03.07.11
Out odious-ing the odious
Fifteen minutes ago a Muslim guest on MSNBC dubbed GOP Gongressman Peter King a bigot. Like most of the GOP, he’s Ted Nugent in a suit and overweight, proving you can never be too odious and repugnant to be in the Republican party in 2011.
In the United Kingdom they’ve had a justified hate on for Peter King for a long long time. He’s simply despised across the pond. Before half the country turned rancid, respectable people here were also fairly united in their revulsion of him.
One journalist, Alex Massie, delightfully calls King loathsome in an entire series of columns devoted to “America’s worst Congressman.”
King is probably tied for that position now with at least ten others. But his columns are worth a read in light of this week’s affairs.
The loathsome Peter King is at it again. Speaking to Politico, he’s up in arms that some people think torturing prisoners is wrong …
It’s at this point that it is traditional to note that Congressman King has previous on all this. The only terrorists Peter King thinks should receive protection from the Geneva Conventions are Irish Republican terrorists. That terrorism – ie, blowing up pubs, slaughtering kids as they were out shopping and trying to assassinate the British Prime Minister – was a “noble” cause as far as King was concerned. If he had a problem with the IRA’s old interrogation tactic of threatening a “six-pack” – that is a bullet through each elbow, wrist and knee – one can’t remember him ever saying so. And, sure, if it was good enough for the IRA it should be good enough for the CIA. After all, the Provos were “the legitimate voice of occupied Ireland” weren’t they?
Even by the low standards of the House of Representatives, King is a disgrace. But I suppose, at least he can be relied upon to provide copy.