Bad news for my enemies is good news for my friends? (Expect someone to critique my use of "enemies".) Governor Dennis Daugaard's interference in the Republican primaries was a net waste of gubernatorial political capital. The Governor picked favorites in…
Posts tagged as “Tom Nelson”
The wingnuts are really piling on Governor Dennis Daugaard now. Not only does the Governor back baby-killers, but he also wants to take away the guns God gave you to shoot those baby-killers. So sorta-sayeth the National Association for Gun…
Senator Tom Nelson (R-31/Lead) and Senator Deb Peters (R-9/Hartford) vote to kill babies. That's what South Dakota's Taliban want you to believe. Riffing on the South Dakota Right to Life primary voter guide, right-wingnut Ed Randazzo urges fetus fetishists across…
We generally expect Republican and Democratic party officials to avoid endorsing candidates in the primaries. South Dakota GOP bosses were careful not to speak up for Mitt Romney until his main challengers quit. SDGOP by-laws Section 3.1.A.51 make Governor Dennis…
The Northern Hills Patriots subjected the District 31 Legislative candidates to a question on abortion... a social issue which ought to be a moot point in South Dakota, which already makes it harder to get an abortion than any other…
Tom Nelson torqued me off more than once this year. During this year's Legislative session, the District 31 Senator artfully rationalized a GOP effort to take Referred Law 14 off the ballot rather than calling it the straight-up assault on…
Now let's look at Round 3 of last night's Lawrence County GOP Candidates Forum, which gave District 31 voters a chance to size up their current State Senator Tom Nelson against challenger Bob Ewing. [I shall restrict my comments to…
At the District 31 crackerbarrel in Spearfish yesterday, an audience member asked whether the Legislature will base bonuses for state workers on merit and limit them to the best 20% of employees the way HB 1234 does to teachers. Even…