which GOP Senator inspires the most contempt from you?

[CMT]

So many worthy candidates and so hard to pick only one. But here are a few who come to mind.

[goobergunch]

1. It's a tie between Coleman :puke: and Chambliss :puke:...

but I'll pick Coleman :puke:.

ON EDIT: Yes, I do have to put that emoticon after either of the two's names...

[NewJerseyDem]

11. Norm Coleman?

He isn't nearly as bad as a lot of other Republicans. People just hate him because he was up against Paul Wellstone. You would all hate anyone who tried to beat Wellstone. Coleman is actually somewhat more moderate than most Republicans. He seems to care about the environment because he voted against drilling in ANWR. And when he gets more seniority I would think that he may very well end up being a potential swing vote in the Senate.

[ButterflyBlood]

15. "I'm a 99% improvement over Wellstone, on almost every issue"

I'll never forgive him for that. You try being "represented" by the fuck.

[Sophree]

35. I'm not even from MN

And I he gets my vote for most hated. Tasteless, classless, Nazi.

:puke:

[goobergunch]

21. Not per se...

Coleman :puke: is actually somewhat more moderate than most Republicans.

Yeah, just like Arlen "I voted for Pryor" Specter.

He seems to care about the environment because he voted against drilling in ANWR.

I remember that vote. I also remember him saying after the vote that if the Repuke leadership had needed his vote, he would have gone the other way. (The vote was 52-48.)

And when he gets more seniority I would think that he may very well end up being a potential swing vote in the Senate.

He's going to get 6 years of seniority. PERIOD.

Anybody who says that they're a "99% improvement over Wellstone" better have the voting record to back it up. Oh wait...isn't that impossible? :grr:

[ButterflyBlood]

23. He only promised to oppose ANWR drilling since the state was so against it

and so he would have an issue to trot out and look "moderate" on. My guess is for 6 years he'll vote with the extreme right 97% of the time and then bring out every time he voted against them to prove he's really moderate.

gah, one nightmare scenario is if Dayton loses in 2006 I could end up with a Coleman/Kennedy or Coleman/Kline or Coleman/Gutknecht or Coleman/Pawlenty senatorial combo. The thought of that is nauseating. But since Dayton was able to sink Grams he could probably also sink another far right shill if they decide to run one.

[goobergunch]

32. Dayton should avoid small planes...

hopefully Kline will lose in 2004.

[CMT]

44. I agree Norm has no convictions.

he tends to go he way the wind blows. He was a democrat and a liberal and then found that he wasn't getting ahead fast enough in Minnesota and switched parties to further his career. The man is a total blood sucker. His goulish comments on Wellstone put him over the edge with me.

[MrsMatt]

43. Contempt,

not who's the worst. I have to feel contempt for someone who, after having served as mayor of St. Paul, couldn't even CARRY St. Paul for his Senate race. He's an "empty suit" if I may quote Garrison Keillor, and a "maroon", if I may quote Bugs Bunny.

[dawgman]

46. He wants open the Boundary waters to power crafts and snowmobiles.

That would destroy that habitat. He is not an environmentalist.

[suegeo]

50. Norman sucks

I don't like the guy. I don't trust the guy.

On Edit: Orrin Hatch is pretty freaky too. And Saxsby is evil, 'cause of what he did to his Vietnam Vet opponent.

PS--Is that Kline wing-nut even from Minnesota or the mid-west originally? Just curious. I know the tuna sandwich (Norman) is from the east coast somewhere...

[ButterflyBlood]

53. Coleman's originally from Brooklyn

Kline's a carpetbagger from Texas

[goobergunch]

33. The common thread between the two :puke:s...

is that they both cheated in their electoral "wins". It may have been inadvertant (at least on Coleman :puke:'s part), but Coleman :puke: saying that he would have beat Wellstone nullifies that...plus the other comment.

[annagull]

2. Hard to pick just one

I can't stand most of these idiots, but being in GA, Saxby "patriotic draft doger" Chambliss generates the most loathing for me.

[jpak]

4. Saxby is a snake

All "southern gent" until your back is turned, then....

Typical southern repug hypocrite/criminal/liar

[cherryperry]

3. You're not being fair!

However, if I have to pick just one, for some reason, Rick Santorum makes my skin crawl! I can't think of a repuke I can really tolerate, but Ricky has 'special status' as one who triggers an immediate gag reflex from me :puke:

Thank you for asking :crazy: !

