Peter King Watch

• King Dissed at Republican Dinner by Newt Gingrich

  Last night the NYS Republicans brought out Newt Gingrich at their annual dinner. Newt spoke and had this to say about the NY GOP future "If we had Mayor Giuliani for governor and we had Gov. Pataki for senator, we would be a large step towards the tidal wave" [...]
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  Posted: April 16, 2009, 12:35pm EDT
  

• King Goes to Gitmo Part 1; Apples and Oranges Edition

  King has an op-ed in today's NYPost extolling the virutes of the Gitmo facility and attacking President Obama for preparing to close it. There are many points to look at in the op-ed so I'll do them bit by bit.
  
  King says that at Gitmo "Detainees at Guantanamo" [...]
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  Posted: February 26, 2009, 11:44am EST
  

• Wavering King May Lose Chance to Run for Senate

  According to an AP story, Republican Senate Campaign Committee head John Cornyn is looking to former governor George Pataki to run for Senate against Gillibrand in 2010.
  King has consistantly performed extremely poorly in match-up polls against Gillibrand. And he hasn't been as gung-ho to run as he was' [...]
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  Posted: February 20, 2009, 3:50am EST
  

• Business Paper Calls King a 'Loser" on His Vote Against the Stimulus

  Crain's New York listed 'Winners and Losers' from the Stimulus Package vote.
  "CONGRESS IS CLOSING IN on a stimulus package. Last week, the House passed a bill worth $819 billion. The Senate still has to pass its own version, and a compromise bill must be drawn up. But the'" [...]
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  Posted: February 02, 2009, 10:16am EST
  

• King and Rush

  King has voted with Rush Limbaugh 100% of the time so far.
  Why is Rush more important that King's constituents?
  ' [...]
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  Posted: January 31, 2009, 1:03pm EST
  

• King Doesn't Much Believe in Fair Pay for Women

  King seems to have a misogeny streak running lately in his attacks on Caroline Kennedy and Kirsten Gillibrand.
  Yesterday King capped it all by voting against the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.
  The supposedly "pro-worker" King who revels in his almost half-century removed blue collar [...]
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  Posted: January 29, 2009, 10:33am EST
  

• Another Day, Another Poll Shows King Losing Badly to Gillibrand

  King can't seem to catch a break. In today's Siena Poll, Gillibrand crushes King like she did in the Marist poll a couple of days ago.
  Siena poll conducted 1/25-1/27/09
  Gillibrand 46%
  King 23%
  Gillibrand beats King in every age group and every ethnic background and both genders. The ONLY [...]
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  Posted: January 29, 2009, 9:53am EST
  

• Bad Signs for King; Gillibrand Beats Him in New Poll-

  A Gillibrand second term unknown congresswoman beats six term media-whore King in a new Marist poll.
  King has done his best to get his face in every newspaper and on every political talk show he can. He has been grandstanding on immigration and homeland security for 7 years.
  Kirsten [...]
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  Posted: January 27, 2009, 2:15pm EST
  

• King Looked Real Happy at President Obama's Inaugural

  Okay, no he didn't.
  
  
  
  He could be shooting lasers with those eyes.' [...]
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  Posted: January 27, 2009, 12:43am EST
  

• King Involved in Pay-to-Play Scandal?

  Just as King is making the rounds talking about how Governor Paterson's choice of Kristen Gillibrand for Senate was somehow underhanded or breaking the law "There was a whole strange series of events," King told TheAssociated Press. "There is a crisis of confidence in the state. There is a'" [...]
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  Posted: January 25, 2009, 7:59pm EST
  

• King Don't Know Much About the Constitution

  King is demanding that Governor Paterson explain how he chose Rep. Gilbrand to fill the vacancy left by Hillary Clinton. King spouts off alot of BS "There was a whole strange series of events," King told The Associated Press. "There is a crisis of confidence in the state. There" [...]
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  Posted: January 25, 2009, 1:23pm EST
  

• Chicken a la Peter King

  For a guy who had so much tough talk on Caroline Kenndy's possibel appointment to the US Senate, he sure back the heck off when Rep. Kristen Gillibrand was named.
  King was itching to get into a fight with Senator Caroline Kennedy but has instead toned down his rhetoric' [...]
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  Posted: January 23, 2009, 9:03pm EST
  

• How Does King Run Against A Moderate Democrat?

