13 House Republicans won't express support for school lunch program

Ah, Good Ole' Scott Garrett... (4.00 / 2)

One of the original knuckle-dragging "Mountain Men" of the Northwestern NJ GOP, along with Rick Merkt, Mike Carroll, Guy Gregg and a few others.  

Be grateful you haven't met the rest of the gang, heh.  One of them in Congress is more than bad enough.

Garrett's district, NJ-05, was represented for many years by the last of NJ's 'moderate' Republicans, Marge Roukema, before redistricting in 2002 convinced her to retire rather than face a third primary against Garrett, which he probably would have won in the new (more Republican) district.  Still, the district's only an R+7, NJ's highest R district, and he's had more close races in the past 8 years than any other New Jersey Congressman of either party, almost certainly because he's an unhinged sociopath.

There are some pretty damned poor rural farming communities in his district, too.  I wonder if anybody (Democrat or even a slightly saner Republican) can make something out of this for a 2010 challenge against him?  What disgraceful company he keeps.  He's gotta be by far the biggest embarrassment in the Northeast.

Coming March 19 to a Philadelphia near you!

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by: JayinPortland @ Sun Mar 07, 2010 at 02:02:19 AM UTC

Ah, forgot about this one until now... (4.00 / 2)

Scott Garrett Voted NO on reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act in 2006.

Another in his long line of Greatest Hits...


Coming March 19 to a Philadelphia near you!

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by: JayinPortland @ Sun Mar 07, 2010 at 02:20:48 AM UTC

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yes, he is certainly among the "worst of the worst" (4.00 / 3)

by any standard. Did you know there's a Retire Garrett blog?

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by: desmoinesdem @ Sun Mar 07, 2010 at 02:26:33 AM UTC

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Nice! (4.00 / 2)

Great to see they're still working at it.  When I was back in Jersey, I spent most of my time knocking on doors to retire Mike Ferguson (who chose not to run in 2008), since he was the closest Republican Congressman to me at the time.  Never did get to work against Garrett myself, though.  I do remember (ultimately disappointing) nights watching results for NJ-07 and NJ-05 while working for Steve Brozak and Linda Stender in NJ-07 in 2004 and 2006, respectively...

Even if Garrett holds on for 2010, NJ's probably losing a House Seat after the census.  Should be interesting to see who gets drawn out.  NJ's redistricting process is pretty 'bipartisan' (read: incumbent protection scheme), but it'll almost certainly be Garrett or Leonard Lance (who took over Ferguson's seat) who gets drawn out.  My money's om Garrett, mainly because nobody likes him.  Stay tuned!

Coming March 19 to a Philadelphia near you!

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by: JayinPortland @ Sun Mar 07, 2010 at 02:40:37 AM UTC

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hey--thx for the link (4.00 / 3)

that's me over at Retire Garrett.  What a lucky guy I am to have this "compassionate conservative" as my Rep.

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by: clammyc @ Sun Mar 07, 2010 at 13:48:46 PM UTC

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Paul Broun (4.00 / 3)

I love that guy. He's a total waste of space in Congress but he's such a nut that it's funny. He's the one who wanted Congress to declare 2010 the "Year of the Bible."

"I can understand someone from Iowa promoting corn and soy, but we are not feeding the world, we are feeding animals and soft drink companies." - Jim Goodman

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by: Jill Richardson @ Sun Mar 07, 2010 at 19:07:44 PM UTC