Waste of Oxygen: Which GOP Senator is the Worst?

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Poll question: Waste of Oxygen: Which GOP Senator is the Worst?

This poll asks your opinion on the most egregious case of a waste of oxygen among current-term GOP U.S. Senators.

Only room for 10 slots on the poll, so No. 10 is marked 'Other' for the SEVERAL other deserving nominees. Please -- no Lieberman votes, tempting though it be.

Have at it, people.

[AntiCoup2K4]

1. Other - for all of the above

Because all these guys have the same warped mentality.

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9. Agreed -- it's a very rich field of deserving nominees.

[donheld]

36. Yes it's all of the above

plus many more.

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38. Yes. Any hauling to be done will require an extra wide --

-- shitwagon.

thanks for the post, donheld.

[DireStrike]

2. Which is the one that looks and sounds exactly like rush?

I forget his name, but he wins my vote.

[hatrack]

3. Can't believe Inhofe isn't on the list

Talk about a waste of amino acids . . .

[saltpoint]

10. He is a monster, no question. Only 9 slots, so I put --

-- 'Other' so that deserving nominees like Inhofe could be included.

[Lori Price CLG]

4. I voted for Chambliss, but where is the 'all of the above' button?

LieberBush should be on the list, as well. :)

Cheers,
Lori R. Price
Gen. Mgr., Citizens for Legitimate Government
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[saltpoint]

11. I'm with you on Lieberman, but with only 9 slots --

-- I wanted to stick to GOP bashing. They're egregious even withOUT Lieberman!

[Lori Price CLG]

13. Darn, I just noticed Bill 'Cat Torturer' Bill Frist was a choice!

You really need to list nearly all of the Republicans, with about six or seven exceptions - those who have integrity - omitted from the roster. LOL!

Cheers,
Lori R. Price
Gen. Mgr., Citizens for Legitimate Government
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[saltpoint]

30. I wish the U.S. Senate could prove you wrong on that, Lori --

-- but I think you're exactly right.

The modern-day GOP is such a pack of venal little monsters. A very high yuck factor.

And THE CAT BUTCHER is as deserving as anyone for "most egregious waste of oxygen."

Thanks for your posts.

[CatholicEdHead]

5. Norm Coleman

One of the biggest butt kissers.

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12. Yes. I can barely stand to see his usurping puss --

-- sitting there in Paul Wellstone's chair.

[Lori Price CLG]

17. Yes, plus was Coleman complicit in Wellstone's assassination? n/t

[wellstone dem]

24. I'm so ashamed

this is the first time I wanted to vote for Norm Coleman, and couldn't!

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28. Hi, wellstone dem. Are you a Minnesotan?

Mark Dayton is showing signs of life these days. I don't think he's a Paul Wellstone, but he's better than anyone the GOP has thrown up for the Senator so far up there.

[zann725]

46. I agree! Did you see him on Social Security Panel today on CSPAN?

Awesome! I sent him two emails this week, complimenting him on his positions and presentations on both the Presidential Cabinet nominations, but also today on the Dem. Committee on Social Security.

He seems to have such integrity, and passion. And he 'says it like it is. No minced words with Dayton!

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49. Yes -- he is just coming alive. I missed the C-Span appearance --

-- but on the Senate floor lately, Dayton is on fire.

Love the guy.

[Fleshdancer]

53. count me in the Norm Coleman camp too

He lives just to grate on my every nerve.

[KitchenWitch]

60. Yeah, why no choice for Norm Coleman

Carpetbagging Opportunist

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61. Well, GloriaSmith and KitchenWitch --

-- I did put in an 'Other' since there are so MANY cretinous GOP assholes to choose from.

I can't give Norm Coleman special treatment because he's just ONE cretinous GOP asshole.

He's a very BIG cretinous GOP asshole, but he's just one nevertheless.

One tries to be fair...

: )

(thanks for your posts)

[KitchenWitch]

67. Sure

No problem...Normie has just been sticking in my craw for about the past 7 or so years!

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68. I don't blame you one bit. I may contribute to any good --

-- Democrat who runs against him next time.

[Cats Against Frist]

83. He's a fucking idiot -- doesn't know the meaning of "classical liberalism"

I saw him on Hardball, rejoicing about the "death of classical liberalism," not knowing that "classical liberalism," is mostly known as the liberalism of the founders -- not the liberalism of the left.

So, in effect, he was denouncing everything on which this country was founded. Which, for a GOP mouthpiece, would be the only true thing that ever escapes his lips.

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92. Calling him "a fucking idiot", Cats Against Frist, --

-- works just fine for me.

: )

[Fenris]

6. John Cornyn is from Texas, not Florida

Unfortunately.

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18. Thank you for catching that, Fenris.

I've changed it on the poll, thanks to your vigilance. Apologies to DUers in Florida!

