it's just because I'm rolling in the fucking floor LOL


Thanks

[madokie]

5. I knew who you were referring to without even looking LOL

Louie Gohmert is one batshit crazy mo'fo' no 'bout adoubt it. He's as crazy as a shit house mouse

[malaise]

6. Rec because

I knew it was going to be Gohmert

[struggle4progress]

10. "We really need a federal law about who can use which spaceship bathroom!"

[Jeffersons Ghost]

11. In the real world, no inhabitable planet is known but climate change is real enough