- Jun
18
2013
Exploratory GOP Senate candidate Annette Bosworth gives up the Custer vote:
Perhaps Bosworth is competing with Kristi Noem to be the next Sarah Palin.
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Lookout Mountain, Spearfish, SD
- Jun
17
2013
And now from the Department of Blatantly Biased Ellipsis, Governor Dennis Daugaard sums up the job performance Republicans expect of their elected officials:
"I look at myself and I think how little I do..." [Governor Dennis Daugaard, interview, Karl Gehrke, "Trail of Governors," SDPB, 2013.06.17].
He said it, not me!
12 comments- Jun
6
2013
Dr. R. Blake Curd, Senator, District 12, South Dakota Legislature
From right to hard right? After appointing Paul Ryan true believer Joseph Schartz as student regent, Governor Dennis Daugaard reached out and pulled Tea Party faker R. Blake Curd back into the Legislature.
Ah, yes, because Sioux Falls doesn't send enough Christian fundamentalist goatees in Pierre. Hallelujah! (Grow it back, R. Blake!)
Curd served one term in the State House before Kristi Noem bewitched the Tea Party vote away from him in the 2010 GOP U.S. House primary. Now he steps up to the District 12 Senate seat vacated by Sanford-promoted J. Mark Johnston. (Remind me to move to District 12 and run as C. Allen.)
I suppose I shouldn't worry too much that Senator R. Blake Curd will pull the South Dakota Senate any further right. Despite his fake-right posing in the 2010 campaign, Curd accumulated a remarkable record of unconservative legislation in the House that should make right wingnuts cringe. (What is it about Sioux Falls doctors pretending to be Republicans just to get elected?)
And on the very good side, Curd's reëntry into politics opens the door for mirthful typos about Senator Crud.
3 comments- May
31
2013
Republican Senate candidate M. Michael Rounds and his paid advertisers want you to know that he likes guns. He splashes photos of himself with a shotgun online to assure us he can govern well.
And note, that's his right shoulder.
So on the campaign trail, Rounds shoots right. But when he governs, which hand does he use? Left...
...left...
...even takes his coffee left...
So Lance and Bob and all those other RINO hunters are right: Mike Rounds really is a lefty who shoots right just to get your vote!
37 comments- May
27
2013
In the "Your Tax Dollars at Work" department, KELO and the state of South Dakota make blogging easy:
Oh look! Governor Daugaard has hired Mummenschanz!
These four white horsemen of the Apocalypse will tour the Midwest on a bus chartered (bought?) by the South Dakota Department of Tourism urging people to come vacation in South Dakota.
Our mascots might more effectively make that sale if Abe didn't look like he just got shot.
23 comments- May
8
2013
Time for Anna Madsen and other prominent Brendan-backers to switch gears. Instead of reading Brendan Johnson's tea leaves for signs of progressivism, South Dakota Dems looking for a party standard-bearer have a declared U.S. Senate candidate: Rick Weiland!
Here are quick reasons Dems can fire up about Rick's announcement:
- Rick's from Madison. We all know Madison guys are smart. (For the record, Russ Olson is an Egan guy.)
- The Republican spin machine moans that Weiland isn't interesting... but that's only because his declaration throws all their diligently hyped Johnson-vs.-Herseth Sandlin hogwash out the window. Pat Powers is stuck wishing he could just recycle his tired anti-Stephanie propaganda. With nothing prepared to say about Weiland, Powers can only regurgitate Weiland's 2002 post-primary endorsement of the gal to whom he finished second.
- In further narrative dashing, we can also chuck the kerfuffly stuff about the DSCC trying to boss around the South Dakota grassroots.
- Rick spent the last ten years working for the International Code Council, where, among other achievements, he helped develop the nation's first green construction code. That practical policy work speaks in Rick's favor. It will also draw the Agenda 21 sustainability-equals-Stalin gooneybirds out of their holes to make the Republicans look crazy and drive Independents to Weiland.
- An experienced candidate in the Senate slot takes the pressure off Stephanie to serve the party in Washington. She can now focus her deliberations on the campaign and the job that better suits her family ties and moderate politics: a run for Governor!
- Maybe Rick will inspire his brother Dr. Kevin Weiland to run for office in 2014, too. Hmm... run Rick for Senate, Kevin for House... they could save money on signs! Heck, pull Ted Weiland to run against Russ Olson, and the Weiland brothers could get three times their money's worth with billboards in District 8!
- With Weiland already drawing cheers from Tom Daschle and Heartland America PACker Mike Chapman, South Dakota Dems may well have a strong progressive candidate who can draw the out-state enthusiasm (i.e., cash) we need to hold that Senate seat.
I do not endorse tonight; I reserve the right vote for any other Democrat who may throw in for the Senate primary and can better tickle my Wellstonian fancy. (Hey, Jeff Barth! Up for another walk at Great Bear?) But at this point, I greet Rick Weiland's entry into the race with enthusiasm. He's definitely a step toward building a winning Dem ticket. And if he's not the best Dem, he represents a step toward an energizing primary.
41 comments- May
4
2013
I don't go to Tea Party rallies to make mischief. I save the mischief for afterwards.
Here are some photos from today's Tea Party "Constitution Rally" at Memorial Park in Rapid City.
Conservative Rep. Stace Nelson and liberal blogger Cory Allen Heidelberger consider forming a fusion ticket to challenge Dennis Daugaard in 2014. We'll arm-wrestle to decide who gets Governor and who gets Lieutenant.
Rep. Stace Nelson comes this close to singing "A Boy Named Sue" to the Tea Party rally.
One of the job apps I'm filling out asks how I would deal with diversity in the classroom. I don't think sending a picture of me in this t-shirt would get me an interview.
I'm Representative Lance Russell, and I give you... The Bird!
This guy thought his gun would keep his Sonic pop safe. He didn't anticipate a sneaky liberal getting the drop on him from behind. Slurp slurp bang bang!
Video and commentary coming up tomorrow. Stay tuned!
21 comments- Apr
10
2013
Snow days evidently drive me to lower my standards to those of the Republican spinsters with whom I share the South Dakota blogosphere. But at least they don't drive me to drink!
A few months ago, Pat Powers found it newsworthy to mention the fact that Democratic candidate for Congress Matt Varilek appeared on occasion to enjoy alcoholic refreshments. Powers suggested that individuals engaging in such bacchanalia "don’t post photos and brag about it on the Internet."
It appears that the executive director of Powers's own party doesn't pay attention to Powers's blog:
screen cap 2013.04.10. 10:35 MDT
Tony Post, SDGOP exec, gin drinker. Cheers.
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