Sioux Falls will be popping with provocative political discourse tomorrow. Greg Belfrage has invited me converse with him on KELO-AM Friday morning at 8:20 a.m. about petition law, public discourse, and South Dakota's Senate campaign. Sioux Falls commuters, watch out for drivers distracted by a "self-proclaimed communist atheist blogger who lives out of state" speaking on conservative South Dakota talk radio.
If that interview doesn't burn the city down, the Sioux Falls Democratic Forum (brave sponsors of this blog!) will host their Friday Forum at the Sioux Falls VFW. In more cross-partisan craziness, these Dems have invited Republican turned Independent Larry Pressler to speak to them. That program starts at noon.
Pressler may get questions about an anonymous website set up to attack his record. Pressler's real website, LarryPressler.com, is somewhat sparse on issues, so someone has poached and redirected LarryPressler2014.com to throw up details on Pressler's record. The latter site attacks Pressler as a big-spending, self-serving Washington insider beholden to PAC money.
It's hard to tell who's behind that website. Its derogatory tone smells like the work of Mike Rounds's man Dick Wadhams. But the Pressler attacks, based as they are on reminding people of Pressler's record, could be coming from Democrats concerned that nostalgia might lure potential Weiland voters to Pressler's professed moderation.
Pressler knows he's in for hard questions; nobody gets off easy at Democratic Forum!
8:20 can not come soon enough!! So excited!
Cory,
I know you'll do well tomorrow and will answer or ask the right questions.
Hopefully Belfrage will allow you the full 25 minutes for your rebuttal.
Is there a link where I can listen live?
Nick, this is the link to listen live.
http://player.listenlive.co/28911
Thanks.
The Madville Times King of Alliteration, aka, "self-proclaimed communist atheist blogger who lives out of state".
Go get 'em!
Was Bosworth on Knobe tonight? Did he ask her any tough questions or did she give more of the word salad she gave Belfrage?
Her hero is Che Guavara and she galls people Communist in a negative way? Sounds like she should be writing her own Communist blog. But I do remember when she first got that shirt, she had no idea who the guy was. Someone told her he was a revolutionary, and that was enough, as she thinks of herself as a revolutionary.
I'm not a liberal Democrat, but you had some really good stuff to say on Belfrage this morning. Good work gathering all your research in such a short amount of time, keep it up. Bosworth would be the biggest mistake in SD politics since Kristi Garden Gnome.
Guess i was in the wrong thread, CAH: public radio syndication is right up your alley.
Make it so.
Gordy Pratt has talked about doing a live radio show for at least two decades.
WELL DONE!
Is blog talk radio compatible with WordPress, CAH?
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/
Heck, Gordy and I could do a news-music variety show! Rock Garden Tour without irony!
Hmm... does that technology offer any advantage over a Google Hangout?
And thank you, Student—nothing like starting my day with a healthy discussion of democracy and the rule of law. Now for breakfast....