GOP congressman goes nuts over White House acorn cookies

[depakid]

Source: Raw Story

Were they acorn cookies, or ACORN cookies? US House Rep. Steve King (R-IA) says it was the latter. The congressman known for being one of the most fierce opponents of the community organization ACORN was evidently shocked when he was served acorn-shaped chocolate cookies at the White House Christmas Ball Monday night.

"At the WH Christmas Ball Monday night, they served ACORN cookies," King announced on Twitter, in reference to the community organizing group with that acronym. It's hard to say why the White House would have chosen cookies in that shape, given the recent connotations of the word "acorn" in political circles. Perhaps it was unintentional, or perhaps it was a bit of a jab at the Republicans in attendance.

But for Rep. King, the message was clear. "I didn't expect to see such stark symbolism," he wrote in an http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/09/white-houses-acorn-cookies-surprises-republican-lawmaker/">email to Fox "News".

ACORN's activities have been an obsession of King's since well before this fall's controversy, when conservative activists posing as a pimp and prostitute captured on video ACORN employees advising them on how to hide evidence of a prostitution business and smuggle people into the country. In May, King called for congressional hearings into ACORN's finances, and in September he described President Barack Obama as the "chief organizer" of ACORN.



Read more: http://rawstory.com/2009/12/gop-nuts-acorn-cookies/

[niceypoo]

1. Why dont I believe him?

[Bolo Boffin]

7. Well, he made sure to get a picture and post it on Twitter.

Personally, I think it was a joke, and his whole attitude is showing what an obsessive fool Steve King is.

[Divine Discontent]

26. fool indeed!

he needs some aluminum foil, too...

[AusDem]

maybe thats the shape the whitehouse was going for? n/t

[Divine Discontent]

79. now that's funny!

[Bitwit1234]

49. I think--- a real journalist

should do a back ground check on King. Someone so opposed to an organization or such, has to have a reason. Maybe there is something there worth checking out. But nawh, they won't. We don't have journalist anymore. We have readers of the news -- those who read what the - fabricators of the news write.

[niceypoo]

70. The look on his face is priceless

I can just imagine him smashing the cookie in a rage immediately after the picture was taken. Someone should photo-shop a squirrel costume onto him.

Such epic GOP priorities while the economy is collapsing.

[Jamastiene]

2. That dude is nuts. n/t

[Cant trust em]

4. He's nuts about ACORN. nt

[47of74]

5. He's an embarassment to all of Iowa

[Goldstein1984]

9. Just Iowa?

I'm sitting in Eagle River, Alaska, and he embarrasses me almost as much as Palin does.

[47of74]

62. I feel it more

I'm actually from and living in Iowa now.

[Cant trust em]

3. I wonder if this guy's also seen Jesus in a cucumber. nt

[Goldstein1984]

6. I don't know but...

he needs to see a psychiatrist in a hurry.

[KansDem]

64. Nah, Jesus is seen only in food high in carbs...

Toast, tortillas, and potatoes.

I don't think he's wandered over to fruits and vegetables yet...

[cliffordu]

8. ACORN is PEOPLE!!!!!

:rofl:

[No Elephants]

29. LOL

[BR_Parkway]

34. A lot of them not caucasian - hence the Rep Kings obsession

[EFerrari]

10. LOL

[proReality]

11. Let's have a cookie bake-off

Let's all bake acorn-shaped cookies and send the representative a small box since he obviously gets great pleasure from talking about them.

[No Elephants]

30. Meh. He's not worth that. Just send him a picture of an acorn. Or a squirrel, since he's so

squirrely and rabid.

[last_texas_dem]

12. I predicted that the "GOP congressman" was Steve King before I started reading the article

If a story involves a Congressman attention whoring over an issue that appeals to right-wing fringe nuts, it seems to involve this buffoon more often than not.

[Enrique]

13. he also doesn't want Obama to say "nest egg"

or to use either of the words nest or egg.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

52. It's a round stick.

:thumbsup:

[Mopar151]

14. But the world is so BORING

when you take your antipsychotics. No secret messages in the media, vast non-conspiracies remain undiscovered - no fun at all.

