Rep. Pete King of Long Island: I am running for President

[brooklynite]

Source: NY Daily News

WOLFEBORO, N.H. — Rep. Peter King won’t be the best known Republican presidential candidate in 2016, but he is the first.

King, making his second of four scheduled visits to the state in the summer and fall, told a New Hampshire radio station Friday that he’s there “because right now I'm running for President.”

That's the most direct statement so far from King, who has repeatedly said he is considering a run. King (R-L.I.) has said he is testing the waters to push the field away from what he considers the isolationist views of potential GOP candidates like the libertarian leaning Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and conservative firebrand Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/rep-pete-king-running-president-article-1.1448381

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You know, ego can be a terrible thing...

[Comrade Grumpy]

1. Make room in the clown car.

[Andy823]

10. Forget the clown car

This time around they are going to need a clown "bus"!

[radicalliberal]

13. Yes, indeed.

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Newtie should run again.

[arcane1]

2. Already? It's like how Christmas shopping season starts earlier every year.

[struggle4progress]

11. Fruitcakes -- they're not just for Christmas anymore!

A public service message brought to you by the National Fruitcake Council

[freshwest]

40. There's a company in San Antonio that makes some fine fruitcake. I don't think King is that good.

[alsame]

3. I suspect he will

self destruct long before the primaries. He's an idiot with a very big mouth.

[Turbineguy]

5. "....an idiot with a very big mouth....?

He's a shoo-in in that case. Especially the idiot part. Teabaggers love idiots.

[Joe Bacon]

36. A supporter of terrorism running for President!

Isn't that special? IRA supporter Peter King running for President!

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/01/peter-king-terrorism-problem

[freshwest]

41. Wow! Never heard of that. Thanks for the link.

[alp227]

44. Remember how the media made it a big deal

that Obama once had a fundraiser with William Ayers? So when will Peter King's support of real terrorists every be a major story?

[surrealAmerican]

18. In fairness, that's a pretty good description ...

... of more than a few of the other likely candidates too.

[lumpy]

37. And a helluva' fast talker, if that is an attribute.

[another_liberal]

4. He's already proven . . .

He can turn out a crowd of tens of people. Why shouldn't he make a run for the Presidency? (sigh)

[hobbit709]

6. President of what?

[Little Star]

7. Boy I'm glad that those TV stations who are doing the Hillary bio......

won't be allowed to cover the RNC primary convention!!!! LOL

How can he possibly think he has a chance even though most of his party is wacko. Even they are not that dumb to let him be their candidate. LOL!

[JEB]

8. OMG Did Ricky Santorum's credibility just move up a notch?

[radicalliberal]

16. Oh, please . . . NO!

Not Ricky!

* groan *

[Iliyah]

9. VP pick Sarah Palin

had thousands cheering her crazy arse, and whats the difference? If he is a moderate GOPer he won't have a chance and he must go the route of RMoney who had to appease his loyal subjects.

[MannyGoldstein]

12. Awesome!

The Republicans are self-destructing early for 2016!

[Rebellious Republican]

14. Maybe michele bachmann can give him tips on how to run a campaign.

[lumpy]

38. Including how to use campaign funds for personal services.

[irisblue]

15. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....

by all that is holy, I needed a laugh today....

[graywarrior]

17. Let me join you....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[rurallib]

19. my first reaction also

[graywarrior]

20. I forgot to ad this

I laughed so hard, I

[grantcart]

34. who said Republicans couldn"t be fun?

[graywarrior]

35. Fun, as in evil clown fun

[SummerSnow]

27. This is knee slapping funny....

[Jefferson23]

21. Go for it, moron...ha ha ha...the GOP's finest taking a stab at it. n/t

[gopiscrap]

22. Really, what a fucking idiot

I would think the clown car would be a step up for him

[BeyondGeography]

23. Can Barney Rubble be far behind?

[blkmusclmachine]

24. Popcorn ready.

[DinahMoeHum]

25. Peter King is so inept, he has to stand on a cement block. . .

to kick a duck in the ass. . .and even then, he'd miss the mark half the time.

[MADem]

26. President of what? The Loudmouth's Club? nt

[sheshe2]

30. President of the Bowel Bloat Party~

[MADem]

46. That. Is. BRILLIANT!!!!!!!

[sheshe2]

50. I used the Google machine!

Typed in Rep. Pete King/ funny images....

and Voila!!!!!!

Bowel Bloat!

[MADem]

52. Superb!!!!!! nt

[lastlib]

49. Totally Stealing that!

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[SummerSnow]

28. rofl..I can see his campaign slogan now...

The King is here

I'm the King if the world

[PoliticAverse]

29. Is it really the best time for a warmonger like King to announce his candidacy?

Pity he doesn't have to resign his seat to run.

[notadmblnd]

31. isn't he the one who stood on the White House lawn before GW's second term

claiming he knew the election was in the bag?

[HockeyMom]

32. How even LONG ISLAND keeps electing this man

is beyond me. My daughter and son-in-law live in his district, and have NEVER voted for him.

[Mopar151]

33. Wolfeboro is in NH, nominally

Not a typical NH town at all - bills itself as "America's First Summer Resort" , money/snob touristy. We live a couple towns south. When our neighbor relocated our heirloom skunks, he took them to Wolfeboro. My friend went to high school there, and he was when I was telling the story - that "Only the best dressed, well bred & polite skunks can go to Wolfeboro!" Coons, on the other hand, go to Epsom.

[irisblue]

39. mebbee he'll ask Louie Gomert to be VP. n/t

[jumptheshadow]

42. Well, good luck with that!

[Sarcasm.]

Perhaps his family will vote for him.

[Javaman]

43. I always wanted to know what a continuous train wreck looked like...

know we'll know.

[DFW]

45. "It's all over but the counting, and we'll take care of the counting"

THIS Peter King wants to run for president to counteract the crazies?

Besides, it's not 1932 any more. Having a New York accent doesn't play as well in the south as it used to, unfair as that may be. In case King has forgotten, he should ask all his Republican friends who told him to fuck off when he asked for emergency aid money after Sandy the way the Gulf Coast states got it after Katrina and Deepwater Horizon.

[KamaAina]

47. Of what country?

Dumbfuckistan?

[lastlib]

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[DisgustipatedinCA]

51. No other Republicans have announced yet, but I'm guessing King is still in about 7th Place.

Have them bring their crazies for primary season. This will help to offset the NSA/Syria headwind Democrats will be facing in the mid-terms.


(edited to remove an inaccurate "n/t&quot