Iowa's King Speaks at 'Patriots Rally'

GOPUSA ^ | March 24, 2003 | Jeff Gannon

[Columbine]

WASHINGTON (GOPUSA News) -- Congressman Steve King (R-IA) spoke at The Free Republic's Patriots Rally for America in Washington, DC on Sunday and delivered a stark assessment of our "allies." King told of the chunk of the Berlin Wall that is on his desk in his Capitol Hill office and called the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc as the most significant historical event to occur in his lifetime.

King said, "When the [Berlin] wall hit the ground, it sparked the birth of the European Union and marked beginning of French and German economic opposition to the United States." He stated that his research revealed "the vehemence of nations whose opposition to our policy toward Iraq is in direct proportion to the value of those countries' oil contracts with Iraq." France has $75 billion worth of oil development contracts with Saddam, more than any other nation.

King previously told GOPUSA News, "France will act in their own self interest, knowing that in the end they will be able to rely on the goodwill of the American people."

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Excellent report.

[Noumenon]

I'd like to point out that there were zip, zero, bupkiss local DemocRat pols in atendance at the Spokane Stand Up For America rally on Saturday. MOST of the local Republican reps were there. During a firebrand speech by one of our local Repub reps, this disparity was one of the highlights of his speech.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The UN is a 3rd world class envy debating society.
That's about right.

[Coop]

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[Ligeia]

Thanks! I'd never been to that website. It's like the online version of GopTV I miss from the Haley Barbor days. This article has a photo of two people at the DC rally on the jump page. Is there a thread here with DC Chapter pics? They'd be beautiful on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

[Coop]

Kristinn said he expects a rally photo thread to be up tonight.

[Ligeia]

OK, I didn't mean to sound as if I was rushing anyone. Just looking for it if it was already here. I have GOT to get off FR and get some work done.

[Coop]

It didn't sound that way to me at all. :-) Just passing on what I heard.

[anymouse]

Way to go Iowa FReepers.

[Ligeia]

OK, good. Never know in cyberspace!

[IowaHawk]

Long Live the King of Iowa!

Also, the Viscount of Ottumwa, Earl of Emmetsburg and Duke of Dubuque.

[Poohbah]

Don't forget the Duchess of Council Bluffs.

[IowaHawk]

And the Fifth Lady Marchand de Soybean of Moville (Debbie Schmidke)

[Poohbah]

Of course!

BTW, I have relatives on my wife's side who live in The Evil Empire--Omaha, Nebraska.

Any word on the Iowa National Guard's OPLAN to liberate Nebraska in a high-speed mechanized campaign?

[Slings and Arrows]

Iowa's King Speaks at 'Patriots Rally'

I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective.