Omaha World-Herald endorses one of Congress' most vicious homophobes, Steve "flamethrower" King, for a sixth term

The Omaha World-Herald, which has poached from the Des Moines Register a considerable number of Western Iowa readers closer to Nebraska's largest city than Iowa's, has again endorsed one of the most vitriolic, mean-spirited homophobes in the United States Congress, Steve King.
     In the words of the Herald:

He's a smart, straight-talking conservative who is closely tied to western Iowa. Now bidding for a sixth term, he has risen to a level of seniority where he could have a real impact.

     That isn't all; recently, the Herald ran a calculating puff piece about King, evidently designed to soften his well-earned reputation as one of the most polarizing politicians on Capitol Hill. Headlined Staunchly conservative King has unlikely ally, it exclusively focused on his inexplicable congeniality with one liberal, Dennis Kucinich, quoting none of King's fellow Washingtonians who can barely stand to be in the same room with him.
     The Register is having none of this. In an endorsement for King's opponent, Christie Vilsack, the Gannett property said:

King seems to amuse himself by being as partisan and vitriolic as he can be. He has had 10 years in Washington to cultivate his inner-statesman, but he has failed to do so. It’s time for Iowa to make a change.

     AKSARBENT is less than fooled by the Herald's endorsement and recommends that Western Iowa voters cast their ballots for Vilsack and then replace any subscriptions to the Omaha World-Herald with subscriptions to the more sensible endorsements of the Des Moines Register.
     Below: Two videos, the first of which depicts King characteristically refusing to debate an opponent. (This was before Christie Vilsack, a formidable candidate, ran against King, causing him to do an about-face and demand SIX debates, at venues of his choosing.) The second video shows King gruesomely debating gay Colorado congressman Jared Polis about the supposed unconstitutionality  of Obamacare (which, of course, was declared constitutional by SCOTUS).
     Below the videos are reminders of Steve King's appalling record that appear to have escaped the crack scrutiny of the GOP collaborators on the World-Herald editorial staff.

• King, a miserably ineffective showboat, has sponsored 17 bills in the U.S. House, but, according to Open Congress, not one of them has been enacted
• Has one of the worst congressional ratings, according to Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and avoided the Vietnam draft for three years before he suddenly quit college after being assigned a high draft number which ended the threat of him being forced to shoot at anything that shoots back
• Engaged in deceitful race baiting in the House of Representatives
• Voted to expand internet surveillance of users by forcing Internet Service Providers to retain customers' temporarily-assigned IP addresses, as well as other information, for 12 months
• Voted for a $250,000 congressional publicity stunt/nonbinding resolution to encourage public display of "In God We Trust" and to affirm that divisive religious bumper-sticker slogan which replaced E Pluribus Unum (Out of many, one), the US' original motto
• Voted to defund your local NPR station, presumably in an attempt to get you to listen to Rush Limbaugh more
• Voted to strangle Medicare
• Voted to force a rushed decision to extend the toxic, leaky Keystone XL pipeline through the Ogallala aquifer
• Voted for the "2004 American Jobs Creation Act" — which cut jobs
• Accused Iowa marriage equality supporters of following him around and screaming "the worst profanity I've heard anywhere" — but offered not a shred of proof
• Somehow concluded that the existence of babies in trashcans meant that the Obama's Affordable Care Act was unconstitutional
• Was endorsed by Wall Street financiers who want to eliminate farm subsidies and were fined by the Federal Elections Commission
• Played hookey from the House to whine at CPAC about Nancy Pelosi forcing him to use energy-saving lightbulbs in his office while the rest of Iowa's congressional delegation was on the job fighting to protect Iowa National Guard jobs
• In a legislative passion ploy, showcased Bishop William Lori, a notorious Catholic bully, as Joan of Arc, tied to the stake by marriage equality advocates
• Claimed he bulldozed throngs of intimidating, profane gays to protect Connie Mackie (but unfortunately failed to provide any evidence whatsoever of this)
• Was called an embarrassment to Iowa by the state's largest newspaper, in its 2010 endorsement of opponent Matt Campbell. The Des Moines Register added that King was "provocative, not focused on getting results for Iowans... reactive, not visionary" and added that it was time for Iowa voters to replace him