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John G. Schmitz

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U.S. Congressman

The Resume

    (August 12, 1930-January 10, 2001)
    California State Senator (1964-1970)
    Republican Representative representing Orange County, California (1970-1973)
    California State Senator (1978-1982)
    Father of Mary Kay Letourneau

Why he might be annoying:

    He was quite possibly the most die-hard conservative in Congress.
    He was a member of the ultra-right wing John Birch Society.
    His hero was Joseph McCarthy.
    He opposed civil rights.
    After Nixon visited China to begin detente, he said, 'I have no objection to President Nixon going to China. I just object to his coming back.'
    In 1972, he ran for President as the Independent party nominee, replacing George Wallace who was recovering from an assassination attempt.
    He had a bad tendency to make offensive remarks about minorities.
    He believed that Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon were liberals!
    Many conservatives came to dislike him for his outrageous rhetoric.
    Although he was an advocate of family values, in 1982 he had an affair with a younger woman. They had an illegitimate child and when that became public it ruined his career.
    He called pro-choice attorney Gloria Allred a 'slick, butch lawyeress.' She sued him for $20,000 and he was forced to publicly apologize.
    He was kicked out of the John Birch Society for his outrageous public remarks.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was a colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps.
    He was very anti-Communist and taught his soldiers about the evils of Communism.
    He only lasted three years in Congress.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 30 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 13 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 66 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 75 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 56 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 101 Votes: 61.39% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 322 Votes: 73.29% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 335 Votes: 69.85% Annoying