A-Hole of the Week

You know, Atrios has the market covered on Wanker of the Day, but I think some kind of award has to go to this guy.

Today on the House floor, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) blamed yesterday’s market drop — the largest since the September 11 terrorist attacks — on members of Congress supposedly “talking about…more regulation” and “undermin[ing] the President’s national security policy.”

Gohmert said, “In two months of talking about raising taxes and more regulation and [referring to Murtha] one committee chairman talking about how he’s going to undermine the President’s national security policy — two months! — we have this terrible damage to the stock market, to the economy. Unbelievable.” He added: “I just encourage my friends across the aisle, be careful. We built a great economy. Don’t blow it quite so quickly.”

Republicans are right where they want to be: firmly in the minority, unchained and allowed to let loose on Democrats who control everything. Of course, the President's team sets monetary policy, and nothing has even been passed out of the Democratic Congress, and the reasons for the stock drop are numerous - but it doesn't matter. Attack, attack, attack.

Bizarrely, there are still people who think that both sides need to heal partisan differences. Physician, heal your own party first.

By the way, let me be the first to give Jack Murtha credit for the Dow going up 52 points today.