I know I am late to this story today, but one thing is clear: Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Georgia) has to be one exceptionally stupid individual if he is afraid that the island of Midway might capsize.
Now I know that the Constitution only says that to be elected to the House of Representatives, one only has to be (a) age 25 or older (b) been a citizen for seven years and (c) reside in the state he is elected from. There is no requirement that a person elected to Congress be livelier than Karen Quinlan. But damn, Rep. Johnson is pushing the envelope if he thinks an island could capsize.
He's about dumb enough to be a member of the Palin clan.
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The sad thing is he's better than the rep he replaced: Cynthia McKinney.
Something's just not right about that district. Did they gerrymander the district lines so they could get 3 psychiatric clinics in there or what?
Did you catch the frozen expression of the Admiral? Priceless!!!!
Justin, are you sue that it is only limited to 3?
Allan, I think he was wiping away tears of laughter.
Yeah, Justin, they did gerrymander it. That part of Georgia votes strongly Democrat, so at some point they managed to carve it up so his district has an enormous number of people who tend to vote Democrat, so the adjacent district can be carried by a Republican. (This from a friend who lives there.)
There's a large, depressing industry in software that simulates voting scenarios to guide people in designing districts to get the votes they want. Sometimes, it means giving up on one entirely, if it'll give you a better-than-50%-chance on another, where you started out with a less-than-50%-chance on both.
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