Massie Challenges Paul for Title of "Kentucky Congressional Moron"

See, when you elect to Congress people who hate Congress and just want to burn government to the ground, you get members of Congress who don't know what the fuck they're doing.

Joseph Gerth at the Courier:

You’ve got to wonder what U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky was thinking last week when he voted against the farm bill, which pays for everything from agricultural programs to food stamps.

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The tough thing to figure about Massie, R-4th District, is why he has stirred the pot on the issue of industrial hemp — going so far as to co-sponsor an amendment to the farm bill that would allow universities to grow hemp, and to harangue and cajole his colleagues to support his amendment — and then once the House added his amendment, he voted against the underlying legislation.

Massie’s office even put out a news release crowing about his achievement in passing the amendment.

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When it came time to pass the measure that included his provision that would allow the University of Kentucky and other schools around the country to grow hemp and research its capabilities, he blinked.

That’s right. Massie was successful in getting the Polis, Massie, Blumenauer Hemp Amendment passed but then, when it came time to pass the bill to which it was attached, voted against it.

The bill failed on a vote of 195-234.

U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, D-3rd District, voted just like Massie — for the amendment and against the farm bill — but he didn’t sponsor the hemp amendment, and he didn’t put out a news release trumpeting its passage.

 Well of course Massie wasn't thinking, he was conservatard knee-jerking.

All you Northern Kentucky Democratic voters who couldn't be bothered to vote for the excellent Democratic candidate running against Massie, are you happy now?