Keith Olbermann Turns His Attention to Iowa's 5th

Well, it was bound to happen at some point.  MSNBC's Keith Olbermann finally noticed what thinking Iowans have long suspected: “Representative” Steve King (and I use that term loosely) from Iowa's 5th District is one of the two worst members of Congress.

Said Keith:

Go simpler, like Michelle Bachmann's only rival for least stable member of the House of Representatives did. Steve King (R-Iowa), Fifth District, but 17th century.  Warming up a crowd at a high school in Sioux City for Governor Palin on Saturday, King, who amazingly is still let out of the house each day without adult supervision, said of the Obama candidacy:

“When you take a lurch to the left you end up in a totalitarian dictatorship.  There's no freedom to the left. It's always to our side of the aisle. We choose freedom and liberty.”

Presumably that's why the congressman's party was good enough to… eavesdrop on Americans, suspend habeas corpus, demonize dissent, pay news organizations to run favorable stories, and generally come as close to a totalitarian dictatorship as any American president ever has.  To choose freedom and liberty–for Congressman King and invited guests–not for the country.”

(Thanks to 2laneIA over at Daily Kos for the transcript.)

View the Olbermann video here.

Rob Hubler probably has the best chance of any Dem in years to unseat King. Contribute to Hubler's congressional campaign here.

And in other 5th District news…

Sioux City's East High School held a mock election yesterday.  After preparing and campaigning for a full month, the student population elected Barack Obama by a landslide:

Obama–550 votes (~64%)
McCain–311 votes (~36%)

Oh, well, the GOP can keep citing that freeped Nickelodeon Kids' poll that showed Obama with only a two-point lead.