Good Riddance to Steve Stockman, the Grifter Congressman Who Ran for Senate (vote, campaign)

[HistorianDude]

Well darn. It turns out that Tea Party / Birther Hero Steve Stockman was unable to force that run-off election that he hallucinated would turn him into the non-Hispanic, non-Canadian Ted Cruz. Currently John Cornyn is crushing him with more than 60% of the vote.

Even Texas can periodically lurch towards sanity!

Good Riddance to Steve Stockman, the Grifter Congressman Who Ran for Senate

The Texas Republican practically bilked his donors by running the most unserious campaign in recent American history.
Tuesday night will mark the end of one of the most stunningly dishonest political campaigns in American history: that of Steve Stockman for Senate. Stockman’s campaign seemed to violate every ethical and social norm in politics. Usually, when political campaigns violate the rules, it is because of their lust to win. Stockman seemingly never cared about winning the Republican nomination from Senator John Cornyn. Instead, the entire campaign came across as a strange grift; a con performed by a fifth rate Harold Hill who somehow thought that the Tea Party made a better racket than leading a boys band. Stockman, who served one term in the House in the mid 1990s before returning to Congress in 2012, has gained attention for his Twitter trolling and strange publicity stunts in office but precious little else.

[wrecking ball]

Originally Posted by HistorianDude

..... Birther Hero Steve Stockman ....!

a personal favorite from last summer:

Originally Posted by _CARL_

By the grace of God, Representative Steve Stockman has confirmed to me that he has seen strong evidence, presented by Mike Zulllo (investigator for the Cold Case Posse), that overwhelmingly confirms document fraud perpetuated against the American people. Rep. Steve Stockman has recruited several congressmen, people who represent many of you, to get on board and bring this issue to the forefront after their congressional break.]

[Kibby]

The Media did their best to hype Stockman into a real candidate - bad news for them that he was too nutty to go along with the hype. I did see some surprising results in the primary - I tend to believe it's good to bring in some new blood from time to time instead of just shuffling the chairs, but people must be pretty hot under the collar or not paying any attention.