Rep. Steve King: "Best Vote" Was Against Katrina Relief

Evil has a name. It is  Rep. Steve King (R-IA).

Here's why: Rep. King was recently interviewed by "The Hill."

THE HILL: What vote would you like to redo?

KING: I don't really go back and re-live that sort of thing. Some of the big votes that I've thought about, some of the jury's still out. And at this point, maybe I'd answer that question another way, probably the singular vote that stands out that went against the grain, and it turns out to be the best vote that I cast, was my "no" vote to the $51.5 billion to [Hurricane] Katrina. That probably was my best vote. But as far as doing something different again, I don't know.

The only good thing about this vote of his is it was 1 of only 11 votes against the legislation in the House (which makes me curious as to who were the other assholes who voted against it?). It passed unanimously in the Senate.

But still, this sleazy fuckmook doesn't belong in Congress. He should be considered an embarrassment to the good people of his district and voted out in 2010. Because by saying this vote was his proudest moment, he exposed his hatred of and bigotry against the disaster victims this aid was going to help.

And even more surprising is the fact that I haven't seen very much in the blogs or elsewhere in the media about this. I think it's a measure of the political powerlessness of the Katrina and flood victims that there hasn't been more of a controversy, more of a call-to-accounting. This powerlessness is the reason Glenn Beck dared call these disaster victims "scumbags," and why Neal Boortz knew he could get away with calling the victims in New Orleans "human debris." For the Katrina and flood victims have no voice of their own, nor does anybody strong and powerful who can loudly stick up for them have their back.

Tags: Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana, New Orleans, Rep. Steve King (all tags)

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Oh, there was this beauty as well

On July 8, 2009, King was the sole nay vote on a House resolution acknowledging the use of slave labor in the construction of the United States Capitol.

He also likes to make these kind of wonderous tone deaf statements:

King has stated: "There's been legislation that's been brought through this House that sets aside benefits for women and minorities. The only people that it excludes are white men...Pretty soon, white men are going to notice they are the ones being excluded."

Rep Steve King, standing up for the poor oppressed whiteman in America.

I'm thinking if all those faces he saw on the TV in Katrina were White Evangelicals, he would have knocked people out of his way to sign the relief bill.

by WashStateBlue 2009-09-23 01:18PM | 0 recs
"Best Vote" Against Katrina Relief

Katrina has become a code word for "Blacks" and when did Republicans ever miss an opportunity to appeal to their heavily racist supporters. These kinds of statements go back to Nixon and Reagan and the southern strategy, which was also effective in the north and places like Iowa.

Has anyone forgotten the transformation of the south to Republicanism and the Reagan Democrats in the north, which represented those Democrats who did not flee the party?

by MainStreet 2009-09-25 04:42AM | 0 recs
Re: "Best Vote" Against Katrina Relief

Glad someone is seeing into this reaction toward a Black president. We really have to wonder if we will see another 1979 Reagan type election, although I suspect the codewords would have to be much more subtle in 2010.

by shyboy 2009-09-25 07:00AM | 0 recs
Subtle? The 2010 Republican Party?

The party of SlaveBoy Glenn Beck?

The Party of Death Panel Sarah Palin?

The party of Joe "you lie" Wilson?

The Party of ORlY TAITZ!!!

Hey, when did Reagan ever call Tip O'Neil a Commie-Nazi who hated America?

Reagan was way more subtle then this crowd, not that he was a whole lot better at coding his message (state rights and Caddilac driving welfare mothers...)

Today's Republican party makes a wall of flying hammers seem subtle.

by WashStateBlue 2009-09-25 07:48AM | 0 recs
yes, Iowans are embarrassed

to be represented by Steve King. Just this past week he claimed that same-sex marriage is "a purely socialist concept."

by desmoinesdem 2009-09-26 11:20AM | 0 recs
Re: yes, Iowans are embarrassed

My formerly old-school communist father who believed that homosexuality was a symptom of degenerate late capitalism before being reformed by his children.....

...breathe...

would spit take upon hearing that.

by Jess81 2009-09-28 01:20AM | 0 recs

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