I was going to do a couple of full-fledged posts on these two issues, but with the nice weather and all, I really don’t want to waste too much time farting around blogging.
Mark ‘Gigantic, Enormous, Forked Tongue, Hypocrite’ Mickelson
Last week, State Legislator and I think the head dude in Pierre, Mark Mickelson wrote a guest column in the AL decrying all the dark money coming in the state for initiatives. Call a whaaabulance Mark. He then began to chastise the groups and voters for not being aware of such darkness. Not once did he mention all the out-of-state donations the SD GOP has received over the years to fund state legislative candidates. Actually, just a few years ago when Jason Gant was tasked with those efforts, he dispersed over $90K to legislative candidates all over the state.
I’m sure Mark’s next letter will be about all the dark out-of-state money Kristi Noem received while serving in Congress that she has now swiftly moved to her governor’s campaign fund (over $1 million). Hypocrisy at it’s finest, and dark on both sides. Why shouldn’t we elect his wife to the SF School Board?
SB 176 the (Janklow) Protest Bill
Does anyone remember when Billy Bob Janks pulled this spade out of his ass?
Sept. 23 – South Dakota’s tactic of stopping Canadian trucks to protest what it sees as unfair trade practices with Canada is spreading to other states.
A week ago, South Dakota Gov. Bill Janklow ordered state troopers to stop and inspect shipments of Canadian grain and livestock coming into the state. The action was intended to send a message urging U.S. officials to ensure fair trade between the two countries. Several trucks were turned away at the state’s borders for not having paperwork required by the state.
It seems Dennis not only has a short memory, but a tinge of hypocrisy when it comes to protest rules. Or maybe he is just taking a page from his dear old buddy Uncle Bill? Now that I think about it, it is too bad we didn’t block Janklow from driving on the roads in SD, probably be a lot more people alive today.
Not only is there hypocrisy with the Speaker’s position, but his defense of Noem in her little tit for tat with The Club for Growth means that Mark is for protectionism apparently; which means he is for a trade policy that will be detrimental to South Dakota farmers, who are already beginning to struggle from falling prices. And the net result of all of this will be a continual slowing and eventual collapse of sales tax receipts for the state of South Dakota, which means less money for education in the future. And I know there is someone in Mark’s family who will definitely not want that to happen…
As far as Daugaard and Janklow, well, they will probably claim that the Janklow example was on official business or an emergency situation and not a protest. But that is funny that you bring up Janklow’s past protest, because I often thought about it whenever Trump talked about the wall or his Muslim ban in the past year. Because if you really want to understand Trump then all you need to do is study the politics of Janklow, but unfortunately most of the national media are not aware of that era in South Dakota politics, but they would be wise to bone up on it…..