Iowa’s “Kingmaker” Congressman Steve King On Tonight’s Iowa Caucus: “Can’t Read Mum Mah Mah Mah Puh Puh Puh Poker Face.”
Congressloon Steven King (IA-R) has appeared a few times here at They Will Say ANYTHING!, not, shall we say, covered in glory. He objected to President Obama using his middle name, Hussein, during the Presidential oath of office. He also believes that the President will transform the country into a “totalitarian dictatorship,” most likely via the Affordable Care Act, dontchaknow. According to my Big Book of Psychotics he’s certifiably insane.
In any event, he’s not among the 41% of Iowa caucusers still undecided (as of last night) about who to stand up for today at the cold and numerous caucus locations this evening. Mr. King just says “No.” There apparently is no one insane enough for him to endorse for the GOP presidential nomination. But there may be more there, a barely hidden agenda . . .
Mr. King seems to like almost everyone, to a point. Michele Bachmann, who just signed his “Repeal Obamacare Pledge” didn’t quite meet his endorsement standards, although, clearly, these are the standards of a madman. Neither did Rick Santorum, who the Congressman also admires greatly, and who he believes has a strong chance to win tonight’s race. Certainly not the middle-of-the-roader Romney. In all, Mr. King maintains that although he “respects them all,” he has no “conviction” regarding any of the candidates.
Why? He adds nothing new to the usual GOP Tea Party chant. His stated reason: no candidate offers a concrete “solution” for solving the economic and social “debacle” the country is headed for. After innumerable debates, countless policy speeches, utterly revolutionary promises to cut and burn government programs, Mr. King still does not see a strong enough set of solutions for the country’s problems.
Not likely. This is a man playing his cards close to the vest. He’s a lunatic, but not a political dummy. He knows that the GOP race is only begun, and no clear winner has emerged. He’s an ambitious man, waiting behind a transparent poker face. Once a leader emerges, whether tonight, or in New Hampshire, or South Carolina . . . wherever, then, then, this principled man will lay down his endorsement card as quickly as you can say “Vice President.”
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