Rep. Steve King (R-IA) to McClellan: Why couldn't you just shut up?
By SilentPatriot Thursday Jun 19, 2008 9:00pm
Who can forget Rep Steve King's horrible words about Obama back in Iowa?
King: "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....
Well, he's baaaack. In one of the most reprehensible lines of questioning today - and Lord knows there were many as Republicans desperately try to outdo each other on who can cover Bush's ass best - GOP stooge Steve King takes the cake with this gem:
"Couldn't you have taken this to the grave with you and done this country a favor?"
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You see, in bizarro Republican world, staying silent and allowing your fellow citizens to remain clueless about how their leaders lie to them is the right, patriotic thing to do. Only traitors speak up about how their country is being flushed down the toilet when there's still time to actually do something about it.
You should be ashamed of yourself, Scott.
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I blame Sherman for not finishing the job...
Now, that right there is some beautiful, 100% pure, refined, unadulterated right wing authoritarian gooberism right there.
Kind of makes you feel glad to be alive just to hear those with complete awareness-ectomies say such things.
Thanks Iowa.
Do we have an ActBlue candidate to oppose this piece of shit?
You can HEAR the republican knee-jerk reaction in chalking everything up to national security. See, I would have thought that a precedent to out CIA agents would hurt national security.
Ok, I'll give this one to Rep. King, but he has to be the one to give Scott the spanking.
Umm... check that. He's a republican so he'll like doing it too much.
Carry on and forget I said anything.
I have to say that really sent chills up my spine.
Fu(k Rep. King and the horse he rode in on.
Someone else found this .. I'm just passing it on .. too good!
Video at bottom of page.
RawStory - Dem Rep. calls for impeachment at McClellan testimony: video
I know we do not advocate violence on this site,but how about a good old fashioned horse whipping,or if that is inappropriate then the sloppy version of waterboarding.
This ugly man is not needed in Congress.These are the kinds of men that determine what whe populace does.
Too bad you cant just take garbage like this guy out and dump it.
Who's the nuttiest Repug in Congress? Mean Jean Schmidt, Duncan Hunter, Darrell Isa, Steve King, John Boehner? There are so many to choose from, but these names always seem to rise to the top.
Klown @ 11:
Actually, you can.
Gooper philosophy: Party before country. People? Screw 'em! The only purpose for the people of this country is to give them our money. Other than that, shut up and go away.
Personal responsibility = give us your money and don't expect anything in return, like roads and stuff.
Fuck you, Mr. King. You're a douchebag of the first degree.
Party loyalty above all other considerations.
I'm sure that all of his constituents enjoy a higher standard of living because of the Congressman's loyalties to his party.
Mr. King, just by your age, you are much closer to grave than Mr. McLellan is! And weren't people supposed to be respectful of each other in this chamber? (See, I am being respectful though you were not!)
Scott, thanks for standing up to this non-sense. You are doing good for the country, where nobody else had the courage. They are all hiding behind the screen of executive privilege.
sully18 @ 10:
Recent opinions by prominent lawyers question the assumption that either a "good old fashioned horse whipping" or a "sloppy version of waterboarding" constitute violence.
Remember! We do not advocate violence - THEREFORE - neither of these behaviors could reasonably be construed to constitute violence.
Feel better now?
I hope his constituents find the cajones to recall him, no matter what your party affiliation, saying something like this wrong.
The quote is not quite accurate. He actually said:
"Could you not have taken SOME OF this to the grave..."
(emphasis mine)
So without knowing what came before and what specifically he thinks should have been taken to the grave, it's kinda hard to condemn the guy.
How's that line about "America will be attacked again if the Democrats win control of Congress" working out for ya, King?
Well... at least Scotty is trying to do a better thing...
As for King... Hes a fascist asshole.. same goes for the King from New York..
