The Hateful And Divisive Record Of Bigot Steve King
The Hateful And Divisive Record Of Bigot Steve King
In comments typical of his xenophobic and hateful record, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) recently told a local Iowa radio station that al Qaeda would “be dancing in the middle of the streets” if Barack Obama were elected President “because of his middle name.” He said terrorists “will be dancing in the streets because of who his father was and because of his posture that says: Pull out of the Middle East and pull out of this conflict.” Watch it:
Despite having once called John McCain an “amnesty mercenary,” King said he is now supporting McCain for president. McCain has yet to repudiate King’s comments about Obama.
Steve King took office in 2002 after gathering “66 percent of the vote in a heavily Republican district that covers 32 counties in western and a bit of south-central Iowa.” And since that time, he has been a non-stop source of inflammatory hate speech. Some examples:
– King compared immigrants to “livestock” in proposing an electrified fence for the southern border.
– He has called undocumented immigration a “slow-moving terrorist attack.”
– King said that each senator who votes for the comprehensive immigration reform bill should “wear a scarlet letter A for amnesty.”
– King said the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib amounted to little more than “hazing.”
– King refused to vote for an innocuous House resolution commending the Muslims on the Ramadan holiday. (To attack those who did, he turned around and proposed a resolution commemorating Christmas.)
– King has decried an “assault on Christmas” from “secularists” who want to “eradicate Christ from Christmas.”
– King released a “report” baselessly claiming that undocumented immigrants have murdered more Americans than the combined death toll of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2002.
– King praised Joe McCarthy as “a great American hero.”
– After the terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed, King derisively said he was now at a place where there are 72 virgins who “probably all look like Helen Thomas.”
In addition to his impressive record of hate, he has also been prone to remarks of pure idiocy. For example, King said in 2006 that the average civilian in Washington DC is probably “at far greater risk” of being killed than an average civilian in Iraq. After Bush vetoed a bill that would have expanded children’s health insurance, King declared it a “victory” for kids. The Des Moines Register wrote in 2005: “Spare us more embarrassment: Replace King.”
UPDATE: McCain spokeswoman Brooke Buchanan told Fox News:
“The Senator has been clear that he intends to keep this campaign about the issues. He has condemned similar comments by (radio talk show host) Bill Cunningham. He doesn’t agree with King’s comments,” Buchanan said. “He intends to run a respectful race and keep it about the issues.”
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It truly amazes me that these kind of creeps get elected!
March 8th, 2008 at 7:07 pmWell, he is a leading wingnut, so idiocy would b a prime requirement. He is the perfect embodiment of the reasons we are losing all three wars and the treasury. Osama wouldn’t have had a chance without the help of traitors like King.
March 8th, 2008 at 7:07 pmI would have to say we’d all be better off if his father had pulled out.
March 8th, 2008 at 7:09 pmI’m amazed that king is in Congress, instead of on Faux News. I uess he went for the money instead of for the power.
– Ralph Hussein Wonder Llama
March 8th, 2008 at 7:09 pmA last gasp republican.
March 8th, 2008 at 7:09 pmThe cretins who elected garbage like this guy deserve him.
March 8th, 2008 at 7:13 pmA plague on them.
Shameful.
March 8th, 2008 at 7:13 pmOf course voting is the way terrorists win. So much for Bush’s democracy agenda as the method for driving out terror. It looks like Bush may need to take that right away as well. It’s for our own safety…
March 8th, 2008 at 7:13 pm.
Bigots are what bigots do…
They open their mouths and let their words speak for themselves.
Now, what qualifies him to Represent People of America, again?
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March 8th, 2008 at 7:13 pmhey at least the guy is toeing the party line right down in to hell.
March 8th, 2008 at 7:13 pmAnd, as I posted on C&L…
God forbid that King or anyone else who thinks like him would defend a fellow American’s name and heritage, even if he disagreed with him politically.
March 8th, 2008 at 7:16 pmHE SMELLS JUST LIKE IOWA IN EVERY WAY
March 8th, 2008 at 7:17 pmi was just wondering.
how does “mcsame/king ‘o8” sound?
March 8th, 2008 at 7:17 pm.
Rep. King. : “I’m not a bigot, I just play one in Congress.”
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March 8th, 2008 at 7:20 pmObama Wins Wyoming Caucuses
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By JULIE BOSMAN CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Senator Barack Obama continued his string of victories in caucus states on Saturday, projected to be beating Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in Wyoming by a wide margin.
