Thune

Ironic Johnny, still a Thune-Bag

It doesn’t bother me that John says stupid shit like this, it bothers me more that people believe it;

The permit for the Keystone XL is being delayed while officials look at re-routing the pipeline in Nebraska.

The U.S. State Department says the permit likely won’t be approved until 2013 because of the changes to the route.

But, South Dakota Republican Senator John Thune, who supports the project, believes the pipeline permit is being delayed so President Obama doesn’t have to make a decision before the 2012 election.

“This issue, the Keystone Pipeline, splits the President’s base,” Thune said. “He’s got labor unions in support of building the pipeline. He’s got environmental groups that are opposed to it. Those are both groups that he needs going into his re-election in 2012. I think you can’t call this anything but what it is, which is purely and simply a politically motivated decision.”

So he is trying to either alienate or coddle his two main supporters? Huh?

Everybody knows the pipeline is needed to refine gasoline for the Chinese. There is very little benefit to Americans. But that doesn’t stop John from making this about birth certificates and secret muslims.

Thune-bag wants to make higher taxes for the rich ‘voluntary’ (H/T – Helga)

Hey, Ironic Johnny, can my income, payroll, property, and sales taxes be voluntary also? Oh, that’s right, I am lower middle-class, I don’t pay any of those taxes 🙁

Sen. John Thune (R.-S.D.) introduced the Senate version of a bill that would make it easier for those who voluntarily wanted to pay higher taxes to do so – a tongue-in-cheek jab at President Obama’s proposed “Buffett Rule” that would eliminate tax loopholes for the wealthiest Americans.

Thune introduced “The Buffett Rule Act of 2011” (S.1676), which would require the I.R.S. to provide a line on tax return forms inviting taxpayers to donate to the federal government. Any donations would be placed in a fund dedicated to paying down the national debt. A similar version of the bill was introduced last week in the House.

“If individuals like Warren Buffett or President Obama are inclined to donate their own personal money toward paying down the federal government’s debt, they ought to have that right to do so voluntarily,” said Thune in a statement. “This bill would make it easier for those wealthy individuals who feel they are currently under-taxed to pay more to the U.S. Treasury above and beyond their current obligations, without raising taxes on America’s job creators.”

Talk about Prairie Values! I’m glad to see Thuneless is spending so much time drawing up legislation to help out the wealthy.

 

Ah, fiddlesticks, Thune Bag ain’t running

Like I have said in the past, I hoped and prayed Ironic Johnny would run, but I knew, it was all posturing just to get his name out there;

Sen. John Thune announced today that he will not run for president in 2012.

The two-term senator has spent months deliberating what he has described as a “gut-level” decision on his possible bid for the presidency.

In today’s statement, Thune said, “There is a battle to be waged over what kind of country we are going to leave our children and grandchildren and that battle is happening now in Washington, not two years from now. So at this time, I feel that I am best positioned to fight for America’s future here in the trenches of the United States Senate.”

Thune also added,

“We all know my pecker always points in the direction the wind is blowing, I mean, really, folks, unlike Dems, I try not to piss in the wind, but I never turn down a reach around.”