As an Iowan I would like to assure you that almost every other citizen in this state is MUCH MUCH MUCH smarter than Rep King. Damn......that's embarassing
"taking it to the grave" could also be received as a veiled threat in most arenas.
j @ 19:
Well, it's pretty clear that it's something McClellan said that he "should have taken to his grave" .. right?
.. that's all I need to know ..
McClellan's got a right to speak, and We The People have a right to know.
This isn't divorce court, where maybe certain details don't need to be repeated.
This is OUR COUNTRY !!!
harley @ 3:
Western Iowa, specifically. I lived there, grew up there...most people in that part of the state, at least the ones I know of, are not as crackpot as Mr. King. That he's in Congress is somewhat of a fluke, actually, having won a four-way primary in 2002 that was decided by delegates (those who stayed through all the ballots) at the district's Republican convention, after none of the candidates surpassed the required percentage in the primary election. There being only a nominal Democratic presence in that part of Iowa, whoever won the GOP nomination was almost assured of winning the general election. So, we really have a small number of western Iowa Republicans to thank for wisely choosing a nominee in 2002. Thankfully, he's a member of the minority party (I wonder sometimes), but he still throws some curious comments around and tends to bolster the unfortunate stereotype some have of western Iowans as a lot of benighted yokels. There are a few, and too many, unfortunately are somehow elected to Congress.
Truth B Told @ 13:
There's a saying on the street: "Let the trash take itself out."
Posting clips like this video helps ..
attention....this is why there will not be impeachment
the current crop of repugs is not the same as those that served in congress when nixon was in office
there is no barry goldwater
these are all idealouges, who care about 2 things...holding power and making sure that their buddies and themselves come out with fat wallets
what an asshat
A Republican from Iowa and married !!! ye gods.
Shame on you McClellan! Why couldn't you just be quiet and don't tell about the lying that is going on in the White House . ROFL
What a joke Steve King is!
Typical republican bullshit.
btw....that was an overt threat
do not be surprised is scotty gets suicided
How much you wanna bet that this Rep. King would sing like a bird if HE had some deep dark inside "stuff" on W or Cheeney that was worth a million dollar book deal? I haven't met a Republican representative YET whose character is worth the suit they were wearing.
Why can't someone punch this asshat right in the kisser?
Another politician who wants the USA to be a country of men and not a country of laws. The bottom line is, the President is a liar, and a crook.
(_(_) @ 30:
They just have a hard time facing reality.
That's all.
NoBuddy @ 34:
and a retard
Once a person understands that Republicans are just like the mafia it makes perfect sense. Honor and fellowship among thieves who couldn't give a damn for the country.
He can't be ashamed of himself. "Humans" like him and the rest have eliminated shame from their hearts and conscience.
Benefit of the doubt dictates that the Senator is distracted
because of the Iowa floods and humanitarian crisis happpening
right now.
My inner self says he's a thoughtless person who shouldn't be
re-elected. He probably sealed his own fate by his own words.
Well done, senator! You are talking your way out of a political
future.
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As a native Iowan, I am ashamed of Rep. King.
Since Iowa has one of the best public education systems in the country, Rep. King must be a transplant from some other ... planet.
harley @ 3:
Forgive us
When a person makes overt threats to another it is done in fear. King fears the truth coming out. He is a coward on top of all the other butt-ugly traits he has.
Was that representative of the US who pledged to uphold the constitution aware that he was on the big box? (TV) These guys are so shameless that they tell the world about their lack of morals and are proud of it. With leaders like him, no wonder this country is such a mess. Get him out of there.
Klown @ 11:
You can,but then you`re playing the Bush Criminal Gang`s game.These assholes want there to be violence and upheaval in the world.They make more money when people are scared.
How about [Deleted] then Mr. Moderator?
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This pig is transparent repug right wing nutjob. "Why can't you just keep quiet about our little criminal administration and let everyone be happy, happy, happy?"
What a f*cking idiot. Sometimes the repugs are too stupid for their own good. This is a prime example. Instead of "looking like" they want truth and justice, they show clearly that what they really want is more lies and bullshit.
