It’s obvious this guy is a dullard. Nothing original comes out of him and it never will. He’ll keep making idiotic statements and the media will keep covering them up or fixing them. He’s a bit like Rand Paul…all schtick and nothing of practical use.
If this Congress was a productive one…one that got things done…no one would spend a second on this tub of guts…but given what it actually is…he typifies it so he gets all the face time.
And, in the case of Cotton, Harvard has to take the blame for his undergraduate education as well. By the time he was a senior at Harvard, Cotton was capable of such brilliant thoughts as: " connecting classrooms and libraries to the Internet is a horrible idea."
I shake my head at his concern about Iran’s influence over Iraq, which came courtesy of the same neocons that inspire Cotton’s approach to Iran.
Bill Kristol strikes again. Dan Quayle, Sarah Palin and now this genius.
This ranks right up there with Ford’s infamous gaffe about the Soviet Union not controlling the Eastern Bloc:
“I don’t believe, Mr. Frankel, that the Yugoslavians consider themselves dominated by the Soviet Union. I don’t believe that the Romanians consider themselves dominated by the Soviet Union. I don’t believe that the Poles consider themselves dominated by the Soviet Union. Each of those countries is independent, autonomous; it has its own territorial integrity. And the United States does not concede that those countries are under the domination of the Soviet Union. As a matter of fact, I visited Poland, Yugoslavia, and Romania, to make certain that the people of those countries understood that the President of the United States and the people of the United States are dedicated to their independence, their autonomy, and their freedom.”
Ford seemed to have been operating under the delusion that the “autonomous” governments that were behind the Iron Curtain and locked into the Warsaw Pact were actually independent.
Next thing you know, Cotton might discover that Iran is infiltrated with Persians.
This clown is an utter joke and should be laughed off the stage and out of office. When, oh when, will the adults in the GOP take back their party and become a sane loyal opposition party?
Dumbass Cotton doesn’t know much about geography or anything else except hatred for the President and cozyng up to defense contractors. Of course he is a GOP star!
The poor guy is just trying to level up his defense contractor rating. Let him pander in peace! /snark
You know and I know and so does everybody else that the Q & A between moderator and opportunistic pol exists only to fill up the time between commercials. It’s not kindly Bob Schieffer’s job to ask questions that would stir up the settled on MO
Well, I suppose he’s right that they do control Tehran. Too bad the American People don’t control Washington. Maybe he could worry about that instead.
Eh… I’m not so sure this a a geography fail as much as it is a comparison fail. To me, he seems to be saying that Iran already has control in Tehran, is gaining ground in Damascus, Beirut, and Baghdad, and would like to have control in Sana’a. I think he was attempting to paint an ominous picture of Iran’s increasing power, not putting Tehran outside its country’s boundary.
But he is a fool.
GumBalling it: opens his mouth and gum balls fall out.
There’s only so much that 7 people can do.
And when Jeff Flake is one of those “sane” 7, that strikes me as an indicator at how far into the wilderness the GOP have really strayed.
I think he’s going to be an endless source of amusement.
Positives:
What a clown. Are this nitwit’s parents brother and sister?
Meh. I can understand the logic of not wanting to pursue a career as a litigator if you have already set your sights on a political path. Being a litigator opens him up to questions about the type of cases he litigates, as well as the clients. Given that he decided to pursue a path with the 101st instead of with JAG, that seems pretty consistent. (Active duty sounds much better on the campaign trail than working as an army lawyer).
Its sort of like the faux outrage that thinkprogress and others are trying to raise concerning Cruz changing his tune from when he was acting as a defense attorney for a man facing a death penalty. A defense attorney is bound to do everything he can to defend his client, regardless of his own personal believes. In my opinion, that story actually points out perhaps the only redeeming quality Cruz has ever shown.
It has really been a struggle for conservative pundits to keep up with the drift. Now they have to follow the lead of the total nut jobs, picking and choosing a few items from the retchings to recast as conservative “thought”.
Yes, I fell for it too, actually had to delete a comment I made when I saw yours.
But as you say, he is still a fool…but a very productive one for the left. We need to keep this man out front, he’s helping our side.
No nothing pencil neck. Perfect future GOP Presidential candidate material.
Tom Cotton must not believe in geography, like science. That is why he didn’t know where Tehran is.
It’s even worse. He’s a lawyer. But get this: he went from a law practice to a consulting firm to the family farm. Water seeks its own level.