Extremely Lame

What better way to start off a blog of things that are extremely lame than by focusing on my home state of Indiana? In a special election to replace the late Julia Carson, Hoosiers in Indianapolis elected her grandson Andre Carson to the House of Representatives. Normally this wouldn’t make a lot of headlines outside the state, but Mr. Carson happens to be a Muslim, the second representative to do so.

What was the first question asked him? It wasn’t, “How do you plan to follow in your grandmother’s footsteps representing the citizens of the 7th District?” No, that’d be far too relevant. Instead, they went with the winner, “Is that the same Qur’an that Congressman Ellison swore on?”

Are you kidding me? How is that in any way relevant? It wasn’t even asking about how his faith would influence his representation of his district, which would have at least been marginally on topic. No, instead they go with the hard hitting questions you’d likely see in a tabloid, right next to gossip about how awful Sharon Stone’s dress was at the Golden Globes.

Fortunately, Congressman Carson had a great reply to such a moronic question. He held it up and showed it to be a copy of the U.S. Constitution.