Mary Mowry, one of the anti-Thune candidates who has sprung forth from the closed “Primary John Thune in 2022” facebook group to run in the 2022 Republican Primary declared in a facebook forum this morning to the group that from what he could see “we are not a fringe group.”
Which was all well and good.. until people in the group watching his presentation started claiming that mass shootings were staged, with the candidate agreeing that they “sure could be.”
So much for anyone dispelling the notion that they’re not a fringe group.
Someone running for office and their supporters .. are always anti-incumbent.
Anti Thune.
Anti Daschle.
Same/same.
Nothing to see here?
I’m curious about the platforms .. what is the platform?
If you’re going to go up against hugely wealthy John Thune:
Budget, Elections, and independence (Thune’s really tightly coupled with a particular turtle).
So, my question is .. who is Thune’s clone, and who do the Democrats want to run.
Because I guarantee you. I’m looking at platform. Not pony tails. Not checkered pasts, but the contract that the candidate wants to make with me and my friends, so that we can determine if there was a good faith effort to fulfill the contract.
Thune is not in touch wtih South Dakota voters at all.
He’s a political lone wolf in my view whose team’s terrible decisions hurt my family.
Me and a lot of other people.
Thune’s only strategic choice is to deny us another reasonable choice in the primary.
I also leave room for the possibility that he’ll tuck tail and cow to Trump for the endorsement.
Because if he’s not a Senator/Politician, what will John Thune do?
Become governor and bring-in something like EB5 for his globalist pals like the last guy?
Sincerely,
John
With a masters degree in business, his knowledge of railroads, telecommunications, ethanol, etc., he’d be fine. Fortunately for us that won’t be necessary.
I am now blocked from that site. Probably said something they didn’t agree with.
The last time Thune was not in elected office (2003-2005) he was a lobbyist.
Congress has a revolving door.
I am more interested in how you think he will deny anybody a choice in the primary, reasonable or otherwise.
The unreasonable choices will always make an appearance. It’s what they do. And if the unreasonable choices can always be counted on to show up, the reasonable ones can too, if they want to.
With 280,000 registered Republicans in the state, and maybe 2,000 actual South Dakotans in that FB group (the rest being out-of-staters, lurkers and political staff), they are the definition of fringe even without considering their crazy QAnon beliefs.
My support goes to a long time friend of South Dakota, Senator John Thune!
Mr. Mowry still hasn’t registered as a Republican (I looked) so he’s currently ineligible to run in the primary.
The GOP is full of fringe, so I wouldn’t take Thune’s reelection a guarantee in the primary. Ravnsborg did no wrong, there were major voting irregularities that cost Trump the elections, masks don’t work, and covid is a hoax (Lederman even got in on that one back in 2020) are mainstream views in the party. Furthermore, the fringiest wings of the party actually turn out to vote in primary elections.
Some in our party need a credible primary–but this group is not it.
I have been disappointed in Thune he had such promise in 2004, but what has he done for SD. He has obtained leadership titles but what has leadership done for SD. The only time I remember him speaking out is against Trump.
Thune will win, but we could do better.
What exactly has Thune done or not done that you don’t like?
I could see a future political booth at county fairs, RV shows and others where cans are sold labeled SDGOP mixed nuts. They long ago took over the party and are deeply embedded.
I’m 45.
I think staged shootings are certainly possible, and have been for a long time.
But the evidence is scant, perhaps because the people doing it would specialize in investigative methods, and would know how best to avoid capture and prosecution.
I’ll leave this here for your consideration:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fire
I would also like to leave the folks with this thought. South Dakota feels to me like two warring tribes trying to scuttle the power of the opposing tribe. Neither side seems 100% in touch with the platforms that catapulted both party inhabitants to prominence within our two party system.
It just seems like a bunch of boring money and power grabs to ensure the survival of the tribe.
Perhaps it’s the case that we’ve been like this for 40-50 years under the covers, and now we’re threatening a resurgence of the rule of law; a modern Renaissance of sorts. But as long as scientific inquiry stymies crucial tenets of Christianity, I’m afraid it will be impossible to move forward. Can we morally neglect the truth of science in certain situations, or would it be more efficacious to insist in reformations within Christianity, while at the same time giving credit where credit is due – Christians want fairness, justice, and have died en mass to try to bring it to their descendants (us). I have a great reverence in my chest for Christianity and other religions that try to emphasize morality to monsters.
It’s a complicated picture with spies, infiltration, false flags, and some of the worst human tendencies manifest. What an amazing time to be alive and paying attention!
I’m not sure if I speak for the entire gen-x when I say this, but I’ll continue to fight the information war on behalf of the goodness in Christians, while distilling the justice that would be exacted upon those victims of the Lucifer effect (some of the less justified holy wars have created many of the demons they purport to oppose).
I have always been able to say this, despite some folks spreading rumors otherwise.
May God continue to bless this great nation.
I would like to end by thanking everyone who stood up for me. You know who you are. Thank you.
Sincerely,
John Dale, MS MIS/Entrepreneurship (#`1 program in the country right now), B.A. Philosophy (top 10 when I graduated). Host, Spearfish City Limits, South Dakota’s fastest growing online transmission.