Rep. King: Uighurs ‘wasting away in MargaUighurville.’
Rep. King: Uighurs ‘wasting away in MargaUighurville.’
The closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention center has provoked a curious form of hyperbole from Rep. Steve King (R-IA). Speaking on the House floor yesterday, King reacted to the news that the innocent Uighur detainees held in Guanatnamo were released in Bermuda with this comment:
KING: We could avoid this criticism and shut down an operation that has actually been built up to accommodate the people that are there now, including the Uighurs, who are now wasting away in MargaUighurville from what I understand. I can’t even say it because I get Jimmy Buffett and Warren Buffett mixed up, I think.
King was referring to Jimmy Buffett’s song “MargaritaVille.” Rep. John Carter (R-TX) snickered at King’s remark, adding, “That was good. I like that.” Watch it:
Earlier this year, King outrageously claimed that the closing would provide 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed a “path to citizenship.”
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Maybe one shouldn’t be partaking in consumption of Cuervo Gold Tequila, Grand Marnier and lime juice, before speaking in front of one’s peers and associates.
That’s what I say!
June 16th, 2009 at 3:34 pmKhalid Sheike Mohammed would be a model citizen when campared to ANY Rethuglic party memeber.
June 16th, 2009 at 3:34 pmI’m thinking this fella sniffed a little too much smoke from a buffalo chip fire.
June 16th, 2009 at 3:36 pmRep. John Carter (R-TX) snickered at King’s remark, adding, “That was good. I like that.”
Thanks for proving the old adage “Simple pleasures for simple minds” is completely applicable , Johnny boy ………
June 16th, 2009 at 3:36 pmAnd to think this guy has duped everyone for years about what kind of a guy he is.
June 16th, 2009 at 3:39 pmWell, of course, they’re in an island paradise because idiots like King said they didn’t want them HERE!
June 16th, 2009 at 3:41 pmSteve King gets pretty much everything mixed up.
This just sounds like jealousy: The Uighers get to live in Bermuda (after being kidnapped an imprisoned for seven years while King has to live in some combination of DC and Iowa.
June 16th, 2009 at 3:41 pmbatshit crazy bachmann must be on vacation this week. it’s king’s turn to say stupid, insensitive things to the news.
June 16th, 2009 at 3:47 pmI’ll admit that it made me laugh a little while I groaned on the inside.
June 16th, 2009 at 3:48 pmThis is one of the reasons you get to experience a GOP ice age, Rep. King.
Enjoy that.
June 16th, 2009 at 3:51 pmPoor Mr. King and his complete lack of ANY knowledge of the Uighur (…or, you know, any other non-white) ethnicity. They, being observant Muslims, do not drink alcohol.
Also,
just, no. The man admitted to plotting the 9/11 attacks (in a pre-capture interview with Al Jazeera), helped his nephew Ramzi Yousef blow up the Trade Center in 93, and (probably) killed Daniel Pearl.
The GOP are confused, bitter, paranoid, xenophobic, ethnocentric (and so on), but Khalid Mohammed is scum.
June 16th, 2009 at 3:52 pmcan we just start calling him “Joe King” instead? I think that would be more appropriate.
June 16th, 2009 at 3:53 pmThat makes me shake my head. That joke was not really funny.
June 16th, 2009 at 3:54 pmAlthough most people consider Rep. King retarded, he insists he’s not.
June 16th, 2009 at 3:54 pmYes the irony of innocent people spending years under a totalitarian regime finally getting to go somewhere is not lost on the quick-witted GOOPers. Anyone who disagrees with it being totalitarian might want to try being locked up for no good reason and no writ of habeas corpus in place
June 16th, 2009 at 3:56 pmKing: I get Jimmy Buffett and Warren Buffett mixed up, I think.
Me: I can empathize. I get you and Stephen King mixed up, since you both try to sell fear. For your information, though, I don’t buy either of your products.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:03 pmThis just in… Joe on NBC “Morning Joe” thinks the CIA leaks security intelegence to Dick Cheney on a daily basis. He appears quite happy about it.
