By Ed Randazzo
In an article appearing in the 12/3/2010 edition of the Rapid City Journal
written by Ledyard King of the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, it was reported that defeated Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin blames her loss to Congresswoman-Elect Kristi Noem on hundreds of thousands of dollars in outside money spent against her in the race.
I find that statement inaccurate since a far greater percentage and a far greater number of dollars was collected by Mrs. Sandlin from out-of-state sources. In fact, the number of donors from South Dakota to the Noem campaign was much greater than Sandlin’s.
A trip to www.opensecrets.org will confirm that.
Surely, Mrs. Sandlin must know that the failed policies of her Democratic Party, and specifically the Obama/Reid/Pelosi regime and the strong support of conservatives and the tea parties for Kristi Noem were the real reasons for her defeat.
Just trying to keep it real here.
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Tea Party = GOP. Show me the Dems at your meetings.
As an officer of the South Dakota Tea Party Alliance I am not at liberty to disclose any member names or information.
Look at the number of tea party candidates who were defeated, look at Colorado and Alaska for example. It’s easy for the tea party to take credit for a Republican win, when it cannot be proved they affected the outcome, but they didn’t do very well with candidates who openly support the agenda. Most Republicans do not support the tea party agenda. You guys are way too far right for most loyal patriotic Americans, especially with your religious agenda.
And remember, Noem didn’t exactly win by a landslide.
You look at the number of liberals that were defeated by the tea party supported candidates. Ask the defeated liberals if the tea party affected their races.
And remember, Herseth-Sandlin didn’t exactly win at all.
The political pendulum has been swinging right and left for many years, long before the tea party movement existed. And it will continue, long after the tea party movement has faded, which is inevitable because their agenda doesn’t reflect the values of “mainstream America.” Or if you don’t like that term, the “majority of Americans.” In a democratic society “the majority rules.”
SHS mentioned the political pendulum swinging right for this election cycle, it case you missed it. She didn’t lose because of anything she or the tea party did, she simply lost because of the temporary anti-Democratic sentiment that swept the nation during these elections. If history repeats itself, the Dems will recover in 2012, insuring the checks and balances created by our Founder’s remain intact.
There is no lasting victory, no sweeping conservative movement that will re-take America, do “God’s work,” and save us all from damnation. It was just one election cycle.
The political pendulum swings only when the voters swing it. It doesn’t have a life of its own. The difference now is that the extreme liberal socialist agenda foisted upon us by Obama/Reid/Pelosi has given energy to the true patriots to awake from their slumber. Your assessment that progressives (statists) are in the majority is a gross miscalculation. Your rationalization of why the libs got sacked in November is pure folly. Your faith in your “majority” is fantasy. You are correct in saying that there is no lasting victory. Victories are won one at a time. God’s work will be done and it will be done by ordinary people who will do extraordinary things. All will not be saved from damnation, but I hope that you will be. Our salvation does not come from election cycles but from God through Christ Jesus.
Where did you get salvation from? Certainly not from me, I never said the political pendulum is going to offer salvation. You’re acting like a typical fundamentalist, bringing up your religious views, often times out of context in a vain attempt to “prove” a political point.
Politics and religion don’t mix, as evidenced by the manner in which our Founder’s set up our government. Once again you actually prove what you cannot accept, that the separation of church and state is crucial to our continued success and prosperity as a nationof free people.
And your contention only Christians can know salvation is nonsense.
Separation of church and state i crucial. The state needs to stay out of the churches.
How can the government ignore some churches when they force themselves into the government, and violate our Constitution then complain when the government applies the Constitution?
The government should not ignore churches at all. The churches are God’s churches. The church members believe in God and His laws and teachings. It is those laws and teachings that they strive to live by in their lives. The government has no authority under God to obstruct, limit or silence the work of God through His churches. The U.S. Constitution has no mechanism to interfere in any way with the churches.
What you appear to be saying is it’s OK to violate the U.S. Constitution because the churches are “God’s churches.” That’s a pretty scary concept, when illegal behavior is justified because it is “God’s work.” I hope this isn’t what you truly mean. The governement has no vested interest in churches that obey the laws of this country.
There is no violation of the Constitution……unless the government interferes with churches.
There is a Constitutional violation when the Supreme Court rules there is. They are the final authority on matters involving our Constitution and law. It is unacceptable for anyone to ignore a doctrine because they believe God doesn’t agree, or they don’t believe the Constitution should be applied to the political activities of churches.
The US Supreme Court has not ruled any church in violation of the US Constitution. That’s in the realm of your wishful thinking. NEWS FLASH: The US Supreme Court does not make doctrine. It interprets the US Constitution. Defiance of a law may invite prosecution but if obedience to a law that is against the word of God has far worse ramifications.
If the Supreme Court hasn’t interfered with any church activities, then what’s your issue? Why are claiming the government is interfering with churches? Can you provide an example?
My issue is that many are attempting to expel God from our country through whatever means they can employ, including the government.
The tea parties had nothing to do with it. You guys do not represent the mminstream Republican agend in S.D., or anywhere wlse for that matter. Besides, how many are therein S.D., a couple hundred? And the Rapid City chapter has been split in two. Noem won because of the anti-Dem sentiment that swept the country this election. Mainstream America deserves the credit for restoring the checks and balances to our government.
If the Republicans are too obstructive during the next two years, not only will President Obama be re-elected easily, there will be a heavy Democratic swing across the board as well in 2012. The political pendulum doesn’t stay put for long. But again, and I mean no offense, the tea party movement lacks the numbers, unity and cohesion to be a significant political factor at this point in time.
Tea parties had nothing to do with it? We “guys” are committed, active, involved citizens, male and female, Republicans, Democrats and Independents, who believe in limited government and the Constitution. We “guys” don’t just go to meetings and complain. We work for our candidates. We raise money and make phone calls and distribute literature. We are a grassroots movement and we neither seek nor desire your “mainstream” label. I suspect that if you asked Mrs. Herseth-Sandlin and Mrs. Kristi Noem you would hear a far different opinion from either about the effect the tea parties had on this election.
I’ve had a couple of posts disappear from this page. Any chance you’re killing them? Or have they become lost in a light socket somewhere?
I wouldn’t kill your comments…..too much fun to duke it out.