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Take it away, Maxine.

Friday, February 26th at 9:21PM EST

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You know it’s bad when somebody from CBS voluntarily uses the title “Is Maxine Waters Really As Dumb As She Seems?“:

…even Hot Air was more sedate in its title*. For those who are wondering, while grilling Fed Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke Rep. Waters confused the discount rate with the fed funds rate. And if you didn’t know what that means, either – well, Fox Business took the time to explain it:

The discount rate is what the central bank charges banks to borrow from the Fed at the “discount window.” The fed funds rate is what banks charge each other for overnight loans.

The former is apparently sufficiently small that the bank being charged it would find that passing the cost along is more hassle than it would be to just eat it. Or so I’m gathering: I’m an expert on snark, not monetary policy. That’s why I’m a blogger, and not a member of the House Financial Services Committee.

Unlike Maxine Waters.

Moe Lane

PS: Cook PVI of D+31. A pity.

*But the really good article was over at Fox Business, which really went off on the topic.

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Sadly...Maxine is the face of Democrats in LA

SteveLA (Diary) Friday, February 26th at 9:32PM EST (link)

Yes, all true, Maxine is an idiot. What’s worse for folks in LA, within the Democratic machine in a large part of LA country, Maxine is major juice and the one of the major players,along with another fool named Ridley-Thomas.

Fortune for me, I moved out of her district about 8 years ago. You want to talk about not being represented in Congress?

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Well people in 14th Congressional District of Texas fell the same way

Richard Mullins (Diary) Saturday, February 27th at 12:03AM EST (link)

there no getting effective representation in Congress either. Same with those people that have Dennis Kucinuch as there congressman as well. The nuts are not something that we want.

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Joe Biden is like a Decrepit Park owner with a Meth lab that happens to not only be a dealer but a user.

Let’s Bankrupt the Democratic paty. Make spend all the money to defend thier candidates.

That Maxine is an idiot is a given, but

Locked and Loaded (Diary) Saturday, February 27th at 2:07PM EST (link)

I thought Richard Pryor had died!

I'm okay with saying it.

Leon H. Wolf (Diary) Friday, February 26th at 10:03PM EST (link)

Maxine Waters is my favorite MoC.

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they won't report it...but Maxine brought lunch to the hearings...

speciallist (Diary) Saturday, February 27th at 1:00AM EST (link)

Moe I want to take this opportunity to educate Paulbots.

antisocial (Diary) Friday, February 26th at 10:03PM EST (link)

This and the recent RP babble are prime reasons why Congress MUST NEVER be allowed to shape/dictate monetary policy.

Frightening ignorance.

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Excuse me for the typo... That was meant to be Paultards.

antisocial (Diary) Friday, February 26th at 10:06PM EST (link)

It's too bad that she is too stupid to realize she got schooled. -nt-

Brian Simpson (Diary) Friday, February 26th at 10:12PM EST (link)

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Important principles may and must be inflexible. ~ Abraham Lincoln

She is truly stupid

DerKrieger (Diary) Friday, February 26th at 10:29PM EST (link)

And the poster child for why the government is incapable of managing health care much less anything else.

“In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson

“I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.” – James Madison

Whenever the legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience.” — John Locke, 1690

Life on Mars

pragmatic Friday, February 26th at 10:31PM EST (link)

Waters has stiff competition from Sheila Jackson Lee. You remember, she’s the one who wanted to know if the Mars Pathfinder could take a picture of the flag planted by Neil Armstrong. By the way, is the House Ethics Committee investigating Waters for her dealings with OneUnited bank? She needs to be shown the door right after Charlie Rangel.

“The unapparent connection is more powerful than the apparent one.”–Heraclitus.

I hoping that primary challenge against her is going to boot her out

Richard Mullins (Diary) Friday, February 26th at 11:59PM EST (link)

Today was the last day of early voting and the Democrats here in Harris county voted as much as the Republicans did. One of the reasons was that strong primary challenge of her. Someone is going to run for the Grasping hand district that the 18th Congressional district of Texas is. BTW, SJL’s base voter has gone away in the last couple of years. I very happy that I have effective representation in Congress.

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Joe Biden is like a Decrepit Park owner with a Meth lab that happens to not only be a dealer but a user.

Let’s Bankrupt the Democratic paty. Make spend all the money to defend thier candidates.