Obama Beats Clinton in Wyoming Democratic Caucuses (Update1) Bloomberg
Obama takes lead in Wyoming Reuters
Washington Post - Baltimore Sun - Los Angeles Times -
time to make this official…
katy for Barack HUSSEIN Obama 08!
March 8th, 2008 at 7:22 pmComment by Gin — March 8, 2008 @ 7:22 pm
ginny?
trying to be funny?
~ joe hussein cantwell
March 8th, 2008 at 7:25 pmObamas father was Kenyan not from Saudi Arabia.
March 8th, 2008 at 7:27 pmginny?
trying to be funny?
~ joe hussein cantwell
Comment by joe cantwell — March 8, 2008 @ 7:25 pm
It’s very hard to tell, isn’t it, joe hussein?
–Ralph Hussein Wonder Llama
March 8th, 2008 at 7:27 pmKing, ya big dummy, get with the plan.
March 8th, 2008 at 7:30 pmWow, Gin just called republican women cows.
Way to go Gin!!
March 8th, 2008 at 7:31 pmJust one macaca moment after another…..first the okla republican representative’s remarks about gay tolerant societies never lasting more than a couple of decades…..now this.
March 8th, 2008 at 7:34 pmGiven that “Christmas” is a shortened spelling of “Christ”+”Mass”, does that mean that the secularists are trying to turn Christmas into Mass? Does that mean that they are really secret Catholics?
–Kibitzer
March 8th, 2008 at 7:38 pmWow, Gin just called republican women cows.
Way to go Gin!!
Comment by Xisithrus — March 8, 2008 @ 7:31 pm
Gin has that whole Ann Coulter routine down pat.
March 8th, 2008 at 7:47 pmOff Topic but worth the read:
McBush and the neocon enablers make much ado about how Iraq is a great place to be now that we executed Saadam, took care of some troublesome cities (with WP) and made the surge work. Well, here is a link to an article on the DailyKos about how wonderful the women feel it is. Worth the read!
Iraqi women continue to bear the brunt of the Iraq war as religious intolerance becomes commonplace and their rights are ripped away. Women-owned businesses all over Iraq are being closed, violence toward women has sharply increased, and nearly 70% of Iraqi women are now forbidden from attending school. Sounds like those Iraqi women are really enjoying our “freedom.”
http://news.yahoo.com/ s/ afp/ 20080307/ wl_mideast_afp/ womeniraq_080307171830
March 8th, 2008 at 7:48 pmSteve King is a faithful Republican who accurately reflects the viewpoint held by his party. ‘Nuff said.
March 8th, 2008 at 7:51 pmChristmas is actually a Pagan celebration.
March 8th, 2008 at 7:52 pmKing’s comments remind me of a quote, “I am not prejudiced. I hate everyone no matter what race colour or creed”.
I’ve been recently watching the classing movie The Day The Earth Stood Still and 57 years later there are a few quotes from Michael Rennie’s character (Klaatu, the alien) that I think fit quite well regarding today’s current events (i.e. the “war on terror” and all that goes along with it, including ignorant remarks from the likes of King).
For those of you who have not seen the movie, I highly recommend it, especially if you like science fiction from the 1950s. The gist of the movie is that a member of an alien race visits Earth to warn of the dangers of nuclear technology, especially to other planets since the technology will soon be applied to spacecraft.
Anyway, here are the quotes:
“I am impatient with stupidity.”
and
“There must be security for all, or no one is secure. Now, this does not mean giving up any freedom, except the freedom to act irresponsibly.”
March 8th, 2008 at 8:06 pmLet’s brand this ole bigot with a great big Scarlet ‘B’ on the forehead. And ass, just for good measure.
March 8th, 2008 at 8:09 pmEastern and Southeaster Iowa is rolling farm land, corn as far as the eye can see.
And bigots, one every 2.7 acres.
March 8th, 2008 at 8:11 pmPeople like King prefer violent Muslims over peaceful ones even though he would have you believe he is afraid of violent Muslims.
March 8th, 2008 at 8:11 pmAs you can tell, the GOP is scared - they have a right to be scared!
Instead of proposing creative and moral solutions they put up this shit by this shit-head.
The general election will be no contest - the DEMS will sweep the presidency and both houses of congress.
The only chance the GOP/neocons have is Diebold.
PROTECT THE POLLS!
March 8th, 2008 at 8:15 pmThis guy should learn how to write horror novels. His voting record would be a great place to start!
