Who is the worst local politician in your area?

[Archae]

Here in Sheboygan, we have a dandy.

A guy who used to own a tire repair business on the south side, but he lost it, due to refusing to pay property taxes, and the place was a dangerous eyesore, with piles and piles of old tires.
Took years to finally evict the guy, since he kept playing games with our city government.

Nowadays though, the guy is always running for either mayor or alderman, on the "A vote for me is a vote for Jesus" ticket.

How about all of you?

[Hepburn]

1. If I take in all of Southern Calif....

....we have sooooooooooo many choices, it is hard to say who is worst. But I would single out Jerry "Man Tan" Lewis of Redlands, CA, for one of the all time biggest pieces of shit in the House.

[EFerrari]

2. Dianne Feinstein. She's made a mint offa this war

and shows no sign of letting up.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Ernie "Scott" Garret (R) for the district encompassing parts of Bergen County,

Passaic County, and Sussex County.

[tjwash]

4. Duncan Hunter

nt

[Hepburn]

8. You guys in the SD area are really blessed....

...Duncan Hunter, Darrell Issa, and the "late" Duke Cunningham.

Must be the water, right?

[frylock]

46. let's not forget brian bilbray..

we have some real winners around here.

[napi21]

5. OH for goodness sake I'm in Ga! Put all the damn names in a hat

and pick one!

[karlrschneider]

9. Same here in Oklahoma. I love my state but there sure are a lot of dumbfucks here.

:eyes:

[acmavm]

6. Ben Nelson. He says he's a dem but brags about supporting bush**

during campaign time. Votes with the administration almost always. The one that surprised me was he voted in favor of giving poor children health insurance.

Chuckie-poo Hagel voted NO.

[JFN1]

7. Hmmm - bad question for my area

The better question for where I live would be, "Do you have a good local politician at all?"

Example - we live in a town with 17,000 people, the entire county has only 44,000 people in it. This spring, the city council and mayor tried to slide a new high school under our noses, which is fine - the existing high school is about 30 years old and too small. Only, they didn't tell the community the price tag - $57 million. Luckily, a reporter caught wind of it and a bunch of us forced the city to put it on the ballot - where it was denied. They just built a new high school in a town very close to us, similar population - theirs cost $2 million...turns out almost everyone on the council stood to make big bucks from the project...big surprise, huh...

[Hepburn]

10. 17,000 people and how many of that are HS students?

And NEED a ga-zillion dollar HS?? Wow!

[TNDemo]

11. Marsha Blackburn.

And Bill Frist and Fred Thompson.

[Throd]

12. John Doolittle (R) CA

Even Republicans are getting tired of his act. He came very close to losing in a very Republican district last election.

[BrotherBuzz]

29. He will be feeling real heat in the next election

I understand Charlie Brown is already laying the foundation for another campaign. I believe a little birdie will whisper in Doolittle's ear that it may be time to retire and spend more time with the family.

[Greyskye]

43. let's hope so

But be prepared for his standard astro-turf campaign to hit the ground running. He's had this job too long, and is too used to his current gravy train to let it go easily.

Charlie Brown (I love typing that!) barely lost to Do-little last time around. Do-little's getting dumped this time!

[MethuenProgressive]

13. Deval "DINO" Patrick

Gov here in MA. So far a dud.

[MannyGoldstein]

16. True So Far - But At Least He's Not Moving In The Wrong Direction

As annoyed as I am by Mass. politics, I feel very fortunate when I think of most other states!

[MethuenProgressive]

26. I agree with "he's not moving" :O)

I want Progress!!

[sallyseven]

45. I think your confusing Patrick with

DiMasi who is a dino. He needs to go he is obstructing every move that Patrick makes. Look how he doesn't want fair taxation. Leave his fat cats alone. Pay better attention and you will get a better idea what is really going on. DiMasi was a big shot and now he isn't so he is angry.

[shance]

14. Howard Berman - the non existent "public servant"

n/t

[flvegan]

15. Ronda f*ing Storms

Totally hateful, mindless, mouth breathing knuckledragger.

[CurtEastPoint]

28. Omigod I had to look her up w/a name like that...

I found this cached MySpace page for her (?)

The comments are hilarious!!!

http://www.blogwood.com/misc/ronda%20storms%20myspace.html

[El Supremo]

17. Tom "Bomb Mecca with Illegal Immigrants" Tancredo

I just want to know if he is going to give up his seat.

[maveric]

18. Darryl Issa, Duncan Hunter. We had Duke Cunningham and Roger Hedgecock.

San Diego has had some bad ones.

[Richard Steele]

19. Liddy "the unknown carpetbagger" Dole. nm

[zabet]

40. Yep. Same for me. n/t

[MnFats]

20. Sen. Norm Coleman. Nuff said.

especially appalling is the way he got in office....


god but i miss paul wellstone in these times....

[Mnpaul]

21. John Kline ( R ) Mn

he worse than Norm Coleman. He votes with Bush 100% of the time.

[AndyA]

Worst local politician? Two words:

James Inhofe. :(

[in_cog_ni_to]

22. Jerry Weller...MY useless Congressjerk. Married the daughter of Guatemala's most vicious DICTATOR,

Rios Montt.

llinois Rep. Jerry Weller married to mass killers daughter
author: Stephen Kinzer
the Illinois Congressman and the Dictator's Daughter Saturday, July 10th 2004

I know it helps CORPORATISTS
''She is a very intelligent and well-educated woman, but she is also one of her father's main strategists,'' Frank LaRue, director of Guatemala's Presidential Commission on Human Rights, said in a telephone interview. ''We
have two main concerns about this marriage. The first is that if this congressman is going to seek some kind of political advantage from having
married a Hispanic woman, people should be aware of what woman we're talking about. Second, we worry about what effect this could have on Congressional policy toward Guatemala.''


