Iowa Rep Steve King says Obama's middle name should be an issue

By: Terry85
Published On: 3/8/2008 4:54:02 PM

Republicans are so pathetic. Especially Representative Steve King (R-IA) who actually took to the airwaves in his state today and said that Barack Obama's middle name "Hussein" should be a campaign issue.
"I don't want to disparage anyone because of their, their race, their ethnicity, their name - whatever their religion their father, father might have been," King said just before doing just that.

"And I will tell you that, if he is elected president, then the, the radical Islamists, the, the al-Qaida, and the radical Islamists and their supporters, will be dancing in the streets in greater numbers than they did on September 11."

"It does matter, his middle name does matter. It matters because they read a meaning into that in the rest of the world, it has a special meaning to them. They will be dancing in the streets because of his middle name. They 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.

Are you kidding me? Really? You want to make some one's name a campaign issue? Never mind health care, education, the economy or any of that "boring" stuff, let's make his name the key issue of the campaign!! This truly paints a perfect picture of where Republicans stand on issues that people really care about.

Comments



Steve King is a bigot (Lowell - 3/8/2008 4:58:30 PM)
and a disgrace.


Speaking of which... (Lowell - 3/8/2008 4:59:19 PM)


McCain should repudiate King. (jsrutstein - 3/8/2008 5:50:17 PM)
King's argument is beyond hateful; it's damaging to our welfare.  He ignores the vastly greater numbers of non-"radical Islamists" who would welcome the election of Obama in a good way.  These people weren't dancing in the streets on 9/11; they were grieving with us.  When King seeks to blind American voters to the reality of what's happening elsewhere for patently partisan political purposes, he does us all a disservice.