[Virginian]

7. Gee, that's the first itme I've ever voted for George Allen.

His smirky face and lock step messages just irritate me like fingernails on a chalk board.

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19. Same here. I get a visceral response of negative --

-- energy whenever he's on C-Span, etc.

Just a creepy, obnoxious guy.

[LibDemAlways]

69. Just in case you missed my thread on the SOB

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1542134

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101. Thank you, LibDemAlways.

I will re-visit that thread.

[PDittie]

8. John Cornhole of the Great State of Texas

he makes Kay Bailey look like Barbara Boxer

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20. Yes. He is a diseased insect, slithering through --

-- the chambers of power in Washington. Yuck.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

14. Jeff Sessions(AL) embodies all that is evil about the Senate

A contemptable individual.

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21. Yes. One small insight: I had Jeff Sessions' website --

-- up to write to him to oppose Gonzales when I had the inspiration to do this poll.

Jeff Sessions is the original waste-of-oxygen in my opinion.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

27. Don't expect him to oppose him.......

....during the Ashcroft hearings he "Apologized for the questions a good man like you has had to face from these Democrats."

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33. OMG. It's the "those dirty freedom-hating liberals" argument again.

We need an entire network -- maybe Soros could help with the cash -- and just compete against these fascists.

[pscot]

15. So many senators, so few votes

Other. None of those listed make the fur on the back of my neck stand up the way that smarmy asshole Norm Coleman does.

[saltpoint]

22. I object to your calling Norm Coleman a "smarmy asshole" --

-- on the grounds that you're being too charitable.

(thanks for your post!)

[ThorsHammer]

16. I'm sure Coburn will have some "interesting" quotes

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25. Probably he will, yes. I wonder how the rampant lesbianism crisis --

-- in Oklahoma high schools is doing?

And thank God Coburn pointed that out so we can all worry.

[liberaltrucker]

23. Other means Jeff Sessions from Alabama

What a depraved wingnut. Unfortunately, he's one of my Senators. Richard "the fainthearted" Shelby is the other:puke:

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26. Hi, liberaltrucker. Yes -- you're stuck with two doozies.

Well, you hang in there. I appreciate your posts on DU, too, by the way.

[liberaltrucker]

66. Thanks

Friend. I'm blue stuck in redx(

[StephanieMarie]

29. Delay. He's pure evil.

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31. Yes. He does enough damage as it is over in the House.

Tom DeLay in the U.S. Senate? Chairing committees? Doodling with foreign policy?

Forbid it, Almighty God!

[Cha]

32. Those are tough ones to choose from..

but I went for frist since he's the head blowhard!

[saltpoint]

34. Hi, zidzi. I'm starting to get REAL nervous about THE CAT BUTCHER.

I have a feeling he has the inside track on the GOP nomination next time.

And wow, is that creeping me out.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

35. You should have seen him with Tweety Matthews.......

....the night of the third debate......the man is on some sort of meds, that's for sure.

[Cha]

41. And they're so handy!

The meds, I mean!

[Cha]

39. I haven't listened to anything

frist has said. I don't want to creep out myself, unecessarily.

My friend said she saw frist on stephanopoulos the other Sunday and he was talking about how the Americans just have to sacrifice(so the top 1% won't have to pay their fair share of taxes) as far as Social Security is concerned. She said he was so cavalier about the whole thing that she was getting queasy!

She's the kind who wrote him a letter and told him what she thought!


Hi, Crusoe!

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37. Here in the early going, Rick Santorum is off to a lead.

'Other' is doing well also.

One difficulty is choosing from so MANY deserving GOP wastes of oxygen. Yet DUers seem to be rising to the occasion.

Carry on.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

40. Joe Lieberman

?

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42. Joe is a lot more Republican than some Democrats.

He's more conservative than the man he replaced -- Lowell Weicker, and more conservative than our platform.

I really think Joe thought he would win the Iowa and New Hampshire primaries last year. But he was buried alive.

Bush may yet appoint him to some post or other, but essentially, Joe's time has come and gone. Gore put Joe in the spotlight for a brief moment, and now the light is off and Joe's just wailing in the dark.

[Poppyseedman]

43. Mel Martinez of Florida ???

Why would you include Martinez in this poll?

Not that one day he may rank right up there, but he just cast his first votes.

I can think of several more deserving "Distinguished Representatives of the People" who deserve a shot at the "Worst Waste of Oxygen" GOP poll.

Norm Coleman, Linsey Graham, Chuck Hagel, Orrin Hatch, Trent Lott

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50. 'Cause I'm a Floridian and I'm trying to avenge Betty Castor!

Yes -- there are other, longer-standing wastes of oxygen.

But you're right also to suggest that Mel will increasingly qualify as the months and years go on.