The Illinois Congressman and the Dictator's Daughter Saturday, July 10th 2004

Stephen Kinzer

A love story that raises memories of bloody repression in Central America has suddenly intruded into Illinois politics.

Representative Jerry Weller, a Republican from the small farm town of Morris, surprised friends and supporters this week by announcing that he was
engaged to a member of the Guatemalan congress. His fiancee, Zury Rios Sosa,is the daughter of Gen. Efrain Rios Montt, a former Guatemalan dictator who presided over one of the most brutal military campaigns in modern Latin American history.

Mr. Rios Montt, who is under house arrest pending trial on charges of organizing a political riot last summer, remains a major political figure in
Guatemala. His daughter has for years been one of his principal advisers and strategists.

Because Mr. Weller is a member of the House Committee on International Relations and sits on its Western Hemisphere subcommittee, his newly
announced tie to one of Guatemala's most notorious political figures has added spice to
his re-election campaign. His opponent, Tari Renner, a political science professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, has made it a campaign issue.

''At the very least, Weller needs to repudiate the Rios Montt regime and his party, and also resign from the international relations committee,'' Mr.Renner said. ''This is not about private life. It's a matter that could affect not
just policy, but national security. National security is not a personal issue. Genocide is not a personal issue.''

Guatemalan news organizations pressed Mr. Renner for interviews on Friday, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in Washington went on the attack. The committee's press secretary, Greg Speed, said in a statement
that Congressman Weller has a clear conflict of interest serving on the committee that sets American policy for Central America while he's marrying into the family of a Guatemalan dictator.''

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/06/318750.shtml

[verse18]

23. Our Mayor W.W. Herenton

AKA "King Willie"

He's obnoxious, rude and insulting to the people of our city and he has a history of mental instability. More importantly, under him crime in our city is up 57% even though the national average is down.

[Tikki]

24. Gallegly....

Congress CA 24.

Been in office way too long.
His claim to fame is a law he sponsored that says you can't dance on mice in high heels.
And he thinks he is famous for his early morning raid on people with hispanic names in Simi...all he rounded up
was grandmas making breakfast and kids getting ready for school.
What a loser.

Tikki

[Strawman]

25. It used to be Dave Jaye

Anymore I'm not so sure.

Christ, I don't know where to start in describing him....any Detroit/Macomb DUers will remember him I'm sure.

He eventually was expelled from the MI State Senate after multiple drunk driving convictions and allegations that he assaulted his girlfriend. If there was ever a politican who cynically appealed to the worst in his constituents, it was him.

[Arkham House]

27. I live in CT...one guess...

:-(

[Initech]

30. Dana Roarbacher (R- Taliban)

The guy is a huge douchebag. A while back he was in the news for being really confrontational to a group of war widows, basically almost telling them to fuck off. He's also a known supporter of the Taliban and HUGE financial/Congressional backer of the Minute Men project.♠ . And yet he keeps getting elected. :eyes:

[CanonRay]

31. Doug Lamborn, 5th Congressional District, Colorado

Complete stooge/do-nothing, tool of Dobson and Focus on the Family. Complete loser. Even the Repigs don't like him.

[AlinPA]

32. Bill Shuster (R,PA). That slime is the son of the corrupt pig who was powerful

on the transportation committee in Congress for years.

[alfredo]

33. Ernie Fletcher, one of the worst, if not the worst governor in the US.

He's up for reelection. About all he can count on is the religious vote. He's a crook, but he is against gays, abortion, and is for guns. That's good enough for them.

[never_get_over_it]

34. So many choices

well this week it would have to be Bob Allen the let me pay you $20 and give you a BJ because you're a big stocky black guy with all your black guy friends are all around and I'm SOOOOOOOOO scared - blah blah blah

but usually the winner would have been Tom Feeney let me hire someone to write code to steal elections - and oh by the way the only member of Congress still there that went on one of those famous Scottish golf trips - understand he is under investigation - I can only hope he goes the way of Mr. Cunningham....

[Blue_In_AK]

35. Well, the entire Alaska national delegation

is in trouble, plus about half the state legislature. We've got bad politicians all around.

[KnuckleHead Bassist]

36. In Milwaukee

Jr. McGee.....hands down

He will do massive jail time for corruption and extortion

[alphafemale]

37. John Barrow (D)...gag

Vote for him because I have to.

[Malikshah]

38. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Vile piece of garbage from south of me...

Used to be Clay Shaw....

But, hey, it's Florida-- we have soooooo many to choose from An embarrassment of garbage.

[Warpy]

39. Hard to top Pete Domenici (R-Fossil)

He's fanatical, stupid, and has been clinging to office long enough to have amassed quite a bit of power.

The only thing keeping him in office is the perennial dog and pony show he puts on over closing NM military bases.

Close behind him are Steve Pearce, a man who memorizes talking points for the rednecks in the southern part of the state and Heather Wilson (R-COW), nuff said.

[rucky]

41. John Boehner. n/t

[dkofos]

42. Sam Johnson 3rd district Texas. The poster boy for Cranial Rectosis.

[Ecumenist]

44. Doolittle here in the north state...BY FAR!!

[Sequoia]

47. District Attorney.