Congressman proud of voting against hurricane relief

I think we may have a winner in the "Biggest Asshole in Congress" contest: Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa).

A piece in the New Orleans Times-Picayune is titled "Iowa Congressman Steve King Is Heartless and Proud of It." King was not only one of only 11 House members to vote against an emergency Hurricane Katrina relief appropriation. He also continues to brag that this was the best vote he ever cast.

He cast this vote while New Orleans was still under water.

If King was worried about big government, why does he support policing social issues? Steve King embodies the dogma of "big government for thee, not for me" - which is the very essence of modern conservatism.

A government of the people is supposed to exercise compassion and sense. That's part of being a society.

Hurricane relief saved even greater expenses in the long run - so it's hard for Steve King to even claim he was being a fiscal watchdog.

It's meanness. Plain old meanness.

(Source: http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2009/09/editorial_iowa_congressman_ste.html)