It's Awfully Quiet. Too Quiet.
Maybe, we're holding out for a hero.
I had a conversation recently with a politico who was commenting that (politically), things are pretty quiet within the GOP. Sure, we're just coming to the end of Lincoln Day Dinner season. But it seems as if a lot of people are chomping at the bit for something.
Things are deathly quiet, and if it's true what was noted - that "blogs are the only action out there," then were either in really big trouble, or Republicans are at a crossroads there they feel they need a cause to champion. Maybe, we're looking for a new hero (if you will allow the metaphor) to get behind
I think it's evidenced by the unabashed frothing that everyone did at the prospect of a congressional candidate as we did when Dusty Johnson noted he was thinking about it. After the beating the GOP took nationally and in the legislature this past election, people are itching for a cause they can sink their teeth into. They're looking for hope.
With Dusty being a young energetic candidate who has shown he can deliver at the polling booth, people were bellying up to the bar to take a drink of what he was serving. But now that he's turned off the tap, we might still find ourselves thirsty.
For the moment, we're still holding out for our hero.
Things are deathly quiet, and if it's true what was noted - that "blogs are the only action out there," then were either in really big trouble, or Republicans are at a crossroads there they feel they need a cause to champion. Maybe, we're looking for a new hero (if you will allow the metaphor) to get behind
I think it's evidenced by the unabashed frothing that everyone did at the prospect of a congressional candidate as we did when Dusty Johnson noted he was thinking about it. After the beating the GOP took nationally and in the legislature this past election, people are itching for a cause they can sink their teeth into. They're looking for hope.
With Dusty being a young energetic candidate who has shown he can deliver at the polling booth, people were bellying up to the bar to take a drink of what he was serving. But now that he's turned off the tap, we might still find ourselves thirsty.
For the moment, we're still holding out for our hero.
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champing
http://www.langston.com/English/
Function: verb
Etymology: alteration of champ
intransitive verb
1 : to chew or bite on something
2 : CHAMP 2 -- usually used in the phrase chomping at the bit
transitive verb : to chew or bite on
- chomp noun
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/chomp
He has broadbased grassroots support across the state.
GO LARRY!
I'm holding out for a hero till the end of the night
he's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast
and gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero till the morning light
He's gotta be sure and he's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life
Larger than life
You're everything I wish I could be.
I can fly higher than an eagle.
Cuz' you are the wind beneath my wings.
I can't believe it myself.
Suddenly I'm up on top of the world,
It should've been somebody else.
Believe it or not,
I'm walking on air.
I never thought I could feel so free-.
Flying away on a wing and a prayer.
Who could it be?
Believe it or not it's just me.
It's like a light of a new day-,
It came from out of the blue.
Breaking me out of the spell I was in,
Making all of my wishes come true-.
Believe it or not,
I'm walking on air.
I never thought I could feel so free-.
Flying away on a wing and a prayer.
Who could it be?
Believe it or not it's just me.
You go right ahead and keep using "chomping at the bit." And keep speling judgment with an extra e (judgement). And keep using it's and its the wrong ways. You go, girl.
(don't you hate when that happens?)
DYKSTRAMAN!
Watch him as he goes
There goes my hero
He's ordinary
--Foo Fighters
Face it, now is the perfect time for PP to step up.
The hero is: PP!
So, they have Sandlot-Herseth and lets be realistic (God bless him) Tim Johnson will be out. So, Sandlot moves up and that creates an open House seat. That's my prediction.
Let Joel Dykstra run against her. He's toast and we're done with him. But if Gov Rounds runs against her, he takes it, although it'd be close.
The Repubs can take the House seat. Who is that now that Dusty is out? Dusty do you have any endorsements or ideas? You know who can get the job done. Does the party even care? Dang it...who's on deck?
I know some names but i am not telling!
Nothing would motivate the party like Daschle running again.
Put it another way, could Rounds beat Thune?
Johnson did.
