The 2008 Shiitake Awards

DUMBEST QUOTE OF 2008: THE JOHN WALSH “ANUS CHIP” QUOTE

DUMBEST QUOTE OF 2008 RESULTS

1. John Walsh, Host of America’s Most Wanted (10 votes/28%): “Now, I don’t want to sound like a vigilante. That’s something that I don’t believe in…” “I said I was kidding when I was talking to the Senate and I said they were talking about electronic monitoring, which is big and unwieldy for the sex offenders, and that some of these guys, no matter what the law in their state was, would have to wear one for 20 years or whatever. I said implant it in their anus and if they go outside the radius, explode it and that would send a big message. It was a joke. Nobody thought it was funny.” “I’m all for criminals doing their time, all for rehabilitation, all for a second chance.” followed almost immediately by “I say put the pedophiles down in the yard. Put them in there. Let them do the time with the rest of the guys. Let them see what it’s like to be terrorized by a 250-pound guy.”
2. Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana (9 votes/ 25%): “I know some folks think it is great that you can go online today and see where these monsters live, block by block – but I look forward to the day when you can go online and see that they all live in one place – in Angola – far away from our kids.”
3. Danny Martiny, LA State Rep. (8 votes/ 22%): “Is there anything left we can do to sex offenders with a few days left in the session?”
4. Jerry Keen, GA state Rep. (6 votes/ 17%): “We want people running away from Georgia. Given the toughest laws here, we think a lot of people could move to another state. If it becomes too onerous and too inconvenient, they just may want to live somewhere else. And I don’t care where, as long as it’s not in Georgia.”
5. Steve Davis, GA state Rep. (2 votes/ 5%): “I whole heartedly support mandatory sentencing as well lifetime monitoring with strong resrictions and regulations. And as for as I am concerned these people should be thankful we allow them out of prison at all. You can play this card that politicians only do this because they are trying to be tough on crime line but again this discounts the fact they are working to make our communities safer. And I personally don’t believe their is any such thing as a “first time offender”, I believe its just the first time the have been caught. And once they have been caught, then we should refer to them as Registered sex offenders! Have a great day.”
6. Tie with no votes
   • Vaughn Johnson, Queenland Australia: “I hope they bring these grubs to justice,” Mr Johnson said. “We find out how much guts they’ve got … as one of them committed suicide yesterday and another one had a big go, but he must not have had the courage to do it properly.”If they all went and did it first up, we wouldn’t have this problem. They must be guilty if they commit suicide …maybe I am too harsh but I’ve got no time for that.”
   • Joe Deters, Hamilton Co. OH Prosecutor: In speaking of forcing a registrant out of emergency shelter, “I feel bad for him,” he said of Winslow. “I know it’s cold outside, but we have to enforce the law. There is no constitutional right to warmth.”

What more can I say about this clown? He’s a deluded egomaniac, admitted sex addict, and hypocrite. And during an interview that landed in the Washington Post durring a summer TV show tour, Walsh, who was lobbying for the Adam Walsh Act, made the following statement, which appalled those in attendance: “I said I was kidding when I was talking to the Senate and I said they were talking about electronic monitoring, which is big and unwieldy for the sex offenders, and that some of these guys, no matter what the law in their state was, would have to wear one for 20 years or whatever. I said implant it in their anus and if they go outside the radius, explode it and that would send a big message. It was a joke. Nobody thought it was funny.” What a total douche. The sad part is he inspires vigilantes like….