who was the worst Iowa politician ever?

[rurallib]

edit to add: In terms of embarrassment to his home state

[Debi]

1. I'm waiting for SOMEBODY to jump in and defend his good buddy....

[rurallib]

2. King ran him out of the state didn't he?

'nuff said.

[Debi]

5. He's still a registered Iowa Democrat

He's just taking an educational vaca out of state. :P

[Counciltucky]

12. You know, I STILL have blisters on my hand from making contact with that much evil.

:rofl:

[haroldgiowa]

3. I picked Roger Jepson

I don't remember the bill he was one of the main sponsor for in the early eighties. But Reagan called him into his office and brought him to his knees to not only give up being the sponsor but had him switch his vote against what a majority of Iowans believed in. This cost him his re-election to Harkin. It also was the beginning of the republican senate doing the business of the president instead of an independent senate and their contingencies.

Steve King is an embarrassment to Iowa, but he is in line with the conservatism you find in his section of the state. I just was doing some research yesterday and One of his counties, Sioux County gave him less then twenty per cent of the vote. The number that comes to mind is 13 something.

[Hardrada]

4. Grassley is Tweedledee

Jepson was Tweedledum. (terms for them in the early 1980's Senate).

[progressoid]

6. Hmm...so many good choices

But I gotta go with my rep King (eww, it threw up a little when I typed that).

[IA_Seth]

7. I gotta say King..

Although perhaps that is because I am too young to realize how big of douchebags these others were!

The sad thing is, it's not like King is that out of line with some of his constituency.

[CornField]

8. What?! No Nussle?

I guess it would probably come down to a tie between him and King.

[Debi]

9. Ahhhhh Nussle

Should I post that pic that cyberswede gave me???? :P

[rurallib]

10. I should be flogged for forgetting him

just heard him today running down the farm bill. I admit it has problems, but most of the bill was for food stamps, for god's sake.
and then there is his adultery er family situation.

[Debi]

11. Don't forget the 1993 floods

He really 'represented' back then (too bad it wasn't Iowa) x(