With two of the top tier candidates admitting that they gave money to Planned Parenthood, and new information showing the so-called conservative savior (Fred Thompson) once advocated that all abortions should be legal in the first part of pregnency, it's pretty hard to get excited about any of these guys. The only ones running like true conservatives are the outsiders who the media won't let win. Worse yet, none of them beat someone as divissive and liberal as Hillary Clinton in a general election matchup. It's pretty depressing on the national scene.
In South Dakota, unless Mike Rounds gives up the job of Governor (which might be fun politics, but would be a net loss for the state), Johnson wins reelection if he runs, or Herseth takes the seat if he doesn't. We don't have anyone outside of Rounds who can knock of either one of them. When Larry Russell, Joel Dykstra and Kristi Noem start popping up as our top candidates, it's no surprising that we're a bit demoralized. I like each of them personally, but they aren't a match for someone with a pretty face, a big war chest, and few stumbles like Herseth.
I'm not sure we ought to be nominating someone with a weak commitment to the 2nd Amendment (or at least a commitment weaker than Sandlin Herseth).
We followed the holy rollers like Dykstra into the last election with their brilliant plan to pass HB1215. What did we get? Tom Katus! The only way a guy like Katus can get elected in a place like Rapid City is by the Republicans thinking evangelicalism equals conservatism. That might work out east, but it doesn't work in the libertarian West.
You'd think we'd have learned our lessons in 2006. Among the conservatives I know, talking about going to a college founded by a televangelist is not going to make them feel any better about his low NRA ratings, or give them hope that he's going to be a small government conservative.
That's the problem with organizations like the NRA who put out those sort of ratings. Even if the bill is extreme, they expect 100% loyalty to their cause.
It's not hard. You just have to vote against gun control.
Dykstra's got some 'splaining to do.
He'd be a good choice if we want the Dems to keep that seat.
I know it's not the smartest thing in the world, but that's the only issue they care about. And they listen to the NRA.
How do we go about convincing the NRA to drop their grade for Herseth? And what exactly did Dykstra do that got him that D? Herseth will jump all over him for that...
Can someone please tell me what "good Christian" means?
Are there bad Christians?
Or are non-Christians bad?
Any input is greatly appreciated.
Thx in advance.
I guess the NRA wants more than just an R from Oral Bob U.
I wonder if Dykstra was at Oral Bob U. when Oral Bob himself claimed he saw a 900 foot Jesus who told him to raise $8 million in 2 months or God would call him home? Of all the fundraising ploys in the history of the world, that one takes the cake. You would think that if Jesus was 900 feet (like King Kong or Godzilla) others would have seen him too - but nobody did except Oral Bob. But a good Christian wouldn't make up something like that would they?
What say you, Joel Dykstra? Is the founder of your alma mater a prophet, or a fraud?
There's a lot more to it than voting against gun control. Last legislative session there was a stupid bill in play that would have lowered the legal age for hunting to 10 years old !!!
The NRA was behind the bill. That's the only reason it ever got out of committee, cause people were afraid to vote against the NRA. Thankfully, it got killed on the House floor, but I bet all those people who voted against the biggest moron bill of the session will get a black mark from the NRA.
So - Is that voting against gun control. I think not, it's about legislators who had the common sense to not put a high-powered rifle in the hands of a 10 year old.
Seems to me, things like that should cast a huge shadow over the validity of the NRA grading system.
Likewise, NRA doesn't keep elected officials at an A rating unless they do everything NRA wants them to (especially true for Democrats) - so Herseth has toed the NRA line well.
Dykstra did vote AGAINST giving 10 year olds high powered rifles without any firearms training. He'll probably take a hit in the NRA ratings for that, but the hit hasn't come yet. If the NRA is wise, it will give legislators a pass on that vote because the bill was so crazy. The sponsor's explanation for why not require firearms training for 10 year olds was that the test is geared for 12 year olds and they didn't want to dumb down the test (so just throw safety efforts completely out the window instead). That argument was too much even for Larry Rhoden who noted that he finally found a gun bill he couldn't vote for.
They had to recognize the bill as being ridiculous, but still voted yes out of fear of that dumb grading system.