Lawrence O'Donnell Asks Rep. Steve King if He's Got His Christian ID Card to Prove He's Not a Muslim

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Lawrence O'Donnell Asks Rep. Steve King if He's Got His Christian ID Card to Prove He's Not a Muslim

February 09, 2011 07:30 PM

By Heather



http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/lawrence-odonnell-asks-rep-steve-king-if-h

Lawrence O'Donnell decided that turnaround was fair play with wingnut Rep. Steve King and asked him if he had his Christian ID card or some other means to prove that we should take his word that he's not a Muslim.

Here's more from The Last Word Blog -- Is Rep. Steve King a Muslim?:

A focus group of Republican voters in Iowa had some harsh criticism of President Obama for his handling of Egypt. Many of those voters don't trust him because they think he's Muslim. And Republican Congressman Steve King from Iowa hasn’t exactly set his constituents straight.

On the show, the Congressman told Lawrence that Obama’s speech in Cairo and emphasizing his middle name, Hussein, helps to “perpetuate the persona that he has a close relationship with the Muslim religion."

Obama has repeatedly declared himself a Christian. But to some, including King, that’s not enough.

How can one really prove they’re a Christian or Muslim?

[FSogol]

1. I think Rep. Steve King is facing Mecca in that photo. He's definitely Muslim.

:shrug:

[rfranklin]

2. Many Christians are not Christians...

They certainly don't follow the teachings of Jesus that I learned in Sunday School.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

14. No True Scotsman fallacy.

Christians are self identifying.

Furthermore, Jesus condoned lots of cruel, mean and hateful actions in the Gospels. Your Sunday School teachers ignored those verses, like all other Christians do.

"I come not in peace, but with a sword" -- sound familiar? Just one of many verses condoning violence in the NT attributed to Jesus.

[LanternWaste]

15. I imagine many people read passages literally

I imagine many people read passages literally rather than as metaphor, allegory, poetry, or song; dismissing interpretive criticism for an easier and absolute dogma. :shrug:

[meegbear]

3. Oh SNAP!

[Ian David]

4. They have to drink beer...

And eat pork...


http://blogs.bet.com/news/a-list/president-obama-bbqs-with-seafood-from-the-gulf-coast/



PHOTOS Obama at Ben's Chili Bowl (Jan 10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8077134




Obama Administration Forces Bacon Down Citizens' Throats:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x355611



http://sicsemperporcus.typepad.com/swine/2008/08/yes-we-ham.html


President defied doctor's orders on the cholesterol thing by ordering ribs & nachos (also crab claws & crawfish tails).
http://twitter.com/WestWingReport/status/16183503113



See also:

"Secret Muslim" my ass!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=433&topic_id=338606

[JackintheGreen]

9. You got it all wrong

He's a super secret DOUBLE Muslim, so pork and beer are totes OK.

[fishwax]

11. nice

:toast:

[LeftinOH]

5. They're saying that Representative Steve King of Iowa is a Muslim 'manchurian candidate'..

..that's what I heard, anyway. Has anyone else heard that Rep Steve King of Iowa is a secret Muslim?

[LanternWaste]

16. I don;t think he's from Iowa...

I don;t think he's from Iowa... sure, he has a birth certificate and all, but I want to see the *real* one that list his place of birth as Azerbaijani, his mother as a previous member of the Soviet NKVD and his father as a Thai fisherman. That would certainly quell all my doubts. :)

[loudsue]

6. They need to hear this every time someone says he's a Muslim.

AND ask when Republicans are going to start requiring people to carry their religion ID cards.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

7. Delete.

Steve King ain't worth the effort.

[yodermon]

8. Steve King is not a true Christian.

Since the very construct is based in fantasy, I can say that and be 100% correct.

[fishwax]

10. rather than argue it's incorrect to believe Obama is a muslim which King granted from the start)

I wish LO had spent more time and energy making the point that by refusing to actually dispel such rumors, by letting his constituents and others repeatedly make claims he purportedly knows to be false and not challenging them (indeed, encouraging them), King himself is complicit and is failing in his responsibility to his constituents, to his country, and to the truth.

[pnwmom]

12. How can someone named King be a republican representative

in a democracy?

Doesn't seem possible to me.

:shrug:

[Inspired]

13. King is an embarrassment to the state of Iowa....and a Muslim. n/t