Talk:Steve King

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Contents 1 More info on his House term 2 Post office debate and McCarthy comment 3 Photo 4 Neutrality of the article 5 Medicare issue

[edit] More info on his House term

We'll definitely need more info on what he's done as a Representative. I'm afraid someone will see this article and hack and slash it until the large "controversies" section is done away with, and I'm not for getting rid of it because it's supported by facts. To counteract that, there should definitely be an effort to fill out the Political positions and actions section. Fifty7 (talk) 19:48, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Post office debate and McCarthy comment

At some point in the history of this article, King's now infamous comment about McCarthy being a "hero for America" was inexplicably removed entirely from this sub-section. That comment turned a mostly insignicant debate about the naming of a post office into a major news story and most certainly should not have been removed without at least bringing it to the talk page. JGardner 04:54, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photo

Added photo of the Congressman. --JGardner 15:31, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Added again. This time with the proper copyright info so that it will not be deleted. JGardner 18:08, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Now, with infobox! Graciously stolen from WikiProject US Congress. JGardner 19:25, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Neutrality of the article

Many of the viewpoints on Steve King are biased. I'll cite this as non-NPOV until someone fixes it. Aoeu 02:22, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Could you elaborate a bit more? There are many things touched upon on this page. If it's solely the "controversies" section, I would have to disagree -- King is undoubtedly a controversial representative who has made innumerable provocative statements. I did find, however, a few misrepresentations in the introductory paragraph:

1. Replaced "briefly attended Northwest Missouri State University" with the actual years of attendance. Four years of undergrad classes doesn't seem too brief to me.
2. Removed "was a construction worker". I've edited the page to reflect that Rep. King started a construction company in 1975.

The only other sentence in this page that I see as possibly non-NPOV is describing King as "extreme right-wing". I can't imagine anyone, however, disagreeing that he is a very conservative politician. Perhaps "extreme right-wing" could be replaced with something a bit less pejorative. Aside from that, does anyone have any other major problems with the neutrality of this entry? If not, I'm going to remove the NPOV disclaimer. --JGardner 06:14, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Non-NPOV disclaimer going once, going twice.. gone. --JGardner 01:10, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Corrected article, replacing facts that had been erroneously removed by a previous user who is either illiterate and can not read the sources or is embarrassed that he supports King and is trying to alter the facts to cover for him. Peitz408 13:35, 02 May 2006

It is important to understand how it is outrageous that people enforce their own political agenda on Wikipedia. It is not only on this article, but for the entire site as well. I thought this was called Wikipedia, not Wikizine. As for the cover-up, censorship is just as deplorable as being one-sided. I am sorry for my comments I have said previously. Aoeu 00:59, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

I accept many of the changes to the article - some of my work was poorly written. I do not accept the portion of the article regarding King's opposition to providing sexual health drugs on Medicare was 'unsubstatiated'. No doubt I am biased but I am in no way left-wing. I am British and take very little interest in American politics, however after hearing King's interview live on BBC Radio 4 I thought I should contribute. Aoeu's comment illustrates his or her individual bias far more than my style of journalism demonstrates my own. this article is very biased it was wrote by a very anti steve king nut.

[edit] Medicare issue

"I accept many of the changes to the article - some of my work was poorly written. I do not accept the portion of the article regarding King's opposition to providing sexual health drugs on Medicare was 'unsubstatiated'. "

Nor should you. King has made his objection to providing Viagra, birth control pills, and even HIV medicaion through Medicare extemely clear on countless occasions. It's in the public record. There are position papers on it available on his website. I am not left-wing, either, but you can't spin the truth, especially when it comes from the Congressman's own public statements. 16:27, 22 June 2006 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.107.128.181 (talk • contribs).