[Pepperbelly]

44. INHOFE. What more is there to say? He's bugshit crazy. nt

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51. He really does seem to be out of his mind --

-- his mind, such as it is.

I'm no fan of J. Inhofe, that's for sure. I hope he is abducted by aliens real soon.

[usregimechange]

45. Who is that Senator from Alabama? nt I really don't like him.

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52. Either Jeff Sessions, who is a cretinous fool or --

-- Richard Shelby, who is a forked-tongue traitor.

Not much of a choice, seems to me.

[TheDonkey]

47. So hard to do! But I'll go with my sack of shit senator, Santorum

he's got an ego the size of PA, the demeanor of a 12 year old idiot, and less class than summer.

Total waste of space. I'm hoping PAers revolt and knock him out of office.

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54. If you folks can get rid of Rick Santorum --

-- I will buy each and every one of you the coldest beer in Harrisburg.

As I type this, he is leading the poll by a significant margin, so your instincts are totally right-on.

[bobbieinok]

48. Inhofe, Coburn, Santorum......my vote(s) ...isn't OK wonderful????

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55. Yes, you're saddled with Inhofe and Coburn.

I'm not sure the country can stomach too many more GOP senators. This current batch nationwide is REALLY bad.

Plenty of blame to go around, bobbieinok. We can't blame just one state alone.

[pdurod1]

56. Ben Nelson -D Nebraska, might as well be a republican. Senator Hagel

has voice more critical opinions of the Bush crime family than most Senators and he's a repub. Nelson doesn't want to be an obstructionist. Well Ben, you're in the opposition party, remember? Quit being Lieberman lite!

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62. Hi, pdurod1. Yes -- what IS t with Ben Nelson?

He seems so... cadaverous.

Has his staff checked his pulse lately? Maybe someone should notify a funeral home...

[WillyT]

57. Any Senator From Oklahoma !!!

Take your pick.

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63. WillyT -- can we organize a seance or something and --

-- bring back Fred Harris? He was the last Oklahoma Senator I loved. He ran for president and placed but didn't win in the primaries, but damn it, I liked him and I sure miss him nowadays.

Do what you can, ok?

[leanin_green]

58. I really find Santorum despicable!

I have a as hard a time watching this arrogant, smug bastard as I do Smirky.

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64. You have many friends at your back on that sentiment, leanin_green.

Santorum is running away with this poll.

He is a much-feared, much-detested presence in the U.S. Senate.

I would LOVE to see him defeated at the polls in 2006. Friends of mine in Philadelphia believe that Robert Casey, Jr. will run against him, and despite his conservative stand on abortion, they believe most Democrats will rally behind Casey to defeat Santorum.

If Santorum loses, I don't think many people on DU will miss him.

[paulk]

59. Orrin Hatch

just the sound of his voice...

that sanctimonious tone as he lies, cheats, steals...

he's a hypocrite and liar of the first water...

:puke:

I really, really, really despise him....

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65. Yes, Orrin Hatch. He kind of reminds me of a cross between --

-- Paul Lynde of Hollywood Squares fame and Mr. Drysdale, the banker from Beverly Hillbillies.

And his voting record is abominable.

You're right. He needs to be included as a nominee on this list.

[pdurod1]

71. Must be their lovechild

I remember Orrin on my TV during the "long dong silver" supreme court hearings of the early 90's. I think Orrin was jealous!

Frist reminds me of the coked-up freak on Sharkys Machine circa 1981

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72. LOL! Terrific.

[Supersedeas]

91. my other vote was directed at Orin black is white up is down Hatch

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102. Hi, Supersedeas. I have to agree with you -

-- Hatch is shifty. Slipperier than a buttered eel in a lard bucket.

[Jane Austin]

70. Other - for Orin Hatch

He's just gotten worse and worse.

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73. Hi, janeaustin. I agree. He DOES get worse and worse --

-- and he was hardly bearable to begin with!

Whatever made him think he could make a viable run for president?

[Jane Austin]

79. Gosh, anybody could be President now.

bush proved that.

[Wabbajack]

74. chaffee

Says he's a moderate yet he's still with the pukes.

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93. Hi, Wabbajack.

Can i ask a question?

Do you know if Langevin is going to challenge Lincoln Chaffee in 2006?

There's talk of it on other blogs, and the early polls suggest that Langevin could unseat him.

I was wondering if you had any updates on this.

If it were left to me, I'd trade Chaffee to Connecticut to replace Lieberman, and elect Langevin in RI.

As for Lieberman -- I think he should be the new Orick vacuum cleaner guy.

[Wabbajack]

97. I don't

have any special information but I heard Langevin is considering it.

I'm disappointed he's anti-choice like Weygland was. I'm thinking that's part of why Chaff won so easily in 2000.

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106. Anti-choice? Hmmm. You're right -- that's disappointing.

It would be nice if Democrats were a bit more pro-women.