I am so glad I am NOT a repug. This would be hard to stomach. But after today's House vote, I'm not so certain I want to be a Democrat either.
sully18 @ 45:
Let me fix this for ya...
They
maketake more money when people are scared. OUR money.Hulk @ 46:
A-fucking-men.
The Dem enablers are as responsible for the disaster that is BushCo as Cheney himself.
Boot every one of these people who voted for FISA and everyone in the Senate who might, too.
I don't think he knows the meaning of shame. Or honor, for that matter.
The same things that they already say and we allow them to get away with. It's time to stop pussyfooting around with these bastards and punch them in the fucking mouth.
Do you see why I think the Republican party of today is nothing more then the dregs of the American Nazi Party?
Here is his testimony in full.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=27BDKd1qEvQ
David Elliott @ 39:
Steve King is not a Senator, but a Representative. Unfortunately, the pare of Iowa he represents is heavily Republican (the rest of the state -- the urban east -- is less so.) So, unless he's beaten in a primary, chances are we'll get more of these nuggets from Steve King for the time being.
Terrible @ 52:
It is. The philosophy has infiltrated American society starting right after WWII. Nazi scientists came to NASA. Bush's grandfather made tons of cashola from the Nazi's. Look at former first lady Barbara Bush's heartless comments about Katrina survivors.
It's not the dregs...it's the entire party philosophy. Welcome to Amerika.
“Couldn’t you have taken this to the grave with you and done this country a favor?”
One wonders how many they have 'helped' do "this country a favor"
Terrible @ 52:
Or some old farts still getting a thrill dressed in KKK fashion.
MsJoanne, the entire American Nazi Party is dregs. But I hear what you're saying.
Yeah, King is an idiot. We all know that.
But let's not lionize McClellan here. He has a right to speak, yes. He had an obligation to speak back when his speaking out would've made a real difference.
4000+ American lives - and how many hundreds of thousands of Iraqi lives - could've been saved if he'd done the right thing at the right time.
He's no hero.
Isn't the statement by King an acknowledgement that McClellan is telling the truth?
the iowa chamber of commerce likes to back fascists with 2 digit i.q.'s.
j @ 19:
Fuck that, this is man who belongs to the party of "morals and accountability" (supposedly) and the right squawks about these virtues everyday but this asshole at least implies that those in power should not be accountable when they do something illegal and immoral. He is also at least implying that loyalty to party trumps accountability and moral behavior. So screw him and the horse, er elephant he rode in on. Scooter Libby should be doing time. Bush should have canned anyone who had a hand in this and Cheney probably should have resigned.
QuakerDave @ 59:
feel free to add 3000 for the lives sacrificed on 9-11 to kick-start this whole PNAC endeavor
Terrible @ 52:
and what do you call the Democratic party that has green-lit nearly every thing the American Nazi Party has wanted? has funded every single war venture, has approved of all the pieces of legislation that drowned the Constitution, that looked the other way as fascist Supremes were installed on the bench, and that take impeachment off the table?
There is only - ONE - party. The evidence is compelling.
Scottie broke the Law of Omerta.
Truth B Told @ 64:
You are absolutely correct. There is no difference. The Dems are as much to blame for it all. Absolutely and without a single doubt.
"You see, in bizarro Republican world, staying silent and allowing your fellow citizens to remain clueless about how their leaders lie to them is the right, patriotic thing to do. Only traitors speak up about how their country is being flushed down the toilet when there’s still time to actually do something about it."
And that is the main demand required by all oppressive regimes. Hitler, Stalin, Kim Jong Il and all of the others have demanded the same thing from their citizens.
LOL how childish. Pitiful. How get imbasils like this elected?
WOW! I am sorry to see my home town's name on the same screen with his mug. Yup let's just brush it under the rug, shhhhh take it to your grave.
Newsweek poll has Obama 15 points ahead of mccain now. Avoiding, distorting and covering up the truth just ain't gonna work this time, goppers.