  Democrat Kristen Gillibrand won her congressional seat where the registration favors republicans by about 80,000 voters. She was endorsed by the NRA. She also has an 87.56% Lifetime Progressive Score. As a comparison, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy has a 83.44 score and Rep. Carolyn Maloney has a 89.9% [...]
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  Posted: January 22, 2009, 8:07pm EST
  

• Peter King to Run Against New Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

  According to WPIX, Governor Patterson has chosen upstate Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand to replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate.
  "PIX11 News has learned Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand is the choice of Governor David Paterson to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton. Two Congressional sources tell PIX News that" [...]
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  Posted: January 22, 2009, 7:40pm EST
  

• Another Poll Shows King Still Losing Senate Race

  Another day and another poll for the NY Senate seat being vacated by new Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. A Research 2000 poll conducted for the Daily Kos website doesn’t offer any more good news for Peter King or even Rudy Guiliani who would be the so-called “top-tier” GOP [...]
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  Posted: January 15, 2009, 3:25pm EST
  

• New New Poll Shows King Losing to Kennedy Big-time

  Polls don’t mean all the much this far out with very little information, they are just snapshots of fleeting opinion. Last week we had a poll that showed Caroline Kennedy barely beating Peter King 46%-44%. This was jumped on by pundits who said “See, she can’t be a serious candidate.”
  [...]
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  Posted: January 12, 2009, 2:45pm EST
  

• King Picking the Easier Race

  With all this talk from King about running for the Senate in 2010, there is one 800lb. gorilla just sitting in the corner. Chuck Schumer.
  Schumer is up for re-election next year and the ballot will have Schumer name right before whatever Dem is running. Not much of a chance [...]
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  Posted: January 07, 2009, 4:23pm EST
  

• Umm.. Peter... So Far, You Lose; New Poll Shows King Losing Senate Race

  King is doing his best to raise his profile by going on as many news shows as possible and bashing Caroline Kennedy, the possible replacement for Hillary Clinton. Problem is, not only does King look like a jerk, in a new poll his unpopularity is only matched by his anonymity [...]
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  Posted: January 07, 2009, 1:39am EST
  

• Peter King for U.S. Senate

  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
  
  Here's a letter I wrote a few years ago to the Massapequa Post and I make note of why he is unsuited for the Senate.
  
  "As we teeter on the precipice of war, a healthy debate is necessary. Opposing views must be aired and be heard. Our'" [...]
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  Posted: January 06, 2009, 6:23pm EST
  

• Peter King Wanted McCain to Bring Up Ayers; Let's talk About King and his Terrorist Friends.

  Thank you, Peter. Thank You. Thank You. Thank you.
  In a Newsday story about tonight's debate at Hofstra, we get his gem "Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford) said he believes McCain shouldn't shy away from raising the Ayers connection, to raise questions about Obama's judgment."
  Obama barely knew William Ayers' [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2008, 10:01pm EDT
  

• More on King, Rangel and Palin

  The kerkuffle over Rangel calling Palin "disabled" is really a little stupid.
  Interviewed by Marcia Kramer of WCBS-NY, Rangel said "You got to be kind to the disabled" and followed up with "There's no question about it politically. It's a nightmare to think that a person's foreign policy is'" [...]
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  Posted: September 23, 2008, 3:54pm EDT
  

• King Says Palin Running for President - Now with Video Goodness

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  Posted: September 22, 2008, 2:24pm EDT
  

• Peter "Chicken Little" King

  Congress Daily reports "House Republicans and Homeland Security officials sounded alarm bells Wednesday about the prospect of the Homeland Security Department operating under a continuing resolution in the new fiscal year, citing the impact that such a move would have on several programs."
  "Without an appropriations bill, DHS can't'" [...]
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  Posted: September 19, 2008, 11:18pm EDT
  

• Who is Running For President, Peter?

  King went off spouting on WCBS-TV about Rep. Charlie Rangel's comment about Sarah Palin and said "This is just another liberal Democrat who can't accept an independent woman running for president."
  Well.... Sarah Palin is running for VICE-President.
  And...ummm.... "liberal Democrats" were behind Hillary Clinton for President to the [...]
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  Posted: September 19, 2008, 10:57pm EDT
  

• King Suddenly Concerned About "Privacy"

  The hacking of VP candidates Sarah Palins private e-mail account need to be investigated and the "anonymous" hackers need to be prosecuted.
  That being said, I had a chuckle from King's remarks to the NYPost about this "Hacking strikes at the heart of our democracy. You can't go invading" [...]
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  Posted: September 19, 2008, 9:39am EDT
  

• King Voted Against Unemployment Insurance

  How do King's union supporters feel about King voting against the "Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008"?
  
