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Tom Lantos

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U.S. Congressman

The Resume

    (February 1, 1928-February 11, 2008)
    Born in Budapest, Hungary
    Birth name was Lantos Tamas Peter
    Represented California's 12th district (1981-February 11, 2008)
    Democrat

Why he might be annoying:

    He called German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder a 'politcal prostitute' over German opposition to the war in Iraq.
    When war opponents asked what would happen if the Iraqis did not welcome US forces, he said it was a kind of racism to suggest that the Iraqis might be so ungrateful.
    During an investigation into improper access to FBI files, he told White House staffer Craig Livingston, 'With an infinitely more distinguished record than yours, Admiral Boorda committed suicide when he committed a minor mistake,' which many criticized as apparent encouragement for Livingston to kill himself too (2006).
    He was fined for inattentive driving after running over a thirteen-year-old boy's foot and failing to stop.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was sent to a Nazi labor camp when he was 16.
    He is the first (and as of 2007 only) Holocaust survivor to serve in the US Congress.
    He sponsored the bill to grant honorary American citizenship to Raoul Wallenberg.
    He was arrested outside the Sudanese embassy while protesting the genocide in Darfur (April 28, 2006).
    He criticized the Bush administration's 'stunning incompetence' in rebuilding Iraq.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 25 Votes: 68.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 27 Votes: 51.85% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 31 Votes: 61.29% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 67 Votes: 74.63% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 310 Votes: 77.74% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 90 Votes: 67.78% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 65 Votes: 70.77% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 77 Votes: 61.04% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 27 Votes: 62.96% Annoying