May 30, 2013

CORRECTION: The quote was mistakenly attributed to Louie Gohmert. It was made by Rep. Ed Orcutt of Washington state.

James Carville, of course.

“God closes one door for Michelle Bachmann and opens three to Louie Gohmert.”

And then yesterday, to make it so, Louie says

It is clear that the reason for the collapse was due to a collision with the super structure of the bridge – not a lack of structural integrity of the bridge. The bridge would indeed be standing today had the truck’s load NOT rammed the super structure of the bridge.

In fact, 11 of the 12 sections of the bridge are still standing.

Hummm … and as Charles Pierce points out, “92 percent of a bridge really isn’t a bridge.”

No, I believe it would be a diving board.

Juanita Jean blogs at The World's Most Dangerous Beauty Salon, Inc.

Can you help us out?

For nearly 20 years we have been exposing Washington lies and untangling media deceit, but now Facebook is drowning us in an ocean of right wing lies. Please give a one-time or recurring donation, or buy a year's subscription for an ad-free experience. Thank you.

Discussion

We welcome relevant, respectful comments. Any comments that are sexist or in any other way deemed hateful by our staff will be deleted and constitute grounds for a ban from posting on the site. Please refer to our Terms of Service for information on our posting policy.
Mastodon