Teh stoopid..!! It BUUUURRNNZZZZ!!!

[TygrBright]

Is This the Dumbest Moment in Congressional History?

At a House committee hearing Tuesday on “The Need for Leadership to Combat Climate Change and Protect National Security,” the Kentucky Republican thought he could pwn former secretary of state John Kerry. Kerry is an expert on climate change who helped broker the Paris climate accord and recently criticized president Trump for proposing to set up a task force that seeks to counter the scientific consensus on climate change. Massie calls advocates of climate action “alarmists” and believes that the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide is “plant food.”

The transcript of the literally unbelievable exchange follows:

Massie: Sec. Kerry, I want to read part of your statement back to you: “Instead of convening a kangaroo court, the president might want to talk with the educated adults he once trusted his top national security positions.” It sounds like you’re questioning the credentials of the president’s advisers, currently. But I think we should question your credentials today. Isn’t it true you have a science degree from Yale?
Kerry: Bachelor of arts degree.
Massie: Is it a political science degree?
Kerry: Yes, political science.
Massie: So how do you get a bachelor of arts, in a science?
Kerry: Well it’s a liberal arts education and degree. It’s a bachelor…
Massie: OK. So it’s not really science. So I think it’s somewhat appropriate that someone with a pseudo-science degree is here pushing pseudo-science in front of our committee today.
Kerry: Are you serious?! I mean this is really a serious happening here?
Massie: You know what? It is serious. You’re calling the president’s Cabinet a “kangaroo court.” Is that serious?
Kerry: I’m not calling his Cabinet a kangaroo court, I’m calling this committee that he’s putting together a kangaroo committee.
Massie: Are you saying it doesn’t have educated adults now?
Kerry: I don’t know who it has yet because it’s secret.
Massie: Well you said it in your testimony.
Kerry: Why would he have to have a secret analysis of climate change?
Massie: Let’s get back to the science of it.
Kerry: But it’s not science, you’re not quoting science!
Massie: Well, You’re the science expert. You have the political science degree.

Someone's angling after Louie Gohmert's long-held "dumbest mouthbreather in Congress" plaque on the GOP Wall of Shame...

astoundedly,
Bright

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. Secretary Kerry is basically the Luke Wilson character here.

[TygrBright]

2. Exactly... ::weeps:: We are SOOOoooo screwn.... n/t

[mr_lebowski]

6. +1000 ... exactly!

[hunter]

9. Sadly, Trump is a venal idiot compared to Camacho.

Does anyone think Trump could do this without blowing his own head off?

Would Trump ever seek out the smartest guy in the world?

[Aristus]

37. The acting job is all the more admirable when you read about what a brilliant guy Terry Crewes is.

I'd love to have him on that committee.

[Dave Starsky]

42. President Camacho loved and cared about the American people.

He literally sought out the smartest person he could find to solve the country's hunger problem. It didn't matter if the person he found was smarter than he was. He WANTED that. His massive ego was unbruised by bringing in someone he thought could get that particular job done.

I would take a President Camacho ANY day over Trump.

[ewagner]

35. Exactly!!! n/t

[Glimmer of Hope]

3. I can't process this nonsense.

[mercuryblues]

4. OMG.

That has to be the dumbest thing I read in 5 minutes. Massachusetts Institute of Technology needs to revoke his degree for that.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. Who got Massie into MIT?

Was it Lori Loughlin?

It was Lori Loughlin, wasn't it?

[DoctorJoJo]

10. I Just Sent Massie a Tweet Saying That As An Engineer Myself, I Had Looked Up to MIT--Until Him!

[zaj]

12. He actually invented some tech, built a company and exited

It's nuts

[PaulRevere08]

19. Worked with an MIT grad and

While at times he came across rational, he lost me when he said that citizens should be heavily armed to protect them from the government. He stated this as if was obvious as the sky is blue.

[KayF]

23. ha ha ha ha ha

[mcar]

7. Holy jumping Jayzus!

[Atticus]

8. Barney Frank dealt with abject stupidity this way: early in President Obama's first term,

some ignoramus showed up with a poster depicting the President as Hitler. Barney spotted it and called him out.

"On what planet do you spend most of your time? Trying to have a conversation with you would be like trying to argue with a dining room table.--- I have no interest in doing it!"

The only problem was that it likely took several hours and explanations before the bagger "got it".

[progressoid]

11. here's the video in all it's glory.