March 8th, 2008 at 8:15 pm#28 Comment by Bad Eye
The Day The Earth Stood Still
watched it last night on nexflix.. great movie and so fitting for our times.
March 8th, 2008 at 8:16 pm“I am impatient with stupidity.â€
Comment by Bad Eye — March 8, 2008 @ 8:06 pm
Wha? Moi? What did I ever do to you?
March 8th, 2008 at 8:17 pmCorrection to prior post, meant Western & SW Iowa. Rednecks and bigots somewhat east, north and south of the Mississippi,
March 8th, 2008 at 8:18 pmThe perfect Republican, thru and thru.
The people that vote for scum like this deserve the screwing they are getting.
Buck Hussein Fush
March 8th, 2008 at 8:19 pmTake a look at this map of Iowa.
Iowa
Note the I=80 National Historical Site…
Yup. The Herbert Hoover National Historical Site.
That should give you some indication of the redness of the neck intensity in this schmuck’s territory.
March 8th, 2008 at 8:23 pmMy first thought? WHO CARES if the ‘terrorists’ dance in the middle of the streets? If they’re happy, that kinda means they aren’t seething in anger, thinking of ways to kill Americans as retribution for despicable US foreign policy under Bush.
If electing Obama is enough to stop the violence, all the more reason (on top of many already good reasons) to elect for him post-haste.
March 8th, 2008 at 8:31 pmLet’s just assume that if a senator or congressman has an (R) in front of his name, it’s a hateful bigot. There aren’t any of the other kind of republican left.
March 8th, 2008 at 8:38 pmThe rethuglican record:
Osama free as a bird and protected in Pakistan.
Iraq a new haven for al Qaeda, where they feared to tread before.
Terrorist recruiting/training/funding at an all-time high around the globe.
Rethuglican strategy: magnify the problem, put a big “if” on it and hang it around the necks of the dems.
March 8th, 2008 at 8:42 pmHere is another of Rep. King’s brilliant ideas:
“Controversial attempt at restricting the travel of Speaker Nancy Pelosi
On June 21, 2007, King introduced an amendment to the $34 billion State and Foreign Operations bill to prohibit funds from being used to travel to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan or Syria.[14] According to a King spokesman, “The measure only applies to one position — the Speaker of the House,” and the amendment was introduced specifically to restrict Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s travels. When asked why the measure did not apply to Republican House members who had also made trips to the countries in question, such as Eric Cantor, David Hobson, Darrell Issa, and Frank Wolf, King’s spokesman replied that he was unsure whether that had been considered, or why it might not have been.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_King
Who’s running against this guy this year? I’d like to contribute for their campaign!
March 8th, 2008 at 8:43 pmWha? Moi? What did I ever do to you?
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — March 8, 2008 @ 8:17 pm
Not you, dude…the other stupidity.
March 8th, 2008 at 8:44 pmwatched it last night on nexflix.. great movie and so fitting for our times.
Comment by had enough — March 8, 2008 @ 8:16 pm
I’ve got it on the DVR. It’s one of those movies I can watch over and over and not get tired of.
Another classic I like from that era is Forbidden Planet.
March 8th, 2008 at 8:46 pm“Pull out of the Middle East and pull out of this conflict.â€
WOW!
Sign me in!
Can we pay as little attention to the Israeli-Arab conflict as we do to the Sri Lanka civil war?
March 8th, 2008 at 8:53 pmThe same no-account pieces of sh*t that voted for Dubya absolutely adore a total waste of oxygen like Steve King.
Someone should ship this fcuker to Ant-freaking-arctica!
March 8th, 2008 at 8:54 pmAs ignorant as King’s remarks are, he really doesn’t believe what he is saying. What bothers me is that many (R) voters will. They lack the capacity of common sense.
It’s like the conversation I had with a nutjob on a local message board a few weeks ago. He had posted a link to a story about Obama’s church, which suggested they practiced black supremacy. Running with this, the nut claimed that Obama is the only candidate that is a practicing racist. I understand that Obama’s church has about 8000 members; I asked the nut if any of the other 7999 members were also racists, and he said he didn’t know. “I don’t know what’s in their hearts. How could I?” he asked back. I asked if he had any other proof of Obama’s supposed racist inclinations, such as public comments or actions, and he declined.
March 8th, 2008 at 9:00 pmhow ’bout the “hateful [in MY opinion] and divisive” comments from
hillary mcClieberman?
