Ralph Hall, the 91-year-old World War II fighter pilot who has represented Texas's 4th District since 1980, lost his primary to a Tea Partier last night. Combined with the planned retirement of Michigan's John Dingell (D-Ohmigod So Old), Hall's defeat means that the next Congress will have zero World War II veterans, unless Zombie Douglas MacArthur wins his write-in challenge against Debbie Wasserman Schultz. However, Hall did become the only House incumbent to lose his fight to a Tea Party-backed candidate, so even though Hall had the NRA's endorsement, the rabid ferrets at Still Dead Breitbart's Cyber Screech-a-torium are likely to view this as FREEDOM!!!1! on the march.
Sheesh, has the poverty situation in Texas gotten so dire that nowadays it only takes pennies to buy votes? Although, I suppose back in Hall's day a penny bought a lot more candy, like Horehound drops and those wretched Bit-O-Honey's one can still sometimes see in those olde time'y country stores.
On the bright side, David Dewhurst, of the Misogynist Jerkwad Dewhursts, also lost to some Teabagging whackjob, I guess for not hating women or loving guns enough, maybe both.
Upfist for the Piano Man ref.
i would so vote for the congressman who gave me a honey baked ham.
This is good news for John McCain.
Sheesh, has the poverty situation in Texas gotten so dire that nowadays it only takes pennies to buy votes? Although, I suppose back in Hall's day a penny bought a lot more candy, like Horehound drops and those wretched Bit-O-Honey's one can still sometimes see in those olde time'y country stores.
Yo congressman is so old his social security number is 1.
Yo congressman is so old, he studied ancient Rome in current events.
Yo congressman is so old, his memories are in black and white.
Yo congressman is so old, his birth certificate expired.
Yo congressman is so old, he farts dust.
Yo congressman is so old, the editor of his high school yearbook was Guttenberg.
I thought everyone died at The Alamo.
Yo Congressman is so old, he got redistricted because of continental drift.
Perfect. A Teabagger in Louie Gohmert's district. This is why I only visit East Texas, and only for very short period of time.
Yo congressman is so old, he represented New Amsterdam
On the bright side, David Dewhurst, of the Misogynist Jerkwad Dewhursts, also lost to some Teabagging whackjob, I guess for not hating women or loving guns enough, maybe both.
Yo congressman so old, he was drafted for the siege of Nineveh.
No, the first one.
Although you might be forced to sell some assets, possibly a basketball team.