ARG: Don McElroy

Don McElroy is an Asshole Ruining the GOP. Why? He's censoring science textbooks to avoid offending Muslim extremists. He's quite happy to sacrifice America's economy to keep from upsetting religious extremists.

I would hope Americans find it hard to stomach any political party that tolerates this. Since Texas Republican governor Rick Warren appointed him as chair of the state school board, it's hard to see how the GOP is serious about our economy.

Let me be clear: if keeping America's economy competitive by producing engineers and scientists is liberal, then I am liberal. I'm a frickin communist. And so, by the way, is Mitt Romney.

If you see any inaccuracies in this post, by all means leave them in the comments section, and I'll be sure to follow up.

(Previous ARG winners here.)

ARG Profile: Andy Martin of Illinois

Andy Martin is an Asshole Ruining the GOP. He's trying to win his primary in Illinois by accusing his opponent of being gay (and by the way Martin, so what?) I hope that like me, you're ashamed to be in the same party with this disgraced worm.

ARG Profile #1: Randy Brogdon

Randy Brogdon is an ARG: an Asshole Ruining the GOP. He's an excellent example of what's driving young people and intellectuals further away from the Republican Party. Good riddance you say? Sure, just like that seat in NY-23. And Arlen Specter. Who knows how many more "victories" the ARGs will have?

But back to Randy Brogdon - you want some examples of his assholery? First and foremost, how about making veiled threats to secede from the country. If there's something more anti-American than literally trying to destroy the Union, please let me know what it is. What has his panties in a bunch? Brogdon considers it an overextension of Federal authority for Oklahoma to receive stimulus money? (I'm sure he could arrange to send any funds for his district back to Washington. Strangely, he seems not to have done so.)

Randy Brogdon also wants America to lose its technical and scientific edge and fail in the global marketplace. Make no mistake - he wants China's education system to pass our own, because he's openly anti-education. He thinks you should have to teach your kids at home, but that's okay, since he also thinks you should be able to teach kids whatever you want - unless it's plate tectonics, the germ theory of disease, or that the Earth is round. (Think I'm kidding? Here it is.) And this guy is running for governor of Oklahoma. If that happens, a generation of people will grow up thinking of Randy Brogdon when they think "Republican". That's why he's an ARG.

If you're comfortable throwing all that away so Randy Brogdon can use government regulation to force his weird Seventh-Day Adventist beliefs on your kids, then hey. Your call. If letting him wreck America's technical competitiveness as China catches up doesn't bother you at all, then Brogdon and the other ARGs are your best choice.