'It Was An Orgy of Glorification'

After the first day or so of the Michael Jackson coverage I felt the same way. Hard to believe they haven't even held a funeral for him yet. Thankfully, with beautiful weather and time off, I've had much better things to do than watch the excessive coverage of the freakshow that tomorrow will overrun Los Angeles.

Always one to speak his mind honestly, New York Congressman Peter King has had enough and is now taking heat in some quarters for his recent comments.

Tonight he's not backing down.

Good for him.

Over the weekend, Long Island Congressman Peter King posted what is often called "a rant" on YouTube -- sounding off. In this case, about what he called the media glorification of Michael Jackson. CBS 2 HD sat down with the congressman Monday and King continued in person where he left off on

On the video, King launches into scathing criticism of Jackson.

"For the last, I don't know how long now, this low-life Michael Jackson, his name, his face, his picture, is all over the newspapers, television, radio. That's all we hear about is Michael Jackson. Let's knock out this psycho-babble. This guy was a pervert, a child molestor, he was a pedophile, and to be giving this much coverage to him day in and day out, what's it say about us a country?" King says on the video.

The "rant," as such a video posting is called, that Rep. King posted on the popular video sharing site sparked a split of outrage and praise. And Monday, he told us why he did it.

"I just thought, this has gone over the top. It was an orgy of glorification," King told CBS 2 HD on Monday.

On the video King also says: "I just think we're too politically correct. No one wants to stand up and say, 'We don't need Michael Jackson!' He died, he had some talent, but fine, there are people dying every day. There are men and women dying everyday in Afghanistan, let's give them the credit they deserve.

"The bottom line is, would you let your child or grandchild be alone in a room with Michael Jackson?

King also says "there was nothing good about this guy" even though Jackson "may have been a good singer" and "did some dancing."

On Monday he carried the rant further:

"Yes, he did violate young boys. He did put them in terribly inappropriate positions. And that's a terrible signal to be sending out to society -- that we're somehow condoning that behavior. And you are condoning it when you give him the type of --- when we give him the type of regal coverage! And millions of people fighting to get to this mega-memorial! I mean, this is --- this is wrong!"

Needless to say, most news outlets will be going wall-to-wall with the freakshow Tuesday.

I won't be watching.

Meanwhile, if you need a good laugh, some goofballs are raising money to try and unseat King. As of this writing they've raised just over $500.

That'll go far.

Michelle Malkin notes one of Barack Obama's stooges at the Huffington Post is promoting this.