While I'm not a fan of hyperbole, I think Republican Tennessee State Senator Stacey Campfield may very well be the stupidest politician in the country.
The guy seems to play a weekly game with himself where he attempts to one-up his previous most ridiculous comment with one that reaches new heights of ridiculous even by his lofty standards.
During the 2012 Republican National Convention, Campfield responded to Hurricane Isaac by writing the following in his blog - "All I can say is if this is a hurricane then East Tennessee has one about every other week. Seriously, It's not that bad. Some minor wind and intermittent light to medium rain. Nothing bad at all yet."
Yes, close to a million people losing power with between $500 million and $1.5 billion in damage sounds just like an "intermittent light to medium rain" storm in East Tennessee. Next thing we know, Campfield will respond to a devastating earthquake in California by saying, "Every single day, I feel conditions similar to that. In East Tennessee, I drive on these gravely roads all the time. I guarantee you - it's the same exact thing!"
Campfield also defended then Missouri Senatorial candidate Todd Akin's "legitimate rape" comment in his blog during the RNC as well. The Tennessee State Senator headlined his "piece," "Akin wrong? Not so fast..." In this "piece," he wrote that "it has long been believed that stress can interfere with normal reproductive processes. Certainly rape is stressful."
Yes, certainly. When women describe "rape," the first word that comes to mind is "stressful." It's just like when people are being killed, their typical last words are, "This is so stressing me out, man."
More recently, Campfield came under fire for a picture he posted on his blog of an "Assault Pressure Cooker." By this picture was a caption which read, "Here comes Feinstein again," in reference to Democratic California Senator Diane Feinstein's proposal to ban assault weapons. This was in response to the Boston Marathon bombers utilizing pressure cookers, which resulted in three deaths and a great number of injuries.
After receiving criticism for his post, Campfield responded with, "If my post was inappropriate talking about 'crock pot control' then where is the outrage from the left when they push for gun control after the Sandy Hook shooting? I'm sorry I exposed your double standard..."
Yes, because it's obvious that guns and pressure cookers are the same thing. In 2011, over 32,000 people died in this country via a gun, including over 11,000 whom died via a firearm homicide. There are no such stats given for pressure cooker-related deaths for some strange reason. Pressure cookers are also often times known to be bought for protection in the home and hunting, especially deer hunting. When going to the firing range, while approximately 64% of people bring guns, the other 36% bring pressure cookers. Like I said, when it comes right down to it, there isn't a sliver of difference between guns and pressure cookers.
Unfortunately, Campfield wasn't done there in making asinine comments. In response to a white Tennessee lawmaker being excluded from the state's Black Legislative Caucus, Campfield said, "My understanding is that the KKK doesn't even ban members by race."
He added that the Ku Klux Klan "has less racist bylaws" than the state's Black Legislative Caucus.
Yes, Mr. Campfield, because many African-Americans often times line up to join a group of people with a history of lynching them.
Here's a breakdown of Campfield's thinking on the matter:
Tennessee Black Legislative Caucus: excludes a white Tennessee lawmaker
Campfield's reaction: "That's incredibly racist!"
Ku Klux Klan: lynching African-Americans
Campfield's reaction: "Eh, that's not very racist if you think about it."
Sadly, that isn't even the most ridiculous comment Campfield has uttered publicly. No, I think the award for most absurd Stacey Campfield statement (to this point) goes to the one he laid out for OutQ radio show host Michelangelo Signorile with regard to homosexuality and AIDS.
During this interview, Campfield claimed that AIDS started in the following fashion - "It was one guy screwing a monkey, if I recall correctly, and then having sex with men. It was an airline pilot, I believe, if I recall correctly."
After the host confronted him on this quote, Campfield said this:
"My understanding and correct me if I'm wrong, Mr. Science, on this, but my understanding is that it is virtually - not completely impossible - it's virtually impossible to contract AIDS outside of blood transfusions through heterosexual sex. It's virtually impossible. If you are having anal sex, yes, you are much more likely to contract AIDS."
Following this interview, Campfield defended his controversial comments by saying this:
"I'm not a historian on AIDS. But I've read and seen what other people have read and seen, and those facts are out there."
Yes, the facts are out there that a man by the name of John Doe saw a beautiful monkey named Flo and when the two's eyes met, they immediately wanted to bone one another. John Doe asked Flo if she had any condoms on her. When she didn't respond, he said heck with it and they went at it for a couple minutes. Once he was done, the two of them smoked cigarettes, before he had to be off to fly an airplane. The airline went by the name of ALA, which stood for Anal Love Airlines. Without John Doe's knowing it, he eventually came down with AIDS due to his love-making session with Flo the monkey. At this point, whenever he placed his Anal Love Airlines jet in auto-pilot, he would start having sex with male passengers, especially those in first-class. This is how AIDS came about, ladies and gentlemen... Don't just take my word for it. As Mr. Campfield said, "I've read and seen what other people have read and seen, and those facts are out there somewhere." I've read and seen plenty from Mr. Campfield, enough to declare that he's a complete idiot. The facts to prove that are out there somewhere - oh yeah, whenever he opens his mouth or writes a blog...
ttp://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/08/28/blogging-from-rnc-campfield-keeps-sensitive-side-in-check
http://business.time.com/2012/08/31/hurricane-isaac-causes-billions-in-damage-but-far-less-than-katrina/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/23/stacey-campfield-pressure-cooker-joke_n_3141663.html
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/united-states
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/9508168/ns/us_news-life/t/white-lawmaker-excluded-black-caucus/#.UXhvz8qbWB0
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/jan/27/campfield-commentary-stirs-flap-again/
The guy seems to play a weekly game with himself where he attempts to one-up his previous most ridiculous comment with one that reaches new heights of ridiculous even by his lofty standards.
