Conrad Burns.... just how stupid do you have to be to pull this screwup?

[Wetzelbill]

Seriously, what is wrong with this guy?

MT-SEN: Burns Urges Gov To Declare Fire Emergency -- A Month After Gov Had Already Done So

GOP Senator Conrad Burns -- already reeling from a string of gaffes -- has done it again. It appears that he sent a letter to Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer urging him to declare a fire state of emergency. But there was just one problem: Schweitzer had already done so -- more than a month earlier. Whoops! Another gaffe involving fires -- and one that made him look out of touch with his constituents, to boot. More clowning with Burns after the jump.


http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2006/sep/01/mt_sen_burns_urges_gov_to_declare_fire_emergency_a_month_after_gov_had_already_done_so

[Erika]

1. The guy is a total screw up

Didn't he also say terrorists are taxi drivers during the day?

[Wetzelbill]

5. I didn't catch the exact quote

but he said something like that. He's a dandy alright. :)

[Carla in Ca]

7. He said...

Taxi drivers by day, killers at night. He has lost it!
BTW, he won't be able to use the 'taken out of context' excuse with this one; it was in a letter!

[krispos42]

2. Empty suit! n/t

[Ptah]

3. I like this quote from the Gov. (Schweitzer - D)

Schweitzer spent part of Thursday at the Derby Mountain fire.

“Senator Burns has a lot of important things (he's) doing in Washington, D.C.,” he said. “So maybe the things we've already been doing on the fires for the last 45 days, well, it just slipped by him.”

[magellan]

4. It's so fun watching these asshats self-destruct

They're so unfamiliar with their real duties that they're falling ass over tit trying to save their jobs ahead of elections.

[Syrinx]

6. he's going down

At least that's what I heard someone say tonight. I'm not sure if it was on Countdown, or McLaughlin Group or CNN. But I did hear it on TV, so it must be true.