Hillary's campaign spending looks like the budget for a 5-star vacation, with $100,000 on parties in Iowa and $25,000 on luxury suites at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Check out the entire story here:
(http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/us/politics/22clinton.html?ei=5065&en=0e0a0772289a2b92&ex=1204347600&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print)
As much as I look, I don't see any $30,000 checks to Dick Kelley, so she hasn't achieved full efficiency at wasting money. But at this pace it won't be long, watch your mailbox Dick!
Friday, February 22, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Morbid obesity leads to ruin among Republicans!
After reading an article about today at the Dakota War College about former Rapid City Alderman and Pennington County Republican Party executive director Mike Schumacher. (check it out here: http://dakotawarcollege.com/?p=3618 ) I was struck by a strange trend as of late.
What's the deal with extremely overweight Republicans rushing to self-destruct these days?First you have Ted Klaudt molesting his step daughters, then Heath Tople begins stalking an ex-girlfriend, and finally Mike sending fraudulent emails. And on top of this they all did it numerous times; and all at great personal cost. Heath and Ted have both lost their freedom, and Mike has risked his livelihood. It will be interesting to see how things end up for Mike, I hope better than they look for the other two.
I for one have re-newed my gym membership; and if I am ever in a position to hire an executive director of a county party I will be looking for a possessor of an Ichabod Crane-like physique.
What's the deal with extremely overweight Republicans rushing to self-destruct these days?First you have Ted Klaudt molesting his step daughters, then Heath Tople begins stalking an ex-girlfriend, and finally Mike sending fraudulent emails. And on top of this they all did it numerous times; and all at great personal cost. Heath and Ted have both lost their freedom, and Mike has risked his livelihood. It will be interesting to see how things end up for Mike, I hope better than they look for the other two.
I for one have re-newed my gym membership; and if I am ever in a position to hire an executive director of a county party I will be looking for a possessor of an Ichabod Crane-like physique.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Ted Klaudt files appeal with Supreme Court
As dissappointing as it is for a Republican such as myself, Ted Klaudt is again attempting to circumvent his rightful punishment. I will be very interested to hear what his reason for an appeal will be. I hope that the Supremes will see through his BS and uphold his jail time. If anything, I think that we as citizens should be appealing for a longer sentence. Check out the article here:
http://www.capjournal.com/articles/2008/02/13/breaking_news/doc47b3603b19abd166693021.txt
http://www.capjournal.com/articles/2008/02/13/breaking_news/doc47b3603b19abd166693021.txt
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Patrick Davis- Hard Working Republican
Reading a post on http://www.dakotawarcollege.com/ regarding Joel Rosenthal's poor treatment of former South Dakota Republican Party Executive Director Patrick Davis made me wonder where Joel's analysis comes from. I found the culprit at:
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB120208699551139387.html?mod=blog
One thing that I find conspicuous about this article is the way that they couch Patrick Davis' and his resume (Although Rusty looks forward to the day he will have a drawing of himself in the Wall Street Journal.) They seem to insinuate that he has had very little political expierience with this statement:
"Mr. Davis spent a career running traditional campaigns and independent efforts by interest groups. After college, he accepted a $20,000-a-year job with the 1992 reelection bid of President George H.W. Bush. After Mr. Bush lost, Mr. Davis couldn't find a political job in Washington. He worked for two years in sales at Crate & Barrel. Eventually, he began working for an arm of the Republican Party that oversees campaigns for the U.S. Senate, then for an anti-abortion group in South Dakota." ;courtesy of the Wall Street Journal.
As Patrick has show at: http://dakotawarcollege.com/?p=3531
He has had a much more involved career than the Wall Street Journal seems to indicate. Patrick didn't go from Crate and Barrel to a career of working for working for "an arm of the Republican Party that oversees campaigns for the U.S. Senate, then for an anti-abortion group in South Dakota." He was the Executive Director of the Republican Party of South Dakota. Following this employment he left in 1999 to become a Regional Political Director with the National Republican Senatorial Committee. In 2003 he became the National Political Director for the NRSC, during the 2004 Election cycle; overseeing an increase of four seats in the US Senate. He then formed Patrick Davis Consulting, LLC. Joel does an accurate job of reporting this, but Patrick deserves better.
I feel that the Wall Street Journal does a great disservice to Patrick, insinuating that his career has been so inconsequential. Patrick has carried water for the elephant on more than one occasion; and I think that he deserves the credit that he is due. He has worked harder than most, and should be recognized for it.