What's plan B? lol!
Joe Tseng @ 70:
False flag.
Bomb some country; call martial law here.
Suspend elections.
Take your choice.
When ever you think you could not hear anything more stupid then you have heard for the last four years, here come another reichwing nutcase like this boozo king.
Is there anyone in a mental hospital anywhere in the world as mentally derranged as any republican you can name?
I mean really folks the republican party is chock full insane ignorant lying sons of bitches.
Everyone in the republican party should never be allowed to hold any position of trust what so ever!
These people have so completely removed themselves from the human race that they no longer deserve to be treated as human beings!
jnratliff @ 72:
and the democrats willfully enable them.
thus, they are also insane lying sons of bitches.
I do remember many a press conference after we attacked Iraq and saying how I'd like to punch that little smug motherfucker in his piehole and while his lies now have redeeming quality of self-exposure and calls for penance, I have not yet heard anything from McClellan that sounds as though he truly admits his failure. He is still "undecided" about who he is going to vote for.
He was the mouthpiece of an administration responsible for hundred of thousands of innocent people dead and would consider voting for someone who will continue this crime against humanity?
Scott, I wouldnt give 2 cents for your book unless you said all proceeds go to someone else
White, dumb and dumber is no way to go through life. But King, and many other Bushies still believe that Rove is the man, that Bush is the one, and that Cheney is the president.
I do hope Repugnant Steve King was told to stick it up his hole.
If only McClellan had said: Congressman, are you suggesting that a man or woman employed by the people of the United States who becomes aware of wrongdoing that was quite possibly criminal, has a higher moral obligation to protect his political associates than he has to inform the people of the United States -- even though he swore to protect and defend the Constitution? Your suggestion that I should have taken my knowledge to the grave has repulsive, threatening overtones and sounds more like advice coming from a gangster than a Congressman. So I look you in the eye and tell you that you are DEAD wrong. And I respectfully remind you: You took the same oath I did.
this guy King shouldn't be in office....what is he talking about??? protecting criminals and lying to the American People. Impeach this S.O.B.
It almost sounds as if he is invoking a measure intended to protect a secret order. A pledge of death for the sake of the 'order'.
King sounds like a prick and even looks like one.
It's funny how all of these folks try to discredit Scott for what he's done but can't somehow disprove it.
Its nice to see that really really stupid people with severe mental disorders, can still find a career path through the republican party. God bless em'!
Now only if all of you Americans would just stop complaining and accept what the Bush administration is doing to all of us, we can get along with his dictatorship. Man, are these the kind of guys the Democrats are afraid of?
It's amazing how our democracy, and democracies around the world will filter out intelligence and let the cream of the idiot crop ascend to the positions of political power and prominence.
God bless America!
To make a comparison, in most countries, including mine, if an a**hat like this said something so exceedingly arrogant, anti - constituent and self serving he would find himself without a position after public humiliation.
Please people of the U.S.A rise up and bring down these people, they see you as serfs and treat you as such. I am not talking about the Republicans, there are good apples in there, I mean people such as this.
Let's not forget, he prevented a post office in Berkeley, CA from being named after a 90 y/o community leader and councilwoman because he alleged she was a communist (she isn't).
Uncle Joe Mccarthy @ 27:
No doubts that Rep. King has rocks for brains, but it is not necessarily because of the Republicans that Bush and Cheney have not been impeached. Dennis Kucinich offered impeachment on the House Floor and it was the Democrats who have buried it in committee.
After what the Dems did with FISA capitulation, I requested that the DCCC remove me from their e-mail distribution list. I left no doubts about my dissatisfaction with the House Dems and the DCCC. I also expressed my premature apologies to the next unlucky soul from the DCC, who calls me requesting a contribution.
Rep.King's comment was deplorable, but so is the inaction and complicity of the House Democratic Leadership as regards to pissing on the Constitution.
