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King: Electing Obama could lead to ‘totalitarian dictatorship’
SIOUX CITY — Warming up a crowd in Sioux City this morning for GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, U.S. Rep. Steve King said Republicans are not going far enough to paint Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama as the purveyor of a socialist agenda. King, known for provocative, ...
Rep. Steve King: Obama Will Make America A ‘Totalitarian Dictatorship’
Rep. Steve King: Obama Will Make America A ‘Totalitarian Dictatorship’
thinkprogress.org — On Saturday, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) gave little-noticed remarks at Sioux City’s West High School during an... appearance by Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK). King went beyond the traditional right-wing talking points — which brand Obama a “ Marxist ... (more) Rep. Steve King: Obama Will Make America A ‘Totalitarian ...
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IA-05: King calls Obama "socialist," pushes fake ACORN fraud
Open Left - Front Page — ... prediction that terrorists will be "dancing in the streets" if Obama becomes president, and his pride in working to scale back funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (which he calls Socialist Clinton-style Hillarycare for Illegals and their Parents). I mentioned a few more low points for King in this post. Yesterday the man Ann Coulter calls "one of my favorites" helped warm up the crowd at a Sarah Palin rally in Sioux City.   According to Iowa Independent, King suggested that electing Obama could be a step toward totalitarian rule: ...

Rep. Steve King: Obama Will Make America A ‘Totalitarian Dictatorship’
Think Progress — ... ” — and said that he would turn the United States into a “totalitarian dictatorship.” From a report by the Iowa Independent: ...

Steve King warns of 'totalitarian dicatorship'
Politico Live's Blogs — ... Any story from Iowa that begins with Republican Rep. Steve King and the phrase "warming up a crowd" has the potential to get interesting mighty quick. This story from the Iowa Independent doesn't disappoint. ...

Rep. Steve King: 'Totalitarianism' if America Lurches Left
News — ... Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said Barack Obama is a socialist during a campaign rally appearance preceding Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, and suggested that electing Obama could lead to "totalitarianism" in the United States. “When you take a lurch to the left you end up in a totalitarian dictatorship,” King said, according to the Iowa Independent . “There is no freedom to the left. It’s always to our side of the aisle.” King told voters they had a choice between relying on government or relying on themselves. “We choose freedom and liberty," he said. King also took the time to closely ...

Hewitt Award Nominee II
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... “When you take a lurch to the left you end up in a totalitarian dictatorship. There is no freedom to the left. It’s always to our side of the aisle,” - congressman Steve King on Obama. ...

A Lurch To The Left
Obsidian Wings — ... by hilzoy Sigh ... "Warming up a crowd in Sioux City this morning for GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, U.S. Rep. Steve King said Republicans are not going far enough to paint Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama as the purveyor of a socialist agenda. King, known for provocative, partisan remarks, suggested Obama actually could be classified as even more extreme than a socialist. King also said his party is the only one with a legitimate claim on representing freedom as Americans know it. "When you take a lurch ...

A Lurch To The Left
Political Animal — A Lurch To The Left Sigh ... "Warming up a crowd in Sioux City this morning for GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, U.S. Rep. Steve King said Republicans are not going far enough to paint Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama as the purveyor of a socialist agenda. King, known for provocative, partisan remarks, suggested Obama actually could be classified as even more extreme than a socialist. King also said his party is the only one with a legitimate claim on representing freedom as Americans know it. "When you take a lurch to the left you end up in a totalitarian ...

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