Rep. Steve King: Defund the SEIU or the Left Will Reform, Like the Communists

[struggle4progress]

By David Weigel 9/29/09 10:51 AM

I caught up with Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) at the How to Take Back America Conference to follow up on an issue that had come up there: “defunding the Left.” After ACORN, what was the next natural target for Republicans? King said it would be the Service Employees International Union.

“When you think what happened to Communists after the wall fell down in ‘89,” said King, “they didn’t just curl up and decide to become capitalists. They would go back and reform like — Oh, it’s like trying to squash an amoeba.”

King stressed that Republicans had momentum on the issue right now, and needed to “push as long and hard as we can, because once the media turns their attention away, I don’t know that they come back again" ...

http://washingtonindependent.com/61205/rep-steve-king-defund-the-seiu-or-the-left-will-reform-like-the-communists

[Dawson Leery]

1. Unions may be the last defense for the American Middle Class.

Of course the GOP would want to destroy them too.

[struggle4progress]

3. Yep. Anti-unionism is part and parcel of the R coalition

[Dawson Leery]

2. I just figured out what 'recommend' means and does.

I just gave you your first recommend for this post.