Rep. Steve King reads SC candidates list:"He is the actually the one on the list who is a white guy"

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King, Bachmann co-opt abortion rights message to attack health reform

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Some of King’s toughest language came as the congressman suggested Obama will make the next U.S. Supreme Court appointment based on identity politics or an empathy gauge. King read through a list of candidates mentioned frequency in the media as potential replacements for outgoing U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens — who turns 90 in about a week.

When King referenced Merrick Garland, the U.S. Court of Appeals judge, the congressman made the following observation.

“He is the actually the one on the list who is a white guy,” King said.

In her speech, Bachmann said rural Iowans should be the vetters of presidential candidates in the first-in-the-nation caucuses.

“This is our country,” Bachmann said. “We own this country.”

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King said that during some recent sleepless nights (he blamed insomnia) he logged on to the Internet and read through socialist and progressive Web sites. Upon doing so, King drew new conclusions about President Obama.

“The question isn’t whether the president is a socialist,” King said. “It becomes what’s to the left of socialists.”