Once again, Steve King: Open mouth, insert foot

[47of74]

It sure didn't take King all that long to open mouth and insert foot.

This is an unconstitutional ruling and another example of activist judges molding the Constitution to achieve their personal political ends. Iowa law says that marriage is between one man and one woman. If judges believe the Iowa legislature should grant same sex marriage, they should resign from their positions and run for office, not legislate from the bench.

Now it is the Iowa legislature’s responsibility to pass the Marriage Amendment to the Iowa Constitution, clarifying that marriage is between one man and one woman, to give the power that the Supreme Court has arrogated to itself back to the people of Iowa. Along with a constitutional amendment, the legislature must also enact marriage license residency requirements so that Iowa does not become the gay marriage Mecca due to the Supreme Court’s latest experiment in social engineering.

I don't even live in this horse's ass's district, but I'm still mortified by his comments. I wish to Christ he would STFU.

[Kindigger]

1. Gay marriage Mecca

Good name for a bar. I had to look up where his district is...up in the opposite corner, far and away from us subversives down here in SE (where incidentally, we're proud to be #1 in breaking the smoking ban law). :smoke:

[Sal Minella]

2. I do live in his district.

And how proud I am to be represented by such a Fine Christian Man of such towering intellect that he knows and understands the Constitution better than the silly judges on the Supreme Court. :sarcasm:

I have no idea how this homophobic, xenophobic, workerphobic clown got elected. Everybody I know voted against him.

[rurallib]

13. Well then, obviously you need to get to know more people

I'd say around 70,000 to 100,000 ought to do. Hee hee.
What is really sad is that King and Grassley are who people think of when they think of Iowans.

[Counciltucky]

3. I actually hope the 5th district DOES become a gay-marriage Mecca...

...just to spite him.

Wouldn't bother me one bit. It's just gays getting married. Big fuckin' deal, Steve.

[Sal Minella]

4. I really think our local restaurants and reception venues would be perfectly happy

to host the celebrations -- even if Mr. King were picketing back and forth out front with his homophobia spelled out on a sign.

[47of74]

6. Especially in today's economic climate

Of course Steve King's already shown he doesn't give two s--ts about that.

[progressoid]

9. Teh gays are already pouring over the bridge!!

http://www.ketv.com/video/19094542/index.html

[47of74]

11. Sounds good to me!

Party time!

[Blue Gardener]

5. Marriage License Residency Requirements?

Wouldn't these have to apply equally to heterosexual couples? How well do you think that will go over? What a douchebag.

[progressoid]

7. Steve is good at a few things.

Sticking foot in mouth at lightning speed.
Embarrassing us.
Making an ass of himself.
Being consistently wrong.

[47of74]

15. And....

Making the people in Madison think Iowans are a bunch of backwoods hicks.

[progressoid]

8. Check out this great exchange King had yesterday on the House floor:

As Frank spoke about problems in the banking sector and the country’s financial crisis, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) tried to interrupt.

“Will the gentleman yield,” King repeatedly asked of Frank.

“No,” thundered Frank. “I will instruct the gentleman that the rules of the House do not allow him to interrupt without permission. I do not interrupt people without permission. And neither may he.”

Frank finally exploded at King’s hectoring.

“Mr. Speaker, may you please instruct the gentlemen the rules of the House?” he barked at freshman Rep. Glenn Nye (D-VA), presiding over the chamber only because of the lateness of the hour.

Frank, who brought to the floor an array of charts and posters for his presentation, finally yielded to King about 30 minutes later.

King’s first item of business for Frank?

“Just a minor correction on one of the posters, that references Mr. Paulson as Frank Paulson rather than Henry Paulson,” King said to Frank, referring to former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson.

Chagrined, Frank seemed amused that King waited a half-hour just to point out a typo on one of his posters.

“It should have said Hank Paulson,” Frank conceded. “I thank the gentleman for his profound correction and I will see to it that the typist is severely chastised.”

http://congress.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/04/03/race-to-witch-mountain/

[Sal Minella]

10. Unreal. Just. Freaking. Unreal.

[progressoid]

14. Yeah, he's really doing us proud.

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[Peacetrain]

12. Well I live in 5th district, and it never ceases to amaze me how he got elected

and then reelected. The guy REFUSED to debate the opposition. He is such a goofus, I really sometimes wonder if there are not some kind of shenanigans going on at the ballot box.