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By James Q. Lynch - No one could blame Iowa conventioneers if they had trouble following U.S. Rep. Steve King as he described vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin Thursday morning.

First, he talked about how she had “nailed a 10″ and added, “She’s our Shawn Johnson,” referring to the gold medal Olympian from West Des Moines.

Later, he described Palin’s politics as “our Margaret Thatcher,” the late British prime minister, was known as the Iron Maiden.