Posted on 03/10/2008 8:46:13 AM PDT by pissant
Republican Congressman Steve King says he stands by his assessment that terrorists will celebrate if Democratic candidate Barack Obama is elected president. "What is discouraging to me is to hear all the allegations that came out and all the name-calling that came my way because I pointed out something that has to do with the culture of the Middle East and how it will be viewed and how a declaration for defeat as a presidential candidate will be viewed by our enemies," King said during a telephone interview from Washington, D.C. "They'll see it as victory and that's really the central point."
King's initial comments last Friday in Spencer drew criticism as well as national attention and Obama's campaign demanded that Republican presidential candidate John McCain denounce the remarks. During an interview this morning with Radio Iowa, King said his remarks were "factually accurate" and a "reasonable" assessment of how Obama's viewed in the Middle East. "And it's something the American people should be thinking about," King said.
King accuses the media of missing his main point, that Obama's promise to pull American troops out of Iraq will be celebrated by the terrorists as an American defeat. "They will be dancing in the streets and they'll be dancing in the streets in greater numbers than they did on September 11th," King said. "They will declare victory and they will use it to recruit more al Qaeda."
It was King's mention of Obama's middle name, which is Hussein, that drew the most ire from critics this past weekend. King maintains he never used the name "Hussein" in his remarks, but King did refer to Obama's "middle name" as a having different meaning for Muslims overseas. This morning, King expanded on that. "His middle name is the name of the grandson of Mohammad. It's used many, many times throughout the Muslim world and it associates itself with the religion and with the heritage and with the struggle and with some of the violence that's over there as well," King said during an interview with Radio Iowa. "And so it isn't just one person who was a dictator in Iraq, it's a thread that goes through the entire Muslim world."
King has been invited to appear on CNN this evening shortly after seven o'clock Iowa time to discuss his comments.
Has Insane McCain weighed in on this yet?
A King for President?
Iran not backing any US candidates
...Earlier this month, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE'-neh-zhahd) said he wouldn't have any problems with Democrat Barack Obama being president.
No duh.
Hey, where were you during the primaries, Steve?
The truth (Steve King’s truth) shall set ye free.
and yes I heard on the radio this AM that McCain has condemned the messenger again.
It’s McCain’s ace in the hole. So he will probably keep his trap shut
pronounced ‘I’m-in-the-mood-for-jihad’
Duncan Hunter was pretty much the exact analogue of King in the primaries.
A well-spoken pro-intervention conservative Congressman with a long legislative track record.
LOL. Well, at least Barry ain’t writing the mullahs mash notes a la Jean Francois.
I jsut sent an email to the McCain campaign that I agree with King’s statements and wish McCain would stop with the apologizing and distancing himself from statements. I agree with him having a dignified campaign but I fear in the general he won’t say anything re/Obama because Obama will say anything said is denigrating! Terroroists will be ecstatic if Obama gets elected - he has said time and again he will pull the troops out.
Steve King IS correct,,,,John McCain NEEDS TO STOP APOLOGIZING for other people’s comments, period.
Why SHOULD King back down from those comments? After all, the terrorists themselves have said as much.
Gosh. . .a Republican congress critter with a backbone? I'm speechless!
I think I will do the same, and I will send King one thanking him for pointing out the obvious.
He needs to apologize for his own comments. Specifically the ones that insult the people in his party. Every time I get a solicitation for a donation from the McCain camp I reply saying he needs to offer me a sincere apology before I will even consider a donation.
All right, a conservative(or anyone for that matter) who is not appologizing for his remarks, he didn’t mis-speak or mean something else, he meant what he said. How refreshing.
To: pissant
Hey, where were you during the primaries, Steve?
5 posted on 03/10/2008 8:49:19 AM PDT by FrdmLvr
King backed some guy named “Fred Thompson” who I believe briefly ran for POTUS (okay, okay, I supported him, too):
http://learfield.typepad.com/radioiowa/2007/12/congressman-kin.html
Monday, December 17, 2007
Congressman King endorses....Fred Thompson
...apparently Mitt Romney since all the Romney staff just arrived in the room where the announcement is to be made. King is now in the house, at 9:06 a.m. There are Thompson people here now, too.
WAITAMINUTE! A REPUBLICAN WITH BACKBONE???????
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