Posted on 03/11/2008 2:38:46 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said he stands by his remarks to an Iowa radio station last week that a Barack Obama presidency would be seen as a win for al-Qaeda and other Muslim extremists.
"I don't want to disparage anyone because of their race, their ethnicity, their name -- whatever their religion their father might have been," King told KICD radio in Spencer, Iowa on Friday, March 7. "I'll just say this: When you think about the optics of a Barack Obama potentially getting elected President of the United States -- I mean, what does this look like to the rest of the world? What does it look like to the world of Islam?"
Sen. Obama of Illinois is the frontrunner in the Democratic Party's campaign to elect a nominee to run for president. Despite criticism on blogs and being grilled by TV commentators and reporters, King continues to defend his statements that Obama's foreign policy -- and middle name -- would make his election detrimental to U.S. security.
"The fact that he has declared defeat in Iraq and said he would get the troops out immediately -- that clearly sends a message," King told Cybercast News Service. "Who do you think al Qaeda is for? Who are our enemies for? Who are the radical Islamics for? It's going to be Obama first, Hillary second, because they don't want to face a United States that's determined to achieve a victory."
On the radio last week, King also said of Obama: "If he is elected president, then the, the radical Islamists, the, the al Qaeda, and the radical Islamists and their supporters, will be dancing in the streets in greater numbers than they did on September 11."
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I agree.
Nor should he apologize for the truth.
He’s right.
Hes just stating the obvious.
Steve King never apologizes.
Nor should he.
He was right.
If Steve says something, it is well-considered. He’s thought through the consequences.
to hell with the limp-wristed politically correct gang
Finally: A politician with a spine. Tell me again why he’s not our nominee?
I think we have found the first person who will not apologize to Obama! He deserves a medal.
Good. Saw Representative King on BOR’s show. Didn’t think my opinion of O’Reilly could go lower but it did.
Kudos to Rep. King for courageously speaking the truth in this PC whacked out world.
Over the past few years, I had reluctantly called in the punter on Blue Iowa. Good to see they can still manage to elect a straight talking Representative with some good midwestern common sense.
It’s the truth.
Has McCain apologized for Rep. King yet?
Alan Keyes has always told it like it is concerning Obama. And he's never apologized for it.
God bless Steve King.
Yes, in fact he has.
Pure and simple.
President Obama = Rule by Terrorist.
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