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sufrommich

(22,871 posts) Tue Jan 3, 2012, 06:43 PM Jan 2012

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Anybody know why Steve King is now refusing to endorse

a candidate in the primaries? He's the mouthpiece of the teabaggers, isn't he? Did Romney leave a bloody horse head in his bed or something?

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Anybody know why Steve King is now refusing to endorse (Original Post) sufrommich Jan 2012 OP

hoping for a job in the repub admin?? Angry Dragon Jan 2012 #1

I hadn't thought of that.Seems sufrommich Jan 2012 #5

VP? Enrique Jan 2012 #6

Tremble indeed. Maybe he's what sufrommich Jan 2012 #7

i was wondering that....he's a wingnut spanone Jan 2012 #2

I don't know but I walked in just as he was giving his spiel and just about puked tularetom Jan 2012 #3

Well he already admitted that tea party members in congress are the ones who have southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #4

Yes But. Isn't loudmouthed coward a requirement for GOP upper crust membership? wandy Jan 2012 #13

Your right. They are cowards when alone. southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #15

He endorsed Michele Bachmann. AtomicKitten Jan 2012 #8

He must have changed his mind. sufrommich Jan 2012 #9

Maybe he's hoping nobody noticed since she's taken a nosedive in the polls. AtomicKitten Jan 2012 #10

Maybe, it just strikes me as odd that the sufrommich Jan 2012 #11

ugh. provis99 Jan 2012 #12

He doesn't want to guess wrong and not look like kingmaker julian09 Jan 2012 #14

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)

1. hoping for a job in the repub admin??

Reply to sufrommich (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 06:45 PM

Jan 2012

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)

5. I hadn't thought of that.Seems

Reply to Angry Dragon (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 06:56 PM

Jan 2012

like the best possibility.

Enrique

(27,461 posts)

6. VP?

Reply to Angry Dragon (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 06:58 PM

Jan 2012

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)

7. Tremble indeed. Maybe he's what

Reply to Enrique (Reply #6)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 06:59 PM

Jan 2012

Romney is counting on to get the teabaggers on board?

spanone

(135,851 posts)

2. i was wondering that....he's a wingnut

Reply to sufrommich (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 06:45 PM

Jan 2012

http://steveking.house.gov/

tularetom

(23,664 posts)

3. I don't know but I walked in just as he was giving his spiel and just about puked

Reply to sufrommich (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 06:51 PM

Jan 2012

How "independent" the farmers of Iowa were.

You know, as they sit around in the coffee shop every morning and bitch about the government and tell each other how independent they are while the $50,000 pickup they bought with their crop subsidies sits outside in the parking lot.

southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)

4. Well he already admitted that tea party members in congress are the ones who have

Reply to sufrommich (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 06:51 PM

Jan 2012

obstructed everything. He is a coward. All this time he was supporting crazy eyes and now he is quite. Just like a bagger.

wandy

(3,539 posts)

13. Yes But. Isn't loudmouthed coward a requirement for GOP upper crust membership?

Reply to southernyankeebelle (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 07:27 PM

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southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)

15. Your right. They are cowards when alone.

Reply to wandy (Reply #13)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 07:44 PM

Jan 2012

AtomicKitten

(46,585 posts)

8. He endorsed Michele Bachmann.

Reply to sufrommich (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 06:59 PM

Jan 2012

http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/2012/01/03/michele-bachmann-stands-with-steve-king-on-caucus-morning-delivers-final-closing-argument/

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)

9. He must have changed his mind.

Reply to AtomicKitten (Reply #8)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 07:02 PM

Jan 2012

He was on Martin Bashir saying he will not endorse anyone in the primaries

AtomicKitten

(46,585 posts)

10. Maybe he's hoping nobody noticed since she's taken a nosedive in the polls.

Reply to sufrommich (Reply #9)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 07:03 PM

Jan 2012

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)

11. Maybe, it just strikes me as odd that the

Reply to AtomicKitten (Reply #10)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 07:10 PM

Jan 2012

spokesperson ot the teabaggers would not endorse someone as a protest against the "moderate" Romney.

provis99

(13,062 posts)

12. ugh.

Reply to sufrommich (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 07:13 PM

Jan 2012

Being endorsed by Steve King would be like being endorsed by the KKK. Probably Romney privately told King to stfu.

julian09

(1,435 posts)

14. He doesn't want to guess wrong and not look like kingmaker

Reply to sufrommich (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2012, 07:38 PM

Jan 2012

he doesn't have any real influence state wide otherwise he would be a senator, instead of blowhard representative.

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