Meet Steve (Not Steven!) King!

I get so distracted sometimes. I'll be leaping around and prancing as usual, tossing my sparkly mane petulantly --you know, that sort of thing-- when out of the corner of my eye, suddenly I'll see somebody for the first time... somebody fantastic who has been there all along!

Meet Representative Steve (not Steven) King of Iowa's 5th Congressional District, and is he a handful! And a real looker, too:



Frisky Mr. King caught our eye just recently, thanks to Think Progress' excellent tap on the shoulder. Steve (not Steven) sure is awful sore at those darn activist judges! "If we [Congress] wanted to abolish the 9th Circuit, for example, we could do that," he sassily giggled to NPR. "Now I’m not going to say I think that’s the prudent thing to do," he backtracked, impishly. Oh, behave! You crazy joker!

Take a look at his web site, and you'll find out more about Representative King:

His legislative accomplishments include: elimination of the inheritance tax for direct descendents and ascendants, workplace drug testing, the clean-up of parental notification for abortion, tax cuts for working Iowans, English as the Official Language, The God and Country Bill, elimination of the inheritance tax, and elimination of preferential treatment.

Do you have your magic Princess Sparkle Pony decoder rings, kids? OK, enter the phrase "elimination of the inheritance tax for direct descendents and ascendants" into the decoder. What did you get? If you answered "tax benefit for the ultra-rich", your ring is working perfectly! Enter the other phrases into your decoder and see what you get. The last one is tricky; it translates as "elimination of the phrase 'sexual orientation' (ask your parents) from discrimination laws."

And what's the "God and Country Bill"? Hoo boy! It's a doozy! Read Mr. King's official statement about it here. And here is an interesting blog entry by an Iowa moderate Republican (yes, Virginia, they exist) who finds the fanatical Mr. King and his (ultimately unsuccessful) bill just a tad... daunting. The same blogger also provides an excellent overview of King's career.

What else is fun about Steve (not Steven)? Here's his not-at-all self-serving statement about Terry Shiavo, and here is his bio from a debate program about why or why not hairdressers should marry each other (guess which side he was on?), and it shows that he's really committed to keeping sissies in their place. Oh, and he really, really wants people to stop talking in all those crazy non-English languages. Other hobbies include eliminating the IRS, drilling for oil in Alaska, and... um... stopping the government from buying sex drugs.

Favorite quote: "Unicorns, leprechauns, gay marriages in Iowa-- these are all things you will never find because they just don’t exist."

Is this guy great or what?