Barack Obama is a Constitutional scholar (Harvard Law Review President, Instructor of Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago), I can only hope that if he is President, he will help to unravel the mystery of how our country can charge the previous administration's leaders with the crimes of which they are guilty.
Hey King, why not go to an early grave and do this country a favor?
For seven years, Repubs like this have sat on their hands and done nothing. In the meantime, Bushco got us into a never-ending war so their friends could make some big-time money, our government can't respond to a disaster properly or find killer tomatoes and we're facing one financial disaster after another. Worse, we now have joined the nations that torture. Hopefully, Rep. King and a lot of others will soon join Scott McClellen and be able to ponder their failure to stand up for this country. Scott McClellen, however, is proving to be a patriot not a patsy.
Which part should McClellan have hidden, Rep. King?
Uncle Joe Mccarthy @ 27:
"Asshat" is kind. "Accessory to fascist war crimes" is more like it.
Barry Goldwater would have been attacked as a liberal turncoat by King and his ilk.
I watched this go down and wanted to throw a brick at the TV. He said that Presidents would have to put their Press Secretaries in "a box" because they wouldn't be trusted? Depends on what you're trusting them with, asshole. They should take the identities of CIA agents to their graves, for example. But I've got a better idea - how about we don't have a president and a staff that do underhanded, illegal acts that they have to lie about later! Yeah, why don't we try that for a change, Stevie?
Dennis @ 41:
I'd really like someone to knock him out of his congressional seat, but that part of the state is as red as it gets.... a difficult task for sure. With someone representing Iowa making such incredibly asinine statements maybe I should tell people I'm from Minnesota... nah, wait, they have some serious wingnuts too.
why isn't this piece of **** back in iowa trying to back up the president on the lie that help is on the way. Come on Iowa what were you thinking electing this guy oh sorry as a citizen of a neighboring state there are those out there that vote rethug because their parents vote rethug and I also think the statewide IQ went up when they went to washington. not another planet another dimension Bizarro plane ever read Superman comics and see that rethug land is a lot like that planet?
Wonder if bright boy would have said the same thing if a demo was accused of what this regime has wrought??
How is the president supposed to treat the secretary? HOW IS THE PRESIDENT SUPPOSED TO TREAT THE COUNTRY! If you don't want squealers, don't be such a fucking CRIMINAL. The Utter STUPIDITY. Why is it Republicans always choose the wrong side of the law?
FreeDUMB @ 94:
It comes naturally to them. The law gets in the way of a healthy bottom line at times. Can't have that!
El Cid @ 2:
Pretty fuckin' funny.
Hearing men like him makes one wonder (me) just how depraved a large part of the collective mind of the American people has sunk these last decades. I mean, people voted for him: some thought he was a good guy.
MsJoanne @ 14:
Exactly. Perfect MsJoanne.
"Why couldn’t you just shut up?...Couldn’t you have taken this to the grave with you and done this country a favor?” _ John Ghotti. Oh, I'm sorry, I think I made a mistake. That was something Steve King, Republican shitbag, said, not the former Mafia kingpin.
Mr. King, has it ever occurred to you that your statement reflects the morality of a criminal mind, i.e., thug?
Mr. King, you're thinking about your own hide, not the country. If you've been cooperating with the Bush Criminal Syndicate, then you're very likely a candidate for prosecution for criminal and immoral acts. Maybe it's time you "lawyered up."
I've seen this mentality before in cases of incest and abuse. When the victim speaks out, they're attacked for "disrupting the family". Sickening to see at the highest level of government.
I'm surprised Rep. King didn't call him a stinky poopy face.
Goodness me how pathetic....
Think John Stewart should have him on his show for a few questions.
Pledge allegiance to the president and SHUT UP.
One Republican jerk after another. They have an endless supply. Is there a factory stamping them out somewhere?
