Rep. Joe Pitts Says Zombie, Comatose Man Need To Team Up For Middle East Peace

Presented without comment, here is the report from the Philadelphia Inquirer:

Replying to a Chester County constituent's email regarding Middle East tensions, [U.S. Representative Joe] Pitts (R-Pa.) wrote on April 20 that "it is now incumbent on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasir Arafat" to hunker down at the negotiating table.

Problem is, Arafat died in 2004. And Sharon, no longer Israel's leader, has lain in a coma-like state since a massive stroke in 2006.

Pitts, whose district stretches from western Chester County into Lancaster and Berks Counties, was belatedly answering an email sent to his office the previous April objecting to House Resolution 268, which, among other things, opposed any attempt to seek recognition of a Palestinian state outside a negotiated agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

A Pitts spokesman said an outdated form letter was sent by accident. Hi-jinks ensued.

[h/t: Officials Say the Darndest Things]

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Comments

[viciousvirago]

07:47 AM on 05/21/2012

Like I said: you get what you vote for. How many of you actually bother to attend rallies and ask pertinent questions, such as: do you know the current President?

God, what out of date politicians we have. How stupid, literally. How sad for us that WE keep electing these know-nothings.

[Nancy Ayers Nowakowski]

03:12 PM on 05/17/2012

Wonder if Mr. Pitts and Ms. Palin read the same publications??????

[Alauda Trevor]

12:57 PM on 05/17/2012

He is a progressive Republican. He is in 2003 instead of 1953.

[scythus]

12:19 PM on 05/17/2012

I'd still take him over Mitt.......

[Brian G Buckley]

12:09 PM on 05/17/2012

LOL that's "Republican Foreign Policy" for ya!! boy he sure does live up to his name doesn't he??

[KHAAANNN]

11:58 AM on 05/17/2012

So, I guess there IS a contender for Texas Rep. (R-ignorant) Louie Gohmert's current title of: "Stupidest Member of Congress".

[Ravi Abunijad]

11:56 AM on 05/17/2012

Maybe they could have the peace summit in Czechoslovakia, right McCain?

[Russell Masingale]

07:27 AM on 05/18/2012

and have comrade Stalin moderate the talks.

[My Thought]

11:50 AM on 05/17/2012

Oh NOOOOOOOOO he didn't say that.

[Califernies]

11:44 AM on 05/17/2012

He has the same understanding of world politics as Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney and Herman Cane and so on, and so on, and..........

[Cynthia Rays]

11:22 AM on 05/17/2012

What a peace plan, "Rest in Peace"

[dpavsek]

11:21 AM on 05/17/2012

And he still has a job and gets paid for this! LMAO

[sean62965]

11:17 AM on 05/17/2012

What kind of form letter would he send? If he is answering emails, then he should answer them. The form letters are spit out automatically. I send letters to my Senators and others reps regulary. Almost instantly, my form letter response is sent. Not once have I gotten a true response from the rep or an aide.

[thinking4]

11:11 AM on 05/17/2012

Joe, the Pitts, needs to read a newspaper at least once a year.

[My Thought]

11:51 AM on 05/17/2012

He needs to talk to Sarah about what papers she reads.

[Gus DiZerega]

11:10 AM on 05/17/2012

How many examples of utter ignorance do we need to recognize that being a right wing American is an exercise in deliberate mindlessness and a nihilistic rejection of any sense of responsibility for one's words and deeds?

[onemoreonce]

11:08 AM on 05/17/2012

As the astute social philosopher Forrest Gump said, "Stupid is as stupid does".