Comments on: Racist Rep. Steve King Adds Garbage Amendments to Garbage Appropriations Bill

By: aynwrong

aynwrong — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 02:23:00 +0000

In reply to j hentai. Well, thank you Mark Halperin.

By: Norbrook

Norbrook — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 01:15:00 +0000

In reply to muselet. What he also managed to blithely ignore is that his ancestors (particularly the Irish) were about as welcome as fleas on a dog back in the day. Sometimes it's a pity that the anti-immigration bigots of that time didn't succeed, at least when it comes to his ancestors.

By: muselet

muselet — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 23:26:00 +0000

According to Wikipedia, Steve King has "Irish, German, Welsh, and English ancestry," which makes me wonder just how he'd react if someone spread as much manure about the bog-trotters, krauts, sheep-shaggers and poms as King does about people who are insufficiently pale. (Apologies to anyone who's offended. In my defense, near as I can make out, I have ancestors from all those places and more besides.) My guess is his screeches of outrage would be deafening. Steve King makes me ashamed to be a pale person. –alopecia

By: j hentai

j hentai — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 22:36:00 +0000

In reply to aynwrong. yes, but apparently both side do it?

By: aynwrong

aynwrong — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 22:32:00 +0000

I think it is a genuine tragedy that Stink Ing Steve King has not jumped into the GOP presidential clown car this year. He is the perfect representation of what the conservative movement believes and the voters (I mean the ones outside the Faux News crazy 5th dimension pocket universe) deserve and need to be reminded of this. It does not matter which Republican you vote for anymore. You can cast your vote for the most reasonable, mild mannered, "centrist" the GOP has to offer and it will still serve to further the empowering of the base of the party that sounds, thinks, and votes like Steve King. That is the undeniable reality of modern American politics and there is no getting around it.