Wackobird protest
by digby
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Reserving an empty seat in lieu of inviting an actual guest seems all the rage for this year's State of the Union address, which President Barack Obama will deliver before Congress Tuesday evening.
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) announced Tuesday he was dedicating a seat in the House gallery to "the lives of more than 55 million aborted babies," in protest against what he called the "most pro-abortion president ever."
"President Obama's first official act, immediately upon his inauguration was to sign an executive order to accelerate abortions world-wide," King said in a statement, referring to Obama reversing a policy that banned the U.S. from funding international family-planning providers that provided abortions or abortion counseling. "The first tears we have seen him shed in seven years were for the victims of the tragic Sandy Hook School shooting. As far as we know, Obama has never shed a single tear for even one of the more than 9 million babies aborted under his watch."
Recall that King is the guy who carries a little acorn in his pocket to remind himself how they successfully destroyed the ACORN organization. He has promised to carry some other tiny talisman around with him when he succeeds in defunding Planned Parenthood. He hasn't said what it would be.
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