  The Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act would provide economic relief for Americans looking for work.
  Extends Unemployment Insurance for 13 weeks nationwide and for 26 weeks in high unemployment states -' [...]
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  Posted: September 16, 2008, 3:42pm EDT
  

• King's Campaign HQ 2008

  It's right across the street from last years HQ on N. Broadway in N. Massapequa.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: September 15, 2008, 4:32pm EDT
  

• Republicans Politicize 9/11 at Convention as King Stands By Silently

  During last weeks republican convention, just minutes before McCain was to accept his parties nomination a "Video Tribute" to 9/11 was played. Far from being a "tribute", it was the most disgusting use of 9/11 for political purposes to date.
  The New York Delegation to the convention which included [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2008, 10:24pm EDT
  

• King on Hardball

  King was on MSNBC's Hardball Tuesday night. He faced off with Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz who got him all riled up. Host Chris Matthews even tried to get King to tell the truth but King would have none of that.
  I'll have the transcript up and video clips of choice [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2008, 8:37pm EDT
  

• Ptere King WIns Primary

  UNOFFICAL ELECTION RESULTS AS OF: 10:57 PM
  REP IN CONGRESS-DST 3-REP CAND
  418 EDS COUNTED 418 EDS IN RACE
  
  ROBERT PREVIDI .............................491
  PETER T KING ...................................4,976 [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2008, 6:30am EDT
  

• Primary Day for Peter King

  Perennial republican primary candidate Robert Previdi challenges King once again.
  And I thought I was tenacious.
  
  Here are the past King vs. Previdi Primary results
  1996
  King 7,345
  Previdi 979
  
  1998
  King 6,521
  Previdi 1,819
  
  2000
  King - 8,651
  Previdi - [...]
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  Posted: September 09, 2008, 7:52am EDT
  

• King Calls Presidential Candidate "Self-righteous"

  And it's not Senator Barack Obama.From The Hill newspaper in 1997, "He has a tremendous sense of self-righteousness and moral superiority."King said that about John McCain.McCain responded "I have never met a single other Republican who felt that Mr. King spoke for the party or for any Republican other than himself. [...]
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  Posted: September 08, 2008, 8:53am EDT
  

• Update: Appeals Court uphold IRA Terrorist being Held Without Bail

  We reported back in July that King was trying to get an IRA thug out of jail on bail. This guy escaped from a British prison 25 years ago and was caught and is to be deported by the Department of Homeland Security finds a friend in Peter King.
  [...]
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  Posted: September 06, 2008, 11:24pm EDT
  

• Never Forget Peter King is a Terrorist Supporter

  Don't be fooled by Peter King's tough anti-terrorism talk.
  Don't let him talk his way out of it.
  From the Sunday Times March 2, 1997 "Here, on the one hand, was a Republican congressman on record as supporting terrorists. After the IRA killed nine police officers in Newry in February [...]
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  Posted: September 06, 2008, 11:11pm EDT
  

• King at the Convention: Dumb and Dumber Part 1

  King is so wrong so many times it's hard to keep up. He had this gem about the choice of Palin as reported by the Daily News "She will tap in to a lot of the disaffected Hillary Clinton voters who are still angry about how she was treated [...]
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  Posted: September 02, 2008, 5:37pm EDT
  

• Got Me Some McCain/Palin Swag

  And you can have some too....
  
  [...]
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  Posted: August 31, 2008, 6:04am EDT
  

• Katrina Redux

  So Hurricane Gustav is bearing down on the Gulf States the week of the GOP convention. Today was John McCain's 72nd birthday and the anniversary of Bush and McCain sharing birthday cake in Arizona while an American city drowned.
  With Gustav poised to make an impact on the GOP convention, [...]
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  Posted: August 30, 2008, 3:10am EDT
  

• Back from Vacation

  Much on Peter "Archie Bunker" King coming right up. [...]
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  Posted: August 25, 2008, 6:02pm EDT
  

