{"id":9874,"date":"2006-10-17T09:14:48","date_gmt":"2006-10-17T16:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/10\/17\/the-ten-dumbest-congressfolk.html"},"modified":"2006-10-17T09:14:48","modified_gmt":"2006-10-17T16:14:48","slug":"the_ten_dumbest_congressf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/10\/17\/the_ten_dumbest_congressf.html","title":{"rendered":"The Ten Dumbest Congressfolk"},"content":{"rendered":"

The trick, of course, is limiting yourself to ten<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Of course, everyone says and does the occasional dumb thing on the job. But each of these people — Democrat and Republican alike — have that special kind of dumb that makes the reader shake a their head in wonderment (whether at the person him- or herself, or at the constituents who keep voting these turkeys back to DC). <\/p>\n

The list (and no doubt your favorite is missing, there being so many choices): <\/p>\n

\n

10. Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY)
\n9. Representative Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)
\n
\n8. Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT)
\n
\n7. Representative Cynthia McKinney (D-GA)
\n
\n6. Representative Jean Schmidt (R-OH)
\n
\n5. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
\n
\n4. Representative J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ)
\n
\n3. Senator James Inhofe (R-OK)
\n
\n2. Representative Donald Young (R-AK)
\n
\n1. Representative Katherine Harris (R-FL) <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

(via J-Walk<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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