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Jim Moran

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U.S. Congressman

The Resume

    (May 16, 1945- )
    Born in Buffalo, New York
    Mayor of Alexandria, Virginia (1985-90)
    Represents Virginia's 8th District (January 3, 1991-January 3, 2015)
    Democrat

Why he might be annoying:

    He said if he had not gone into politics, he might have become a pro boxer because 'I like to hit people.'
    An anonymous Alexandria police officer said, 'The Mayor was clearly guilty of assault on more than one occasion. But the word came down: the Mayor was off-limits.'
    When she filed for divorce (1999), his wife claimed he abused her.
    He got into a shoving match with Duke Cunningham over sending troops to Bosnia.
    He sponsored a bankruptcy reform bill that made it harder to escape credit card debt after a major credit card lender gave him a home equity loan under favorable terms.
    Anticipating the Democrats taking the House in 2006, he said, 'When I become chairman [of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Environment], I'm going to earmark the shit out of it!'
    He told an anti-war group, 'If it were not for the strong support of the Jewish community for this war with Iraq, we would not be doing this.'
    He was arrested for protesting outside the Sudanese embassy in Washington DC (March 16, 2012).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He co-authored a resolution to authorized the use force in Iraq only if WMDs were found or the search for them was interfered with.
    He was arrested outside the Sudanese embassy for protesting ethnic cleansing in Darfur (2006).
    He mocked his combative image on the Colbert Report, punching Stephen Colbert in the face after Colbert called him a coward.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 48 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 64 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 24 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 62 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 265 Votes: 67.17% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 369 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 340 Votes: 80.59% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 210 Votes: 68.10% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 108 Votes: 69.44% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 41 Votes: 60.98% Annoying