Showboating Peter King at it Again

New York Congressman Peter King is at it again. This time the showboating, loudmouth, gaffe prone, King screamed on every cable show that he could get his mug on that he'll witch hunt Muslims. He's got the perfect attention getting platform for it, his Homeland Security Committee. The hearings he'll hold on the alleged Muslim threat have absolutely nothing to do with the King's loud and fraudulent claim that he wants to alert the public to the supposed continued danger to the nation's security of terrorism. Other than a handful of cranks, xenophobes, and some in the GOP that are eternally always on the prowl for an angle, any angle, to scapegoat Muslims to stir up anger and hate and hopefully a few more votes, most have figured out that King's phony hearings are just another cheap attempt to snatch some camera action. And sadly, it's worked,
King got what he wanted, front page headlines, tongues clacking, and his name in lights. The price for King's tawdry publicity stunt is that millions of law abiding, solid American citizens that are Muslim have to endure the barrage of press ink that again dredges up every lie, stereotype, and fear about Muslims as terrorists. They have to be again endlessly have the 9/11 terror attacks shoved in their faces as if every Muslim in America is personally responsible for the carnage.
King created a trained seal media spectacle, and now he can sit back and chuckle to himself at how he can play Congress and the press for suckers at his every showboating whim. Make no mistake it won't be the last time for this.