GOPer: I can "empathize" with suicide plane attacker

[lame54]

http://www.jedreport.com/2010/02/goper-i-can-empathize-with-sui.html

Posted by Jed Lewison @ Daily Kos on Mon Feb 22, 2010 at 6:00 PM Pacific
GOPer: I can "empathize" with suicide plane attacker
TPM's Zachary Roth:

Steve King To Conservatives: 'Implode' IRS Offices

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) told a crowd at CPAC on Saturday that he could "empathize" with the suicide bomber who last week attacked an IRS office in Austin, and encouraged his listeners to "implode" other IRS offices, according to a witness.

We already know King is nuts, but the question I have is why does the Republican Party tolerate these kinds of fringe extremists? And no, the Democratic Party does not have anyone similar to King; Dennis Kucinich might be for single payer health care, but he's not for bombing health insurance companies.

I guess when Republicans talk about having a big tent, they are only talking about a tent that goes as far to the right as the political horizon extends. Vote for health care? We're gonna' primary you. Vote for the stimulus? We're gonna' primary you. Say you "empathize" with suicide attacks against the U.S. government? No problem, join the party.

King's comments were delivered at a CPAC panel session and TPM's report is based on a witness from Media Matters. As of Monday afternoon, King's office had not responded to inquiries from TPM about his comments.

[spanone]

1. mr king appears to be inciting violence against the very government he gets his check from.

[dysfunctional press]

2. why isn't he under arrest as a terrorist leader...?

he's openly advocating violence against the u.s. government and its citizens.

[NJmaverick]

3. The Republicans- The terrorists party of choice

[MineralMan]

4. Put the SOB GOOPer on the No-Fly List at once.

[piratefish08]

5. move this shithead's office to the nearest IRS building

I bet he'd change his tune........

[NoFace]

13. that's funny!

[regnaD kciN]

6. As spouse of an IRS employee...

...I have to ask: just how isn't this treason???

:nuke:

[blm]

9. Exactly!

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[blm]

7. Steve King hated Bush's 8yr stewardship of this country, too...alert the media. Or....was King

just cherrypicking the grievances to mold them into his fascist worldview?

[Frustratedlady]

8. King is an embarrassment. Can someone from his district explain him?

I concentrate on my district and, aside from his stupid comments, know little or nothing about where this guy came from.

How, in heaven's name, did he ever get elected in the first place? No competition?

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. Why empathize? Climb aboard with the next one, Mr. King.

Do the country a favor.

[Blue Owl]

11. Just another pantload of GOP hypocrisy

2001 -- it's the most Gawd-awful thing to fly a plane into a building.

2010 -- it's the most patriotic thing to fly a plane into a building.

:crazy:

[lame54]

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