For a long time, Steve King wasn't much more to America than a guy often confused for Representative Peter King (R-N.Y.), another GOP wing nut. At times, this was understandable! Today he is the King of the fascist wing nuts.
In 2009, Steve King managed to draw attention to himself many times. For example, King cast the lone vote against acknowledging that slaves played a role in the construction of the United States Capitol Building.
He also strangely described gay marriage as a "purely socialist concept," noting that reality television had created emerging and important markets for heterosexuals to thoroughly debase themselves in public.
He also assailed hate crimes legislation for protecting "sexual idiosyncrasies," no doubt out of nostalgia for a simpler time, when people with "sexual idiosyncrasies" were tied to fence posts and beaten or put in stocks.
Fellow wingnut, all-star Michele Bachmann, has vowed that she will not run for president unless called to do so by the Almighty, but she nevertheless sees a presidential run in King's future, saying that she "would encourage him to consider any position for higher office."
Ms. Bachman should definitely wait for the Lord to weigh in on that, but King could be positioning himself for a run! It just might be a run headlong at a wall, built by slaves.
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) also says he agrees with Texas Republican Congressman Joe Barton’s recent use of the term “shakedown” to describe the Obama administration’s actions to hold BP accountable in the wake of the massive oil spill continuing to plague the Gulf Coast.
Barton fired the criticism at the White House last week at a Capitol Hill hearing Hill related to the oil giant’s involvement in the catastrophic spill, issuing an apology to BP CEO Tony Hayward for the administration’s actions.
Now, King is running with Barton’s “shakedown” remark despite the comment being widely condemned by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
"I think Joe Barton was spot-on when he called it a 'shakedown,'” King told conservative radio host Laura Ingraham on Monday. “That's part of this administration's process… If you look at all they have nationalized during this administration, some started during the Bush administration, it should tell you, they want to swallow up as many Fortune 500 companies as they can."
Rightardia comment: People like the two Kings, Joe Barton, Michele Bachman, Sarah Palin, Glen Beck and Rush Limbaugh, and Rand Paul hold the fascist viewpoint that the government is subordinate to corporations and businessman, at least when the GOP doesn't control the White House.
When the GOP does control the white House, it ignores labor and environmental law that it considers inconvenient to corporations. In many respects, the GOP holds many anti-government sentiments, but oddly waves the flag whenever it can.
After World War 2, fascism was destroyed in Europe but many fascist organizations remained intact in the US because the US was spared many of the horrors that the Europeans and Japanese experienced during the war. This has resulted in big cultural differences between the US and many European nations.
source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/23/steve-king-the-year-in-cr_n_622666.html
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