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William E. Dannemeyer

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U.S. Congressman

The Resume

    (September 22, 1929-July 9, 2019)
    Republican Representative from California (1979-1993)

Why he might be annoying:

    He was a religious fundamentalist.
    He is a major homophobe and based his homophobia on the Bible.
    He read a detailed description of gay sex in the Congressional Record.
    He tried to block federal funding of evolution exhibits at the Smithsonian Institute.
    He voted against extending the Civil Rights Commission (1983).
    He voted against fair housing (1988).
    He often voted against disability rights bills because he believed that it would help homosexuals.
    He stated: 'The homosexual blitzkrieg has been better planned and executed than Hitler's' (1994).
    After the Whitewater Scandal, he believed in the conspiracy theories that Bill Clinton had some of his associates assassinated.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He served in the counterintelligence corps during the Korean War.
    He voted for Reagan's tax cuts (1981).
    He was genuinely concerned about the spread of AIDS, and he succeeded in getting hospitals to inform people who had blood transfusions after 1977 that they were at risk of AIDS.
    In 1985, he sponsored the bill that lead to deregulation of natural gas prices.
    He advocated immigration reform.
    He voted to extend the Civil Rights Commission (1989, 1991).

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Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 20 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 20 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 113 Votes: 53.10% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 23 Votes: 56.52% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 58 Votes: 44.83% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 73 Votes: 54.79% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 79 Votes: 46.84% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 130 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 76 Votes: 40.79% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 80 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 721 Votes: 71.57% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 166 Votes: 72.29% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 565 Votes: 67.43% Annoying