[porkrind]

75. Orrin Hatch of course.

[progressiveright]

78. didn't he push for the bill to have paper trail for voting machines?

he deserves some credit for that

[Quetzal]

76. Santorum

Absolutely THE WORST Senator out of the bunch.

[progressiveright]

77. santorum

is the devil



he's evil. no doubt about that. he will sell out anybody. he fucks liberals every chance he gets, he fucked conservatives when he supported specter over toomey for political reasons, he's like a GWB who can talk

[IronLionZion]

80. My PA Senator, Rick Santorum

is the absolute worst piece of shit I've ever come across. He has to go in 2006. It's important.

[saltpoint]

85. I second your description of lil' Ricky and --

-- offer any encouragement I can to get rid of him in 2006 at the ballot box.

As you can see, he's doing AWFULLY well in this poll.

[DemoTex]

81. Hobson's Choice .. all are terrible.

To the list I would add Jim DeMint (SC asshole), Mitch McConnell (KY jelly), and Kay Bailey Hutchinson (TX airhead).

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86. Well, DemoTex, your three additions aren't just good --

-- they're dead-on great.

Without a doubt, those three are true qualifiers for the waste-of-oxygen criterion.

[Cats Against Frist]

82. I'm "Cats Against Frist," but I voted for Santorum

That man gives new meaning to the term "sentimental bullshit." I've never seen anything as disgusting as his thinly veiled bigotry masquerading as sentimentality, "ooohhhhh my goddddd if butttt sexxx iss leggggall whaaaat abbbouuut theee chiiiildren, whaaaat abouuuuut the fammmilies."

And then, of course, he's a dishonest liar.

He is numero uno most pathetic, hands down.

[saltpoint]

88. You make a strong case and the choir is definitely with you.

He is an underhanded slime, no question.

I don't think it's an accident that he's running away with this poll, either.

Thanks for your post, Cats Against Frist.

[iwantmycountryback]

84. I voted for Coburn, but

Jim Demint of South Carolina should be on the list, and so should Inhofe also from Oklahoma.

[saltpoint]

89. Hi, iwmcb. Inhofe is getting such distinct notice by DUers --

-- on this poll that I might have to cook up another post just for him.

I agree with you -- he certainly is deserving of mention on any "Waste of Oxygen" list.

[JHBowden]

87. Santorum

Chambliss is up there, but I don't think any suck as bad as Santorum.

[joanski01]

90. I didn't vote for the Repuke Senator

who I hated the most -- which is my Senator, Rick Santorum -- I voted for the waste of oxygen Senator, which to me means the one that just stands up there on the Senate Floor and blabs the Repuke talking points. The rubber-stampers that got in through cheating. I voted for John Cornyn. Norm Coleman is even more of a waste of good oxygen.

As of today, Saturday, January 29, 2005, my opinion is that ALL republicans are evil and want evil for the people of this country.

[saltpoint]

94. I think we here in the Choir are with you on that.

I am hopeful that in the midterm elections we will pick up a couple seats, maybe three.

There is even a chance of unseating Rick Santorum, although it won't be easy.

[dazzlerazzle]

95. bill frist wins most boring

and susan collins a close second... they should use videos of them on the senate floor to torture detainees at guantanamo..

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100. A video of Frist speaking would simply be appallingly --

-- inhumane. We have to show SOME restraint.

-- : ) --

Is Frist dull? My god yes, he is. If this were a movie, I'd cast him as the funeral director.

[in_cog_ni_to]

96. I'm nauseous just reading that list.

I detest every last one of them, but Santorum is particularly repulsive to me. :puke:

[saltpoint]

103. Your point's well-taken, in_cog_ni_to, about --

-- the entire list being nauseating.

I should probably have offered complimentary TUMS with this post. : )


Thanks for the feedback & great sensibility.

[JNelson6563]

98. My choice

Norm I-can't-believe-they-whacked-Wellstone-for-this-guy Coleman.

Julie

[saltpoint]

104. Hi, JNelson. I'm picking up some VERY strong -

- anti-Coleman sentiment on DU.

I hope it translates to his being turned out by Minnesota voters next time.

I'm no fan of Norm myself, and as I posted above, I'm sick of seeing his usurping puss in Paul Wellstone's rightful Senate seat.

[lonestarnot]

99. Can someone post all of their motley faces here. Would like to make

a new dart board.

[saltpoint]

105. LOL. Excellent marketing idea, by the way, lonestarnot.

I'm serious -- it would be a good fundraising product for the 2006 mid-term elections.

Hell, I'd buy one.

[lonestarnot]

108. Well Ok then, I need a post of pics.

[mvd]

107. Santorum since..

I'm so mad that PA has him for a Senator. But Frist is just as bad, and has more power.

Coburn has a lot of potential to be worst.