• The King of Forgetfullness

  King spoke to Newsday about declining republican fortunes and says “I think they’re two separate [problems] that came together at the same time,” King said yesterday. “There were local issues, going back to the late 1990s, in Nassau County with its budget problems. And Suffolk has had a disunited [...]
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  Posted: August 25, 2008, 5:54pm EDT
  

• King Forgets Who He Supported for President, Takes Completely Opposite Position

  I think it is because King likes to hear himself talk that most times he just says dumb things. In a comment to the NYSun about Senator Joe Lieberman being picked as McCain's VP, King says Lieberman is the right choice "Rep. Peter King, a Long Island Republican, said [...]
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  Posted: August 25, 2008, 5:39pm EDT
  

• King Supports Off-Shore Oil Drilling.. on Long Island

  I knew King supported off-shore drilling but like his support for Nuclear Power plants, I figured he'd be against it here.
  Surprise, surprise.
  King supports drilling in the waters off Long Island.
  He appeared Friday on FOX News' 'Your World with Neil Cavuto.' Here is King in his own [...]
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  Posted: July 14, 2008, 2:01am EDT
  

• Happy Fourth of July and 'Why I Do This"

  Here's hoping everyone has a safe and enjoyable Independence Day.
  
  I am often attacked and derided by those I post about on my websites. They don't like that I am watching what they are doing and letting others know how their elected officials are doing or not doing the [...]
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  Posted: July 04, 2008, 3:11pm EDT
  

• King Gets Hypocritical on Illegal Irish ex-IRA fugitive

  King is all about protecting the borders, no amnesty for illegals and taking a hardline on law-breakers... unless of course they are ex-IRA gunmen here in the US.
  The Brownsville Texas Herald reports that IRA fugitive from justice Pol Brennan was arrested at the Sarita checkpoint. Border Patrol agents [...]
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  Posted: June 23, 2008, 3:10pm EDT
  

• Peter King is Lying to You... Again and Again

  This is really getting old. King seems to have a running battle with the truth.
  In his new "Special Report from Washington" mailing, King writes about him fighting "gas price increases." In this he just plain lies to his constituents that got the mailing last week.
  King writes "Drill for [...]
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  Posted: June 21, 2008, 9:44am EDT
  

• King Gets Beat Up in the Post Letters Page

  Last week King wrote a delusional attack on the media for reporting on Vito Fossella.
  The letters page in the Post is usually far-right friendly. Not this time.
  "May 23, 2008 -- THE ISSUE: How the media covered the Fossella scandal and news that he won't run [...]
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  Posted: May 25, 2008, 6:02pm EDT
  

• Peter King for Vice-President?????

  Thankfully I wasn't drinking anything when I read this.
  The National Review Online blog 'The Corner' has this from contributor John J. Miller:
  "I recently asked a prominent House Republican who should be McCain's running mate. His answer, without a moment of hesitation: Rep. Pete King of NY. The [...]
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  Posted: May 25, 2008, 5:55pm EDT
  

• Peter King is Truly the King of Hypocrites

  It's simply amazing that someone like Peter King with his past ties to terrorists and his almost innate ability to speak out of both sides of his mouth gets elected.
  King writes an op-ed for the New York Post today going way off the rails in his defense of [...]
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  Posted: May 21, 2008, 9:05am EDT
  

• King's Drunk Driving Buddy Fossella Will Not Seek Re-Election

  Fossella has decided not to seek re-election.
  This is still a far cry from resigning like King demanded Spitzer do.
  
  From the Staten Island Advance..
  "May 20, 2008
  To the Constituents of the 13th Congressional District:
  
  After a great deal of consideration, I have made the decision [...]
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  Posted: May 20, 2008, 1:14am EDT
  

• Is King Playing Stupid about Fossella's Girlfriend?

  King tells the Staten Island Advance "No one knew anything about this child or this woman."
  
  That kinda contradicts the NY Post story "Rep. Vito Fossella's Air Force mistress was so distracted by their affair that she couldn't perform her official duties on a junket they attended [...]
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  Posted: May 14, 2008, 9:32am EDT
  

• Is King Lying About What He Knew About Fossella?