[Algorem]

15. he's acornier than squirrel poop

http://farm4.static.flickr.com.nyud.net:8080/3357/3276353089_39f098820a.jpg

[6000eliot]

16. Too bad the fucker didn't choke on them.

I'm so sick of these assholes!

[CoffinEd]

17. "Stark Symbolism"

Could it possibly be that the so-called "stark symbolism" has nothing to do with the jackass King and more to do with the winter/holiday season, if not make a festive-looking desert? And of course he would immediately fire off an e-mail message to his handlers at Faux News.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=acorn+cookies&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS238US238&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=F-4hS7nPAcXNlAfvkZX-CQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=5&ved=0CB4QsAQwBA

[No Elephants]

31. I might choose acorn cookie cutters s for a Fall Ball, but not for a Christmas Ball.

Nor have I ever seen anyone else make that choice for Christmas cookies. Holly, candy cane, poinsettia, bell, tree, gingerbread person, and on and on yes, but never an acorn. Just sayin'.

Personally, I hope the First Family and/or the pastry chef WAS sending a message.

[rucognizant]

44. The official message..........

http://www.currentliving.com/articles/acorn-potential.shtml
The Acorn: A Symbolic Seed of Human Potential
From One Human, Great Things Can Grow

By Chris Dunmire, CurrentLiving.com
CurrentLiving.com - Acorn Illustration © Chris Dunmire

Ralph Waldo Emerson is credited with the quote, “The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.”

That’s quite a feat, when you really think about what it means.

That means that from one tiny acorn that falls from an oak tree, a thousand more forests can grow. One acorn. Hundreds of trees. A thousand forest

[CoffinEd]

57. Just goes to show you how much I bake

I was trying to give the WH chef(s) the benefit of the doubt, but looks like I got my seasons mixed up. Like Palin, I suppose I've always been a bit of a rogue.

[sinkingfeeling]

60. Really, ever heard of Martha Stewart? She's done acorn cookies (sells a big, copper cookie cutter in

that shape) for the December holidays.

[tomm2thumbs]

18. they should have served sickle and hammer cookies - bwahahahaha

[harmonicon]

37. that would be good

perhaps some islamic crescent rolls as well.
















or just a cake with a cartoon picture of a doctor on it, who in a speech bubble is saying "I perform abortions".

[Bette Noir]

40. That's the genesis of crescent rolls.

They were invented in Europe to celebrate a victory over a Muslim adversary. Turks?

[mwb970]

43. I think it followed a final, unsuccessful siege of Vienna by the Turks.

In 1683 or some such date, if memory serves (which it often doesn't).

[hobbit709]

56. Yep, then the French stole the idea and called them "croissants"

Actually the history of them in Vienna predates that story.

[Mad_Dem_X]

46. !

<<or just a cake with a cartoon picture of a doctor on it, who in a speech bubble is saying "I perform abortions".>>

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[KamaAina]

72. Or the NYC classic, black and white cookies

:evilgrin:

[defendandprotect]

19. Right .... they could have made little WMD cookies, tied up with a bow . . . maybe hid....

them under everyone's seat???

[DeSwiss]

20. Mmmmm acorns.....

- K&R

[harmonicon]

38. do you think that's what he meant?

Those little fuckers look delicious - I want that in my mouth right now (the cookies, not the cartoon dude).

[DeSwiss]

47. I don't know....

...but I felt the same way after I saw the pic, which is why I posted it.

- I'm hoping to find the recipe later....

on edit: found it! http://www.mypapercrane.com/blog/?p=953">Acorn cookie recipe

[Liberation Angel]

21. Actually acorns were a primary food source for Native peoples in this land

and acorn cookies are awesome!

I have made acorn bread and roasted acorn coffee and made acorn flour and porridge (you can mix it with oatmeal) which is naturally sweet and delicious and good for you.

Most tribes in what is now North America would store up about 500 or so pounds per person for winter nourishment, bread, stews, and medicine.

