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Rep. King: New White House Counsel Brought In To Protect...ACORN!
Eric Kleefeld | November 13, 2009, 2:45PM
Rep. Steve King (R-IA)
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Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is attacking the appointment of Bob Bauer as the new White House Counsel -- saying that it's all a plot to protect ACORN!
In a new press release, King declares:
"Bob Bauer has a public record of defending Barack Obama's relationship with ACORN. Bauer has acted as the agent between Obama and ACORN, and now he will be perfectly positioned to be tasked with erasing the tracks between Obama and ACORN. Bauer's hiring appears to be a tactical maneuver to strategically defend the White House exactly one week after Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell raided ACORN's national headquarters in New Orleans and seized paper records and computer hard drives that may lead to the White House."
As evidence, King cites how Bauer, as Obama campaign counsel in the 2008 election, had sent a letter to the Justice Department objecting to Republican efforts against ACORN.
This also comes a few days after another King press release in which he alleged that the resignation of White House communications director Anita Dunn -- Bauer's wife -- was connected to the aforementioned investigation against ACORN in Louisiana.
So King previously seemed to be implying that Dunn was leaving in a hurry because of an ACORN scandal -- and now says that Bauer is coming in because of the same ACORN matter.
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soupson52
November 13, 2009 2:59 PM
What rock was he born under?
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FebM
November 13, 2009 5:54 PM in reply to soupson52
Hey TPM, why grace this fool on the fron page? puck!!!!!
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pmccoy
November 13, 2009 8:41 PM in reply to soupson52
Deranged, but what's really scary is who votes for him?
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sully18
November 15, 2009 4:07 AM in reply to soupson52
I don`t know but he spends the majority of his time under there.
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Dorn76
November 13, 2009 3:13 PM
The President obviously took this trip to Asia to avoid facing the hard questions about ACORN!
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C0mm0n5en5e
November 13, 2009 3:17 PM
And by "ACORN" we mean "scary black people!!"
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benny 4 facts
November 13, 2009 3:53 PM in reply to C0mm0n5en5e
OR, scary black people who vote.
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johnmccsf
November 13, 2009 3:32 PM
King scores 96 on the Kleefeld Scale
Palin 90
Bachmann 97
Glenn Beck 99
Joe the Plumber 100
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VictorLH
November 13, 2009 3:34 PM
All one has to be is stupid to get attention in today's media. Shame on TPM for printing what this idiot said.
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The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
November 13, 2009 3:42 PM
http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2009/10/06/tomo/index.html
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purplehawk
November 13, 2009 4:08 PM
I'm glad they did print it. As annoying and high blood pressure inducing as it is to read this stuff, it's better to know what the idiots are saying.
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benny 4 facts
November 13, 2009 4:10 PM
If progressives want to stop this right wing madness they need to get minorities to vote. Volunteer with ACORN or organizations like them hit the streets get people registered and then to the poles. Why, because the minorities are the majority.
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Powkat
November 13, 2009 5:03 PM
Is it just me, or does he have really crazy eyes?
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lousgirl84
November 13, 2009 5:18 PM
Is it just me - but don't these guys all look alike? OOOOOGLY
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stefsstuff
November 13, 2009 5:22 PM
Take a good look at the picture of King. You are looking into the eyes of complete and utter madman!
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theWalrus
November 13, 2009 5:24 PM
This no good, SOB has made a career out of lying. He's an example of the WORST America has to offer.
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TheOwl
November 13, 2009 5:25 PM
The Obama apologists have difficulty seeing that ACORN and its representatives have blatantly urged the subornation of the law.
They also have difficulty seeing that, as ACORN's lawyer, Obama gets damaged by the association.
I suspect that the noose that ACORN represents is getting to be fairly tight around the neck of our community organizer President.
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SporeTen
November 13, 2009 5:30 PM in reply to TheOwl
Watch out because AARP is on Obama's side too. And they are the NEW ACORN. That's really gonna hurt Obama. Uh-Huh.
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Tzal
November 13, 2009 5:32 PM in reply to TheOwl
HA HA! Good stuff, and a great way to kick off the weekend. Thanks you crazy bastard!
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stefsstuff
November 13, 2009 5:33 PM in reply to TheOwl
Wise you are not. An insult to owls everywhere.
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Joe Steel
November 14, 2009 6:44 AM in reply to TheOwl
What subornation would that be?
And how would it be different from setting-up ACORN representatives with a pretend pimp and a pretend prostitute?
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pppwww
November 13, 2009 5:42 PM
aw, c'mon! where's that "[noun] [verb] ACORN!!!" troll? is this one too obvious for him? or is he in a waiting room since the swelling didn't go down after 4 hours?
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Hobartcat
November 13, 2009 5:47 PM
This has Whitewater written all over it.
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Ethan
November 13, 2009 5:50 PM
Steve King just can't drop his ACORN fetish, can he?
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Mr.Boots
November 14, 2009 3:45 PM
Does this man ever focus on his own state's needs? Seems like he is in everybody's business but his own. Mr. King, how about tending the home fires for a while and give the rest of the country a break from your paranoia.
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Joe Wise
November 14, 2009 8:13 PM
for the life of me, i don't understand why so many web sites, especially progressive ones like this, are devoting so much time to the loonies like rep king. Sure, we need to point out their idiocy, but giving proven-idiots like king and bachmann more and more coverage has not helped. in fact, obsessive coverage only make them bolder and make the progressives look like reactionaries.
more and more, these crazy idiots are defining the "news." for god's sake, ignore these idiots. go on the offensive, change the subject, make some news! don't just seat there and react against these idiots.
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benny 4 facts
November 14, 2009 8:22 PM
Why do Republicans continually open their mouths to prove how uninformed they are. I wrote uninformed because I don’t know if I can write –how stupid--.
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Leftflank
November 15, 2009 12:01 AM
The "King" of jerks represents something. Probably not polite to say A-holes or punkasses, so I won't say he & his merry followers are A-holes & punkasses. I do think it's fair to say that they are as dumb as fence posts & are scared shitless clowns.
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