Rep. Steve King (R - IA) – he really is one of the worst. He's only been in office for less than six years, and he already has more rhetorical scandals than Iowans deserve in a century.
First it was torture, arguing that Abu Ghraib abuse "amounts to hazing." In 2006, he joked that the "virgins in the hell (of terrorists)" probably looked like 85-year-old White House reporter Helen Thomas. Ugh. He consistently generalizes immigrants as criminals – drug smugglers, pedophiles, and murderers. And on March 7, 2008 he dropped this bombshell about Obama:
"I will tell you that, if he is elected president, then the radical Islamists, the al-Qaida, the radical Islamists and their supporters, will be dancing in the streets in greater numbers than they did on September 11 because they will declare victory in this War on Terror."
He really is the worst of the worst. And now Esquire is picking up on it, declaring King one of "The 10 Worst" lawmakers in D.C:
"King believes himself to be clever, and his list of idiot declarations is probably the longest in Washington. Now he toes the fine line between idiocy and bigotry when he argues that Barack Hussein Obama's presence in the White House will aid Islamic terrorists. Iowa, please, we're begging you."
And now I'm begging you. Join me in helping to send home Steve King once-and-for-all.
Support Rob Hubler, an honest Iowa progressive, a former pastor, a
leader who will fight for the real needs of Iowans – health care, rural issues the war in Iraq, and jobs.
I'm donating $25 dollars today. Will you join me?
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Thanks,
Joe Trippi