Someone should call him on it! what a jerk.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:04 pmRep Steve King(R-IN) made a funny! I thought he was a member of Congress not a stand-up comedian.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:04 pmApparently we also invited the Chinese over to Gitmo to torture the Uighurs.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:05 pmThose Republicans…
Willing to go the extra mile to belittle an entire population of people so that they seem just a little less human.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:06 pmJust maybe Rep. King should have to pee in a cup six hours prior to speaking on the House floor.
At this point, someone has to save him from himself.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:07 pmKing is the waste here. No more use to humanity than stepping on a pop top.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:09 pmMaybe we’ll luck out…and this fool will run for governor next year.
Doesn’t leave a shot in hell for the Dems to pick up the seat; it just means one less batsh*t insane member of congress.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:09 pmWait, I’m confused.
Is he saying that the fact that these (innocent) people have been relocated to Bermuda is a bad thing?
Perhaps, sir, if you and yours hadn’t thrown a holy fit over letting the released (read:innocent) detainees into America, they wouldn’t be in Bermuda right now.
The most important part of that sentence: INNOCENT. What would you have us or them do, Congressman? Hold them indefinately? They’re innocent. They shouldn’t have been held as long as they were, and they shouldn’t have been denied access to the US.
This is all your party’s doing, so, excuse me if I’ve overstepped my bounds, sir, but shut the fu(k up.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:10 pmpaleolib sed:
“This just sounds like jealousy…”
Spot on, mate.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:12 pmEnnuiD says:
and the GOP arn’t scum?
The Rethuglic party have been scum since c.1910.
Bush/Cheney, Pappy Bush, Flush Limpdick, Trannie Coulter, Newt Gingrich, Iran-Contra, Watergate, Nixon, McCarthyism, “who ‘lost’China”, Hoover, the Great Depression,
Coolidge.
All brought to you by -you guessed it, the GOP.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:16 pmSo go Cheney yourself.
EnnuiDivine Says:
Poor Mr. King and his complete lack of ANY knowledge of the Uighur (…or, you know, any other non-white) ethnicity. They, being observant Muslims, do not drink alcohol.
June 16th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
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In my experience, Uighurs are generally not the most observant Muslims. Drinking is far less taboo in East Turkestan than in other parts of the Muslim world.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:16 pmHyuk, hyuk. Steve King, yer fuuunny. ‘n’ so clever too.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:17 pmBTW, That was a SHORT list. Many other lowpoints which I left out. The list would fill a volume of enclyclopedias.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:18 pmKing and the GOP are the gift that keeps on giving and the receipients keep throwing ‘em in the nearest trashbin. My trashbin is of the in-one-ear-and-out-the other & erase from brain cells type.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:22 pmUncle Ho:
You left out Grant, Harding, Bob Dornan, Pat Robertson, Henry Kissinger, Phil Gramm, Alan Keyes, and David Duke.
My point being, there are varying levels of scum.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:24 pmWe pay aholes 200 grand a year for bad frat humor?
June 16th, 2009 at 4:25 pmatony and lido
We could avoid this criticism and shut down an operation that has actually been built up to accommodate the people that are there now, including the Uighurs…
Wait, is he suggesting that Gitmo is appropriately designed to accomodate the Uighurs? Is that what he’s saying? It’s a military base with a detention facility. Our own government has declared them innocent. How could that be appropriate?
June 16th, 2009 at 4:27 pmThis just sounds like jealousy: The Uighers get to live in Bermuda (after being kidnapped an imprisoned for seven years while King has to live in some combination of DC and Iowa. — Paleolib
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Aren’t you forgetting something, Paleolib? If memory serves, didn’t our own government state categorically that the Uighurs were innocent of any crime and never posed any threat whatsoever to the United States?? Meaning that we decided to keep them in prison for no particular reason even though we knew they hadn’t done (and had no particular intention of doing) anything wrong?
June 16th, 2009 at 4:30 pmEnnuiD.
In a followup post, I did mention it was a short list that I made.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:30 pmIf the Devil himself made his home on earth, he would be a GOP member.
