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Iowa congressman apologizes for jest
Associated Press (excerpt) ^
| June 21, 2006
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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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: 109th; 72virgins; apology; candor; helenthomas; honestpolitican; humorlessdems; steveking; truth; whyaplogize
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To: sinkspur
YOU, paleo operative and Buchananite that you are, assumed I was inferring something racial. Hahaha...that's the best you've got?
How would you define me as a "paleo", and what proof do you have that I've ever been a Buchananite?
About as much proof as you have that King is a racist...
To: sinkspur
But it is curious that he was the only Republican who opposed the Voting Rights' Act renewal. BS
Several opposed it. For good reason. Do some research before you post such inanities.
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posted on
06/21/2006 10:36:45 PM PDT
by
Syncro
To: sinkspur; EternalVigilance
See my post #153
and this if you want the real purpose of this Voting Act Renewal.
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posted on
06/21/2006 10:40:30 PM PDT
by
daybreakcoming
(If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. A. Lincoln)
To: EternalVigilance
OK - disregard my post to you - you beat me to it - thanks.
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posted on
06/21/2006 10:41:43 PM PDT
by
daybreakcoming
(If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. A. Lincoln)
To: sinkspur
Seeings how I'm a southern girl it did appear to me that you think folks from cornfields are low class and will say anything to get attention.
That might not be what you meant to say, but that's what I read.
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posted on
06/21/2006 10:43:32 PM PDT
by
swheats
(BE STRONG. STAY VIGILANT!)
To: daybreakcoming; sinkspur
S'okay. It's a good link...it shot sinkie's little slur into a million pieces. It's worth repeating. :-)
To: sinkspur
Do people actually live in cornfields? I wasn't berating anybody who lived in cornfields; just referring to those who did.Of course you were. Now be a man like King and apologize.
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posted on
06/21/2006 10:52:43 PM PDT
by
daybreakcoming
(If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. A. Lincoln)
To: conservative in nyc
You just blew my right retina
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posted on
06/21/2006 10:54:48 PM PDT
by
woofie
To: daybreakcoming
Now be a man like KingLOL
...now I don't care who you are, that's funny!
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posted on
06/21/2006 10:55:08 PM PDT
by
Syncro
To: ForGod'sSake
I forget the attribution for this one:
She was virtuous and she was ugly, and with a woman, that is half the battle.
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posted on
06/21/2006 11:05:40 PM PDT
by
common tater
(30 seconds......do I cut the red wire or the blue one? tick tick tick)
To: true_blue_texican
Me and Theeeee!
Legs, please!
I am an old man -- and I need an "Annie Fix" before bed-time!
Thanx ever so much. *S*
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posted on
06/21/2006 11:14:12 PM PDT
by
dk/coro
To: The Spirit Of Allegiance
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posted on
06/21/2006 11:15:26 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
To: martin_fierro
FOTFLOL! That one gets me giggling every time.
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posted on
06/21/2006 11:16:12 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
To: conservative in nyc
Dude, that was just mean.
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posted on
06/21/2006 11:28:56 PM PDT
by
Free Vulcan
(Show them no mercy, for you shall receive none!)
To: Mrs Zip
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posted on
06/21/2006 11:35:30 PM PDT
by
zip
(((Remember: DimocRat lies told often enough become truth to 48% of all Americans (NRA)))))
To: conservative in nyc
It'd certainly put me off!
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posted on
06/22/2006 3:12:19 AM PDT
by
Aussie Dasher
(The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
To: conservative in nyc
To: Don'tMessWithTexas
To: sinkspur
King is anything BUT low class. We're all better off because he's in Congress. Do you ever see him on CSPAN? This guy is extremely eloquent, knowledgeable and intelligent. I swear he can remember every statistic he's ever heard and he throws himself into everything he does.
King is one of a kind.
To: PLK
Ann Coulter has said that her choice for president is Pence with Congressman Steve King as VP. This nation should be so fortunate.
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