Yes, thank you. I was getting her confused with

throwback59 Saturday, February 27th at 9:29AM EST (link)

Jackson Lee and the Mars comment. I guess I’m being politically incorrect by thinking all these stupid congresswomen look and sound alike.

I thought she would sound dumber

Doc Holliday (Diary) Friday, February 26th at 10:34PM EST (link)

sure she is supposed to be knowledgeable, but we can’t expect that. I think she asked a question many regular folk have. This does not rise to the level of her idea to nationalize oil companies.

Bernanke should have explained what the result of this rise would be and why it was done.

Molon Labe!

My Lord, I feel for Bernanke

aesthete (Diary) Friday, February 26th at 11:07PM EST (link)

First Ron Paul (who actually managed to beat out Waters’ brainfart), and now this. And these are the people Ron Paul wants to “Audit the Fed”?!

The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice – G.K. Chesterton

Her wig is priceless.

Tbone (Diary) Friday, February 26th at 11:34PM EST (link)

Her real hair fell out because there was nothing for the roots to cling to.

Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.

Tbone- ROFLMAO

Scope (Diary) Saturday, February 27th at 10:48AM EST (link)

But, don’t forget the glasses. They look like the old time coke bottles held by tire rims.

Actually I think she shares the wig with

izoneguy (Diary) Saturday, February 27th at 11:26AM EST (link)

Rob Bogoyevitch….

I think they must also pass the ACORN back and forth that they share that passes for a brain.

The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.

Moe, it's also why you're not

WarEagle01 (Diary) Friday, February 26th at 11:42PM EST (link)

One of the fifty most beautiful people in D.C. Seriously.

“A wise, doughy leg with rich tingly experiences will always reach better conclusions than will a more tanned, muscular leg that hasn’t felt those thrills.” –Chris Matthews’ Leg

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Hands down....Maxine is the dumbest member of Congress

jonreagan (Diary) Friday, February 26th at 11:53PM EST (link)

I’ve always thought of it as a thee-way tie, between Maxine Waters, Marcy Kaptur, and Elijah Cummings. But this performance is unsurpassed, in showing someone who is unaware, uninformed, unintelligent, unable to grasp basic economics, and just all around mentally deficient.The voters in her district are getting the representation they deserve.

Maxine is the reason Socrates hated Democracy

29Victor (Diary) Saturday, February 27th at 12:57AM EST (link)

at least that’s what I heard.

I attempted to explain nuclear fusion to my cat once

29Victor (Diary) Saturday, February 27th at 12:52AM EST (link)

it went pretty much the same as this.

I did a 360 when I saw that, Moe..

Vassar Bushmills (Diary) Saturday, February 27th at 8:20AM EST (link)

…another famous Maxine-ism
Cheers

Maxine has nothing to be ashamed of

RedBeard Saturday, February 27th at 10:00AM EST (link)

Stupidity is not a crime, nor is it anything over which she has control. She simply has to deal with the condition on a daily basis.

The ones who should be ashamed are the voters who keep returning Stupid Maxine to Congress. Those folks have much to answer for. No excuses. They should know better.

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They are obviously more stupid than she is. nt

mbecker908 (Diary) Saturday, February 27th at 11:06AM EST (link)

I might argue that point just a bit

RedBeard Saturday, February 27th at 11:48AM EST (link)

Perhaps Maxine “The Brain” Waters is serving a voter base so deeply invested in the culture of entitlements that they are willing to return the dope to Congress term after term in simple expectation that she will continue to vote for giving away “free” stuff. In that case, the word for the voters isn’t stupid, but perhaps conniving.

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Answer: No,

The_Gadfly (Diary) Saturday, February 27th at 11:11AM EST (link)

for as dumb as she seems to be, the reality is worse. I believe that in all of history, no one has ever seemed to be as dumb as she is.

Maxine Waters is worried about domestic prostitution- "House ho's"

archer52 Saturday, February 27th at 12:37PM EST (link)

Sorry couldn’t resist. But it seems to me she is seriously worried about the impact of interest rates on domestic prostitutes. Now, I’m not sure it’s a good idea to call someone’s wife or living in girlfriend a “House ho” but that what she seems to be saying. It is nice she is worried how the discount rate would impact fees on the other end. Nothing worse than coming home and finding out your “house ho” had to raise the rates on you because of the Federal government.

Glad she’s on the case.