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Steve King Promotes Anti-Health Care Reform March, Compares Organizers To Paul Revere
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Rep. Steve King (R-IA) took to the House floor last night to promote Rep. Michele Bachmann's (R-MN) march on Capitol Hill tomorrow (And inside the hallways, as well!) against the Democrats' health care proposals. And King compared the Americans For Prosperity buses that will be bringing people to the protest to none other than that famous patriot of the American Revolution, Paul Revere.
"There are buses that are coming in from state after state after state, converging on this city," said King. "People are dropping what's important. It's as if Paul Revere had ridden across America and said, 'here's the call, here's the call of your country.'"
(Via Think Progress)
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chimpale
November 4, 2009 2:54 PM
It's really obscene, when you actually know something about American history and the 'founding fathers', to hear people like this compare themselves to the revolutionaries. Without question, people like King, Bachmann, etc. would be Tories.
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Indie Pro
November 4, 2009 3:18 PM in reply to chimpale
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ejg3
November 4, 2009 3:36 PM
Revere and Dawes proclaimed that the Regulars were out. King's proclamation could best be summed up by the old 60s line of We're all Bozos on this Bus or simply send in the clowns. He has shown a great deal of transformational skills from being an excavating contractor shoving dirt to a politician throwing mud. By the way, Ms Bachmann thinks King should run for the White House.
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