Plus it is a free food full of vitamins and minerals and protein and fatty acids.

Maybe that is what they had at the white house!

I know Obama made some resolutions on native rights issues recently and Native foods would likely have made it to their menu.

You might think it is nutty or squirrelly but acorns are a GREAT and fee ood we all could benefit from.

And the organization is cool too...

[Liberation Angel]

22. acorn molasses cookie recipe

Acorn Molasses Cookies

These cookies are heavenly, although the spices and molasses tend to dominate the flavor of the acorns, so a person wouldn’t know they had acorns in them unless you told them. A good way to sneak some into a skeptic!

¾ cup brown sugar
¾ cup butter
1 lg. egg
¾ cup molasses
1 1/4 cups acorn flour
1 ½ cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
1 ½ tsp ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
½ tsp allspice

1. Cream the brown sugar and butter together.
2. Add egg and molasses, and mix thoroughly.
3. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, acorn flour, baking soda, salt and spices.
4. Add dry ingredients to wet and mix thoroughly. Batter should be soft rather than stiff, but not runny.
5. Drop by rounded spoonfuls on to a cookie sheet. Flatten then with your palm and sprinkle with sugar crystals.
6. Bake at 325 for 8-10 minutes. Be sure not to over-bake, as the bottoms burn easily.

To make these cookies extra special good, cream together 1 package of softened cream cheese and 3 Tablespoons of maple syrup. Frost the bottom side of a cookie and stick another cookie on, creating a cookie sandwich. Scrumpdillyiscious!!!!

[No Elephants]

32. Wow, thanks. Those sound great. I never heard of acorn flour before. Is it hard to find?

[Bette Noir]

41. You can find it in Korean markets.

[Liberation Angel]

73. I make it myself. White oak trees are best. Black oak is bitter. But..

Native folks used both. You need to boil the acorns and pour off the water to get the tannins out (which are bitter) and then grind it with any kind of grinder. There are directions for this online.

I hven't searched for buying online but fresh acorns (no insect holes) can be gathered pretty much anytime even in winter. They keep well and sprout after freezing and thawing (sometimes before) and I soetimes grind up the sprouted acorns too. They alos make a great hot drink when boiled.

After grinding you roast the flour or toast it til it gets a sweet nutty flavor.

On edit: apparently some Korean markets sell acorn flour (maybe other oriental markets too?)

I do not know if it has the same name though.

[DRoseDARs]

23. Small miracle he didn't stick around for the aborted fetus-shaped cookies...

Good God man, take a pill. :eyes:

Edit: Yeah, they make those...

[alstephenson]

80. NO WAY! Seriously? A fetus-shaped cookie cutter???

My head is exploding!

[DRoseDARs]

85. Your head is exploding? My stomach is growling.

Mmm, cherry sauce for the blood...

[struggle4progress]

24. Get help, Steve.

[BluDemocratGirl]

You took the words right out of my mouth

He needs to see Dr. Phil ASAP.

[BluDemocratGirl]

You took the words right out of my mouth

He needs to see Dr. Phil ASAP.

[BluDemocratGirl]

27. You took the words right out of my mouth

He needs to see Dr. Phil ASAP.

[RedCloud]

58. You'll be at 1,000 posts in no time!

:hi:

[Ignis]

77. ...

:spray:

Ah, schadenfreude.

[DRoseDARs]

28. You took the words right out of my mouth

He needs to see Dr. Phil ASAP.



BluDemocratGirl ;)

[Divine Discontent]

25. isn't this NUT'S family embarrassed enough by him to get him some psych help? writing a complaint

about acorn shaped cookies shows you fallen off the wagon into nutdom.

That nut from Iowa should be glad the kitchen didn't serve, specifically to him, cookies shaped like a coffin! Raving loon...

[No Elephants]

33. Misleading headline. Clearly, King went nuts long before he saw the cookies or his reaction to them

would have been more normal. Just sayin'. I'm surprised he didn't try to de-fund the White House kitchen.

