Archive for July, 2007
A son, three of a kind, gravity and Iraq.
How is Iraq going to affect Tim Johnson’s candidacy?
In the debate over Iraq, the on-line tome of beltway knowledge “theHill.com” has an article up tonight detailing the visits of our Senate Delegation members to Iraq. As some analysts note, the frequency of visits often is an indicator of how well your argument is viewed:
James Thurber, [...]
KELOland.com covering Hildygate
KELO land now has a Hildygate story on their website (and probably on the air as well).
Hildebrand says he and business partner Paul Tewes decided to fire Chad Schuldt as business manager after learning that he had been stealing from the company and failing to pay federal payroll taxes.
Hildebrand says Schuldt had been diverting money [...]
Kevin Woster Hildygate story hits newspapers across SD today
Courtesy of the Associated Press, the Hildygate story that Kevin Woster filed with the Rapid City Journal is starting to filter through newspapers in the Dakotas. The Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan, as well as the Fargo-Moorehead Forum both picked up the story.
I suspect we’ll hear of more reports of coverage filtering in.
Really Big Blogger Project almost there….
I’m bound to an agreement of secrecy on it until it’s released, but I’ll tell you that the big SD Blogger project is almost there. In fact, you might yet see it this week.
I personally think it’s going to be huge. And, it puts on a little closer footing with the MSM on how we’re [...]
Sioux Falls political cartoon show opens tomorrow
From KELOland.com:
No public or political figure will be safe when a new political cartoon exhibit opens tomorrow at the Horsebarn Arts Center at Falls Park in Sioux Falls.
Among the artists in attendance, you’ll find work by Jason Folkerts, and (who you’ll find as a new addition to the blog feeds), Scott Ehrisman. You can also [...]
Hildygate keeps gaining attention. Woster has an exclusive with Chad himself. And the AP picks it up.
Kevin Woster had another story on Hildygate today that I missed as part of his regular column in the Rapid City Journal:
Chad Schuldt didn’t have much to say Saturday morning.
Yes, he was in treatment for a gambling addiction. No, he couldn’t talk on the record about the missing money, or the friends he stands accused [...]
Even the Democratic Blogs are starting to ask the Argus: Where’s Hildygate?
Democratic blogs are on fire today asking the same question that Republican blogs have been asking with regards to our state’s largest newspaper, the Argus Leader: Where’s Hildygate?
From David Newquist at Northern Valley Beacon:
A strange part of the story is that the Sioux Falls Argus Leader has elected not to do any follow-up, although it [...]
The bell tolls for all Senators, especially after three terms in South Dakota.
In several of this and last week’s daily papers, Bob Mercer reviews the book by former SDP blogger and now aide to US Senator Thune Jon Lauck. Bob takes issue with Jon’s thesis where Jon said it was a tide of Reagan conservatism that swept out Daschle, and instead relies on his own evidence for [...]
A few leftovers from the TAR camp cafeteria.
My daughter MerP is back from Teenage Republican Camp, and was kind of rotten about those last few days of updates. Apparently karaoke was more important one night, and she had trouble with her calling card on another. Oh well. I’ll be getting a synopsis of what went on at camp from her [...]
Rapid City Journal: Time for Tim Johnson to Speak up.
The Rapid City Journal makes a big statement on it’s editorial page with regards to Senator Tim Johnson’s continuing absence in the public view, except through intermediaries who are noting how well he’s doing.
…We agree, and we urge the senator to communicate directly with the media and the people of South Dakota about those matters. [...]
The First SDWC Wiener Award Recipient: State Representative Tom Van Norman
You all know what a wiener is, don’t you?
It’s a conglomeration of animal flesh which has been pulverized, liquefied, and reconstituted into something resembling the likeness of meat as contained within the thin sausage skin which give it form. Yes, you can try to make a meal of them. But after a too much wiener [...]
Hot tip just off the press - Sam Kephart meeting with Minnesota Consultant this weekend.
I just got a hot tip from one of my spies who is out and about in Rapid City’s dining establishments this evening, and observed a couple of people that looked familiar.
Apparently South Dakota Republican US Senate Hopeful Sam Kephart is taking a dinner meeting with Minnesota Political Consultant Bill Hillsman, author of the book [...]
From the MSM: a story on Hildygate from the Rapid City Journal
From tonight’s Rapid City Journal:
Hildebrand, a past campaign manager for Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson and former Democratic Sen. Tom Daschle, said he and partner Paul Tewes decided recently to fire Schuldt after learning that he had been stealing from the company and failing to pay federal payroll taxes. Hildebrand said he learned of the tax [...]
Light posting for the month of August
As I approach my 1 millionth website hit in a couple of weeks, it might be a good time to mention that I’m going to be slacking off on the blog for a few weeks.
Sure, I’ll be posting in the AM and evening. But I’m also in the middle of trying to take a real-estate [...]
“Hildygate” continues to gain momentum nationally
Hildygate continues to be noticed on a national basis from other websites such as National Review, Instapundit, and as the latest entry at a website called Political Vindication: the Democrat’s Culture of Corruption.
You know, I have such mixed feelings on this.
I mentioned before that a family business was in a similar position of victim just [...]
They won’t be able to do that anymore. Or will they?
A loophole in the new campaign finance laws that might need a little tightening.
I was looking for a topic to write on, so I went and hit a favorite haunt of mine, the Secretary of State’s campaign finance reports, just to see what I could see. And I came across this filing for the Moderate Leadership PAC. The filing was a final/termination report for the group.
If you’ve forgotten [...]
I’m sorry. Did a big news story just happen?
I was waiting with anticipation this morning to see what angle the Argus was going to take on Chad Schuldt being named as the alleged embezzler in “Hildygate.”
If you recall, Steve Hildebrand himself pointed the finger (at the RollCall.com website).
So I’m thinking, national level political firm, embezzlement of over $100 thousand, mysterious accused person finally [...]
BREAKING NEWS: At RollCall.com, Hildebrand names Chad Schuldt as the employee who allegedly committed the theft in “Hildygate”
From Roll Call:
Hildebrand Deputy Fired Amid Embezzlement Allegations
Thursday, July 26; 12:48 pm
Steve Hildebrand, founding partner of the Democratic consulting firm Hildebrand Tewes and key adviser to Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) presidential campaign, confirmed Thursday that Chad Schuldt was fired from his firm for allegedly embezzling “over $100,000.”
and..
“He took money from our firm instead of paying [...]
Naughty Bob strikes again.
“Make any more jokes like that, and I’ll kick yer ass.”
That was the comment I came across on my website under the topic with the turkey sketch. Yes, my post was kind of dumb, but I’ve been known to post dumb things because it amused me.
Ultimately, the comment served little purpose except to threaten me [...]
With a coal plant, a pipeline, wind farms and a refinery in the works, is the ELPC a friend, or a foe?
With a coal plant, a pipeline, new wind farms, and a refinery in the works, it looks as if some outside groups might be thinking about expanding their presence in South Dakota.
The question is what they’re planning to do once they’re here.
The Environmental Law and Policy Center is in the process of basing at least [...]
