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Here's the official explanation from Rep. Johnson's office:
“I wasn’t suggesting that the island of Guam would literally tip over,” said Johnson. “I was using a metaphor to say that with the addition of 8,000 Marines and their dependents – an additional 80,000 people during peak construction to the port on the tiny island with a population of 180,000 – could be a tipping point which would adversely affect the island’s fragile ecosystem and over burden its already overstressed infrastructure.
“Having traveled to Guam last year, I saw firsthand how this beautiful – but vulnerable island – is already overburdened, and I was simply voicing my concerns that the addition of that many people could tip the delicate balance and do harm to Guam.”
Uh...no, Congressman. That's NOT what you said, unless you're afraid that fragile ecosystem will "capsize." Don't think I've ever heard of coral reef doing that.
ps: There is no mention of it on his office website.
That's fine, if he wants to go that route, I will accept it. It just means that socially, he is inept in his ability to properly communicate what he means. This would be an excuse for someone who doesn't speak the language, or someone mentally challenged. Since we have established he can speak the language, it only leaves us with the latter.
He might want to revise his comment again and just go with the stupid remark story.
Reportedly the guy has a serious illness. I think it's hepatitis C, which can lead to difficulty speaking and thinking clearly.
The video is fantastically funny. But now I feel bad for laughing if the guy is gravely ill.
If hepatitis C has effected his brain to the level of dementia that he believes an island will tip over and capsize because of its population he needs to turn over his seat to the voters and be replaced. Period.
That was pretty bad on his part. The only thing I wonder is if this hearing was at very late night/early morning cause the hearings are scheduled 24/7 pretty much.
Of course that most likely is not the case. It was pretty hard for me to watch whole video. Remember we elected a guy of this caliber of intelligence as our president. Idiots are no stranger to American politics.
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On a side note this guy doesn't even compare to Democratic Senator Patty Murray of Washington State who is consistently ranked as the least intelligent congressman/congresswomen year after year.
Great, so one of his staff, the edjumacated one I guess, stepped up and revised the histrionics on this one. Well trained, that Donk machine.
Rep. Johnson is very well educated and a successful attorney. Dumb people can't get admitted to law school, can't graduate law school, and can't pass the Bar exam.
What are the odds this guy would actually think AGW is real?
Can get our military people a big fat raise. Between these ongoing wars and NOT being allowed to tell these brain surgeons on Capital Hill what time it is, they got it coming.
And last I heard those marines he's so worried about are the only reason he isn't asking his questions in Japanese.
Rep. Johnson is very well educated and a successful attorney. Dumb people can't get admitted to law school, can't graduate law school, and can't pass the Bar exam.
Some very smart people are completely stupid when it come to common sense. Or is this guy something like the firemen that could not pass a test yet they wanted to give them the jobs because they were minorities?
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