who is the WORST u.s. senator - REPUBLICAN CAUCUS

thinking about jim demint at this point--might also go with saxby chambliss

obviously orrin hatch is a terrible person

demints role in the honduras coup was what really encouraged me to start this poll btw--what a shitheel

voted chambliss despite his delicious chicken dinners

demints role in the honduras coup was what really encouraged me to start this poll btw--what a shitheel

Great word. Not sure what it means, but so . . . descriptive.

easily enough candidates for most ridiculously named sister poll.

Voted Thad Cochran for being such a willing anonymous pawn of the bigger at-least-you-know-where-you-stand-with-them assholes like Kyl/Hatch/Graham/McConnell.

i want 2 know who the BEST republican us senator is

riddle me that motherfuckers

jim bunning is best baseball player in the senate

dunno if that counts

they play baseball in the senate?

I thought the senators playes hockey...

youll be doin a Dem poll, yes? (no Joe L)

too many democrats :( - only 50 poll options

you can do runoffs

you know in retrospect i forgot what a terrible asshole jim bunning is

mike crapo has a cool name

also, you guys sure do hate them republicans

ts: crapo vs brownback

god crapo has been an Idaho senator for as long as I can remember. He's terrible - even Larry Craig is better.

I feel like there's an upper limit to how bad these dudes can get and a lot of them hit that upper limit, so it's sorta hard to differentiate.

sam brownback

hard to beat inhofe for the sheer crazy bullshit/words uttered ratio

dick lugar appears to be less insane on foreign policy than the median senator but that's not saying much

if you want a "best" answer that is

voted cornyn

Inhofe

don't forget about Jeff Sessions, guys.

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Inhofe v. Cornyn IMO

Inhofe FTW.

Coburn vs Cornyn vs Inhofe vs Demint cage match, with several other abominations to humanity just below. Srsly fuck these people.

i voted for Inhofe, though i could've just as easily voted for Coburn, Chambliss, DeMint, Bunning, or Sessions.

I also voted for Inhofe. He and Rep. Barton (R - TX) sound like they get their absurd climate/energy info from the same creationist lobbyist.

I saw something where Inhofe was explaining how he believed the climate change conspiracy was being perpetrated, and at that point he went beyond being a guy who has like 0% ideologically in common with me and became a dude who literally believes in a secret global conspiracy of scientists to usurp American freedom. That's just so depressing to me.

Yep. As bad as most of these senators are, he's one of the few that actually makes me think worse of the people of the state that he represents for electing him.

i'm voting olympia snowe because she so obviously KNOWS BETTER, which is something i can't say for sure about inhofe, demint, etc.

McConnell, Mitch - (R - KY) Class II

i just hate his face. he looks like a turtle, which makes me mad at turtles. and i have pet turtles. it's not right.

classes I II and III correspond to what shitheads they are y/n? (also, what does that I, II and III mean serious civics question).

even though there are maybe a few who are objectively worst (I mean, it is inhofe, right?), voted lindsay graham cause I just hate that motherfucker

class tells when they're up for re-election

class I/II/III corresponds to when they are elected (i.e. a third of the senate is elected every 2 years)

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i am glad that folks hate Chambliss (though not as much as Inhofe) -- what he did to Max Cleland seven years is a permanent black mark on his soul.

best gop senator would be interesting imo

lugar?

Wish I saw this before it ended. Jim Bunning is obviously a disgrace and a train wreck and deserves a vote.

Damn. I feel good about voting for Lindsey Graham already.

http://rawstory.com/2009/12/lindsey-graham-cites-blacks-as-disadvantage/

Would Bunning win this if it was taken today? I'd vote for him.

he's lost his marbles

Bunning stunt is pretty lame but Inhofe is consistently demonstrative of how unbelievably unfit for public office he is

This Bunning thing has the potential to be seriously devastating to a lot of people. Its fucked up that one idiot can pull something like this, what an institutional failure. Can we get the Dubai hotel crew on this guy?

magill otm

everyone see the daily show's segment on bunning last night?

No, but i'll look for it

it didn't really eviscerate bunning as much as *throws hands up* the fact that one dude can just stone wall something like this. also has some hilarious desperation moments from dick durbin as well as a ridiculously bitchy comment by bunning at the end

highly rec'd

Thanks!

Bunning's old enough to make dementia a possible issue.

Reading Taylor Branch's The Clinton Tapes last night, I coincidentally found this:

Bunning was so mean-spirited that he repulsed even his fellow know-nothings. "I tried to work with him a couple of times," said Clinton, "and he just sent shivers up my spine." Mysteriously, the president apologized to me: "I know you're a baseball fan and everything, and you don't like to hear it, but this guy is beyond the pale."

In honor of this thread ... my friend made it a project to draw a quick sketch of every senator. Here's his Bunning:

http://theunitedstatessenate.tumblr.com/photo/1280/409608565/1/tumblr_kybb7cerRR1qb1orx

I just read on Deadspin that he gave the bird to an ABC camera crew.

that was yesterday. today he's "ready to deal"