I think we've established that at least of few of us work as hard as we can every election to get rid of our 5th District parasite living off the public largesse. Still, I'm going to spend my efforts this cycle on retiring Grassley and electing Francis Thicke to Sec of Agriculture. That's where we can truly effect change. Donna On Apr 10, 2010, at 5:41 PM, William Witt wrote: > King is bigoted--against gays and liberals, artists, musicians, as well as "parasites" who live off the public largesse--but he isn't stupid. He is supremely egotistical and quite smart. Ethics don't phase him; he is self-serving and self-aggrandizing to the core. When he was a State Senator (the Republicans in control), each session the Senate voted out an appropriation for lake dredging of certain publicly owned bodies of water. The conditions in the legislation were such that only one dredging company could qualify for the contract. Yup. You guessed correctly: it was Steve King's company. You might think that what with raking in hundreds of thousands of taxpayer bucks each year, King would have recused himself from voting on the "King Amendment". If you thought that, you'd be wrong: King expressed pride that his company was the only one that could meet the legislature's stiff requirements. Then he'd vote for it. Stiff? Stiffed indeed. > > On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 3:36 PM, Ed Woolsey <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I'm betting King would not get many votes with this group. :) > Barring a redistricting he is there and our favorite...Michele Bachman is even > wanting King to run for Pres in 2012. (just shoot me) Anyone have luck with > Voodoo dolls? Anyway. > > I've been able to work with King in the past by carefully "FRAMING" the > message. I suggest that this group work to do the same...it is hard... I know. > > The way I frame with King is to speak ONLY in terms of economic > development, jobs and security....they're very afraid you know...of a lot of > things. Framing Examples: Any pollution is a waste of a resource so > think...resource recovery...new technology...jobs....new businesses. Any BIG > business efforts we disagree with (utilities/Monsanto/etc), frame in terms of > local business...economic development...local control. You get the point. It's > easier (and more fun) to scream about how (stupid/racist/ignorant/short > sighted/homophobic/narrow minded/and on) he is but I just think it doesn't get > us where we want to go. IMO. > Ed > WOW...nice day today! > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: > [log in to unmask] > > Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: > http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp > > To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: > http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp Sign up to receive Sierra Club Insider, the flagship e-newsletter. Sent out twice a month, it features the Club's latest news and activities. Subscribe and view recent editions at http://www.sierraclub.org/insider/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp