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MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
2. Louie Gohmert was the first to announce he would challenge Boehner.
Mon Jan 5, 2015, 05:45 PM
Jan 2015

Add to that the fact that he is the Congressperson with the lowest IQ and hilarity could ensue.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
5. Perhaps he is the only one so dumb as to oppose Boehner but at least get
Mon Jan 5, 2015, 05:49 PM
Jan 2015

Someone better than Louie which would be almost any other member.

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
3. I just predicted to my wife that Gohmert has no prayer.
Mon Jan 5, 2015, 05:48 PM
Jan 2015

Boehner is a tested commodity, known to be tractable to the will of his owners, while the Goober is a classic Useful Idiot who has no idea of the actual nature of the game he is trying to enter. Nobody is gonna let him or his benighted band of 'baggers anywhere near the levers of power.

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
4. Yeah, but if Gohmert can get 29 votes it embarrasses Boehner.
Mon Jan 5, 2015, 05:49 PM
Jan 2015

I doubt he can do it, but I did my part.

Think about it, the stupidest person in Congress forces Boehner's speaker vote to a second ballot? That would be hilarious!

FSogol

(45,488 posts)
8. Me too. I did it for the LOLs. Link here:
Mon Jan 5, 2015, 05:55 PM
Jan 2015
http://gohmert.house.gov/contact/


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