Posted on 06/21/2006 8:00:06 PM PDT by HAL9000
DES MOINES, Iowa - An Iowa congressman apologized Wednesday for disparaging comments he made last week at the state Republican convention about a veteran White House correspondent.Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, was discussing the June 7 death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi on Saturday when he mentioned 85-year-old Helen Thomas, who has covered the White House for nearly 50 years and is a columnist for Hearst Newspapers.
"There probably are not 72 virgins in the hell he's at," King said about al-Zarqawi, in a recording transcribed by Radio Iowa. "And if there are, they probably all look like Helen Thomas."
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We need to take up a collection to get her a full burka.
Remember when ladybird had her beautification program?
Maybe the years HAVE been kind...I've never seen pictures of her youth!
You seem surprized? It is the only thing he does.
It makes you look silly.
King makes remarks that he has to apologize for, and I'm the one who looks silly?
Perhaps you should recalibrate.
I'm sorry for your short-circuit.
:-) I had no idea that you were so acerbic--MY mistake!
Have a nicer day!
As expected, you find it impossible to apologize for clearly inferring that King was a racist.
You just don't have it in you.
Typical gutless Republican. He comes out with an apt and humerous remark and is forced to apologize. Evolve a spine and stand up like a man!
"s/Iowa Granny (NOT Steve King's Mother)"
LOL I'm sure she'd be proud anyway.
Hmmmmm, I wonder if he was the winning bidder on this and got the idea ---- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6637592440
Anybody that would have been offended ,wouldn't have voted for Him anyway.
There is not enough alcohol in the whole world for that to happen.
Not for the reason you are implying. The Voting Rights Act RENEWAL is being used as a political football by the demos this year which you would know if you read below the headlines. Can you say gerrymandering? :o)
But you have introduced a topic which would be another interesting thread so the truth would be outed about this.
Maybe sink will apologize for berating citizens living in cornfields.
Or is it just Rep King that said something "low-classed"?
DFU SONG: 500 Miles (twice we dropped 500 pounds on al-Zarqawi)
DFU SONGS | 6-2006 | Lyrics, Doug from Upland
Posted on 06/09/2006 4:17:54 PM PDT by doug from upland
MIDI - 500 MILES (Proclaimers version)
al-Zarqawi thought he never would be caught...he thought our forces were just never smart enough
al-Zarqawi, now the farm he just has bought...and for him his bad hair day turned out really rough
al-Zarqawi had been taken by surprise...all up a sudden there's a flash and big kaboom
Poor al-Zarqawi, on the gurney he had died...and there was not much left of that guy's living room
Twice we would drop 500 pounds...oh, man, it was the sweetest sound
In rubble that's where he had been found...his network we're gonna pound
al-Zarqawi was as evil as they come...is he enjoying virgins in the place he's at?
Poor al-Zarqawi, his soul must be feeling numb...each one looks just like Helen Thomas and is fat
Twice we would drop 500 pounds...oh, man, it was the sweetest sound
In rubble that's where he had been found...his network we're gonna pound
Nancy Pelsoi (Nancy Pelosi)...Nancy Pelosi (Nancy Pelosi)...she just doesn't know what she is gonna do
Nancy Pelsoi (Nancy Pelosi)...Nancy Pelosi (Nancy Pelosi)...all her plans for Speaker may be finally through
al-Zarqawi, a great lesson had been learned...his buddies know for only so long can they hide
Poor al-Zarqawi, by a snitch he had been burned...'cause 25 mil gets informants on our side
Twice we would drop 500 pounds...oh, man, it was the sweetest sound
In rubble that's where he had been found...his network we're gonna pound
Nancy Pelsoi (Nancy Pelosi)...Nancy Pelosi (Nancy Pelosi)...she just doesn't know what she is gonna do
Nancy Pelsoi (Nancy Pelosi)...Nancy Pelosi (Nancy Pelosi)...all her plans for Speaker may be finally through
Twice we would drop 500 pounds...oh, man, it was the sweetest sound
In rubble that's where he had been found...his network we're gonna, gonna pound
I asked why he opposed the renewal of the Voting Rights Act.
YOU, paleo operative and Buchananite that you are, assumed I was inferring something racial.
lol why apoligise thats the gods honest truth he should stick to his guns on that comment
re your post 23 im now contacting a lawyer and suing you for mental distress :-)
Do people actually live in cornfields? I wasn't berating anybody who lived in cornfields; just referring to those who did.
I haven't either. She's definately not the poster child for someone loving their job.
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