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    One Congressional Hero Votes Against Plaque Honoring Slaves
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    Image of AndIAmTellingYou AndIAmTellingYou
    07/08/09

    In reply to One Congressional Hero Votes Against Plaque Honoring Slaves
    Isn't he also the same Steve King who plans to run for governor of Iowa, and repeal gay marriage there? Watch out, Iowans.
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    Image of fetys fetys
    07/08/09

    In reply to One Congressional Hero Votes Against Plaque Honoring Slaves
    For what it's worth, he explained his vote here:


    [learfield.typepad.com]


    It makes about as much sense as you'd imagine it would.

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    Image of Xylo Xylo
    07/08/09

    @fetys: Boy, on and on in that explanation about the evils of "quid pro quo politics" and then at the very end, we get to the crux of the issue for him:


    "of the 645,000 Africans that were brought here to be put forcibly into slavery in the United States, there were over 600,000 people that gave their lives in the Civil War to put an end to slavery and I don't see the monument to that in the Congressional Visitors Center and I think it's important that we have a balanced depiction of history."


    He wants the white people who died in the Civil War to be honoured, just like the slaves!!

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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    07/08/09

    In reply to One Congressional Hero Votes Against Plaque Honoring Slaves
    Ron Paul is mellowing. Next you'll tell us he's supporting the establishment of a "Hey, Isn't It Just Grand that the Federal Reserve Prints All that Free Money?" exhibit in the Capitol Rotunda.
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    Image of ObamaIsMyPresident ObamaIsMyPresident
    07/08/09

    In reply to One Congressional Hero Votes Against Plaque Honoring Slaves
    Michelle Bachman has her running mate!
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    Image of Colonel Mustard Colonel Mustard
    07/08/09

    @ObamaIsMyPresident: I don't know. Bachmann shamed her constituents by voting for this resolution. ANTI-AMERICAN!
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    07/08/09

    In reply to One Congressional Hero Votes Against Plaque Honoring Slaves
    Since when should a Congressman vote for a plague honoring anyone?
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    07/08/09

    In reply to One Congressional Hero Votes Against Plaque Honoring Slaves
    King Kreates Khaos!


    Kalamity at Kapital Kompound!

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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    07/08/09

    In reply to One Congressional Hero Votes Against Plaque Honoring Slaves
    Steve King had to make The Stand.
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    Image of angie _tempura angie _tempura
    07/08/09

    @Mount_Prion: or he'll have Insomnia and go protest at a clinic.
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    07/08/09

    @angie _tempura: I can't believe he can't acknowledge the Misery of all the slave laborers.
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    Image of Go Like Hell Machine Go Like Hell Machine
    07/08/09

    @Mount_Prion: It was a pretty reprehensible vote, that's for sure.
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    Image of Colonel Mustard Colonel Mustard
    07/08/09

    @Go Like Hell Machine: He'd have to have a pretty big pair of Cujones to own up to it in public, though.
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    Image of BullfightsOnAcid BullfightsOnAcid
    07/08/09

    @Mount_Prion: I hear he has the same contempt for his Lawnmower Man.
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    Image of phlox✔ phlox✔
    07/08/09

    @Mount_Prion: If he had thought it was a needful thing, he would have voted for it.
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    Image of eatsshootsleaves eatsshootsleaves
    07/08/09

    @Mount_Prion: It puns? Of all the limp pun-y threads on Gawker, this Carries the day.


    (I say this with love. Stand by me, Gawkerites!)

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    Image of Mymoustache Mymoustache
    07/08/09

    In reply to One Congressional Hero Votes Against Plaque Honoring Slaves
    Maybe he had an issue with how hard the slaves worked to build DC. There is ALWAYS room for improvement!
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    Image of onebadclam onebadclam
    07/08/09

    @Mymoustache: If they had time to lean they had time to clean their chains.
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