  King has said that "I'm certainly pretty close to Vito. I had never heard of Laura Fay. I certainly didn't know anything about the child. We would be with each other a lot. I never saw him drink too much, I never heard him talk about other women, I [...]
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  Posted: May 12, 2008, 7:20pm EDT
  

• King the Hypocrite Just Keeps Going - Support for Fossella Sends King Over the Edge

  It's just amazing what comes out of Kings mouth. In the Washington Post, King comes out swinging against the media for reporting the story "The media in New York has become Vito's enemy," he said, singling out the New York Daily News and the New York Post. He says [...]
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  Posted: May 12, 2008, 5:34pm EDT
  

• King Stands Behind Fossella the DWI Adulterer

  It was no suprise that King would come out and demand the resignation of DEMOCRAT Eliot Spitzer but support REPUBLICAN Vito Fossella.
  King was up in arms over Spitzer and was one of the more vocal and vicious attackers. Now with Fossella, he is in a very forgiving mood. [...]
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 8:39pm EDT
  

• King Votes Against Mothers

  So much for Happy Mothers Day from Peter King and the House Republicans..
  
  H RES 1113 Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother’s Day
  
  House Vote #275 --- May 7, 2008
  
  Ayes: 237 (55%)
  Nays: [...]
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  Posted: May 10, 2008, 4:10am EDT
  

• King is Being a Hypocrite... Again.

  A few months ago when news broke that NY Governor Eliot Spitzer hired a call-girl, King was one of the first out of the gates with a call for resignation. "He's going to have to resign...At one level, it has to do with his integrity and his personal morality, [...]
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  Posted: May 08, 2008, 3:20pm EDT
  

• Peter King Wishes You an English-Only Happy Fifth of May

  yes he does.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: May 05, 2008, 7:49pm EDT
  

• Governor King..... wait for it... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  Okay, I've been hugely remiss in updating this site. I'm way behind on some stories I'm working on but starting tonight this blog will be updated regularly.
  The somewhat big news is that King is interested in running for Governor... the problem for him is that he's in the minority [...]
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  Posted: April 09, 2008, 10:03pm EDT
  

• Kings Border Fence is Very Popular in Conservative Texas.. Oh Wait, It's Not.

  Controversial border fence hot issue in Texas primary
  
  "Environmentalists, farmers and elected officials have been complaining about the project, and allegedly heavy-handed tactics by the Bush Administration, for months. The US Department of Homeland Security has filed lawsuits aimed at expropriating land from dozens of landowners up and [...]
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  Posted: February 25, 2008, 7:00pm EST
  

• King Ignores Bush Budget Failures That Affect Your Taxes

  I know that Peter King could really care less about education so this comes as no suprise. The new Bush Budget short-changes New York State by $955million by underfunding the No Child Left Behind mandates.
  So what does King do? He praises the "good things" in the budget. From [...]
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  Posted: February 10, 2008, 11:29pm EST
  

• Where in the World is Osama?

  I doubt Peter King cares.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: February 06, 2008, 10:55pm EST
  

• Maybe No Endorsement of McCain from King?

  Well, McCain did say in the past that King was just a blow-hard making provacative statements so Kings recent statement about McCain isn't suprising. But how does King suck it up if McCain is the nominee?
  Here is King attacking McCain on torture - "The way Senator McCain has [...]
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  Posted: January 30, 2008, 10:56am EST
  

• How Does King Spin the HUGE Giuliani Loss in Florida

  So far it looks like most republican voters want "America's mayor" to just be the ex-mayor of NYC.
  Giuliani losses Florida big tonight after King and his other minions praised the strategy to concentrate on Florida. How will King explain this away? We'll see later tonight or tomorrow morning.
  [...]
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  Posted: January 29, 2008, 9:34pm EST
  

• King in Florida to Help Giuliani Lose Republican Primary

  From the NY Observer Politicker:
  "Rudy Giuliani's heavy hitters have arrived to help his make-or-break effort to win the Florida primary.

  Getting off the plane here, I just ran into Representative Peter King of Long Island and Giuliani inner-sanctum stalwarts Randy Levine and Denny Young."

