Steve King says "Joe McCarthy a hero" [View All]

[rurallib]

There was a thread on here the other day about Rep. Steven King from western Iowa. King received some kind words from some on that thread.
Today I received an email with the following quote from Steve King. It was in regard to Rep. Barbara Lee trying to get a post office named for an elderly community leader in her district. Republicans have blocked this effort due to the community leader's past leftist activities.
Following a rejection of the measure, Lee made a statement blasting King that he responded to:

Lee, in a statement after the vote, blasted King, saying his "campaign of
innuendo and unsubstantiated 'concern' is better suited to the era of Joe
McCarthy and J. Edgar Hoover than today's House of Representatives."
To which King responded: "I think that if Barbara Lee would read the history
of Joe McCarthy, she would realize that he was a hero for America."

This, I believe, truly represents King's leanings.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/9/28/111355/139