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marmar

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Tue Apr 21, 2015, 11:17 PM Apr 2015

Steve King is a legend in his own mind


In what could easily be perceived as a threat, Iowa Representative Steven King assured the audience at the Susan B. Anthony List Campaign for Life Gala & Summit — the point of which is to find candidates committed to “pursuing policies that will reduce and ultimately end abortion” — that his state will serve as a litmus test for the entire Republican field of presidential candidates.

He upbraided those candidates who “think that if they don’t come Iowa, they don’t have to deal with Steve King,” by informing them that on Wednesday morning, he’s getting on a plane and flying to New Hampshire, and that on May 9th, he would be in South Carolina. The goal, King said, is to make sure that whoever the Republican candidate ends up being, he will support “full spectrum constitutional conservatism” — by which he meant “life and marriage” of the fetal and heteronormative variety.

King said that he would be comfortable putting “five or six” of the current nominees’ names in a hat and selecting one at random, because any name he chose would fight “the deconstruction of America by the White House.”

He characterized President Barack Obama as “a man who is taking on the pillars of American exceptionalism with a procedural jackhammer,” which has somehow resulted in “American young people not learning the things they need to learn at the age that they are.” ....................(more)

http://www.salon.com/2015/04/21/steve_kings_creepy_gop_primary_plan_stalk_down_all_the_candidates_to_make_sure_they_will_restore_the_soul_of_america/




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