King makes Esquire worst list
Minutes before he’ll endorse the Divided We Fail effort at a Sioux City afternoon event, I’m looking at an unflattering list that mentions Iowa Congressman Steve King. The latest Esquire is out, the November issue with Halle Berry provocatively posed, and the 482 federal races are reviewed. Esquire picks preferences for each U.S. Senate and House race, and then lists “The 10 Worst” lawmakers in D.C., including three-termer King.
Here’s Esquire’s assessment: “King believes himself to be clever, and his list of idiot declarations is probably the longest in Washington. Now he toes the fine line between idiocy and bigotry when he argues that Barack Hussein Obama’s presence in the White House will aid Islamic terrorists. Iowa, please, we’re begging you.”
Esquire endorses five incumbents in the Iowa races, every incumbent but King. The mag picks Tom Harkin in the U.S. Senate race, and incumbents Bruce Braley, Dave Loebsack (a native Sioux Cityan), Leonard Boswell and Tom Latham, who used to represent Northwest Iowa. That’s five Democrats, when factoring in King’s opponent Rob Hubler, and one Republican. In the 10 Worst List, Esquire lists five Republicans, four Democrats and one independent, Joe Lieberman.
The list also includes Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., Rep. Joe Baca, D-Calif., Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., and Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska. Jefferson’s the guy who had $90K cash in a freezer, while Esquire describes Bachmann from our neighboring state as “equal parts religious hack and party hack, she’s got spunk and not much else.”
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October 6th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
So Steve King made some far-left, Hollywood type magazine’s worst list. What’s new and who cares?
This is no different than the kingwatch people giggling like pimply-faced teenagers when Keith Olberman, pompous windbag extraordinaire, named King the worst person of the day, week, year, millenium, blah, blah, blah. It’s only one man’s opinion.
Did you hear the voters of Iowa’s Fifth District have voted Steve King the “Best Man to Represent Us” three (soon to be four) times now?
October 6th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Hmmm. Esquire endorsed Latham but not King, supporting challenger Hubler but not Greenwald. Since King’s votes and Latham’s are not much different, it must be the crazy factor that differentiates them.
I think it’s a pretty good list. Lieberman would be on the worst list of most Dems, and a lot of Republicans. And whether you keep bribes in your freezer or spend them on home improvements, they just don’t look good. There aren’t too many congresscritters who are more wacked than King and Bachmann, outside of the other members of their Study Club. It will be interesting to see how many of them are going down.
October 6th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
As if King needs another headache. Between MSNBC, Esquire, left sided liberals, moderates, and a host of conservatives wondering why he is so ineffective as a congressman – why don’t we just re-elect King so we can have two more years of this.
My Grandfather raised cattle and always told me to call it as it is.
I’ll have to vote for effective Government and real representation in Iowa’s 5th. Rob Hubler is clearly the better choice.
October 6th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Esquire is right about Steve King’s “idiot declarations” and “bigotry.” (King doesn’t toe the fine line; he crosses it.) However, what’s worse is that he doesn’t represent those of us in the 5th district. He continually votes against our interests, and he is unable to work with others in congress to accomplish anything for the district.
October 6th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Did you hear the voters of Iowa’s Fifth District have voted Steve King the “Best Man to Represent Us” three (soon to be four) times now?