NYPD Confidential and The Huffington Post [New York], March 14, 2011
Long Island Congressman Peter King can be a wild and crazy guy. The big-mouth Republican has fallen in love with the IRA, championed losers and picked sorry political friends. He sounded semi-hysterical when he defended Bernie Kerik after a federal judge tossed the former police commissioner into the slammer for four years, calling Kerik’s sentence “an absolute disgrace.”
Forget that Kerik had pleaded guilty to eight felonies, including tax fraud and lying to the White House while being vetted for the job of Director of Homeland Security. Rather, King saw Kerik’s prison sentence as political correctness run amok. “If Bernie Kerik were more politically correct, or if Bernie Kerik didn’t come from such a rough upbringing… we’d have editorials all over the country denouncing what happened,” King told Geraldo Rivera on Fox News.
“Kerik got too big for some people who don’t go for his type of person: a tough guy, an honest guy, a guy who fights for the people. He didn’t come from the socially elite crowd. … If there were any fairness in this matter, Bernie Kerik should be getting medals.”
Continue reading Congressman King: The Yahoo Has a Point by Leonard Levitt
Congressman King: The Yahoo Has a Point by Leonard Levitt
NYPD Confidential and The Huffington Post [New York], March 14, 2011
Long Island Congressman Peter King can be a wild and crazy guy. The big-mouth Republican has fallen in love with the IRA, championed losers and picked sorry political friends. He sounded semi-hysterical when he defended Bernie Kerik after a federal judge tossed the former police commissioner into the slammer for four years, calling Kerik’s sentence “an absolute disgrace.”
Forget that Kerik had pleaded guilty to eight felonies, including tax fraud and lying to the White House while being vetted for the job of Director of Homeland Security. Rather, King saw Kerik’s prison sentence as political correctness run amok. “If Bernie Kerik were more politically correct, or if Bernie Kerik didn’t come from such a rough upbringing… we’d have editorials all over the country denouncing what happened,” King told Geraldo Rivera on Fox News.
“Kerik got too big for some people who don’t go for his type of person: a tough guy, an honest guy, a guy who fights for the people. He didn’t come from the socially elite crowd. … If there were any fairness in this matter, Bernie Kerik should be getting medals.”
Continue reading Congressman King: The Yahoo Has a Point by Leonard Levitt