The worst time for Dems to praise McCain
[…]
So why would Clinton ratchet up the pro-McCain rhetoric even more?
http://www.crooksandliars.com/ 2008/ 03/ 08/ the-worst-time-for-dems-to-praise-mccain/
i sure with i knew what was up with her…
she’s definitely earning that “monster” name though…
if ThinkProgress has ANY pull with her, it would be great if they advised her to get smart and HELP save this country, not tear it apart more…
March 8th, 2008 at 9:16 pm.
Not you, dude…the other stupidity.
Comment by Bad Eye — March 8, 2008 @ 8:44 pm
Whew… that’s a relief… t’anks fer lettin’ me know. It would appear that somebody/ies is/are runnin’ around givin’ Stupidity at bad name ‘n I’m gittin’ tired of it, let me tell ya!
March 8th, 2008 at 9:16 pmI sometimes wonder what it takes for a Congressman’s idiocy to become such an embarrassment to his constiuents that they finally replace him with someone better suited for civilized and enlightened governance. Is the bar in Iowa really that high?
March 8th, 2008 at 9:18 pmoh yea…
katyB. HUSSEIN Obama 08
March 8th, 2008 at 9:22 pm.
#48 Comment by katy — March 8, 2008 @ 9:16 pm
Divide and conquer, divide and conquer.
Where’s the unity building?
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March 8th, 2008 at 9:26 pmOff Topic:
Jim Foster (D) is leading Jim Olberweis (R) in Denny Hastert (the protector of child Molesters) old district!!!! This is a VERY republican area.
http://www.dailykos.com/ storyonly/ 2008/ 3/ 8/ 185652/ 2719/ 444/ 472479
If Foster can win here it will be big. Really big.
back to your regularly scheduled programing: if this had been an actual emergency you would have been told where to tune in your area for news and information.
March 8th, 2008 at 9:29 pmWhat does it say about the electorate that elects cretins such as King?
March 8th, 2008 at 9:38 pmAs ignorant as King’s remarks are, he really doesn’t believe what he is saying. What bothers me is that many (R) voters will. They lack the capacity of common sense.
Comment by Bad Eye — March 8, 2008 @ 9:00 pm
What makes you think that he doesn’t “really believe” what he’s saying?
March 8th, 2008 at 9:41 pmi’ve been gone for awhile, any crazy troll droppings posted yet?
March 8th, 2008 at 10:33 pmOh, tell me Gin is not a Wisconsinite. That is an old joke here.
March 8th, 2008 at 10:40 pmA great post will never be read because the TP granny moderators think the ADULTS here will be terrorized by a bad word. Oh boo hoo. We can’t let ADULTS here see bad words because they might be so traumatized they may never come back here to read about Bush KILLING THOUSANDS OF REAL PEOPLE! MFer’s… what does that mean?! You know. A$$holes… why can’t we just use the esses (s)? The most murderous president and vice president we’ve ever had and I have to disguise my words because you seem to think someone here is going to be more offended by mere words than by what George Bush has done?!!! Pussies, just like our Congress. Think Progress, stop treating us like scared little children like Bush does. Let us have our freedom or speech!
March 8th, 2008 at 10:56 pmFoster’s win in Illinois is a big upset for the repugs. The race will be run again in the fall, as this was only a 6-month interim position, but the repugs blew a million dollars on this campaign (20% of their treasury) and they lost.
This win portends a turning of the tide so to speak — this district is very repugnican, but Dems are gaining every year and this proves it.
Obama’s win in Wyoming, the anticipated win in Mississippi will put him even farther ahead of Clinton. She is not going to go down easily - she will try everything (ethical and unethical) to get the win, but Obama remains calm and cool.
March 8th, 2008 at 11:07 pmWho do I want to answer that red phone? I want the guy who is calm under pressure, doesn’t act impulsively, and is sincere.
Both Foster and King will serve in the same congress — Foster will help to offset the racist bigot, extremist King.
March 8th, 2008 at 11:08 pmComment by Marie — March 8, 2008 @ 11:07 pm
that is great news!
they blew our money in iraq, let’s watch them blew theirs on futile election campaigns.
~joe hussein cantwell
March 8th, 2008 at 11:13 pmwhy does think progress have to characterize his comments as “hateful and bigoted”?
how about just “stupid”?
March 8th, 2008 at 11:37 pmhow about and “stupid�
Comment by darladoon — March 8, 2008 @ 11:37 pm
fixed.
