Bruce Whalen TV Ad - Taking Herseth to Task
Check out the new Bruce Whalen TV AD which takes after Herseth on her comments on the pro-choice teleconference.
It's going to be a fight for the last few weeks.
It's going to be a fight for the last few weeks.
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I'm a die hard Vikings fan, but I hate to admit that they're not that great this year. I'm a father, but I hate to admit that my kids sometimes get unruly at the mall.
Bruce Whalen had almost no credibility after that the wikipedia incident. Now he has none.
I'm not ashamed to be a Republican, I just wish we had a candidate that would get over 25% of the vote against Stephie.
She has an actual voting record. Why not use that against her instead of trying to make it sound like she's ashamed to be from South Dakota?
bruces problem is that herseth is very popular and shes not as liberal as most democrats... she supports the nra, votes against gay marriage, votes with the republicans on lots of issues, isnt a cut and runner on iraq, etc.
he didnt have a choice but to lie. that's just how politics goes. don't act like your all upset just because brucelied. they all lie. thats the way it works. wise up!
I guess the Republican donors in South Dakota were turned off by the wikipedia incident. I don't think this ad is going to change their minds.
I wish we had a green party in South Dakota, or at least a liberal democrat on the ballot. she's way too moderate for me.
Whalen probably can't afford a professional PR firm like Herseth and I'll bet Lee Beard borrowed his mom's old camcorder to shoot this ad. At least it's in color...
Even worse, I know of a lot of people who claim to be conservative Republicans who are voting for Herseth because they say she's the kind of democrat they can support (to me, there is no such thing). Whalen has got to start getting out and meeting people. The problem with the tv add is that everyone in the state knows her position on abortion. Diedrich did a good job of telling people last time. If this is Whalen's only add, its not going to be enough.
He should think about getting in his car, driving around the state telling voters where he stands on the issues. The fact that most conservatives have never heard of him makes me wonder what he's been doing for the past year. He can't even update his own website. I hope we do a better job finding a good candidate to run against her next year.
Whalen is a bigger joke than Moser (at least Moser didn't spread lies about John Thune's personal life). He's even worse than crazy Jan Berkout (remember him?). Whalen might be the worst congressional candidate in the history of the state - and that's saying something.
By the way, Bruce is against the Drought. And Cancer and well as Crime.
Got my vote.
65/35 Herseth. And only that big of a blow out because we all know some women will never vote for a woman.
That's a tough one, but I think the wikipedia thing seals the deal for Bruce.
Bruce Whalen sealed his fate a long time ago. If we waste money on him, I'm done giving.
Whalen 55%, Berkout 35%, Moser 10%.
-- you didn't think I was talking about the actual election did you? ;-)
$18,000 versus $500,000 is not much of a fight, PP. Even the most partisan Republican will admit that...
When a candidate for federal office's cash on hand is less than my personal cash on hand, that's not a good sign.
If I were Bruce's staff, I'd be demanding this month's check up front...
We will all stand before Him on judgement day and he knows how you vote. Bruce Whalen is a righteous Christian and he has my vote. All of you who mock God will pay the price down the road.
How many innocents have died in Iraq the past 3 years? 600,000+
How many people have been murdered in Sudan in the past 10 years yet we don't lift a finger? 1,000,000+
How many people have died from famine in the past 10 years? Millions.
If you spent even 10% as much time and money worrying about the living as you spend on the abortion issue, the world might be a better place. God would smile on you.
Look, is it ok to take the morning after pill. Seems so. Well, isn't that a baby, baby, baby. I'm sick, sick, sick of this and you, you, you 11:37. Form your own nutjob party and leave us alone.
By the way, Berkout was the craziest and would destroy Whalen both intellectually and in crass comments (imagine if he had run against the princess).
This race is as dead as was Thune-Moser.
I am also one old GOPer who is also really sick of this! It doesn’t matter how morally corrupt a candidate may be, if they are against abortion they are next to God. All the other Christian values that they totally destroy just doesn’t mean anything. They are anti-abortion and that is all that God and the Churches in South Dakota care about! All other Christian values are out the window!
I am a Republican and a darn good one! I am just sick that we have allowed the religious nuts and the churches to take over our party! What in the heck is wrong with us and the churches that are supposed to preach and value ALL of the Christian values? Please tell me, what in the heck is wrong with us?
It’s unbelievable! Totally unbelievable! And we just stood there and watched it happen!
Plus, I loved it when he said that Randy Frederick asked him to be the standard bearer for the party. Great. Randy and Bruce, leading us forward.
I'm voting for Rounds, Jarrod Johnson, and leaving the spot for Congress blank.
Congress does actually vote on issues that effect abortion and they give Federal Funding to organizations (i.e. Planned Parenthood) that are federally funded.
If you think that a Member of Congress has no affect on the abortion issue you are VERY dilusional.
And in case you haven't noticed....the abortion issue will be what drives voters this year. Nothing else is exciting people. The Whalen campaign might actually be on to something here.
Bruce is a good man who wants to fix what is wrong with his people, and what he sees as the same problem that the rest of us are making…accepting government dependency.
I am astonished at the lack of foresight by the South Dakota Republican Party. Here we have a South Dakota reservation ban abortions as we debate HB1215. This is a beautiful opportunity for the Republican Party to have reconciliation with Native Americans and remove the stronghold the Democrats have had on the reservations. Why is the South dakota Republican Party MIA on this one. I can expect that lack of response the Drive-By media has given the Whalen’s press releases, because that Democrat stronghold has no chance of being reconciled with the Republican Party.
Could that be why the Republicans aren't making their move now?
Unless the only issue you care about is pro-life issues how do you know he will vote like you would? That's his only message, what's his views on Iraq? North Korea? Immigration?
If by some miracle he got elected he might have a handful of votes on pro-life issues versus hundreds of votes on national security, education, the economy, etc... What's his position on those issues?
Whalen supporters have their wagons hitched to a one issue candidate and that one issue is so small when compared to the other issues our country will be facing in the coming 2 years.
Whalen has limited funds so why spend them on ad spots that tout something everyone already knows he stands for? He complains that he isn't getting any exposure and then turns around and wastes an opportunity to get his message out...
This is very scary.
I'm an independent that voted for Stephanie in the last election. She has disappointed me. I'm voting for Bruce. His biggest problem, as far as I can see, is that he ISN'T political enough to get his message out there. In my opinion, that's very refreshing.
He DOES have opinions. He DOES have views. And, he IS exactly who he says he is. I'm not a Native American, but I would love to see this state elect one to see what he can do for the people here. At least he DOES put himself out there and actually say what he stands for. She blows smoke. I listened to the KOTA debates... he's intelligent... and sincere. I don't know, call me crazy, but I'm sick of the politically correct blowhards who claim to be all for us here in the state, and then go to DC to be all about themselves.
Bruce Whalen seems to care about people. REFRESHING.
I'm sick of the status quo... I've decided to open my eyes and dig deeper to uncover who candidates really are. When I dug... I didn't like what I saw in Herseth. I don't like her voting record. I want change.
I'm voting Whalen.
Get off Whalen and take a good look at her to see if you really want this woman representing you again. I don't. I can't see where she's helped us at all.
She comes off as a politician. Period.
The last poster is right. Bruce might not be polished, but he's for South Dakota.