Peter King On GOP: 'This Party Is Going Nuts'

[Tx4obama]

Peter King On GOP: 'This Party Is Going Nuts'

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"This party is going nuts," King told HuffPost. "So many people I run into who are normal people -- and I hate to use that term -- they just can't understand what's going on."

"On this one they can't even see both sides," King said. "They just think Republicans are crazy. That's it. They see no justification for any of this."

He added that the compromise House leaders were pushing actually did little to affect Obamacare, except to force the federal government to stop contributing its share to congressional staffers' health insurance.

"Even if this bill passed tonight, what would it have done?" King said. "After shutting down the government for two and a half weeks, laying off 800,000 people, all the damage we caused, all we would end up doing was taking away health insurance from congressional employees. That's it? That's what you go to war for? That's what we shut down the United States government for?"

Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/15/peter-king-gop_n_4103195.html

[Kber]

1. You tell em, Pete! And if anyone doubts you're a moderate, just check your voting record

Wait. Maybe scratch that.

[Shivering Jemmy]

4. He ain't a moderate

But his political instincts are generally good. And he is not batshit insane.

So he's got that going for him.

[itsrobert]

11. He is just in Wallstreet's backyard

his constituents have a lot to lose in a default.

[silvershadow]

22. He wet his political finger and stuck it to the wind about two or three weeks ago...it

told him what the score was, and he's been running to distance himself from the rest of his pack since. By the simplest of comparisons, he currently is a moderate. Even though he's only about 1/2 step away from the tea party.

[Tx4obama]

27. I believe it has a lot to do with the 'Senate Conservative Fund' folks going after him and others..

See OP here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251330366

[TwilightGardener]

2. LOL @ Pete King. He's all "WTF??" every day of this whole thing.

[M.G.]

3. They've been nuts for a while.

GOP has been nuts, at least at a national level, since the 90's. I suppose they may be a bit more open about it today.

[freshwest]

33. Try the eighties. It was the beginning of their true nutsoville coming forth:

Ronald Reagan
Ralph Reed
Pat Robertson
Alan Keyes

et al.

[myrna minx]

5. It's unfathomable. K&R for laying it right out there.

[ruffburr]

6. Crazy? Crazy?-

These fucks are light years beyond Crazy, Shit I'm Crazy for thinking that these people ought to do their fucking JOB! IE: REPRESENT THE PEOPLES WILL, Not your will, ASSHOLES!!!

[seabeyond]

7. my face page is looking a lot like christmas... with all these wonderful quotes... from REPUGs, lol

[DJ13]

8. Whats really scary is he used to be considered to be on the far right fringe

Thats how far into insanity the new conservatives are.

[Agnosticsherbet]

13. The New Right are radicals not Conservatvies, and the Party has left King.

I'm fine with that as long as he doesn't knock on my door and ask to sleep on my couch.

[seabeyond]

18. i know. the last couple months i have been asking myself if he is the same out there looney. nt

[LiberalEsto]

9. takes one to know one nt

[Kablooie]

10. It's my party and I'll cry if I want to.

You would cry too if it happened to you.

[City Lights]

12. Psst, Pete, Republicans ARE nuts.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

14. "...... and it's all teh muslins fault. "

[JHB]

15. "Going"? Pete, they went nuts with the Clinton impeachment

They've been nuts for over 15 years, and that's using a definition of 'nuts' you're likely to agree with.

[Cha]

16. Bring on the

[trublu992]

17. He's trying to save his seat. Trying cover up the fact he's part of the group!

[Tx4obama]

28. See Comment #27

[blkmusclmachine]

19. Pot calling the kettle black.

[BlueStreak]

20. So then you have signed the discharge petition, have you?

No, I didn't think so.

Hypocrite.

[ffr]

21. Coming from one of the craziest bullies in the GOP. That's ripe!

Pete, you're an enabler. Don't try distancing yourself form these goons. You were one of the original Tea-hadists. Mark Meadows and Co. have just taken it to the next level and now your message doesn't carry the same sting as it once did.

[tofuandbeer]

23. I wish all of America would read this!

[Arugula Latte]

24. Tea Party response:

"You tawkin' to me?"

[DeSwiss]

25. OMG!!!

- What deviltry has me agreeing with Peter King!!!! Arrrghhhhhh.......

K&R

[Douglas Carpenter]

26. when Peter King and Pat Robertson are the voices of reason - the Republican Party is in trouble

[Incitatus]

29. I never thought I would agree so much on an issue with Pat Robertson. nt

[Warren DeMontague]

30. "And it's not even that high grade, heisenberg quality nuts, either!"

I swear, there goes the neighborhood.

[Hutzpa]

31. Imagine a nutter looking over at the others saying they're nuts

never thought I'll see the day.

[Iliyah]

32. Peter King is just a crazy as the rest of the gopers . .

as usual, and as a typical goper, he sees himself as sane and he far from it. The fucking damage the gopers will leave a scare.

[bluedeathray]

34. That clown bus has already left the station. nt

[randr]

35. Peter, just tell them to turn off faux snooze