The left has known all along that this is the kind of human trash we have been up against. Rep King is a perfect example of the kind of sickness that helped George Bush and Dick Cheney murder our children by sending them to Iraq based on a pack of lies. The Republican party is filled with these soul dead vampires ... they feed on toxic lies and subversion because they have no moral compass. They flock to each other like bugs in the light. They protect Bush and Cheney exactly the same way the Nazi's protected Hitler. They are like an insect hive ... Gross.
Republicans just don't seem to be able to help themselves from looking like the mafia that they are. Lies, deceit, corruption, criminality, and most of all KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT.
They see their numbers crashing. They see the people absolutely hate them, and yet, they are unable to even pretend to be anything other than crooks. A skunk can't be anything but a skunk.
This guy needs censured by Congress. This asshole comes up with far worse than MoveOn ever dreamed of; and yet nothing is done.
At the least his Congressional nickname should be "knothead" and he should show evidence of that on a daily basis.
I sure hope someone will make an ad out of that and run it across the country. This could be a montage of statements like this from republicans, ending with Dick Cheney's "so" when told that the people were against the war in Iraq, with just a one word banner coming up under them REPUBLICANS.
Mr King could take his comments to his grave. I suggest afternoon would be a good time to do it.
Steve King
One tells fictional horror stories and the other is an author from Maine.
rooth terrorist fist jab baby mama hussein @ 65:
Good word.....you nailed it!
Mark in Ohio @ 103:
Just spent a few days in Tennessee. Beautiful state, and I'm sure there are good people there, but I think "Rethug breeding" is a cottage industry there.
Jack @ 108:
I've got a shovel he can use. I'll supervise the digging.
Wow, what a human piece of shit.
Interesting that he didn't actually have a question, just wanted to harangue and threaten Scott (veiled ) with death.
"You should be ashamed of yourself, Scott"
I think you ment steve....
Congressman King wraps his question in faux patriotism by framing it in terms of a favor to the country as opposed to a favor for the party but everyone knows what he means. In King's estimation, McClellan should go to his grave with this on his conscience and court eternal damnation... for the sake of the party. The formula for these folks is "God and Country" but ahead of God and country comes the party.
Question for Congressman King: "How have the deceptions of the current administration served America?" F'rinstance, had the administration NOT stifled reports on climate change, and had the administration NOT lied the country into war with Iraq, (with the attendant waste of America's resources in terms of money and manpower), I contend America would have been better prepared to deal with the current flooding of the Mississippi.
As for McClellan, I initially thought his staunch defense of George Bush's character was evidence of McClellan's poor judgment, blinkered partisanship and an attempt to provide a fig leaf for his former boss, but now I think the real subtext for McClellan's comment is a caveat for Senators Obama and McCain about the corrosive effects of power.
american in holland @ 99:
Good analogy. I agree. Amazing, the turds that get elected to Congress.
I really hate it when those being questioned feel the need to remain cordial. If he had made that suggestion to me, I would have simply have torn into him as being a traitor to his country and completely unfit to serve in any capacity in government. Also, I would told him to keep goddman mouth shut and let me finish my answer, as he was talking over me, treating me in a condescending manner. Whether being questioned in front of congress or not, one should not be passive in the face of such treatment. You stand up to the bullies. Americans would much prefer that than the attempt to remain cordial and polite. BS. Such theatre will get more attention to the issue than dry give and take that goes on.
The republicans are shameless dicks. They are nailing their party's coffin shut with each desperate attempt to protect the cabal of Bush and Cheney. Once Obama gets in and the real investigations start, there will be no more republican party.
If Bushco tries some form of martial law, iran attack, false flag, Obama assasination, etc, to stay in power (his only hope against war crimes tribunals) the majority of the people will revolt by general strike, infrastructure destruction, etc. We will have no choice but to fight back.
Let these gasbags keep gasbagging, but make sure that you make ads of their gasbaggery and put them on Youtube with the words "GOP: Sieg Heil!" over them.
too over the top? Why, that's exactlly what THEY'D do if they thought it would get them elected.
No republican can ever be trusted. Ever.
