WASHINGTON D.C. – One politician’s concerns over an island may have been misunderstood and now he’s the butt of countless jokes!
U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson has become an internet sensation after comments he made during an Armed Services Committee meeting. Johnson never intended to gain such attention and has become the laughing stock of thousands.
Is the island of Guam in danger of tipping over and capsizing? That more or less covers the basics of Johnson’s concerns. He addressed the matter to Adm. Robert Willard, the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
“My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize,” Johnson said in the meeting with a look of complete seriousness.
The admiral seemed to take the concern seriously. “We don’t anticipate that,” he said.
As the mockery spiraled out of control, Johnson issued a statement.
“I wasn’t suggesting that the island of Guam would literally tip over,” he said. He clarified that he was “using a metaphor” to describe how adding military personnel to the island “could be a tipping point which could adversely affect the island’s fragile ecosystem and could overburden its stressed infrastructure.”
Hank was doing his Max Baucus imitation. Seriously, get rid of both. And get rid of all their defenders. Demand all politicians at local, state, and federal level must take regular random lie and drug tests. And require annual mental competency exams. And job qualification exams every 4 years. Post the results on internet for public to see.
Back to Hank specifically. There's no way Hank was joking. The proof is captured. If a joke, the floor leader should have asked him to explain the joke. They didn't because they were stunned and didn't know how a good leader should handle such a stunning remark, from a near incoherent Hank, joke or not. All that defend Hank should be fired.
Joke or not, the wimp Admiral should have been very offended by the remark and objected. Fire his big ole butt, too. For not taking charge and demanding Hank be removed from the debate (battle) for the luny tunes analogy, joke or not.
It obviously wasn't a joke, but will be forever now. Hank will no doubt fess up and say it's because he is addicted to cartoons. And taxpayers will pay for his rehab.
Crimney———-our tax dollars are supporting this person? Has he been diagnosed with swift dementia?
This is the candidate that replaced Cynthia McKinney in congress. That explains a lot.
This 90 IQ dufus doesn't even know what a metaphor is. And what a shock, he's black. I never would have guessed.
how do these idiots have jobs, let alone representative positions! and who in their right mind would vote for such a jackass? i'm going to hawaii, but i'm waiting for it to come to me (since they're all just floating around out there!) and don't try to tell me that he didn't mean literally- you can tell by his body language that he was. what did the republican look like that this guy beat? did he wear a hockey helmet and drool when he spoke?