March 8th, 2008 at 11:59 pmI only live about 3 miles from the edge of King’s Congressional District. He is always in the news with outlandish statements like this. He is an embarrassment to the people of Western Iowa.
March 9th, 2008 at 12:20 am>King said the abuse of Iraqi
> prisoners at Abu Ghraib amounted
> to little more than “hazing.â€
riiiight..the primary difference being this silly little thing called “consent”…its like saying… well…the act of rape and the act of consensual sex is very similar so whats the big deal about rape?
lets face it, most of these frat boys are closet case colon commandos anyway, why else would they want to join a big group a men living with each other and engaging in homoerotic hazing rituals.?.
March 9th, 2008 at 1:11 am.
#65 Comment by Chocolate Jesus — March 9, 2008 @ 1:11 am
He’s probably a proponent to the idea that a married woman can not be rapped by her husband.
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March 9th, 2008 at 3:05 amI think TP is just downright sneaky with how they jibe right wingers. :)
Look at this headline - ain’t it a beaut?
“The Hateful And Divisive Record Of Bigot Steve King”
haha
As marlow pointed out upsteam, those quotes are mainstream conservatism. They agree with everyone of those quotes and boast about it.
March 9th, 2008 at 6:30 amBet he didn’t run for office on all this hateful, nazi statements.
March 9th, 2008 at 8:29 amJust one more brain dead Rethuglican hood. King you are worse than scum. I do hope you read this, if you know how to read. You don’t deserve any respect, and I give you none.
March 9th, 2008 at 11:46 amRep. King is wrong, the terrorist will be dancing in the streets if John McCain wins. Why? Because we will stay in Iraq and they get to recruit more terrorist. It’s simple, the main reason for them hating us is because we are in Iraq. I’m not saying that some of them don’t hate America anyway, but us staying in Iraq is their best recruit tool. Why wouldn’t they be able to convince young unemployed Arab men to join, when they can simply say, “They are fighting against Islam”. Don’t get me wrong, I want to kill every terrorist on the planet, but I don’t want to help them recruit more of their kind. To do so is the stupidest thing we could do. As for Rep. King, he’s clearly a racist who’s afraid to come out and use the “N word” so this has become the next best thing.
March 9th, 2008 at 4:18 pmI nominate Sen. Geo. Macaca Allen for John McCain’s running mate. Why not, he’s racist, and he’s conservative. Oh, I forgot, they are both the same thing. So, he only has one quality, who needs for than that to become VP. The Republicans are all members of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and darn proud of it.
March 9th, 2008 at 4:22 pmDear Voters in Rep King District
Either you people are a bunch of morons for electing this guy or you believe the garbage that he believes. Which is it? I’d like to know because this man is clearly sick and needs help. I understand you voting for him because you are Republicans are so is he, but don’t you guys hold you Representatives responsible for what they say? If my Congressman said something this racist, I’d demand that he step down.
Why are you remaining silent in the face of his clearly racist or bigoted at best remarks. I mean come on what do you guys say to the black soldiers who are fighting for us in Iraq? Thanks, but no thanks? We want you to fight and die for us, but don’t dare run for President? I’m a veteran and American who happens to be black, and I don’t want to believe there are really people like that in this country. The enemy who I stood against didn’t care if I was black, white, they wanted to kill be because I was an American.
Answer this question: Did the terrorists care what race the people in the world trade center were? No, they were out to kill Americans, not because of race, but because they hate ALL of us. Remember what President Lincoln said: “A house divided cannot stand”. How long will you people let fools like Rep. King divide America? Why couldn’t he just say, he was against Obama because he’s a Democrat? There’s nothing wrong with that at all. I support his right to disagree, but the words he continues to defend are indefensible and you guys know it.
signed:
The majority of Americans
March 9th, 2008 at 4:51 pmWhen is this dick-head up for election? I got $50 bucks that say he will go down in flames - to a Democrat.
March 9th, 2008 at 7:11 pmI never heard to much from this guy, so I guess he decided to take off his robe and coneshaped hood. Mccain didn,t repudiate him because he is a part of that crowd, people need to wake up and see that these people are not about liberty and freedom all they know is hate for anybody who they think is a threat to them, that is what Mccarthism was all about, read your history…….
March 10th, 2008 at 8:06 pmSteve King is a perfect example of why we should have retroactive abortion.
March 12th, 2008 at 2:08 am