Because I’m open-minded, I like to sometimes imagine how
much of a stretch it would really be for me to vote Republican. For example,
why can’t I support someone like Representative Steve King (Republican, Iowa).
So let’s look at where King stands:- He claimed that “radical Islamicists” would be “dancing in the streets in greater numbers than they did on Sept. 11” if Obama was elected.
- King warned his state would become a “gay marriage Mecca” and led a successful effort to recall three State Supreme Court judges who ruled in favor of gay marriage.
- He was one of only 11 members of Congress to oppose aid to victims of Hurricane Katrina.
- King dismissed concerns about global warming as being “more religion than science.”
- He supports dog and cock fighting.
- King opposes food safety measures.
- King doesn’t believe that refusing to raise the debt ceiling will lead to a government default. And of course, he warns that Obamacare is an unprecedented move by the federal government into our health care system. As Gail Collins wrote, that means Medicare comes into our "homes through the chimney, where it is dropped by free-enterprise storks."
Today's runner-up is Representative John Culberson (Republican, Texas). He called Obamacare “a
violation of our most sacred right as Americans to be left alone.”
His interviewer then asked, “What does that mean
for Medicare, then?”
“What does that mean for Medicare? What does that have to do
with anything?” Culberson demanded.
*facepalm*
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Thanks for your thoughtful comments.