The Rob Hubler campaign has hired Joe Trippi to help end the Steve King circus in the 5th district.
Hubler and Trippi met in Washington, D.C., in recent days to iron out details of the agreement.
“The American people are hungry for change, but more of the same divisive rhetoric and embarrassing headlines by Washington politicians like Steve King is not the answer,” said Trippi. “If we want real change, we need grassroots candidates like Rob Hubler who will always put the people’s interests first. From creating new, good-paying jobs right here in Iowa to lowering gas prices, Rob Hubler is a new kind of leader who will deliver real solutions and real change for Iowa and America.”
Trippi should be able to help Hubler get his message out and help raise money online.
Hubler’s campaign put together this video of Steve King’s antics at a recent hearing on detainee interrogation.
That is just one of the many examples of Steve King’s embarrassing behavior. Over at Daily Kos, 2laneIA did a great job keeping track of the other embarrassing statements King has made.
Steve King cannot let a week go by without saying something to which the appropriate response is: “He said what???” For more on that topic, go here and here. He was one of 11 Republicans to vote against relief for Katrina victims. He is expert on numerous subjects, from drilling our way to energy independence, to the similarities between Mexicans and livestock, to the marriages that result when soldiers get drunk in Bangkok, to the real story on that Niger yellowcake. Really, you can’t make this stuff up.
Please consider helping out the Rob Hubler campaign by donating to the retire Steve King fund.
In an interview with the Sioux City Journal, Steve King cites his effort to block Democratic legislation in the last two years as one of his major accomplishments.
“That very well may be the best contribution that I have made in the 110th Congress, is slowing down, sometimes stopping Democratic-sponsored bills,” King said.
King specifically cites his efforts to derail the expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), known locally as the Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa (HAWK-I) program. King was the lone member of Iowa’s congressional delegation to stand with President Bush in opposition to this popular, bipartisan legislation.
“I do believe if you took me out of the equation, there would have been a different funding result,” King said.
Rob Hubler, who is running against Steve King in Iowa’s 5th District posted this comment about telecom immunity on his blog…
This is wrong. No one should get a free pass for breaking the law. Iowans and all Americans have a right to live their lives without government intrusion on their privacy.
If elected, I would vigorously oppose this measure. I believe that the constitutional rights of everyday Americans are at issue here, and full accountability is needed. No President should ever have unchecked power. Americans in the U. S. with no connection to suspected terrorists should never have their privacy abridged by an overzealous, unchecked executive branch. As Americans, we can protect ourselves without destroying our Constitutional rights. We need to focus on the very real threats we face, and not waste our resources on spying on loyal Americans.
Steve King was one of 3 Iowans in the House (along with Republican Tom Latham and Democrat Leonard Boswell) that voted for FISA bill and the terrible telecom immunity that was included in it. Democrats Bruce Braley and Dave Loebsack voted against the bill.
Last month, I wrote that Steve King might have just kicked off his campaign for Governor after he spoke at the 2nd District Republican Convention.
Krusty Konservative runs down the top 12 Republicans that might run for Governor in 2010 against Chet Culver. The list includes a bunch of wealthy businessman, former politicians who are coming off loses in 2006, and a few current elected officials.
Here’s the list (follow the link for a lot more information about each person)…
12. Don DeWaay 11. Jeff Ballenger 10. Former Senator Stewart Iverson 9. Former Representative Bill Dix 8. Mike Whalen 7. Former Senator Jeff Lamberti 6. Bob Vander Plaats 5. Bruce Rastetter 4. Former Senator Chuck Larson, Jr. 3. U.S. Attorney Matt Whitaker 2. State Representative Christopher Rants 1. Kongressman Steve King
In cased you missed it, Rep. Steve King, who represents western Iowa, spoke at the 2nd District Convention in Iowa City on Saturday. This just might have been the kickoff to King’s run for Governor.
Some were surprised that King decided against running for Senate against Tom Harkin, but I have heard rumors that King has his eyes sight on the Governor job. This trip to eastern Iowa might be the beginning of King attempting to get his name out there in the eastern part of the state.
