Posted by Jed Lewison on Fri Jan 16, 2009 at 4:24 AM Pacific

GOP Rep. Steve King's middle name...

...must begin with an 'a' and end with a 'hole.' Politico brings us the latest -- now he's complaining that Obama is getting sworn in with his middle name, Hussein:

The congressman says he doubts Obama's sincerity when he explained that he chose to use his middle name so as to be historically consistent with past inaugurations, when America has heard the full names of its presidents echo from the inaugural stand.

"Whatever his reasons are," King said, "the one he gave us could not be the reason."

He continued: "The society is a little strange about this. If you're speaking the truth and in an effort to be objective, there should be nothing off limits in a free society, [but] there are many biases building and clearly a double-standard."

When the GOP wonders why it has sub-zero approval ratings, they need look no further than clowns like King.

GOP Rep. Steve King's middle name...

...must begin with an 'a' and end with a 'hole.' Politico brings us the latest -- now he's complaining that Obama is getting sworn in with his middle name, Hussein:

The congressman says he doubts Obama's sincerity when he explained that he chose to use his middle name so as to be historically consistent with past inaugurations, when America has heard the full names of its presidents echo from the inaugural stand.

"Whatever his reasons are," King said, "the one he gave us could not be the reason."

He continued: "The society is a little strange about this. If you're speaking the truth and in an effort to be objective, there should be nothing off limits in a free society, [but] there are many biases building and clearly a double-standard."

When the GOP wonders why it has sub-zero approval ratings, they need look no further than clowns like King.

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