  [...]
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  Posted: January 28, 2008, 1:05pm EST
  

• King Makes List of Top Ten Mailers

  According to the Quarterly Statement of Disbursements of the House for 2006 Congress sends mail to the tune of $20.3 million in 2006 alone.
  We've all gotten the glossy full-color PR photo-op mailing from Peter King. King spent $164,156 taxpayer dollars on 733,005 pieces of junk mail to constituents.
  [...]
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  Posted: January 28, 2008, 12:30pm EST
  

• Kool-Aid Kid King Spins Guiliani

  After getting his ass handed to him in the first couple of rounds of the primary season, King insists that Rudy is "well positioned" to win in Florida and that it is a smart move to concentrate on Florida.
  I'm not sure what King means because Guiliani is slipping in [...]
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  Posted: January 16, 2008, 2:58pm EST
  

• King and Guiliani Co-Chair Two Peas in a Archie Bunker Pod

  Remember when King said that there are too many Mosques in this country? Well, he has found his soul-mate in John Deady, co-chair of 'New Hampshire Veterans for Rudy Giuliani, who wants to "get rid of" Muslims.
  Deady doesn't stop there "We need to...keep pressing these people until we [...]
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  Posted: January 16, 2008, 2:30pm EST
  

• King Gets called Out by Fellow Republican

  King went after an amendment by Texas Sen. Hutchison that would give residents and local law enforcement a voice in where the fence is needed.
  From the Star-Telegram.. "In an uncharacteristic display of public frustration with party colleagues, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison on Friday sharply criticized two Republican congressmen [...]
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  Posted: January 16, 2008, 1:39pm EST
  

• U.S. Hit with Multiple Terrorist Attacks!!!

  That should be the headline but is isn't.
  Is this front page news? Nope.
  It's buried because it's not Muslims. (h/t Lambert at Corrente)
  Read on.... "A rash of attacks on abortion and family planning clinics has struck Albuquerque this month, the first such violence there in nearly [...]
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  Posted: December 29, 2007, 3:44am EST
  

• King's Flunky Trying to Pull a Fast One

  A few years ago I pointed out that then executive vice-president of the Nassau County Young Republicans Alex Vassallo wrote scathing (and factually challenged) letters to the Long Island Press and Newsday without bothering to mention his position with the republican party. That is called being dishonest. See here [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2007, 11:34pm EDT
  

• King Tries to Scare Religious Right into Supporting Rudy

  James Dobson of the right-wing group Focus on the Family is one of many religious-right leaders who are considering supporting a third-party candidate if the twice-divorced, abortion-rights supporting, gun-control extolling Guiliani gets the GOP nomination.
  In response, King pulls the Hillary-Hate card and says that if the religious right doesn't [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2007, 4:48pm EDT
  

• Blogger Cover Story in Long Island Press

  Thanks to the Long Island Press Editors and Staff for choosing this site.

  "Citizen Journalists
  Long Island Blogs Tackle Topics From Politics To Sports To Rude Behavior In The Hamptons...And Beyond

  Peter King Watch

  www.kingwatch.blogspot.com

  What's the deal? Arguably the most high-profile individual politician-watchdog blog for LI, the Peter [...]

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  Posted: October 08, 2007, 9:19pm EDT
  

• More Condemnation of King's Bigotry

  Letters From Today's Newsday:
  
  King should stop bigotry
  
  One cannot help but get an uncomfortable sense of deja vu reading the remarks of Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford) that there are "too many mosques in this country, there's too many people who are sympathetic to radical Islam" ["King: [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2007, 10:07am EDT
  by J

• OMG! King Finally Votes for Childrens Health Insurance

  After voting AGAINST expanding children's health care back in August, King has come around figuring that voting against children isn't a good campaign platform.
  
  From the Daily Gotham...
  "Have you been following the fight to reauthorize and expand the State-Child Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP)? Tuesday, [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2007, 9:47pm EDT
  by J

• Reaction to Peter "Archie Bunker" King

  "The (Staunton, Va.) News Leader Sept. 23, 2007

  A few weeks ago, after former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales had announced he was resigning, we suggested that a good way to check the qualifications of any prospective candidates for Gonzales' post might be to require them to pass the same test [...]

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  Posted: October 01, 2007, 9:42pm EDT
  by J

• Peter "Archie Bunker" King Says There Are Too Many Mosques

  King is trying to dig himself out of this but this is how he really feels. And the truth about King keeps slipping out. From Politico...
  
