Remember when Peter King was the "moderate" during the budget battle?
by David Atkins
Peter King (R-Joker):
“Edward Snowden is either a traitor, or a defector, or both, and The New York Times is an accomplice,” King said in an appearance on Fox News. “They’re a disgrace. Their editors are a disgrace, and I wish they cared more about America than they did about the rights of terrorists’ appeasers.”
Remember that this is the man who was championed as a "moderate" during budget negotiations.
I know that the press needs to believe that compromise is possible and that both sides can be reasonable, because otherwise they would be forced to dramatically take sides and call out the modern conservative movement for the political cancer it is.
This isn't to say that there aren't some Democrats who are terrible on this or that issue. But it's time for more serious people to admit that if you're an elected official with an (R) by your name, you're not a "moderate" anymore. There is no such thing as a "moderate" Republican in Congress, or even increasingly in any state legislature. There are only variations on the crazy.
*Name corrected
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