Political Ruminations

Mitt Romney Enthusiastically Endorsed Batsh-t Crazy Rep. Steve King

At a rally in Iowa today, GOP presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, endorsed crazy wingnut Rep. Steve King (R-Ia):

“ I’m looking here at Steve King. He needs to be your Congressman again. I want him as my partner in Washington! ”

I can think of no reason why a sane human being, much less a president, would want Steve King to be a lawmaker in Washington. King is anti-gay, anti-choice, anti-immigrants, and extremely volatile/crazy.

Morning Quote: Charles Pierce

I admit, I  just love Charlie Pierce, and he damn well nailed it in his reaction to this Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) quote:

“Jesus, I mean, really, get the net.”

Quote of the Day: Steve King

Nut Job Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) addressed the portion of the now famous Todd Akin quote in which Akin said that the female body has the ability to prevent pregnancy in cases of incest or statutory rape. In fact, "King told an Iowa reporter he’s never heard of a child getting pregnant from statutory rape or incest." Seriously.

“ Well I just haven’t heard of that being a circumstance that’s been brought to me in any personal way, and I’d be open to discussion about that subject matter. ”

Every time you think it can't get worse....

Republican Hypocrites and Judicial Activism

Even though it is well known and understood by all and sundry who pay attention to politics that should the Supreme Court strike down the Affordable Care Act, they would be ignoring, blatantly ignoring, the Constitution, and almost 200 years of precedent.

Let’s be clear here--that act alone would make these right wing justices activist judges if they weren’t already activist judges given their Citizens United ruling in 2010, and for some, the Bush v. Gore ruling in 2000.

The thing is, on the one hand, Republicans are begging them to strike it down, and on the other, they have the utter gall, the hypocrisy, to decry activist judges in their very next breath. In fact, judicial activism is one of their very favorite talking points when attacking liberal justices.

Examples of Republican hypocrites whining about judicial activism:

REP. STEVE KING (R-IA): “If we’re going to respect judge-made law and stop praying in our public schools, that was the beginning of the judicial activism that’s begun to break down this civilization, and this culture.”

SEN. JOHN CORNYN (R-TX): “Unelected and serving with lifetime tenure, and substituting their view for the views of the people’s…the people and their elected representatives. That’s not the way our democracy is supposed to work.”

SEN. CHUCK GRASSLEY (R-IA): “Judges are not policymakers. That’s what we are in the Congress of the United States. Judges are called on to decide the facts and to apply the law.”

Watch the hypocrites at work:

We must hold them accountable.

Via Think Progress

Rep. Steve King: McCarthyism in Congress is a Good Process That He Would Support

And yet, so many on the left think that the enemy is President Obama. From Think Progress:

Today, Right Side News posted an interview with Rep. Steve King (R-IA). The interview touches a number of political topics, including King’s belief that Congress shouldn’t focus on the economy, but rather “culture,” because “if you get the culture right, you’ll get the economy right. Everything will fall into place automatically.”

At one point, the interviewer referenced the October National Press Club press conference where Accuracy in Media’s Cliff Kincaid called for the revival of the House Internal Security Committee, the 60′s-era successor to the McCarthyite House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Right Side News asked the congressman if he would support the “re-creation of such committees.” King answered, “I would. I think that is a good process and I would support it”:

RIGHT SIDE NEWS: Cliff Kincaid recently had a National Press Club conference where he called for resurrection of the Congressional internal security committees. Would you support re-creation of such committees?

KING: I would. I think that is a good process and I would support it.

At the October press conference Kincaid wanted to revive the House Internal Security Committee to study “the ugly spread of Marxism in America, its roots, branches and current manifestations, particularly within the administration of President Barack Hussein Obama.”