Discussion: Rep. DesJarlais Holds On In Tennessee Despite Scandals

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This tells you all you need to know about his district – his presence in congress reflects the attitudes and priorities of the voters who sent him there.

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Really GOTP? Take a chunk of ignorance, add a dash of hatred, add a soupcon of fear and misogyny and you get the perfect candidate?

If this guy represents what you stand for, you all need to put on a uniform and invade Poland.

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It’s IOKIYAR in action–what I expected from the start. He played the Jesus card for all it’s worth and the brainwashed voters bought it because their pulpit pimp preachers told them to vote for him.

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This shows all you need to know about how sincere Teabagging Republicans are about “family values.”

These people are the literal embodiment of gigantic hypocrisy.

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What a dirtbag…and what a shameful showing on the part of the GOP voters of the 4th Congressional District of Tennessee…

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Didn’t Al Gore represent part of this district when he was in Congress?

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If the Dems can’t beat this guy they need to move to Poland!

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Scandal, what scandal?

Such ‘scandal’ would ONLY negatively affect a democrat. Republicans can do no wrong.

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Isn’t the district a red district?

There is a segment of society who are so blind they would never vote for a democrat. Even if doing so would benefit them tremendously.

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Mark Sanford is back in Congress. David Vitter is probably going to be the next Governor of Louisiana. And now this guy probably holds on and gets another two years.

At this point, I think Anthony Weiner has to be saying “What the fuck did I resign for?”.

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The 2014 crop of Republican candidates :

Challenger: “I saw him f*ckin’ a chicken! Vote him out!”

Incumbent: “Yeah’…bbbbuttt…He watched and didn’t do anything about it! He’s worse than I am! Thank yew’ fer’ your support!”

The TEAtools and CONtards…{{{cheer wildly!}}}