Douglas Burns, of Iowa Independent, has compiled a list of Steve King’s craziest comments.
Burns says…
In six short years, U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, has cultivated a national reputation for attention-grabbling remarks that delight his conservative supporters and appall liberal critics. The latter find his rhetoric fanatical, nativist, and at times racist. But even constituents troubled by the Congressman’s runaway mouth have to concede that King has become something of a voice for western Iowa in the instantaneous news world.
The Drum Major Institute, a progressive think tank that promotes pro-middle class policies, released its congressional scorecard today. All of Iowa’s Democratic incumbents in both the House and Senate got perfect scores from the group. However, the record among Iowa Republicans on Capitol Hill was much poorer. Chuck Grassley voted with middle class families only […]
Rep. Steve King is in the news again. As usual, it isn’t for an important bill that he introduced or a legislation that he helped get passed, it is for recent comments King has made about Barack Obama.
And I will tell you that if he is elected president, then the radical islamists, the al Qaida and the radical Islamists and their supporters will be dancing in the streets in greater numbers than they did on September 11th.
Marc Amdinder responds and it shouldn’t surprise anyone that King has his facts wrong.
King has his facts wrong. Obama doesn’t want to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, first of all. Second of all, Al Qaeda, dancing in the streets? There are 400 of them, and they live in caves. Thirdly: wouldn’t it more likely that Obama is viewed as an infidel? And Andrew Sullivan, in his December ‘07 Atlantic cover, starts with the same premise and comes to the opposite conclusion:
Consider this hypothetical. It’s November 2008. A young Pakistani Muslim is watching television and sees that this man—Barack Hussein Obama—is the new face of America. In one simple image, America’s soft power has been ratcheted up not a notch, but a logarithm. A brown-skinned man whose father was an African, who grew up in Indonesia and Hawaii, who attended a majority-Muslim school as a boy, is now the alleged enemy. If you wanted the crudest but most effective weapon against the demonization of America that fuels Islamist ideology, Obama’s face gets close. It proves them wrong about what America is in ways no words can.
Can we please just get rid of Steve King? This stunt he pulled during the debate on SCHIP is just childish name-calling that is based on no facts whatsoever.
From Daily Kos…
But when you’re reduced to having your staff make up large visual aides to assist explaining your insults, I think perhaps satire won’t cut it anymore, and we have to devolve to out-and-out mockery.
So fine. Let’s play the game, Republican style. Representative Steve King, of Iowa’s 5th District: you support al Qaeda. I don’t have to prove it. I don’t have to back it up. I just have to say it, and it becomes true. And now the debate can be about why you support al Qaeda. Is it because you are “soft on terrorism?” Is it because you are living in a “pre-9/11 mindset?” Is it because you “hate America?” It is because you were beaten senseless by river otters during your own sixth birthday party, and now harbor a deep grudge against our native American fauna? I don’t know. I don’t have to know, because all of America is now ruled by the Fox News Schoolyard Taunt. Blah blah blah, flag pin. Blah fart blah, unpatriotic. Blah fart cough, Hillarycare.
The truth of it is, if the Republicans could tie healthcare for children to an external enemy in need of retribution, they’d be all over it — but unfortunately for America’s children, you can’t bomb car accidents. If they could tie the needs of children and families with crippling unforeseen medical expenses to an al Qaeda plot to harm those children, they’d find a way to divert a token one or two percent of the half-trillion dollars of Iraq War funding towards covering them all. Perhaps. Yes, if we made caring for our children an act of patriotism, perhaps the Republican Party would show some interest.
But for some reason, caring for our children isn’t considered patriotic, and so those children can go rot.
Steve King is in favor of border fences. Maybe we can put a fence between Iowa and Nebraska and send King to Ogallala, Nebraska on a long weekend.
Jane Norman of the Register has a summary of the 2nd quarter fundraising numbers. Here they are…1st DistrictBruce Braley - D $115,000 raised and $220,000 cash on hand2nd DistrictDave Loebsack - D $154,000 raised and $251,000 cash on hand3rd District…