  
  Politico has more...."UPDATE: On Wednesday, the congressman said: �The quote was taken entirely out of context by Politico. My position in [...]
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  Posted: September 20, 2007, 1:27pm EDT
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• King Needs to Repudiate John Boehner's Comments

  Last week, King was in Iraq with fellow republican Rep. John Boehner. Boehner went on CNN to talk to Wolf Blitzer and was asked this question:
  
  "How much longer will U.S. taxpayers have to shell out $2 billion a week or $3 billion a week as some now are [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2007, 6:01pm EDT
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• Right Wing News Readers Take a Poll

  Number of comments: 2
  Who is your favorite Republican congressman?
  Duncan Hunter: 30%
  Tom Tancredo: 20%
  Other: 9%
  Mike Pence: 7%
  Peter King: 5%
  John Boehner: 5%
  Jeff Flake: 4%
  Marsha Blackburn: 4%
  John Shadegg: 3%
  James Sensenbrenner: 3%
  Roy Blunt: 2%
  [...]
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  Posted: September 08, 2007, 6:16pm EDT
  by J

• If I Were a Passenger, I'd Want to Sue

  But Kings "John Doe" law blocking lawsuits makes this ridiculous inconveinence okay...
  
  "Passenger dispute delays American Airlines flight overnight
  
  A conflict between passengers at Lindbergh Field Tuesday night caused the overnight delay of an American Airlines flight headed to Chicago.

  Flight 590 was scheduled to depart [...]

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  Posted: August 29, 2007, 5:03pm EDT
  by J

• Gonzales Resigns, If Chertoff Becomes AG, What of Peter King?

  Department of Homeland Security boss Chertoff is one of the possibilities to replace the disgraced A.G. Alberto Gonzales.
  Would King like to head Homeland Security?
  Would he be considered by Bush?
  Is a 500 day tenure be worth it to King because after the 2008 elections, King wouldn't be asked [...]
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  Posted: August 27, 2007, 5:36pm EDT
  by J

• It's Quiet.....Too Quiet.

  Congress is in recess but we have some interesting things to post shortly.
  But for now, a movie...
  
  King tries to explain Guliani flip-flops on major issues and ties himself into a knot.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: August 25, 2007, 12:29am EDT
  by J

• A Little Movie About an Enduring Love Affair

  from our friends at nastyletters.
  
  
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  Posted: August 20, 2007, 6:23pm EDT
  by J

• A Funny that King Won't Laugh at.

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  Posted: August 15, 2007, 2:03pm EDT
  by J

• 8-6-01 Never Forget

  6 Years ago George W. Bush was presented with a security briefing entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike IN U.S."
  He ignored it.
  
  
  
  
  The declassified breifing:
  
  Clandestine, foreign government, and media reports indicate bin Laden [...]
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  Posted: August 07, 2007, 1:40am EDT
  by J

• DISGUSTING! King Votes Against Troop Rest

  Just when you thought Peter "Baghdad is just like Downtown Manhattan" King could get any worse after voting against children's healthcare, today he votes against mandatory rest between deployments for soldiers.
  You would think that "Geez, it's common sense to want soldiers to have some rest before they [...]
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  Posted: August 02, 2007, 7:57pm EDT
  by J

• Peter King Votes Against Childrens Health Insurance

  King and 193 other republicans voted against the`Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007'.
  HR 3162 To amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the children's health insurance program, to improve beneficiary protections under the Medicare, Medicaid, and the [...]
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  Posted: August 01, 2007, 10:08pm EDT
  by J

• King and Staff Evacuated

  Reports are that a suspicious envelope cleared out Kings office this afternoon. The envelope was delivered with the words "ammonium nitrate" and "homeland security" written on it.
  King has gotten behind the effort to regulate the sale of ammonium nitrate which can be used as a main component of a [...]
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  Posted: August 01, 2007, 7:02pm EDT
  by J

• No Art in the 3rd Congresional District?

  I find that hard to believe but one out of five members of congress no longer participates in the Congressional Artistic Discovery Contest.
  King tells Newsday "he stopped conducting the competition several years ago because of lack of interest."
  Go to the Newsday article and read about the [...]
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  Posted: July 30, 2007, 7:01pm EDT
  by J

• Moving on Up?

  Number of comments: 2
  Is King leaving his Massapequa Park office for greener pastures?
  Where will he locate his office?
  
  [...]
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  Posted: July 24, 2007, 12:35am EDT
  by J

• Happy Independence Day

  Number of comments: 1
  IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
  
  The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
  
  When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, [...]
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  Posted: July 04, 2007, 10:38am EDT
  by J

• Exploiting Terrorism

  Great article by Arinnna Huffington on the terror plot in England called "The Upside of Flaming Cars: Politicians and the Press Exploit the British Terror Attacks."
  Here's her take on Peter King and his ilk "Also making the pitch for an unfettered president, free to eavesdrop on whomever he [...]
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  Posted: July 03, 2007, 8:21pm EDT
  by J

• Kings Candidate Guiliani is Just Like Him

  We've noted in the past how King is supposed to be some great friend of Bill Clinton but then turns around and blames 9/11 on Clinton.
  Now its Guiliani's turn to change his tune (h/t Town Crier)
  
  Last month Rudy said...
  