By the way, Massie is bragging about this on twitter. He thinks he's brilliant.

Link to tweet

[smirkymonkey]

16. What a fucking idiot!

Did this guy really go to MIT? Who bankrolled that degree?

[DRoseDARs]

13. Mein gott, how does Massie put his pants on every morning without drowning?

I'm not saying he's stupid, but there appears to be a non-zero chance of him finding dumb and inexplicable ways of killing himself while doing benign tasks.

Shorter Massie: Bless his heart... *sips tea*

[Delmette2.0]

14. If the secret committee on climate change is paid with tax dollars...

Then the tax payers need to know what they are discussing. Can we have the minutes of their meetings?

[paleotn]

15. He's a f'ing engineer....

No offense to engineers, but they're not climate scientists. It drives me insane when engineers or anyone else who's out of their depth starts stomping their muddy feet all over a discipline they know little about. More often than not it's engineers, but in fairness I heard some quite uninformed statements by Neil deGrasse Tyson about topics in genetics.

[smirkymonkey]

17. He doesn't even know the difference between a B.A. and a B.S.

That is just basic knowledge for most people who have been to college. Is he really this stupid or is he playing to his base?

[yardwork]

38. Playing to his base.

[kag]

18. Oh, don't worry, Tygr,

Louie'll up his game, I'm sure. Fun fact, I grew up in the district that Knuckledragger Gohmert represents. Believe me, he's had plenty of practice conversing with moh-rons where he's from!

[Baitball Blogger]

20. Mocking jerks.

It's a strategy to mock you, hence your reasoning. God I've seen it done so often. Probably a form of gaslighting.

[KayF]

24. it's mocking the system

trying to turn our democracy into a clown show.

[Evolve Dammit]

21. F'ing painful to watch. Kerry did well. And would make a great President.

[Kurt V.]

22. Following the trump model road to the WH. utter lunacy passes as a bludgeon

[babylonsister]

25. Massie. Remember that name.

What an insult to John Kerry, to be in his presence.

[shanti]

41. What is it with Kentucky??

Jebus....

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

26. When you ask a Repulican, "How stupid can you get?"

They take it as a challenge.

[tblue37]

27. "Hold my beer." nt

[KentuckyWoman]

30. +1

[Takket]

28. i'm surprised he didn't call out Kerry for having a "bachelor" degree when he is married LOL

[2naSalit]

29. Watching his body language is even worse...

he's like a bad acting imitation of some Richard Dreyfuss character while spewing his particular brand of ignorance and lack of decorum.

[applegrove]

31. It is just staged stupidity. Pablum for the base.

[Stonepounder]

32. I'm going to have to go and hide until the election.

This dumb-ass is (theoretically) MY Representative! I'd send him a letter, but I'm afraid he wouldn't understand words like 'dumbshit' and 'shit for brains' and 'you don't have the brains of a Zabrinskian Fotema (sp?)'

[KY_EnviroGuy]

33. In defense of engineers,....

the best and the brightest can be brainwashed by right-wing politics and/or religious dogma. As an engineer, I've seen it happen a number of times to some brilliant people. Like many so-called Republicans, it begins with a resentment toward taxation.

Engineers are taught relentlessly in school to follow logic and reason and to use scientific thinking in analysis. That training should stay with you for life. No matter whether one is an EE or ME or ChemE for example, engineers will normally use reason and thorough analysis in reaching any conclusion, and they will defer to and reference experts outside their area of science.

That's why a normal engineer would not question climate change research because of it's pedigree and history, and considering its conclusions are backed by thousands of the top experts in that field. The main point to make in discussions is that neither Sec. Kerry or Rep. Massie need to be experts in climate science to respect those conclusions.

Therefore, this hearing strongly suggests Massie has totally drank the GOP Kool-Aid and is simply power hungry like most Repugs. He's shoving aside his good education for the thrill and money of power.

Unfortunately, a sizable percentage of humanity is vulnerable to those evils...... ........

[keithbvadu2]

34. A woman cannot get a bachelor's degree... it's called a spinster's degree.

And a PhD can practice medicine.

A woman cannot get a bachelor's degree... it's called a spinster's degree.

A married person cannot get a bachelor's degree.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

36. Yeah Science!

[Mr.Bill]

39. If you take someone with an IQ of 88

and send them to MIT for four years you will then have someone with a degree from MIT and an IQ of 88.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

40. I am in awe at the restraint of John Kerry.