[quinnox]

5. It used to be Santorum

But now, I have to say it is a tie between Hatch and Santorum. I was watching Hatch the other day lying on Cspan, complaining about the judicial nominees (he has a real bee in his bonnet over this) and Democratic "obstruction". He was going on about it at length, saying this has never been done before, and it is unprecedented and more b.s. He forgets (not really, he just doesn't mention it) the repubs did the same thing to Clinton's nominees, but in a different fashion. They wouldn't let the ones they disliked out of committee, which the Dems can't do because they don't control the committees so their only recourse is to filibuster. Hatch is an ass.

[lastliberalintexas]

6. Kay Bailey Hutchinson

She's very dangerous because she is perceived to be more moderate than the rest of them, as well as being a woman and capturing the votes of (some) women who feel that any woman would be better than a Dem man on so-called women's issues.

She's also a favorite of the Shrub administration and the repub leadership, and is probably being groomed for higher office, which means she could be around for years to come.

[DemoTex]

45. Tie: Kay Bailey Hutchinson and John Cornyn (both Texas)

Very close third: Saxby Chambilis

[bookman]

7. Not Voting

If I can't vote for all of the above I'm not voting. :)

[NewJerseyDem]

8. Jeff Sessions of Alabama

He is such a religious fanatic that it really bothers be. He said a few days ago that a good catholic believes in certain things. He was saying that judicial nominee Bill Pryor has to be opposed to abortion and homosexuality because he is catholic. It was really offensive to pro-choice catholics and particularly stupid because Jeff Sessions is Methodist so how does he know so much about catholicism.

[Mel]

18. Hatch is a religious fanatic

to and he hates catholics just as much as Sessions does. Bet, he even says they are going to hell in private. I voted for Hatch because he's the head of the judical committee and he's the one we have to watch!!

Sessions is one of 'those kind of christians' the ones that hates catholics.
I ought to know I was raised in the south and know all about those kind of fundamentalist zealots!

Senator Durbin spanked his ass though didn't he? I tell you the truth I'm worried about Durbin if there's a list he's on it, if you know what I mean?

I also wanted to vote for Sack O' poop Chambliss for what he did to Max.....

Dernit! I can't stand any of them :evilgrin:

[bunnyhop]

9. Unfair - you left out tom daschle ---nt

nt

[jpgray]

19. I don't see how Daschle can compete with those above (nt)

.

[Momof1]

10. Santorum sucks

Now I just wish the rest of PA, would get a clue.
And get him out of office!!!

[I Lean Left]

20. the funny thing is

I'm not sure how Santorum got in. He doesn't seem representative of Pennsylvania, or even Pennsylvania Republicans (who seem less conservative than most Republicans). I don't know when he is up for re-election, but I doubt his seat is so strong that he can afford such extremist positions.

[goobergunch]

26. He's up in 2006.

He was first elected in 1994 against Harris Wofford...that was 1994, where we lost practically every competitive race. In 2000, we ran Ron Klink, a pro-life Congressman from the western part of the state (Hart's district now). Klink ran no ads (at least none that I saw) in the Philadelphia area and proceeded to lose horribly. I endorsed Allyson Schwartz in the Dem primary, but it wasn't meant to be...

[devinsgram]

41. Just wait

sometimes it takes Pennsylvanians a little longer, but they finally do get it.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

12. Chambliss and Coleman!!!

I guess anyone can get into positions of power these days.

:eyes:

[tnlefty]

13. include Frist and I'd vote all of the above!

Plaid shirt Lamar makes me ill, too, along with a few others.

[mitchum]

14. another vote for Chambliss (since that SOB "represents" me)

[xequals]

16. Inhofe is probably the most reactionary

of all of them, from what I've read.

[ButterflyBlood]

17. Only one other vote for Inhofe?

Probably the most blatant homophobe in the senate (even worse than Santorum) who threatened to filibuster Clinton's appointment of a gay ambassador, and ran in 1996 with anti-gay rights as one of his platform's planks. He also defended Milosevic on the basis that the Serbs were "trying to spread Christianity", told a rally that voting liberals out of office was "the Lord's work" and also has basically said that Israel can murder anyone they want on their land because God gave it to them. Truly one detestable person.

It also just so happens that the other senator from Oklahoma is the second worst senator.