  "Islamic terrorists killed more than 500 [...]

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  Posted: July 02, 2007, 9:56pm EDT
  by J

• King Lets Slip that Bush is a Little Nuts

  In a Washington Post article about how bad things are going for Bush, King thinking he is helping makes Bush look like a nut.
  
  "King, the GOP congressman, introduced him backstage to a soldier injured in one eye. Bush teared up and asked the young man to take [...]
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  Posted: July 02, 2007, 7:04pm EDT
  by J

• On Hiatus - Enjoy The Video

  Taking a few days R&R.. Enjoy the BEST street performers EVER.
  The song choice is classic.
  
  
  
  UPDATE: The band is 'The Wrong Trousers.' Visit them on MYSPACE [www.myspace.com] [...]
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  Posted: June 13, 2007, 8:45pm EDT
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• King Assails Thompson, Boosts Rudy, Sounds Stupid in Process

  Former Senator and current Actor Fred Thompson is poised to enter the 2008 presidential race. Our dear Peter defends his boy Rudy by saying "Rudy had 9/11, and Fred .Thompson had 'Law & Order."
  Yes Peter, keep using 9/11 for Rudy. Keep using it because the more you highlight [...]
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  Posted: June 03, 2007, 10:53pm EDT
  by J

• Will "The Nanny" Take on King?

  And I bet she knows more about international affairs than King does....
  
  From the NY Daily News:
  
  "Appearing tomorrow afternoon at the North-Shore LIJ Cancer Center, the liberal-leaning actress will give a keynote lecture about her 2000 diagnosis with uterine cancer and her successful struggle against the [...]
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  Posted: June 03, 2007, 5:20pm EDT
  by J

• And the Check is in the Mail

  The Iraq funding bill compromise between the Democrats and Bush has $1Billion less for Homeland Security.
  
  From Newsday:
  Rep. Steve Isreal says "What's going on is the Bush administration has a reckless disregard for the homeland security needs of New York... The president did not ask for a single [...]
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  Posted: May 28, 2007, 5:25pm EDT
  by J

• No Peter, He Resigned from THAT Job

  King says "The troops need the money, and the president as commander-in-chief should not be bound by the Congress as far as strategy and tactics."
  
  Sorry but Bush resigned as Commander in Chief of the military when he got himself a "War Czar."
  Bush is no longer Commander [...]
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  Posted: May 28, 2007, 5:19pm EDT
  by J

• And....... Corrigan is Out!

  Number of comments: 3
  The first announced challenger to King in '08, independent candidate Bill Corrigan of Massapequa is out. We first told you about Bill Corrigan a few months ago.
  The story of Corrigan running was picked up by Newsday and then the Massapequa Post He was mentioned on [...]
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  Posted: May 23, 2007, 4:01am EDT
  by J

• King Takes Tumble on Long Island Press Power List

  Number of comments: 2
  Each year, the Long Island Press prints as "Power List" of influential Long Islanders. This year many republicans have taken a fall down the ladder. King drops 22 places.
  
  "27. Peter King
  
  Last year #5"
  
  
  [...]
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  Posted: May 18, 2007, 1:53pm EDT
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• Even Conservatives Find Kings Stance Unreal

  Number of comments: 1
  Our friend over at Nasty Letters has the story "Peter King: So Very Wrong on Immigration"
  
  "Regardless, King's position is incredibly short-sighted, as illustrated by a recent study calculating the benefits of Latino immigrants for Long Island's economy:
  

  Some of the nation's most virulent anti-immigrant proposals have [...]

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  Posted: May 14, 2007, 9:58pm EDT
  by J

• Hi Peter, Welcome to May 2007

  In a story today in Newsday about the Bush-Iraq War and poll numbers, King is quoted as saying "If the war doesn't begin to turn around, Republicans will have problems."
  Now if this were May 2006, I could see Kings ramblings being prescient but this is 7 months after [...]
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  Posted: May 11, 2007, 2:32pm EDT
  by J