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Just finished watching a ‘Discussion’ between the two candidates on SDPB.

First, let’s look at the cold hard facts, Thune is probably going to beat Williams in the election, it’s sad but true. The unfortunate part about this is that Williams is a strong candidate, and if the Democratic party in SD got their S— together, they could have gotten behind him early and made him a true contender. Jay, unfortunately had to fight this battle almost alone, and came in way late in the game. He is virtually a political nobody, as he has admitted in the debate. To tell you the truth, I had no idea who he was until he announced his candidacy.

All of my truthiness aside, Jay kicked John’s ass tonight. He is a tech savvy business man that is a Vietnam vet who believes in diplomacy. Just his words about humanitarian aid to countries who may hate us, spoke volumes about his position on how you treat your enemy.

But two things stood out in the debate that further cements my nickname I gave to John years ago, Ironic Johnny Thune-Bag cannot help himself from being ironic.

First he talks about how Democratic policies have hurt the (working) poor of our state. That debate aside, does John realize it is 40 years of policies from his party that have created these people in our state with failed programs like EB-5 and tax cut, trickle down mentality. It just doesn’t work.

He also talks about ‘de-regulation’ then tries to counter Williams by promoting the regulation of the internet, etc. So which is it John?

Just like his flip-flop about voting for Trump, Thune has been in DC for too long, and all the things he accused Daschle of, he has embraced.

Oh the Irony of Thune.

8 Thoughts on “Williams VS. Thune

  1. John Kennedy Claussen, Sr. on October 13, 2016 at 10:30 pm said:

    I forgot to watch the debate. Fill me in, is this the week that Thune supports Trump or is that next week?…

    I think I have discovered an even odd logic to his reasoning, however….

    Now I know how Thune can support federal government shutdowns and overall petulant obstructionism, then has the audacity to turn around and wonder why the IHS does not have enough money to run ER facilities on the reservations as he tries to be their new found champion…. It is just a matter of what week it is…. I guess?…..

  2. The D@ily Spin on October 13, 2016 at 10:55 pm said:

    When you’ve been in Washington to long you forget your roots and become a DC resident. It happened to Presler. Perhaps Thune should come back home for awhile.

  3. matt johnson on October 14, 2016 at 6:21 am said:

    you mean as opposed to the democrat (presidential nominee, secretary of state , and expert sailor) who served in viet nam who voted for the war before he voted against it.

  4. John Kennedy Claussen, Sr. on October 14, 2016 at 11:36 am said:

    Matt, I assume you are talking about Secretary Kerry, and you are right, but with just one empirical example. Many of the “Baby Boom” leaders of the left, who cut their political teeth on the Vietnam War, did drop the ball when it came to Bush41 and his preemptive wars… I would have to agree.

    However, with Thune it is not just one empirical example, rather it is multiple examples. Whether it be on Trump, IHS, climate change, advocating the cutting of spending in DC while asking for more federal funds for South Dakota for roads, farm relief, or pine beetles, there seems to be two Thunes or at least a major inconsistency in his philosophy.

    Back in 2004 when Thune was running against Daschle, many Thune supports had yard signs suggesting it was time for a change, that said, “It’s Time!”…… Well, guess what? “It’s Time” once again….

  5. “Bush43” not “Bush41”

  6. anominous on October 14, 2016 at 12:16 pm said:

    He just re-endorsed Trump? What???

  7. Its time for photo op to come home.

  8. Ol'Bubbleguts on October 14, 2016 at 3:06 pm said:

    you cannot reach these people
    they are surrounded by bunches of high paid by us drones
    and aides they call them
    I call them someones relatives
    tried around 08 in the kermit and stock mkt.bank bailout years
    actual piece of my mind
    so satisfying almost as much so when I refused to
    shake the hand of an incumbent nj senator rn fr reelect
    and promptly informed him he was
    trespassing and there could be deleterious
    repercussions he might incur
    damn chicklet laptop
    8 mistakes already
    tgiff
    obg
    iaal
    midco schmidco
    lloyd is not doing anything shady in sf lately?
    got me banned out of most all decent apts in sf dheads
    2 days to vacate look at me now111 homeowner in a vastly
    different ag based county
    worry bout my windshields from the stones
    oncoming traffic increasingly
    lol

    btw wtf wuzzat weird looking dude or a statue in a heavily
    cemented plaza [good for that runoff into the big poo mmm]
    heads nor tails of captions or comments

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