Rep. Steve King (R-IA) said on MSNBC this morning that the House health care reform bill will take away every American's existing health insurance coverage.
"Pelosi's agenda takes every one away," King claimed. "It cancels every policy."
A moment earlier, King claimed that a huge majority of Americans are pleased with their health insurance coverage -- something MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan was quick to call him out on.
"Eighty-five percent of the people in America are happy with the health insurance policy that they have," King claimed.
Ratigan: "That's not true. That is not true."
King also said today's Capitol Tea Party was "the only way to stop" Democratic health care reform.
"We need to make sure that especially the blue dogs that are on the fence are more afraid of their constituents than the Speaker of the House," he said.
Until they're ready to break with Nancy Pelosi, I don't have a lot of confidence they're gonna save our freedoms.
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November 5, 2009 10:22 AM
We hear again what seems to be the new mantra of the Republican party: Facts and data are not important.
This is consistent with their voters, who is statistically less educated and less intelligent than the Dems'.
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Cool Blue Reason
November 5, 2009 12:48 PM in reply to Icon
Not that I disagree with you or anything, but it helps to have subject-verb agreement when you are making a condescending remark.
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November 5, 2009 1:18 PM in reply to Cool Blue Reason
Point.
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ericf
November 5, 2009 11:22 AM
I nominate King for vice-chair of the lunatic caucus. I assume Bachmann has the chair for as long as she holds office, but the vice-chair competition could be tough. That's a big Republican caucus.
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AJM
November 5, 2009 11:45 AM
We only wish Pelosi were for Medicare for All.
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thomas1
November 5, 2009 11:52 AM
King hs been around saying crazy, in no touch with reality nonsense a lot longer than Bachmann. He should chair the Lunatic Caucus. Seniority rules.
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Matt Jones
November 5, 2009 12:14 PM
This douchebag makes me long for the days when Republicans stuck to telling half-truths, instead of making shit up without even a REMOTE connection to reality.
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Nicole 635
November 5, 2009 12:22 PM
I am an Iowan. Steve King is a constant embarrassment to us. Maybe with redistricting and losing a representative in our state, we can lose Steve King. We can only hope.
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fsudirectory
November 5, 2009 2:41 PM in reply to Nicole 635
Must be a thing w/ Rep's Named King, NY has the same problem
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Kuyleh
November 5, 2009 6:57 PM
Are these retards even capable of reading? I know they're too lazy to even contemplate the idea, but I'm beginning to doubt that they can comprehend written words at all.
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