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!

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