Radar's Ten Dumbest Congressmen

— By Alastair Paulin

| Tue Oct. 17, 2006 11:05 AM PDT

Radar has fun detailing "America's Dumbest Congressmen." Readers of Mother Jones' regular feature "The Diddly Award" will know many of the names and anecdotes already but when it comes to the antics of wise legislators such as Jim Bunning, Katherine Harris, and Patrick Kennedy, is it possible for familiarity to breed even more contempt?

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Submitted by Diane (not verified) on Tue Oct. 17, 2006 5:05 PM PDT.

What disturbed me most about this list is that four of them are not Congressmen.

Submitted by Colin (not verified) on Wed Oct. 18, 2006 10:59 AM PDT.

In defense of Cynthia McKinney... Congress really IS an "Israel-occupied territory." Her aide was dead on.

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