Kmow nothing like this don't scare me. What really scares me is the people that elected these idiots. That is the problem with this country and we need to take back from these jerks.
You know, its people like King that kept Hitler in power which then allowed him to commit his crimes.
On behalf of Iowa I sincerely apologize. I wish there was something I could feel accountable for or change personally, but King isn't from my district.
Maybe if he were from the east side of the state he might have gotten washed away with the flooding. =/
Perhaps it is time to rethink labelling these people "Fascist". Yes they fit the definitions well, but the term is too misinderstood, and the meaning has been blurred in the press, and by politicians (particlularly the fascist ones themselves). There is a more accurate term that can be used. Totalitarians. They want total state control, no openess, no checks and balances, no justice, no democratic processes. Totalitarians. And I am prepared to label both Parties accomplices. The Republicans for wanting to make it so, and Democrats for enabling, and capitulating to them.
I apologize on behalf of Iowa, but if it makes you feel better I shot Mr. King an e-mail expressing my disappointment that he must, yet again, put a black mark on Iowa in front of the nation. =(
And a catamite.
November's fast approaching and they're all going down the porcelain chute. What do we do, rest on our laurels and let it happen? or Pour it on, full force, so there's no wiggle room. think of it control of both houses and a president who will put legislation to right this ship, starting with trials and incarceration of all those who were conspirators in this quagmire. "POUR IT ON, BRO."
I wonder if this idiot is related to Peter King (R-NY).... another Repub who hates free speech unless it's to bash their fellow Americans for having an opinion that doesn't toe the neocon line...
“And I think people like Tim Russert and the others, who gave this guy [Joe Wilson] such a free ride and all the media, they're the ones to be shot, not Karl Rove.” ---Congressman Peter King (R-NY)
What Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is really saying is that he'd have gladly outed the identity of a covert CIA agent, thus endangering her, her fellow covert agents, her family and our national security for George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, just like Scooter Libby, Karl Rove, and others in the Bush administration did.
Scott McClellan, on the other hand, is an American patriot, an honorable Texan, with scruples and integrity.
It is obvious that he got pissed upon realizing that some of his fellow Republicans in the White House had lied to him about their involvement in outing a covert CIA agent, a treasonous act, and had gotten him to lie for them in front of the American public in his capacity as Press Secretary. I know I would have gotten pissed if I'd been called upon to be a patsy for this bunch of criminals in the Bush White House.
The GOP slide into oblivion is almost complete now.
Somehow this does not surprise me in the slightest. They don't blame the President at all for endangering national security, ruining a woman's career and taking us to war based on lies. They blame the guy who knew about it and told the rest of us.
C'mon Scottie. Act like your predecessor Ari Fleischer and his comment, "people should watch what they say, watch what they do." The election is getting here sooner than you think. The attempts to create fascist state could be waning.
The Oracle @ 129:
While I don't think that Mr. McClellan has entirely pure motives here I have to say that if you work for the government in any capacity you need to remember one thing. You don't work for the President. You don't work for the Democratic or Republican parties. You don't work for the PAC's or the 527's or the church you belong to.
You work for ME. You work for every American out there who lives, dies, works, pays their taxes and votes. You work not just for the currently living generation of Americans but for every generation that came before you and for EVERY FUTURE GENERATION of Americans that will come after you as well. It is your first duty as an American to serve America and the ideals upon which it was founded. Whether you're a White House Press secretary or a Federal Park Ranger or a Supreme Court Justice it does not matter. You have an obligation to the United States of America and the President IS NOT the United States.
The President through his policies has not just besmirched every generation of Americans who has fought and died for this country of ours but has acted illegally and unconstitutionally. So as an American it was McClellan's duty to this nation to come forward with what he knows. Not just 'take it to his grave' and as this asshole of a Congressman would have it.
By telling Scotty to just shut up he really is admitting to the american people that Scotty boy is right and telling the truth.
He probably does not realize that. What an intense moron.
Thanks!
