The Washington Post had some of the sordid tale of soon-to-be gone HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson today. His cronyism made the post-Katrina housing situation worse; his lack of oversight and continuing efforts at deregulating the mortgage industry made the mortgage crisis worse; pretty much everything he’s touched has gone to shit. I mean, typical Bush Administration appointee crap, whatever, we’ve all heard this story like a million times, right? Oh, but there’s one catch. When asked by a reporter if he had any good legislative ideas for Congress, Alphie had this reply:

“When Congress calls up and asks us, we’ll give them advice,” he said. “You have 534 massive egos up there, so unless they ask you, you don’t volunteer anything.”

One problem, though: there are 535 Members of Congress. Yeah, he’s that stupid.

HUD Chief Inattentive To Crisis, Critics Say [Washington Post]