I wish I could find someone who could tell me what the Hell it is about Florida that seems to make it a breeding ground for some of the most bizarre politicians you’ll find anywhere. Let’s face it, down here we have Debbie Wizzerman Schultz, Corrine Brown, Frederica Wilson, Alcee Hastings, Bill Nelson, and Alan Grayson just to name a few. And let me tell you, it’s with each passing day that I question the wisdom of my decision to retire here in 2002 upon leaving the Navy after 24 years.
And just when I thought I was pretty familiar with all of the crackpot-losers down here in ‘The Sunshine State’ another turd seems to float to the surface in the person of second year House member, Joe Garcia, recently made famous for having been caught on camera eating his own earwax. And now he seems to have gotten caught red-handed in yet another gaffe just this week, claiming that low crime rates in border cities with lots of federal immigration workers is proof that "Communism works."
This moron made this imbecilic claim during something called a Google hangout that he convened last week to talk about comprehensive immigration reform with his supporters. Yes, as amazing as it may sound this boob actually has supporters, although we’re not sure how many were tuned in to the event. Anyway, this escapee from a mental ward attempted to point out how, for all their talk about limited government, many Republicans are fine spending loads of government money on border security.
And then in an attempt to prove his rather idiotic point, he said, "Let me give you an example, the kind of money we’ve poured in." And then he went on to say, "So the most dangerous — sorry, the safest city in America is El Paso, Texas. It happens to be across the border from the most dangerous city in the Americas, which is Juarez. Right?" And he made what had to be his most idiotic claim by saying, "And two of the safest cities in America, two of them are on the border with Mexico."
Garcia continued, "And of course, the reason is we’ve proved that Communism works. If you give everybody a good government job, there’s no crime." He then added, "But that isn’t what we should be doing on the border," he continued. "The kind of money we’ve poured into it, and we’re having diminishing returns." Is this really the caliber of individual that the people of his district want representing them in Congress. If not, then I suggest that they might want to think about raising the bar just a hair.
Garcia, who, I guess, is supposed to be of Cuban descent, along with many of his south Florida constituents, told the Miami Herald he never meant to espouse Communism and was, or so he claimed, instead taking a tongue-in-cheek shot at his GOP opponents. And of course he then proceeded to do his best to downplay the entire episode by saying, "This is an absurdity, accusing the son of Cuban immigrants of believing in Communism is just ridiculous." I might believe him if he weren’t a Democrat.
Garcia’s district is already said to be a toss-up by the Cook Political Report, and with their second attack on the congressman in a week, America Rising, a Republican PAC created in 2013, clearly senses an opening in the south Florida district. Coupling the earwax video with Garcia’s rather enthusiastic endorsement of Communism and Republicans now have a rather robust chest of opposition material to deploy in Florida this fall. And let’s face it, the people of Florida’s 26th District simply deserve better than this boob.
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