Did He Really Say That????

[Savage Paw]

This is the the Dumb Ass Congressmans reply to the flap over his comments. I think he's making it up that he didn't really believe it would capsize spin baby spin!!. From his page in Wikipedia:


In response to criticism of his remark, Johnson clarified, “I wasn’t suggesting that the island of Guam would literally tip over. I was using a metaphor to say that with the addition of 8,000 Marines and their dependents – an additional 80,000 people during peak construction to the port on the tiny island with a population of 180,000 – could be a tipping point which would adversely affect the island’s fragile ecosystem and over burden its already overstressed infrastructure.

“Having traveled to Guam last year, I saw firsthand how this beautiful – but vulnerable - island is already overburdened, and I was simply voicing my concerns that the addition of that many people could tip the delicate balance and do harm to Guam.”[

[JohnStOnge]

As I said in the other thread on this, this has got to be an April Fool's joke. There is no way anybody with enough sense to be elected a Congressman anywhere would think that.

[Col Hogan]

As I said in the other thread on this, this has got to be an April Fool's joke. There is no way anybody with enough sense to be elected a Congressman anywhere would think that.

It's not...check the date of the hearing (March 25th)...

No joke...

I started this thread and I don't do April Fools jokes...

[Savage Paw]

As I said in the other thread on this, this has got to be an April Fool's joke. There is no way anybody with enough sense to be elected a Congressman anywhere would think that.

Man unfortunately its not a joke. Do some reasearch. Even the very liberal Huffington Post acknowleged the it was "Sadly not a April fools prank."

[native]

I just saw this, that guy was serious. It's a shame he's less than an hour away and a couple districts over from me... otherwise his ass would be grass on my November Ballot... I don't care what he represents, there's no room for this type of stupidity.

Bullshit.

He's one of yours, dj.

No disclaimers or excuses can change it.

[native]

That's all anybody really needs to say...

... BTW, I be interested to see how this district voted in the last presidential election. I'd bet the over/under is 90% Obama, but oops! I forgot, only the smart and open minded vote for Obama. My bad.

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[SeattleGriz]

For all those libs that hate Rush Limbaugh, here is what he had to say about Johnson.

Now, I want to get something out of the way here. I got all kinds of people e-mailing me and sending me flashes here, "You gotta play Hank Johnson, you gotta play Hank Johnson." All right, I'll play Hank Johnson. I'll play the audio sound bite, but there's something you gotta know here. Hank Johnson replaced Cynthia McKinney. Hank Johnson has hepatitis C. He's had it for ten years. His liver, I'm told, is ravaged. He loses his train of thought in mid-sentence many times. The man simply is not all there because of hepatitis C. That's a bad, bad, bad disease. But Pelosi keeps him on a committee, and she puts him out there where he can be embarrassed when actually this should not happen. This was last Thursday in the House Armed Services Committee during testimony about the 2011 defense budget request.

While I have never heard Hepatitis C causes you to lose your mental acuity, at least Rush stuck up for him.

[93henfan]

While I have never heard Hepatitis C causes you to lose your mental acuity, at least Rush stuck up for him.

While turning it into a slam of Pelosi. The whole time I was reading that (or envisioning myself actually listening to Rush) I was waiting for the "but". Sure enough, Rush delivered.

How's Rush doing with the addiction? Has he licked it? I haven't heard much about it lately.

[AZGrizFan]

While I have never heard Hepatitis C causes you to lose your mental acuity, at least Rush stuck up for him.

While turning it into a slam of Pelosi. The whole time I was reading that (or envisioning myself actually listening to Rush) I was waiting for the "but". Sure enough, Rush delivered.

How's Rush doing with the addiction? Has he licked it? I haven't heard much about it lately.

Rush doesn't have to worry about a disease causing him to lose his train of thought. He never has one to begin with.

[93henfan]

Rush doesn't have to worry about a disease causing him to lose his train of thought. He never has one to begin with.

Care to rephrase that? Surely you meant to imply that Ben Johnson, not Rush, never has a train of thought. Am I right?

You wouldn't slam your boy Rush like that would you?

[AZGrizFan]

Rush doesn't have to worry about a disease causing him to lose his train of thought. He never has one to begin with.

Care to rephrase that? Surely you meant to imply that Ben Johnson, not Rush, never has a train of thought. Am I right?

You wouldn't slam your boy Rush like that would you?

If you've ever listened to 3 minutes of Rush Limbaugh, you've listened to more Rush Limbaugh than I have.

[BDKJMU]

Rush doesn't have to worry about a disease causing him to lose his train of thought. He never has one to begin with.

If you've ever listened to 3 minutes of Rush Limbaugh, you've listened to more Rush Limbaugh than I have.

Huh Z, If you've never listened to him, how would you know he never has a train of thought?

