Ganging Up On Thomas
Ah…Iowans are just the sweetest:
“An Iowa congressman apologized Wednesday for disparaging comments he made last week at the state Republican convention about a veteran White House correspondent.
Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, was discussing the June 7 death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi on Saturday when he mentioned 85-year-old Helen Thomas, who has covered the White House for nearly 50 years and is a columnist for Hearst Newspapers.
‘There probably are not 72 virgins in the hell he’s at,'” King said about al-Zarqawi, in a recording transcribed by Radio Iowa.
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