[xequals]

24. that's what I was thinking..

but it's probably because most people aren't familiar with him. Inhofe isn't too far off from Tim McVeigh, as far as reactionary thinking goes.

[goobergunch]

29. Don't forget he's chairman of the Environment and Public Works cmte...

despite having a 0 record from the LCV in both the 106th and 107th Congresses.

http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=H3251103#Environment

[jafap]

22. Paging Dr. Evil, paging Dr. Evil

What about Dr. Bill (Jekyl) Frist? By day he saves lives as a doctor, by night he ruins lives as a legislator. I also heard really bad things about Don Rickles of Ok (and I do not give a nickel for what his real name is), who was expected to be Lott's replacement. What I heard was enough to make me say - "keep Lott".

Personally, I hate Charles Grassley the most because he lied to me personally in correspondence (not that it was not a form letter or written by a staffer). I explained his lies to him, albeit somewhat harshly, and he wrote back "we will agree to disagree" and later he went through the same exchange with Paul Krugman. He seemed to be liar in chief for the Bush tax cuts.

[Wwagsthedog]

25. Only Contempt?

rick santorum gets my vote here but only one demeaning adjective is not enough most senators. Keep an eye on john cornyn of Texas. he is rapidly accumulating most of the adjectives I can think of that apply to our vacationing legislators.

Who thinks tom delay is the most "fill in your own adjectives" animal in the USA?

[goddess40]

27. "Bet you can't hate just one"

They are all vile in their own ways.

[Clete]

28. Too, many choices.

Which scumbag is worse that the other?

[SideshowScott]

30. THEY ARE ALL SCUM!!!

Honeslty!

[I Lean Left]

31. This used to be easier!!

A couple of years ago the names Helms, Thurmond, Lott, D'Amato or Gramm would have caused a real competition. Now they're all gone except Lott, and he doesn't seem nearly as relevent anymore.

[nostamj]

34. out of this group, it's Hatch

but, no FRIST ???

and where's Zell Miller ???

[Generic Other]

36. Hey! How come Zell Miller isn't on this list?

Oh well.

I would have said Jesse Helms, but yahoo he's already gone!
So it's a toss up between Hatch :puke: and Lott. :puke:

[burr]

38. Zell Miller & Dick Shelby.

Both are traitors the party and the voters that elected them. Both are asskissers of shrub. Shelby drove a blade thru the compromise Mitchell healthcare bill, which almost passed the Senate. Zell Miller drove a knife into the backs of Roy Barnes and Max Cleland.

[last_texas_dem]

37. Couldn't choose between Chambliss and Coleman...

...so I picked Santorum! :-)

[Comrade_Goldstein]

39. How about almost anyone with an R after their names

But if I had to pick one it would be Norm Coleman, who did everything to win (except I don't believe he killed Wellstone, he isn't sharp enough to think up that one, Rove on the other had).He's also the most wishy-washy person possible, I have family in Minnesota, and they all say that he whined that he couldn't get ahead as a Democrat so he switched parties. The Georgia duo of Chambliss and Miller also incite inspire contempt. The absolute worst however has to be Bill Frist, I think while he was a doctor he may have accidently removed his own heart during an operation.

[Iris]

40. Saxby Chambliss beats Trent Lott??

Who says Georgia always comes in last!

[PopSixSquish]

42. Saxby Chambliss

without a doubt. I'm still angry about the way the GOP trashed Max Cleland and I wasn't even living in GA yet.

[knowledgeispower]

47. As a Minnesotan, I hate Coleman...

and Santorum is also quite a nice candidate because of his blatant unabashed homophobia. But the winner definitely has to be Orin Hatch. Whenever he gets up to speak I have to mute or turn off C-Span or I fly into a blind rage.

[chimpymustgo]

48. You can only vote for ONE????

I can't.

[CMT]

49. I probably shouldn't have included Lisa Murkowski

she has not gotten any votes and while it is contempable that she was appointed by her dad she hasn't made enough of an impression in the few months she has been in there except that she seems to be in trouble of not being re-elected.

[beanball]

51. Those contemptable crooks in the senate

I am from Arizona ,I cast four vote for that ruthless,heartless,S.O.B. Jon Kyl,why four votes?my three lovely dogs can"t stand the clown either. Beanball the dog lover

[Gogi]

52. Bond and Talent

Bond (R-past sell by date) and Talent (R-Apparatchik) definetely deserve a vote each!

[CMT]

54. kick

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