MEDIA LOSER: Sen. John Kennedy CNN’s Jake Tapper and Late Show host Stephen Colbert blasted Republican Sen. John Kennedy for comments on Tuesday as stupid and an idiot, respectively. The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on gun control yesterday, and Kennedy's comments made an impression. Not a good one. “We have a lot of drunk drivers in America that kill a lot of people. We ought to try to combat that, too,” he said. “But I think what many folks on my side of the aisle are saying is that the answer is not to get rid of all sober drivers. The answer is to concentrate on the problem.” Reacting to that clip on CNN, Tapper said with a chuckle, “I don’t even know what to say to that, it’s so stupid.” Kennedy also remarked that the United States doesn't have a gun control problem, but “an idiot control problem,” a sentiment with which Colbert snarkily agreed. “Oh, we definitely have an idiot control problem,” he exclaimed. “It’s people who don’t recognize that this country has long had a gun problem, John Kennedy.” Ouch. |