During the 2012 Republican National Convention, Campfield responded to Hurricane Isaac by writing the following in his blog - "All I can say is if this is a hurricane then East Tennessee has one about every other week. Seriously, It's not that bad. Some minor wind and intermittent light to medium rain. Nothing bad at all yet."
Yes, close to a million people losing power with between $500 million and $1.5 billion in damage sounds just like an "intermittent light to medium rain" storm in East Tennessee. Next thing we know, Campfield will respond to a devastating earthquake in California by saying, "Every single day, I feel conditions similar to that. In East Tennessee, I drive on these gravely roads all the time. I guarantee you - it's the same exact thing!"
Campfield also defended then Missouri Senatorial candidate Todd Akin's "legitimate rape" comment in his blog during the RNC as well. The Tennessee State Senator headlined his "piece," "Akin wrong? Not so fast..." In this "piece," he wrote that "it has long been believed that stress can interfere with normal reproductive processes. Certainly rape is stressful."
Yes, certainly. When women describe "rape," the first word that comes to mind is "stressful." It's just like when people are being killed, their typical last words are, "This is so stressing me out, man."
More recently, Campfield came under fire for a picture he posted on his blog of an "Assault Pressure Cooker." By this picture was a caption which read, "Here comes Feinstein again," in reference to Democratic California Senator Diane Feinstein's proposal to ban assault weapons. This was in response to the Boston Marathon bombers utilizing pressure cookers, which resulted in three deaths and a great number of injuries.
After receiving criticism for his post, Campfield responded with, "If my post was inappropriate talking about 'crock pot control' then where is the outrage from the left when they push for gun control after the Sandy Hook shooting? I'm sorry I exposed your double standard..."
Yes, because it's obvious that guns and pressure cookers are the same thing. In 2011, over 32,000 people died in this country via a gun, including over 11,000 whom died via a firearm homicide. There are no such stats given for pressure cooker-related deaths for some strange reason. Pressure cookers are also often times known to be bought for protection in the home and hunting, especially deer hunting. When going to the firing range, while approximately 64% of people bring guns, the other 36% bring pressure cookers. Like I said, when it comes right down to it, there isn't a sliver of difference between guns and pressure cookers.
Unfortunately, Campfield wasn't done there in making asinine comments. In response to a white Tennessee lawmaker being excluded from the state's Black Legislative Caucus, Campfield said, "My understanding is that the KKK doesn't even ban members by race."
He added that the Ku Klux Klan "has less racist bylaws" than the state's Black Legislative Caucus.
Yes, Mr. Campfield, because many African-Americans often times line up to join a group of people with a history of lynching them.
Here's a breakdown of Campfield's thinking on the matter:
Tennessee Black Legislative Caucus: excludes a white Tennessee lawmaker
Campfield's reaction: "That's incredibly racist!"
Ku Klux Klan: lynching African-Americans
Campfield's reaction: "Eh, that's not very racist if you think about it."
Sadly, that isn't even the most ridiculous comment Campfield has uttered publicly. No, I think the award for most absurd Stacey Campfield statement (to this point) goes to the one he laid out for OutQ radio show host Michelangelo Signorile with regard to homosexuality and AIDS.
During this interview, Campfield claimed that AIDS started in the following fashion - "It was one guy screwing a monkey, if I recall correctly, and then having sex with men. It was an airline pilot, I believe, if I recall correctly."
After the host confronted him on this quote, Campfield said this:
"My understanding and correct me if I'm wrong, Mr. Science, on this, but my understanding is that it is virtually - not completely impossible - it's virtually impossible to contract AIDS outside of blood transfusions through heterosexual sex. It's virtually impossible. If you are having anal sex, yes, you are much more likely to contract AIDS."
Following this interview, Campfield defended his controversial comments by saying this:
"I'm not a historian on AIDS. But I've read and seen what other people have read and seen, and those facts are out there."
Yes, the facts are out there that a man by the name of John Doe saw a beautiful monkey named Flo and when the two's eyes met, they immediately wanted to bone one another. John Doe asked Flo if she had any condoms on her. When she didn't respond, he said heck with it and they went at it for a couple minutes. Once he was done, the two of them smoked cigarettes, before he had to be off to fly an airplane. The airline went by the name of ALA, which stood for Anal Love Airlines. Without John Doe's knowing it, he eventually came down with AIDS due to his love-making session with Flo the monkey. At this point, whenever he placed his Anal Love Airlines jet in auto-pilot, he would start having sex with male passengers, especially those in first-class. This is how AIDS came about, ladies and gentlemen... Don't just take my word for it. As Mr. Campfield said, "I've read and seen what other people have read and seen, and those facts are out there somewhere." I've read and seen plenty from Mr. Campfield, enough to declare that he's a complete idiot. The facts to prove that are out there somewhere - oh yeah, whenever he opens his mouth or writes a blog...
ttp://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2012/08/28/blogging-from-rnc-campfield-keeps-sensitive-side-in-check
http://business.time.com/2012/08/31/hurricane-isaac-causes-billions-in-damage-but-far-less-than-katrina/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/23/stacey-campfield-pressure-cooker-joke_n_3141663.html
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/united-states
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/9508168/ns/us_news-life/t/white-lawmaker-excluded-black-caucus/#.UXhvz8qbWB0
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/jan/27/campfield-commentary-stirs-flap-again/
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