Frank must have been in that other Republican caucus

Pat Powers

Reader submitted

I must have missed Frank Kloucek in the Republican caucus all those years ago.  Civics by Stace Nelson.

(BTW, the reader who submitted this also pointed out that “Kloucek lost a county commission race in his hometown in a landslide in 2016 that most thought he would win, does he blame that on redistricting too?”)

12 thoughts on “Frank must have been in that other Republican caucus”

  1. I think the guys on the NO T ballot committee that led the effort to help defeat the Democrats bogus attempts to gerrymander had a video specifically about Frank’s situation….maybe they could post it again to refresh Stace’s memory..

    1. Happy to do so, thanks.

      Kloucek’s district HAD TO EXPAND because of changing demographics. Simply, South Dakota’s population is growing, the number of people per district increased, therefore Kloucek’s old district increased in size to include more voters. The neighboring counties had more Republicans than Democrats. Plus Democratic registration is decreasing, Republican registration increasing. The inevitable happened and now that district favors Republicans.

      https://youtu.be/-EWNXML9KWg?list=PLyDmaYZEc2Z7GUUlWNZRW18ALs_DfTpsk

      The committee would have had to actually Gerrymander to create an absurd district boundary to favor Kloucek so that he could win. In fact that district is perfectly rational and reasonable. Even the ACLU had no problem with the SD redistricting process in 2011. Democrats and RINOs simple don’t like the reality that Republicans dominate.

  2. Yep, there is no gerrymandering in South Dakota, man made climate change isn’t real, Elvis is still alive, the world is flat, Saddam had WMDs, Obama was born in Kenya, and we never landed on the moon….. 😉 ……..Hahahahahahaha

    Oh, and District 15 was created by an act of God, too, I forgot…… Silly me…. I should have known better, heck, the Cathedral is even located there…….

      1. Point well taken, but that’s still not anything close to the promise to find WMD in Iraq, however. 😉 …….. What did those bumper stickers say in the last decade? Oh yah, “No One Died When Clinton Lied….” But how many tens of thousands died from Bush43’s lie, I must ask? And with Obama, more people are living longer as 20 million Americans have been added to the health care coverage rolls thanks to ObamaCare (and his lie 😉 ).

        Plus, anyone who believed Obama over that statement must also believe in the Tooth Fairy, too. Because when, prior to the ACA, were you ever guaranteed to keep your doctor and plan? Didn’t your plan change every year at re-enrollment time and didn’t the plan administrator always tell you to check to make sure that your doctor is still in your health care network?…… Give me a break!……

  3. Legislative district lines are decisions made by the people’s elected state senators and representatives. It is by its nature a thoroughly political process. Gerrymandering can and does happen, but it’s a mystery to me why anyone would be upset about it. The so-called solution to gerrymandered lines — turning over responsibility to unelected boards — is unwise because it removes accountability from the people’s elected bodies. In politics, give me accountability every day and twice on Sunday.

    1. You just eloquently describe our republican form of government (lower case “r”) at the state level. A form of government initially created by our founding fathers, who were opposed to the creation of partisan divides. But a two-party system evolved from a necessity, in order, to properly regulate and further our republican form of government or governments, both at the federal and state levels; and in so doing, it created the past and current political reality or realities which unfortunately encourage and spur gerrymandering throughout our political systems or governments, however….

      Your idealism for our form of government and its capabilities, when it comes to the issue of gerrymandering, is borrowing from the promise and hype of a republican form of government in its initial days versus its actual or eventual outcome……

      1. EC…

        Accountability isn’t idealism. Rather, it’s bedrock politics. And robust politics is the best route to produce good governance.

        1. But your “accountability” ignores the reality of partisan politics, however….

            1. A gerrymandering committee made-up of two Republicans, two Democrats, and two Independents isn’t delusional; and you still get to keep your own political party in tact as well….

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