All this foaming at the mouth by the repubs about Gitmo. What the hell was Bush’s plan for these people?
June 16th, 2009 at 4:32 pmVietVet67 Says:
All this foaming at the mouth by the repubs about Gitmo. What the hell was Bush’s plan for these people?
June 16th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
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“Anywhere but here.”
June 16th, 2009 at 4:35 pmOne of Buffets other songs was cheeseburgers in paradise.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:40 pmUncle Ho,
Fair enough.
But I tend to think Satan would be a member of the Constitution Party (after the GOP excluded him from presidential debates)
June 16th, 2009 at 4:42 pmWe imprisoned innocent people for no reason and the GOoPers think it’s funny.
The whole damn bunch combined don’t have a single human soul to share between them.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:42 pmOn a related note, I can’t tell you how annoyed I am to read that the Uighurs are talking about opening a restaurant in Bermuda when they could’ve been opening one in Washington.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:44 pmVietVet67
What the hell was Bush’s plan for these people?
Plans? We don’t need no stinkin’ plans!
Actually, I’m pretty sure Bush’s “plan” centered around the “fact” that they were all “guilty” and could be held “indefinately” without any type of “trial” or “due process.”
But I could be wrong.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:46 pmThis equating of Gitmo with some sort of Club Med is just plain disgusting. It shows Rep. King to be completely morally bankrupt. He’s a pathetic excuse for a human being. How do these soulless frat-boys keep getting elected?
Gitmo is a place that was designed to be outside our laws so that we could do unspeakable things; it is a national disgrace, and so is Rep. King.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:47 pmSeriously, these kind of puns dont belong on the house floor.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:48 pmOr maybe push it off on the next administration?
June 16th, 2009 at 4:48 pmAfter 7 years, in prison, with no charges, these people finally get a chance to regain their self-respect and try to start anew and this is what one of our representatives has to say?
June 16th, 2009 at 4:50 pmThis guy is about as funny as our trolls…now I know where they get it from…
June 16th, 2009 at 4:51 pmA couple of things about the Uighurs.
Americans have been treating them as innocents, but apparently they were picked up at an al Qaeda training camp. Even though their activities seemed directed against the Chinese, wasn’t it supposed to be a war on all terrorism? Not just a war on those that wanted to terrorize the U.S?
I’m not so confident that the Uighurs are as innocent as everyone is claiming. I think their intention was to wage terrorism on China. If terrorism waged against China is okay, than I guess you could say the Uighurs are innocent.
Additionally, the Uighurs have said their treatment at Gitmo was good. They describe their treatment at Gitmo as better than their treatment in China. Nobody deserves to be held without trial, but the Uighur story weakens the case that the detainees are being significantly mistreated.
June 16th, 2009 at 5:33 pmWhy do you love the communist Chinese?
June 16th, 2009 at 5:37 pmThat does not excuse a congressassholoe acting like an
June 16th, 2009 at 5:37 pmidiot.
You would think b-cup would could tired of rationalizng any republican piece of shite.
tony and lido
OK, a few years back, the repubs called Gitmo a tropical paradise. And now we know how false that was.
So now, why are they claiming this luxury resort at Gitmo, complete with individual cabanas, etc ?
Of course, this may give a path forward. We could probably negotiate with Cuba that they would get the multimillion dollar cabanas at Gitmo if they would let the prisoners live there.
What do you think ?
June 16th, 2009 at 5:38 pmIs there anyone this man won’t offend?
Alternately, is there anyone this man won’t find offensive?
June 16th, 2009 at 5:51 pmYou think? Thats not a crime, its a crime to accuse somebody of something and then lock them up for it.
June 16th, 2009 at 5:57 pmYou think is reason enough to lock someone up?
June 16th, 2009 at 6:05 pmGeorge Will Jr. better hope he never comes across a crooked District Attorny with political ambitions.
Now it’s time to ignore b-cup. like I usually do.
But this rubs me the wrong way.
tony and lido
You think? Thats not a crime, its a crime to accuse somebody of something and then lock them up for it.
