Steve King says liberal conspiracy is behind James O'Keefe's arrest, and he has proof to back it up

[ck4829]

:rofl:, just kidding about the him having proof part!

"On Monday, conservative activist James O’Keefe and three others were arrested by the FBI and “charged with entering federal property under false pretenses with the intent of committing a felony.” The gang was caught in what appeared to be an attempt to wiretap Sen. Mary Landrieu’s (D-LA) office in New Orleans. O’Keefe, who had been trained by several well-funded conservative institutes and had been working for right-wing blogger Andrew Breitbart, gained notoriety for dressing up as a pimp and videotaping ACORN staffers offering to help the supposed pimp and his prostitutes secure funding for a brothel.

Last October, 31 House Republicans introduced a congressional resolution honoring O’Keefe for his efforts against ACORN. Rep. Steve King (R-IA), one of the resolution’s cosponsors, has fought to ban funding to an ACORN affiliate and has been one of O’Keefe’s most vocal fans. At a press conference, ThinkProgress asked King if he would withdraw his support for the resolution, given news of O’Keefe’s arrest. But King dodged the question repeatedly, at one point defending O’Keefe, then later suggesting his resolution praising the conservative activist is frivolous compared to what Congress should be debating right now. At one point, the Iowa congressman floated the possibility of a conspiracy against O’Keefe, noting, “It seems really convenient that this would happen now”:

TP: Several of you, and I think some of your colleagues signed onto a resolution honoring James O’Keefe, the conservative activist who was in the news recently because he was caught trying to wiretap Sen. Landreu’s office.

KING: you are innocent until proven guilty and it’s off topic so I won’t– <...> You know, I think that — I wanted to dig into that and find out some more details that I could pick up. Some of the behind the scenes information, because it seems really convenient that this would happen now. <...>

TP: Congressman King, I’m just trying to figure this out. You pushed an effort to defund ACORN, but at the same time you are saying James O’Keefe is innocent until proven guilty. You’ve already passed judgement on ACORN without a trial.

KING: We pass judgment all the time <...> He has been picked up and the allegations are that he committed an act. Now he is innocent until proven guilty. ACORN needs to be investigated.

TP: And if Pelosi forced a vote on the O’Keefe resolution would you vote on it.

KING: I’d want to see the language. Why would we focus on this?"

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/01/27/king-okeefe-conspiracy/

[liberal N proud]

1. There were never that good of drugs when I grew up in Iowa

This guy must be smoking something to think that a right wing operative committing a crime can be spun to be a liberal conspiracy.

[rurallib]

2. This makes King a super hero in his district.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. Keep on dodging Mr King

It's bound to be quite a show:)

[eleny]

4. Hey, King! Was ACORN innocent until proven guilty?

[marmar]

5. OMG, Steve King is not only an asshole, he's NUTS !!!!

:crazy:

[Rambis]

6. Steve King is a Nazi

The people of western Iowa should be ashamed of themselves.

[Blue Owl]

7. Rovian Tactics 101: Accuse the other side of what you're guilty of

Nice try, fuckos.

[OHdem10]

10. Exactly: Looks more like some Republican may have put O'Keefe

and Co. up to it to gain some crazy political advantage.

[sabrina 1]

8. Someone should remind King, that ACORN was investigated

at the request of John Conyers, and found to have done nothing wrong. Additionally, the bill he signed to defund ACORN has been judged in a court of law, to have been UnConstitutional.

ACORN was also investigated by a former MA DA and again found to have done nothing wrong.

And in the ridiculoust stunt perpetrated by O'Keefe and Giles against ACORN, they broke the law, in three states, yet did not stop King from voting unconstitutionally to defund them.

I would have asked him also, how it was that he, as a member of Congress sworn to defend the Constitution was unaware of what a Bill of Attainder' means and why it took Democrat Jerry Nadler, to remind them.

I wish reporters would remind these scumbags of facts, and not let them get away with pretending they have a leg to stand on.

[stranger81]

9. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the felony he committed is what's behind O'Keefe's arrest.

What a freaking moron.