Trust me Ma’am, Ironic Johnny is not the only one that should not be paid for public service;
Sen. John Thune has spent the past two years saying no to everything. I don’t think we need to pay anyone a salary and benefits for that when there are many 2-year-olds who will do that for free.
No kidding? Huh?
I remember the first time I met John Thune, he was running for US Congress and Mr. Nelson was a client of the company I worked for. He brought Ironic Johnny by to meet the rest of us working stiffs. I wonder if John will be personally escorting him to Federal prison;
Sioux Falls businessman Dan Nelson was sentenced Thursday to two and a half years in federal prison for lying to several banks that were funding his used car dealerships.
While working on Nelson’s company’s business documents, you knew it was only a matter of time before someone was going to end up in jail. None of this surprises me, except that Ironic Johnny continues to wash his hands of his BFF Dan Nelson.
I listen to a sports show everyday – Tony Kornheiser‘s Washington DC broadcast. I like it because it’s a sports show that doesn’t talk much about sports.
Once a month or so they have Howard Fineman from Newsweek to talk a little politics. Today they were doing a bit of a recap of the year, and Kornheiser asked about the winners and losers of the past year. Fineman said you’d have to say John Thune is a political winner, because he “has somehow managed to get his name out as a Presidential candidate without actually accomplishing anything.” Korneheiser replied that he was going to ask who this guy was, and they went back and forth a bit on him.
Tony. He’s a f’ing tool.
Anytime this guy opens his mouth, I just cringe;
Republican Senator John Thune says he’s surprised the U.S. Senate is staying so busy in the final days of the session.
He says some of the issues should be carried over to the next session of Congress and shouldn’t be taken up in a lame-duck session.
Republicans gained some Senate seats in the November election and regained control of the House.
Thune said November election results showed a rejection of Democratic proposals and to work on those bills now is “flouting” the election outcome.
John, you haven’t done Jack shit since you have been in office unless Johnson was holding your hand. Let’s talk about someone who flouts. You have obstructed everything Obama has attempted. Remember, Obama, our current president who won with a majority of the vote in the last presidential race? Flouting?! Ironic Johnny at his best, once again.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NNoG_eRNuo[/youtube]
I literally bang my freaking head against the wall when people ask me from other states, “What’s up with John Thune?”. He is one of the most hypocritical politicians from our state. He, at times, even makes Janklow look like Santa Claus. At least Janklow isn’t a hypocrite, just a gigantic asshole.
This video is actually better  by Rachel (starts at about 4:20)
Here’s a little transcript on NPR;
REPORTER: So why not ask that they (earmarks) be removed…?
SEN. THUNE:  Well, I — we’re going to — we’re going to try and vote this thing down.  I mean, I don’t know how you — how you get them out now other than amending the bill.  You know, the bill’s infront of us.
‘Uh, well, thanks, uh, for handing me my ass, uh, I hope, like, South Dakotans don’t see this and catch me talking out of both sides of ‘my ass’, something friends and close family members call ‘my face.’
(screenshot from MSNBC)
I love how John Thune blames the Democrats for ‘HIS’ earmarks;
The bill includes 28 earmarks from Thune at a cost of about $38.5 million, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense, a nonpartisan watchdog group.
Thune spokesman Kyle Downey said the senator has not withdrawn his earmarks, which were inserted in the spending bill months ago, because “he didn’t think the Democrats would have the audacity to bring up an omnibus after being rejected by voters this past November. However, the senator plans to vote against the omnibus and will vote to strip out all earmarks if given the chance.”
So you put earmarks in because you didn’t think the bill would pass anyway? John, you say some pretty stupid things, but I think that one tops it. Any bill has a chance of passing, so why put them in there to begin with? What a hypocrite. For someone who claims to be a Christian, you sure lie alot.
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