I missed that one. Anyone have the Adelstein ad from the Pennington Co LDD?
I just caught one of the comments about the adelstein ad in the Pennington Co. Lincoln Day Dinner Program.
Aside from being surprised anyone read it, I was floored that this might be indicative of the content:
Let's figure out if the rumor is true. Does anyone have this? E-mail me a jpeg or .pdf of it here.
UPDATE - Here it is.
Aside from being surprised anyone read it, I was floored that this might be indicative of the content:
The ad states that he hopes the people in distrist 32 will have the priviledgeNah. He couldn't be that arrogant, could he?
of letting him respresent them again. Shouldn't that be the other way around?
Let's figure out if the rumor is true. Does anyone have this? E-mail me a jpeg or .pdf of it here.
UPDATE - Here it is.
"Thank you... for choosing me to represent District 32 in six elections. I hope that you will have the opportunity to do so again."After reading this, there's only one thing that comes to mind: Hubris.
Hubris or hybris according to its modern usage, is exaggerated self pride or self-confidence (overbearing pride), often resulting in fatal retribution.
Lucky them that they might have the opportunity for Stan to represent them again. For the possibility of two more years of non-existant to abysmal legislative accomplishments.
Lucky them, indeed.
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Only an egomaniac would turn that around and tell the voters that it's their opportunity for him to serve, and maybe-just maybe - he'll bestow upon them that opportunity once again.
PP is dead on with this one. Hubris. How can Adelstein and his head fit into the same room?
At the top of the list would be traitor Lib/Mod Senators Dave Knudson, Tom Dempster, Kenny Albers, Ed Olson and Orville Smidt. There's a sizeable list out of the House who should get the boot.
Wham!!!
American Facists" by Chris Hedges.
Your comments are right out of the textbook.
I wonder why Stan didn't use this Reagan quote:
"Make no mistake, abortion-on-demand is not a right granted by the Constitution. No serious scholar, including one disposed to agree with the Court's result, has argued that the framers of the Constitution intended to create such a right."
OR
"It is not for us to decide who is worthy to live and who is not."
There are endless quotes from Reagan which are direct contradictions with Stan's philosophy. I've got money that says if Reagan was still alive, he'd reject Stans' use of this photo, just the same as others have. No credible person I know nor Mike Rounds wants to be associated with him.
Please.
Thanks.
Listen. I've had about enough of these "who we should kick out" conversations. They're absolutely counterproductive.
Here's the problem, as I see it.
The arrogant and brash few who have enough ego to believe that a political party is some exclusive club and not a fundamental right are the same ones who are splitting the Republican party and making our platform less effective.
People disagree with you. They might disagree with particular issues - an particularly social issues. But the very idea of calling someone a "Republican In Name Only" suggests that you have a better understanding and more passion for the core republican ideals than someone else.
What you're doing is confusing the term Republican with the word "conservative". You've forced people who have different ideas to label themselves as "moderate" or "mainstream" because you attack them and their politics so profusely.
If you want division in the Republican party, continue on your same course.
If you want the Republican party to be an exclusive group of people that think exactly like you do, then I suggest you need to take a hard look at what that will accomplish long-term.
You talk about good "conservatives" that are being recruited to run against seated Republicans, and then seem shocked that some, like Stan, use their political and financial base to tell you where to stick it.
And all the while, common sense seems to be abscent from your thinking. Did it work, for example, when - in balanced districts - you fought so hard to unseat a Republican? No. You tried, you failed. The Dems picked up those seats.
Some will look at Albers and Schmidt and say those were wins, but, anyone who knows something about how those districts are stacked knows that ANY republican you put to the electorate will win.
That's not the case in other districts where you are working to defeat seated Republicans. This plan could backfire, and the dems may pick up even more seats.
It's counter productive. It's vicious. It's very very very anti-big tent. You can either make a small philophical shift now, or come back begging later.
There's more at stake than the in-front-of-your-face view.
Stop it.
Hmmmm...sounds like a threat to me! Thought you RINOs and libs were into being nicey-nice. Guess not.
4:39, Elizabeth Kraus or whatever her name is again? Give me a break.
5:13 PM
Actually I believe Mrs. Kraus has moved and is no longer in District 34. I want to say she is in 33 now.
Stan, why don't you invest in some hair color? The skunk stripe doesn't work for you.
From Publishers Weekly:
"As a Harvard Divinity School graduate, [Hedges'] investigation of the Christian Right agenda is even more alarming given its lucidity. Citing the psychology and sociology of fascism and cults, including the work of German historian Fritz Stern, Hedges draws striking parallels between 20th-century totalitarian movements and the highly organized, well-funded "dominionist movement," an influential theocratic sect within the country's huge evangelical population. Rooted in a radical Calvinism, and wrapping its apocalyptic, vehemently militant, sexist and homophobic vision in patriotic and religious rhetoric, dominionism seeks absolute power in a Christian state."
Why? In what way?
Have you read the book, or do you just parrot what your leaders have to say about it?
If it's the latter, Hedges is not wrong at all.
That's precisely what you are doing. You read things that prop up the beliefs of the Moveon.org crowd. That's fine. Go for it.
What a joke that Stan tries to associate himself with Reagan! These two have so little in common it isn't even funny. Stan should distribute a photo of himself and his equally greedy friend and convicted felon Bill Janklow--the man who should have not gotten his law license back until at least he was off probation. This is instructive of our legal system.
On the contrary. I read the book and am prepared to discuss the key points in detail.
Are you?
In debate, it's not enough to simply say you disagree.
You have to be prepared to argue why.
Are you?
Because by your own admission,
you're not qualified and don't intend
to become so.