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June 16th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Where did ya steal “MargaUighurville” from, King, as it certainly wasn’t something YOU came up with…
June 16th, 2009 at 6:06 pmbackup Says:
Additionally, the Uighurs have said their treatment at Gitmo was good. They describe their treatment at Gitmo as better than their treatment in China. Nobody deserves to be held without trial, but the Uighur story weakens the case that the detainees are being significantly mistreated.
“Welcome to GITMO! We don’t torture as much as China does!”
Nope, that still won’t bring more tourism.
June 16th, 2009 at 6:06 pmWell, the Chinese just kill Uighurs, so saying their treatment was better at Gitmo just means they weren’t killed there.
June 16th, 2009 at 6:11 pmI watched “Joe Wilson’s War” last night and backup, your comment reminded me of that. Do you see the connection, backup?
June 16th, 2009 at 7:18 pmThe Uighers said that the only time they were scared at GTMO was when the Chinese came to interrogate them, not the Americans. But now they will probably have their own reality show on ABC. The new White House station.
June 16th, 2009 at 7:37 pmwhy don’t you look at the Uighers— they are very healthy happy people. They must have been well-taken care of for sure. They sure don’t look like they missed a meal.
June 16th, 2009 at 7:38 pmAnd now that they are getting the royal treatment under Obama-there is sure to be an uptake on terrorist recruits-thanks to Obama
June 16th, 2009 at 7:41 pmA new troll with no facts. As Gomer would say “surprise, surprise.”
June 16th, 2009 at 7:49 pmtony and lido
Sociopath’s everywhere are hailing King’s statement.
June 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pmIs frances a repeat troll or a new one?Some of you are good at figuring that out.
June 16th, 2009 at 8:56 pmtony and lido
dietrich Says:
Is frances a repeat troll or a new one?Some of you are good at figuring that out.
I can’t remember when I last saw a “new” troll. I just assume it’s another incarnation of the same two, or three, twisted children.
June 16th, 2009 at 9:02 pmbackup Says:
A couple of things about the Uighurs.
…apparently they were picked up at an al Qaeda training camp
Apparently? Sources, please.
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backup Says:
Additionally, the Uighurs have said their treatment at Gitmo was good.
Except for the time when we invited a Chinese delegation over to Gitmo to torture them. Oh, I’m sorry, were you assuming things? Did I mess with your little “assuming things” party? My sincerest apologies, please do go on.
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backup Says:
They describe their treatment at Gitmo as better than their treatment in China.
“The republican Party – at least we’re not quite as bad as the way China treats their dissidents!” Yeah, good luck with that one next election.
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MapleStreet Says:
Of course, this may give a path forward. We could probably negotiate with Cuba that they would get the multimillion dollar cabanas at Gitmo if they would let the prisoners live there.
I’ve been thinking, the easiest way to close Gitmo would be to clear the land mines, pull all of the U.S. military out, and then send Castro a letter saying “come and get it!” Cuba would treat the detainees like heros, and they wouldn’t be able to get into any trouble, since they’d have about as much of a hard time leaving.
June 16th, 2009 at 9:09 pmfrances Says
Wow. You really are stupid arent you? The Pentagon declared they were non combatant YEARS ago. Is it your contention that BESIDES continuing to keep them in prison we should continue to abuse them just to let everyone know we have no decency? Go hide under your mommys bed you punkass coward and let the adults take care of reality. You have no understanding of it anyway.
June 16th, 2009 at 9:09 pmfrances,
A friendly word of advice. Showing up here to repeat Republican talking points will earn you zero respect for your views. We have heard all those same things that you are regurgitating, and they are just as meaningless and pointless now as they were then.
But, it’s a free country, one where the government cannot suppress your free speech but a privately-run blog can. If you persist in posting vacuous statements void of any intellectual foundation, you will find your posts torn apart by the very intelligent, very knowledgeable people who post here regularly. And I’m not referring to myself.
June 16th, 2009 at 9:49 pmIt’s just so very sad that there are people like this (several hundred of them by my count) “leading” our country. But it’s even sadder that there are millions of dimwits out there who elect them.
June 17th, 2009 at 12:28 pm