Patrick has shown that he is a Republican workhorse. Any attempt to define him otherwise is a smear job that is undeserved.
Even though I disagree with his choice of candidate, I still recognize the fact that he has done work he deserves credit for. Usually I look to the Wall Street Journal as a bastion of journalistic integrity. I think they have done a great disservice to some one that I consider a great Republican. Shame on you to anyone who wants to profess otherwise.
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB120208699551139387.html?mod=blog
One thing that I find conspicuous about this article is the way that they couch Patrick Davis' and his resume (Although Rusty looks forward to the day he will have a drawing of himself in the Wall Street Journal.) They seem to insinuate that he has had very little political expierience with this statement:
"Mr. Davis spent a career running traditional campaigns and independent efforts by interest groups. After college, he accepted a $20,000-a-year job with the 1992 reelection bid of President George H.W. Bush. After Mr. Bush lost, Mr. Davis couldn't find a political job in Washington. He worked for two years in sales at Crate & Barrel. Eventually, he began working for an arm of the Republican Party that oversees campaigns for the U.S. Senate, then for an anti-abortion group in South Dakota." ;courtesy of the Wall Street Journal.
As Patrick has show at: http://dakotawarcollege.com/?p=3531
He has had a much more involved career than the Wall Street Journal seems to indicate. Patrick didn't go from Crate and Barrel to a career of working for working for "an arm of the Republican Party that oversees campaigns for the U.S. Senate, then for an anti-abortion group in South Dakota." He was the Executive Director of the Republican Party of South Dakota. Following this employment he left in 1999 to become a Regional Political Director with the National Republican Senatorial Committee. In 2003 he became the National Political Director for the NRSC, during the 2004 Election cycle; overseeing an increase of four seats in the US Senate. He then formed Patrick Davis Consulting, LLC. Joel does an accurate job of reporting this, but Patrick deserves better.
I feel that the Wall Street Journal does a great disservice to Patrick, insinuating that his career has been so inconsequential. Patrick has carried water for the elephant on more than one occasion; and I think that he deserves the credit that he is due. He has worked harder than most, and should be recognized for it.
Patrick has shown that he is a Republican workhorse. Any attempt to define him otherwise is a smear job that is undeserved.
Even though I disagree with his choice of candidate, I still recognize the fact that he has done work he deserves credit for. Usually I look to the Wall Street Journal as a bastion of journalistic integrity. I think they have done a great disservice to some one that I consider a great Republican. Shame on you to anyone who wants to profess otherwise.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
What is wrong with Arlen Specter?
As today is Super Bowl Sunday, I thought that a football related post would be in order. Luckily Senator Arlen Specter has provided the fodder by launching his own investigation into new allegations of Spygate, the New England Patriots taping scandal.
As a sports fan of the highest magnitude, I think that the Senate should stay out of our national past times. I do wish that sports, mostly baseball, would institute better drug testing policies; Baseball has had a lackluster history of dealing with scandals under Commissioner Bud Selig, but I don't think that congressional hearings are going to be the answer.
As far as Spygate, I felt that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell did an excellent job of dealing witht the issue. The incident was investigated, punishment was levied, and Spygate was put to rest; that was until now when the Pats are on the verge of a perfect season. Now Arlen wants to launch an investigation.
Do we really need Congress to police our sporting events, on top of all the other things they manage to get their grubby little fingers on? If there is anyone out there, I'd appreciate your comments!
As a sports fan of the highest magnitude, I think that the Senate should stay out of our national past times. I do wish that sports, mostly baseball, would institute better drug testing policies; Baseball has had a lackluster history of dealing with scandals under Commissioner Bud Selig, but I don't think that congressional hearings are going to be the answer.
As far as Spygate, I felt that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell did an excellent job of dealing witht the issue. The incident was investigated, punishment was levied, and Spygate was put to rest; that was until now when the Pats are on the verge of a perfect season. Now Arlen wants to launch an investigation.
Do we really need Congress to police our sporting events, on top of all the other things they manage to get their grubby little fingers on? If there is anyone out there, I'd appreciate your comments!
Saturday, February 2, 2008
The Gribble Report endorses Mitt Romney
Since everyone and their dog (including my favorite ex-candidate Rudy) have been falling all over themselves to endorse the pseudo-Republican John McCain, I decided to throw the (very) tiny bit of weight that the Gribble Report carries behind the only real conservative still in the race.
I hope that you appreciate this Mitt, it will probably get you my mom's vote
I hope that you appreciate this Mitt, it will probably get you my mom's vote
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