[BDKJMU]

Looks like Hank Johnson needs some billboards in Atlanta too:
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[SeattleGriz]

While turning it into a slam of Pelosi. The whole time I was reading that (or envisioning myself actually listening to Rush) I was waiting for the "but". Sure enough, Rush delivered.

How's Rush doing with the addiction? Has he licked it? I haven't heard much about it lately.

I, of course cannot speak about Rush's addiction, but I can say at least he showed a modicum of dignity and didn't attack Johnson. As far as Pelosi goes, what else would you expect? Rush needs to keep his listenership up. Plus, she is a very easy target.

He is no different than Hannity, Beck, Olbermann or Maddow. Gotta throw the bombs out there to boost ratings!

[CID1990]

While I have never heard Hepatitis C causes you to lose your mental acuity, at least Rush stuck up for him.

While turning it into a slam of Pelosi. The whole time I was reading that (or envisioning myself actually listening to Rush) I was waiting for the "but". Sure enough, Rush delivered.

How's Rush doing with the addiction? Has he licked it? I haven't heard much about it lately.

Any "but" that is followed by a criticism of Nancy Pelosi doesn't really count as a "but".

[travelinman67]

...I feel much more comfortable about Congress after watching that.

[houndawg]

As I said in the other thread on this, this has got to be an April Fool's joke. There is no way anybody with enough sense to be elected a Congressman anywhere would think that.

There's no way anybody with enough sense to get elected to Congress would get caught cruising the men's room at an airport, either.

[JMU DJ]

I just saw this, that guy was serious. It's a shame he's less than an hour away and a couple districts over from me... otherwise his ass would be grass on my November Ballot... I don't care what he represents, there's no room for this type of stupidity.

Bullshit.

He's one of yours, dj.

No disclaimers or excuses can change it.

Nah man, he's district 4... I'm district 10. Plus, switching my vote to the Repub party or other candidate in district 4 would be much like any vote I'd think of casting for a Dem in my local.... futile.

[blueballs]

For all those libs that hate Rush Limbaugh, here is what he had to say about Johnson.

Now, I want to get something out of the way here. I got all kinds of people e-mailing me and sending me flashes here, "You gotta play Hank Johnson, you gotta play Hank Johnson." All right, I'll play Hank Johnson. I'll play the audio sound bite, but there's something you gotta know here. Hank Johnson replaced Cynthia McKinney. Hank Johnson has hepatitis C. He's had it for ten years. His liver, I'm told, is ravaged. He loses his train of thought in mid-sentence many times. The man simply is not all there because of hepatitis C. That's a bad, bad, bad disease. But Pelosi keeps him on a committee, and she puts him out there where he can be embarrassed when actually this should not happen. This was last Thursday in the House Armed Services Committee during testimony about the 2011 defense budget request.

While I have never heard Hepatitis C causes you to lose your mental acuity, at least Rush stuck up for him.

...which is why the man is not fit to serve, just like Kennedy was not fit to serve the last year of his life and Murtha was not fit to serve the last year of his life but neither did the right thing and stepped down... futher proof that the thirst for the acquisition, retention, and expansion of power trumps all else- not service or or good conscience.

[Baldy]

As I said in the other thread on this, this has got to be an April Fool's joke. There is no way anybody with enough sense to be elected a Congressman anywhere would think that.

There's no way anybody with enough sense to get elected to Congress would get caught cruising the men's room at an airport, either.

...or letting their lover run a prostitution ring out of his home, or stuff $90,000 of bribe money in their freezer, or get caught not paying their taxes, etc, etc, etc....

[houndawg]

There's no way anybody with enough sense to get elected to Congress would get caught cruising the men's room at an airport, either.

...or letting their lover run a prostitution ring out of his home, or stuff $90,000 of bribe money in their freezer, or get caught not paying their taxes, etc, etc, etc....

I was going to add Foley to the list, but I hear he has.....turned over a new page.

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

Now hd that's funny!

[native]

Bullshit.

He's one of yours, dj.

No disclaimers or excuses can change it.

Nah man, he's district 4... I'm district 10. Plus, switching my vote to the Repub party or other candidate in district 4 would be much like any vote I'd think of casting for a Dem in my local.... futile.

At least gerrymandering in the Georgia 10th served the useful purpose of placing a whole bunch of idiots in one district. Maybe it will help save the other districts.

[AZGrizFan]

Rush doesn't have to worry about a disease causing him to lose his train of thought. He never has one to begin with.

If you've ever listened to 3 minutes of Rush Limbaugh, you've listened to more Rush Limbaugh than I have.

Huh Z, If you've never listened to him, how would you know he never has a train of thought?

I don't need to read the Communist Manifesto to know that I don't agree with it, BDK.

[JohnStOnge]

All that stuff about protitutes and soliciting homosexual trists, etc., isn't as unbelievable as this. If you're doing that stuff you can at least HOPE you don't get caught. I just can't believe someone would publicly talk about an Island tipping over because too many people are on it and be serious. It just can't be.

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There's got to be some kind of answer...