Louie Gohmert

The Right Wing Tilt Toward Mass Hysteria

Zaki Hasan | Posted 05.29.2012

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Zaki Hasan

What we've seen in the last few years is the gradual and systematic transformation of the far right's pundit class into the mainstream right's elected class.

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Jennifer Bendery

Eric Cantor: House Republicans Are Excited About Mitt Romney. No, Really.

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 04.19.2012

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WASHINGTON -- House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) on Thursday insisted that House Republicans are excited about Mitt Romney being their likely p...

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Jennifer Bendery

House Conservatives Struggle To Like Mitt Romney As Their Nominee

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 04.17.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Conservative House Republicans on Tuesday tried to find things about Mitt Romney that make them excited about their likely presidential ...

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GOP Rep: 'I'm Not As Excited As I Am Desperate'

Politico | By KATE NOCERA | Posted 04.17.2012

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While the Republican establishment coalesces around Mitt Romney, conservative Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert is still holding out....

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House GOP Considers Reviving Controversial Practice

Posted 04.02.2012

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By Richard Cowan The huge federal transportation bill was in tatters in early March when Representative Mike Rogers of Alabama posed a heretica...

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Michael McAuliff

Lawmakers Renew Socialism, 'Let People Die' Charges

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.27.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Claims about socialism and death panels had seemingly faded from public debate about the health care reform law until Tuesday, when they...

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Jennifer Bendery

Louie Gohmert Defends Prop 8: Nature Likes 'The Idea Of An Egg And A Sperm Coming Together'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 02.07.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Hours after a federal appeals court declared California's same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional Tuesday, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) s...

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Michael McAuliff

Rep Lawmaker Suggests Carving New State Out Of U.S. Ally Pakistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.25.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Obama is losing the war in Afghanistan to the Taliban, argued Rep. Louie Gohmert after listening to Tuesday's State of the Uni...

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Amanda Terkel

GOP Lawmaker: Leadership Told Us Not To Attack Pelosi And Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 01.16.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Congressional Republicans haven't exactly minced words when when criticizing top Democrats in the federal government, with many of their...

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Michael McAuliff

Republicans In Repeal Push Accuse Obama Of Lies on Healthcare, Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.05.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Republican lawmakers who are pushing to repeal health insurance reform delivered 1.6 million signatures to Capitol Hill Wednesday to...

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Tyler Kingkade

Republican Blasts Jobs Act For Banning Unemployment Discrimination

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 11.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) is no fan of a proposal for the federal government to forbid employers from discriminating against the jobl...

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Jennifer Bendery

Question Remains Whether Congress Can Pass Any Major Jobs Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 11.08.2011

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WASHINGTON - Congressional lawmakers were quick to offer boilerplate responses to President Barack Obama's jobs speech on Thursday night, but none wer...

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GOP Rep: Pelosi Golf Balls Add 'Extra Oomph' To Your Swing

The Washington Post | Greg Sargent | Posted 10.12.2011

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GOP Rep. Louis Gohmert told a conservative talk show host earlier this week that having Nancy Pelosi's face on golf balls would put "oomph" into your ...

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Elise Foley

WATCH: Bachmann, Gohmert, King: Obama's Advisers Lied About Debt Limit

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 09.12.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) accused both the president and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) of misleading the American people about ...

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Congressman Wants Citizens of ALL Religions to Reflect on the Ten Commandments (Redux)

Chris Rodda | Posted 06.16.2011

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Chris Rodda

Well, it's that time of year once again -- time for some theocratic member of Congress to push for a resolution proclaiming the first weekend of May "Ten Commandments Weekend".

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The Saccharine Republican Ire

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.31.2011

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Joseph A. Palermo

Republican ire and calls to "take the country back" are confusing because for quite some time now the Right has set the agenda and has defined the parameters of what is politically possible in this country.

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GOP Congressman Invokes Holocaust While Railing Against Debt

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) attempted to deliver a dire warning about debt and deficits during a House floor address Friday. While doing so, however,...

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There Can Be No Gun Control Without Recognizing and Respecting the Different Gun Cultures in the U.S.

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mitchell Bard

Both sides of the gun control issue must take this opportunity to better understand the complicated and varied role guns play in American communities. If they do, we can make every community safer.

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Republican Congressman Drafting Bill To Let Members Carry Guns Inside U.S. Capitol

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-Texas) recently signaled his intention to submit a piece of legislation that would make exceptions to a number of firearms laws ...

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GOP Congressman: Gays In The Military Threaten America's 'Existence'

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the heat of the debate over the "don't ask, don't tell" repeal bill, which was eventually passed by the House Wednesday by a 250 to 175 margin, Rep...

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Alternate Universe or Inside Bet? Gohmert and Weiner on the Middle East

Omar Baddar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Omar Baddar

Media Matters Action Network highlighted a very interesting C-SPAN video of Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX) complaining about illegal Palestinian set...

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Louie, Louie, Louie Gohmert: A Big Lie on Palestine and Raging Homosexual Hormones?

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Clemons

Given his backwards statements on Palestinian land issues and gays in the military, one wonders how much of everything else Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert may get backwards as well.

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Louie Gohmert: Anderson Cooper Was 'Attacking My Integrity' During Interview On 'Terror Baby' Plot

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Louie Gohmert is taking aim at CNN personality Anderson Cooper on the heels of the pair finding themselves engaged in a heated debate over the ex...

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SHOWDOWN! Anderson Cooper Grills TX GOP Rep: 'No Evidence...Other Than Yelling'

Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Anderson Cooper got into a heated argument with Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert on the Thursday edition of "Anderson Cooper 360," as he repeatedly ask...

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Jason Linkins

Reps. Burton, Gohmert Bring Beck Blackboard Bungle To The House Floor (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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As anyone who's watched the Glenn Beck Hour of What Richard Hofstadter Said Back In 1964 knows, the eponymous host enjoys a good scribble on the ol' b...

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