It’s far past time to send Iowa’s Steve King back to the rocker on his front porch, yelling at kids to get out of the street, and growling at everybody darker than him that goes down the street. The man is a walking insult to human beings, and he’s been getting paid by us taxpayers in Congress for far too long to do it.
It’s hard to forget Steve King, but Lord how we’d love to! This is the idjit that famously stated that Mexican youths had “calves like cantaloupes” from carrying all those heavy bales of pot over the border. In July he went on “All In with Chris Hayes” to state categorically that white people had contributed more to civilization than any other “sub group” in history, turning the panel into a free for all. “Subgroup”, really?! Sweet Jeebus, enough already!
Kim Weaver is the obvious choice here. She is a native Iowan, born there, raised there, went to school there, married and raised her family there, and she loves it. When she and her husband separated in in 2003 she became a single Mom with three children, and really learned the importance of friends and community, just as I have here. She gets it.
Her professional history is impressive, she is not a lawyer or career politician. She is a dedicated health care professional. Her first job was at the Village Northwest in Sheldon, providing dignity and support for adults with intellectual and developmental issues. She was a direct care provider, so her kindness and compassion is baked into the cake. In 2007 she went to work for the state, as an advocate for seniors living in nursing homes and assisted care facilities. I don’t think that Iowans will have to scrunch their shoulders and squint their eyes every time she opens her mouth once she’s elected, she’ll be a breath of fresh air.
She is strong on the issues. She signs on to fight climate change, wants infrastructure investment and supports renewable energy. Her three children went to college on Pell grants, so she well understands the damage of spiraling student debt and wants to fix it. And she supports comprehensive immigration reform, streamlining the visa process for those already here, so those paying taxes can relax, and for those who don’t to be able to come out and start paying them. She also supports a path to citizenship, with priority on those already in the system following the rules. There’s that dang common sense again!
So, what’s it going to be Iowa? A kind, motivated, compassionate woman with a solid dose of Iowa common sense, or a guy who thinks only “white folk” do anything worthwhile in this world? To learn more about Kim, you can click HERE. To donate to her fight you can go HERE. And volunteer to help get Kim over the top, you can go HERE. You can also look her up on the invaluable 90for90.org site, she’s listed.
Thanks as always for reading, and GO Blue!!!