Scott's only response should have been "My oath was to this country and not to the president, what was your oath of office to?" That would have been a total ahhh snap moment
I saw this on my local news last night and was fairly appalled. BUT: there was a bigger disconnect from reality from some turd from TexASS who was berating Scotty for making money from his book (imagine a ReThug opposed to making money? They'll endorse Enron or selling crack in S. Central if it aids their agenda). This jag-off said something like "You've taken your thirty pieces of silver . . ."!!
Everyone getting the message. The Chimp, Mr. 24% being compared to King Jay-bus himself, and anyone who would betray him with the truth is Judas Iscariot!
These people bring new meaning to the term "dead-enders". (By the way, I know C & Lers have eyes open for this stuff. I forgot the moron's name but can anyone contribute it hereafter?)
What does it say about our fellow citizens, that trash like this creep can make-up almost 50% of our elected officials in this country? This guy isn't some isolated neocon retard, he IS your average everyday run-of-the-mill repuke. How frieghtening is that?
This loser is showing why neocons hate whistleblowers. They despise anybody who would out their boss or supervisors in the same way they hate anybody who would out their elected monarch. To them, the Little People are only there to do their job and shut up.
Someone needs to tell the GOP that America is not to be run like La Cosa Nostra.
these ChristoFascist Nazi thugs are finding out that America is a country FOR the people and BY the people, and they dont like it.
Too bad 'pugs. Like the Cappo, Antonin Scalia likes to say ...
'Get over it !'
You better believe this asshole will take all the corruption he knows about to the grave with him.
Joe O. @ 122:
Funny thing is, Bush's grandpappy Prescott really DID keep Hitler in power, by helping fund his war machine.
Apples dont fall far from the tree I suppose.
You know it's obvious that King would NEVER had hidden Anne Frank up in his attic.
I just wish the Iowa DNC would pick a REAL candidate to run against this DoucheLord. King only won his first election because he snuck into Greg Ganske's Congressional seat when he decided to give it up and make a run against Tom Harkin for the Senate (and was one of the few republicans to get his ass handed to him in '04).
Every election since, it's been "King-R Vs. Strawman-D".
Note Kings chosen words, his themes, the his abrupt cut off. Worn out right-wing-speak. Remember, before Cable TV, King gets NO air time. Freaks alike got no air time. How many former presidential press secretaries can you list, who blew the whistle on men who were worked for for almost 10 years. What would King say? That means nothing to what he is asking? I think it is very telling.
Truth B Told @ 73:
Remember, a lot of those democrats are quislings. False democrats (like LIEberman) who are placed in positions of power to corrupt the system from within.
Numinous @ 144:
I forgot to mention Pelosi. She's a double agent, if ever I've seen one. She's pretending to be on the side of the true democrats, then stabs them in the back on all the important issues.
Impeach! I don't care what Pelosi says!
Not only as Scotty states. But I Lewis (Scooter) Libby inmate #28301-016 was commuted while further litigation by the Wilson/Plame law suit was continuing.
Bush in fact communted (intervined) during the litigation process.
So much for their arguement that they will not comment and will co operate fully while in progress.
For Rep King's comment to effect of why didn't you gring it up at the time. Sctty does explain he made attempts. But King would love to play the "disgruntled fired employee" song.
Slimeball. Term limits. Even though I am a liberal, there are even some of our own who aren't worth a damn, and get to stay too long. This bastard needs to be gone.
whew... wow, folks...lived in iowa all my life.. and don't know where this guy came from..
on behalf of the state of iowa.. we extend our deepest apologizes for this kook...he doesn't represent the majority of us here in the corn belt..again... sorry about that.....
What a dick - I wish I lived in the day when you could challenge a person to a duel.
WTF? I cannot believe what I just heard. That man did not say that?
I'm, speechless................there's really nothing to say here.
As far as the question about the next President and Press Secretary, how about we start with the premise that the next President won't be a lying, arrogant, sack of shit. If he's honest, he has nothing to worry about, right?
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