[liberal N proud]

35. Stupid is as stupid does

[urgk]

36. To be fair, I serve pigs-in-a-blanket to wonder aloud how Rush Limbaugh can cleep at night. n/t

[SpiralHawk]

39. Republicons whining about cookies

While the world goes to hell in a handbasket of their making...how pathetic.

[mwb970]

42. What a petty little fool.

Reason #479 why I Can't Stand Republicans. Millions are out of their jobs and homes, and the republican "leaders" whine about cookies and mean people who say "Happy holidays".

The republican party is really and truly the Political Party For Crazy People. I wonder what would happen if it were infiltrated by some actual Americans, working undercover. Could it be turned around?

[Mad_Dem_X]

45. Jeebus - First "freedom fries," now "ACORN cookies"

These people are out of their damn minds.

[alcibiades_mystery]

67. LOL

That's succinctly and gloriously well-put.

[Renew Deal]

48. lol

This reaction is probably why they served acorn cookies. :rofl:

[edc]

50. I'm beginning to think that members of Congress

should be screened for psychiatric disorders.

[Princess Turandot]

51. Someone needs to check the House of Representatives' water fountains for high levels of lead nt

[Odin2005]

53. This guy has a few screws loose.

:banghead:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

54. King's Nuts

king's nuts!
texting on an open file,
K Street always on a call
he's got his price
to vote naughty or nice,
but once bought out,
King's your whore.

[callous taoboy]

55. Acorn paranoid blues

I wus lookin' high an' low for them acorns everywhere,
I wus lookin' in the sink an' underneath the chair.
I looked way up my chimney hole,
I even looked deep inside my toilet bowl.
They got away . . .

[JBoy]

59. The bigger question - who the fuck would invite Steve King to a party?

[wordpix]

61. and a WH party, at that - hasn't the WH learned these RW nutjobs won't work with the WH?

Obama keeps trying to bring the ReichWing into the fold of reasonableness and solving the country's many problems left by BushCo, but the RW just wants to destroy everything Obama stands for. Forget these nuts, and work with those who want to solve problems, I say.

[ensho]

63. he's a nitwit who go his button pushed lol

nt

[NoodleyAppendage]

65. They should have brought out the "dick shaped" cookie for this Repuke a$$hole. n/t

J

[alcibiades_mystery]

66. ROFL

I don't know what would be funnier: if this paranoid nutbag imagined the whole thing, or if they actually did make acorn shaped cookies to piss off the GOPers. Either way, it would be extremely hilarious.

[Beetwasher]

69. There's A Part Of Me That Hopes They Did It On Purpose, But Indeed, Either Way

This is fucking funny shit.

More shit like this needs to be done to really push these people over the edge.

[depakid]

74. +1

These folks are are so easily exposed for the nutters they ate- and rarely do they fail to take the bait.

...and as we can see, it doesn't take much prompting for them to completely lose the plot.

[fascisthunter]

68. your fanatical hatred of ACORN is amusing and revealing

[DBoon]

71. please tell me this was in The Onion

oh please let me know this guy isn't that insane

[Lance_Boyle]

75. Put a purple-heart bandaid on it, starkly symbolic jackass. n/t

[Canuckistanian]

76. Resistance to ACORN is futile, Rep. King

Today, cute little cookies.

Tomorrow,

TOTAL GLOBAL DOMINATION

MUUAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[CBHagman]

78. Someone REALLY has too much free time on his hands...

I can think of something for him to do, if he's at a loose end. :eyes:

[L. Coyote]

83. He really should just suck on a teabag cookie and STFU.

[alstephenson]

81. This thread is hilarious!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[classysassy]

82. The Hawkeye state

the citizens of IA,need to open their eyes and realize they made a big mistake in sending that moron to Washington,recall the nutcase,he brings nothing to the table except negative horse----,or should that be bird----?.

[provis99]

84. Typical. Steve King is obsessed with Obama's "acorns".

Does King touch himself in an inappropriate manner whenever he thinks about liberals?