Courtesy of the Miami Herald:
The latest inductee to the Sunshine State's face-palming club: U.S. Rep. Curt Clawson, the Bonita Springs Republican who replaced Trey Radel, the cocaine congressman busted for buying blow in Washington last year.
The scene: The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday.
The players: Clawson and two congressional witnesses named Nisha Biswal and Arun Kumar.
“I am familiar with your country; I love your country,” Clawson told them, speaking about India, which he thought was their land. “And I understand the complications of so many languages, and so many cultures, and so many histories, all rolled up in one.…”
Yes. All those languages. Like the English language. Spoken primarily in the United States. English is also a written language and, in plain English, the witness list said Biswal and Kumar, respectively, hold senior positions at the State Department and Commerce Department.
That is, Biswal and Kumar work for the U.S. government. They don't work for India. They are Americans.
But Clawson apparently didn't read the witness list's plain English. Nor did the freshman probably know that it's rare for foreign-government officials to testify before Congress, according to Foreign Policy's blog, The Cable. The Cable reports that Clawson had been busy talking about his knowledge of India and his favorite Bollywood movies.
You know, most of his friends are Indians. Oh, and he's also concerned about U.S.-India trade relations.
Do yourself a favor and read the entire article from the Herald, they brutalize this dumb son-of-a-bitch. As well they should.
I saw this last night on both the Chris Hayes show and Rachel Maddow, and I knew I had to share it today.
And you see this is the problem with these fucking Teabaggers. They are ideological pure enough to get elected by the rabid Right Wing, but so incredibly stupid that they make the state they are from and the entire country look like it is being led by preschoolers.
I have watched this video about five time at it literally gets better each time.
http://crooksandliars.com/cltv/2014/07/sarah-palins-odd-slurred-speech
ReplyDeleteShe's already stupid and insane, but she seems plastered here.
DeleteNormally I don't watch (much less listen) to "Lois Denominator" squawk on about anything, but that performance was simply bizarre. Then again, it's hard to tell when she is sober or not.
DeleteThe stupid bitch is so f**king jealous of Obama. I wish she'd go down to the Texas border with her pal, the other queen of stupidity, Michele Bachmann.
DeleteIt's certainly hard to tell when she is just drunk or drugged up, or both. And I think lately, it has been both.
DeleteLois Denominator. That's rich. I'm going to quote you!
DeleteOMG.
ReplyDeleteClassic!
Thanks!
Even better, watch the stoic staffer behind him. His face will be a goldmine if he decides to switch to the diplomatic corp.
DeleteWhat a dumb mother f*cker that guy is!
ReplyDeleteToo Funny:
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I had an Indian-American co-worker that asked me what is so hard about "Shashi" (her name, pronounced shah-shee). I had to gently explain that there is a very large group of Americans that completely tune out when confronted with even the simplest of Indian or other "foreign" names. It's just cultural laziness.
ReplyDeleteBut this congressmen never even got to the name thing, I think. Brown skin was enough for him to sail off into his personal sea of idiocy.
Kudos to Nisha Biswal's deft handling of the situation, she was beyond diplomatic. It's almost if she works with confused, arrogant bullies everyday.
If Biswal is a top level administrator in the State Department, I have no doubt she has encountered many ignorant, racist members of Congress before, and perfected her skills in dealing with them firmly but politely.
DeleteI, on the other hand, would have sat there and laughed at the idiot. Which is one of many reasons I do NOT hold a top-level governmental position!
These fucking 'Baggers really make me laugh. They bitch and complain about America's imminent demise as the world's economic superpower (sorry folks, but it is in the post), and then kiss-up to the countries that they vilify for "taking away" American jobs.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fucked-up nation, seriously.
I wish she would have said "We are representing the US government on the planet earth, what the fuck planet are you from?"
ReplyDeleteIt is jerks like this congressman that would decide on a bill of impeachment.
ReplyDeleteThat....was brutal in its stupidity, fish out of water, in over your head embarrassment. The coke head might have conducted himself with more sense.
ReplyDeleteThe guys is a total retard! Better pay closer attention for whom you cast your vote down there in the south land!
ReplyDeleteToo bad they don't have video of the look on his face when he realizes what a stupid fuck he must appear to be, not to mention patronizing.
ReplyDeletefunny comment at Wonkette
ReplyDeleteMaking fun of this guy (and Sarah) is as easy as taking Gandhi from a baby.
+1M !!
DeleteHe too stoopid to no he dumb.
ReplyDeleteHighlarious, 4:23! Your irony is killing me! ;-)
DeleteOh! That would have been delightfully entertaining had she said that, 3:27!
DeleteI thought Rachel was going to pee her pants when she was presenting this story. It was all there but the snorting. Stephanie Miller is going to have a field day with this on Monday, too.
ReplyDeleteAs ignorant as Clawson is, what gets me is his condescending little smile. He's so proud of himself & the apparent assurances Ms. Biswal offers him. I'm wondering if he'll send any sort of apologies to either of them.
Can you impeach a congressman for incompetence? Can you fire them? I mean, he needs to be fired.
ReplyDeleteThis Congress makes me wish we had a Monarchy/.
ReplyDeleteTHIS has got to go viral, or at least show up on all the comedian shows. How they didn't laugh in his face is beyond me.
ReplyDeleteGee, prejudiced and condescending enough? Don't patronize them, you're too stupid to realize you're too stupid, moron.
Wonder if his arrogance is newfound....i.e....as a result of his new position......nah,he's a Republican......born that way......
ReplyDeleteWhat a stunningly stupid, condescending fool! But he's obviously Palin's perfect soul mate. Alaska's former First Dud (intentionally misspelled) better watch out.
ReplyDeleteBut the question is: What bigger fools put this know-nothing on the Foreign Affairs Committee? The same brain trust that put Bachmann on the Intelligence Committee, I guess.
It DOES get better every time you watch it. Maybe the Foreign Affairs Committee is not the place for someone who can't tell one brown person from another, or who thinks only white people are real Americans. Oh. Wait...
ReplyDeleteI'm a little late on this (been traveling), and the video has been pulled so isn't available. Anyone know where a copy might be that can still be watched?
ReplyDeleteI saw what I wanted on Rachel's show...yay!
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