Steve King Is Less Than a Jack-Ass

Madilynn Amy

Those of you who are regular readers of this blog know that there are few issues that raise my ire like immigration.  Most of you have had the privilege of "meeting" my granddaughter, Madilynn Amy on these pages.  For those of you who haven't, we're going to fix that today.  For those of you who have, you get (what I consider, of course) the happy treat of seeing her again.  This is my beautiful granddaughter.  Maddie is a Mexican-American.  Her daddy came to this country many years ago.  He didn't ask to come here.  He was brought here, and the United States is his home.  My daughter and their daughter are his family.  He is a wonderful man; a man who works hard to provide for his family, he is a wonderful daddy, and of course, Maddie is crazy about him.  He is desperate for a path to legal citizenship.  The thought that he could be torn away from his little family is devastating.  
Which brings us to the reason I'm fired up again today.  Representative Steve King, (R-IA) who on Sunday had the unmitigated gall to stand by comments he made back in May comparing immigrants to dogs.  

My daughter Katie, son-in;law, Roberto and Maddie

There are no words adequate to express my anger; no words to express my outrage.  How dare he?  

It's time people on the right woke up and realized that what they are talking about is not a political issue.  They're talking about human beings.  They are not dogs.  They are not animals.  They are people, regardless of their skin tone and place of birth.  They are moms and dads and children, just like our families.  
How do people like Steve King get elected to office?  He can't possibly be representing all of the people of his district.  I know he's from Iowa, but there is racial diversity in every state in the US.  What is it going to take for these small minded bigots to open their eyes?  This man parades around claiming to be a part of the party of "family values."  What the hell kind of values are ripping families apart, leaving a single mother and a child economically disadvantaged, not to mention broken-hearted, and the damage irreparable?  We're hoping that President Obama is re-elected so he can take advantage of the Dream Act that is only an executive order for now.  He's too afraid to start the process until after the election.  Should Romney take office, it would serve as a list to have him rounded up and deported.   

 What you see in the photograph is an image of a young man who feels the weight of his responsibilities.  He gets up at 4am, six days a week and goes to work in lousy working conditions so he can meet his family's obligations.  On the weekends and in the evenings, he works a side job so they have a little something extra.  He pays taxes into a system that he'll never benefit from unless the laws are changed.  And every day of his life he lives with the fear of having everything that is precious to him ripped away by a man like Steve King.  Strike that.  It's wrong to call Steve King a man...he is so much less than that.  My son-in-law Roberto is a man.  Steve King can only dream of becoming a human being, his hatred and bigotry makes him so much less.  I'd equate him with swine, but that would be insulting to pigs.  I'll be polite and just point out the fact that clearly, his momma didn't raise him right.  People of Iowa, do the nation a favor and vote this jack-ass out of office.  Now I've insulted jack-asses.  My apologies to jack-asses everywhere.