If a clip-on tie isn't a qualification for Governor, I don't know what is.
From one of the readers. Thanks "R."WIth that clip-on, either he's qualified to be Governor, or to greet people as they go in to Wal Mart.
A note from Benedict Ar... Sorry. A note from Stan Adelstein why he thinks you should vote Democrat this year.
(Click on letter to enlarge) And while it may not be printed at taxpayer expense, I don't see a disclaimer, either. When they hold the special session (supposedly at the end of November) , since he's left them already, I think his colleagues should expel him from the caucus. Sure. At that point it's only going to be symbolic. But since he's already said he's running again in the near future, sometimes symbolism is enough.
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On second thought, they probably wouldn't let that cowboy IN Wal-Mart.
Elitist.
And who is calling who an elitist? YOU are the one who is insinuating that cowboys are hillbilly hicks!
Jack Billion is a multi-millionaire orthopedic surgeon - Mike Rounds is a businessman who sells insurance and real estate. Who's the ordinary guy?
Clip-on ties, I find, are generally: 1) part of uniform, 2) cheap, 3) tacky, and/or 4) phony.
I think Jack is trying to appear folksy - but this is the wrong tactic.
If Billions' board is phony - what is a politician with white teeth and a red tie standing next to a headline that says COOPERATION?
Maybe surgeons like to be comfortable too.
Or (gasp), maybe it's just another attempt at a gimmick to make a millionaire surgeon seem a little more like an "average" South Dakotan. If he'll give "I like coffee" a try, he'll give about anything a shot.
The tie-dea could have worked, but the execution sucks. A pleasant photo of him in a tie, presumably a clip-on? Looking governor-ish, even?
Oh, well.
I remember Jack from years ago and he's never been a slave to fashion. In winter he wore things that kept him warm, and in summer he wore things that were comfortable. It didn't stop him from becoming one of the leading orthopedic experts in the midwest and one of the most capable legislators we had in the 90's. Jack made numerous trips to a mission in Mexico on his own dime and did surgery on kids with club feet and other problems. Ask them if his tie was too wide.
1:57 - You think Rounds falling into a bunch of state insurance contracts makes him a common guy? Do you really know if Jack has millions? Maybe you've confused him with his car dealer republican brother. Jack spent his last years of practice as director of orthopedics at the VA - Hardly a lucrative gig for a doc of his stature.
If you want fashion, support Paris Hilton. If you want good government - Back Jack.
I see Rounds cancelled another debate - maybe he's too busy getting fitted for another blue suit.
He wouldn't expose our state to ridicule and legal expenses and then try to distance himself from a bad decision.
He wouldn't wear a necktie - just to look cool - unless he needed to.
That said, he cleans up pretty darn good.
The other day we're driving down the road and my wife says to me, "who's 'jack' and why do his signs look so old?"
I do think it's funny though how people in these comment areas will blast Bruce for only focusing on one issue but have no problem with Jack's attacks on the abortion bill.
The purpose of political signs is to create awareness of the candidate. It caught your wife's attention enough to ask about it.