Posted on 08/10/2007 6:10:15 AM PDT by gridlock
Calling national Republicans “sad” and “desperate,” former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) decried their pledge to begin pursuing an aggressive campaign against his ill former South Dakota Senate colleague, Sen. Tim Johnson (D).
In an e-mail to supporters issued by Johnson’s campaign committee, Daschle criticizes National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Chairman John Ensign (Nev.) for saying he would push forward with an effort to defeat Johnson in 2008.
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“Tim’s focus should be on his recovery to serve the people of South Dakota, not fending off classless political attacks from national Republicans,” Daschle wrote. “That means we’re not going to sit back and wait for the right-wing slime machine to attack Tim Johnson. We have to fight back.”
The seat is a top Republican target, and the national GOP’s efforts to win it have been hampered by Johnson’s health problems.
Last month, state Rep. Joel Dykstra became the first major Republican candidate to join the race.
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“It’s acceptable for Democrats to fundraise for Sen. Johnson but it’s over the line for Republicans to say the seat is a focus? Sounds like the very definition of hypocritical to me,” said NRSC spokeswoman Rebecca Fisher.
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This is straight out of the Twighlight Zone!
If the Donks run Johnson, the Republicans will have to approach the issue with tact, but I think that the argument that a Senator should be able to perform his functions should resonate with the voters.
So I guess he’s deeply saddened?
Seriously, both sides of the aisle put “red-meat” into fund raising letters. So F’in what? Tiny Tom can say what we wants when shaking the money tree. 9 out of 10 of these letters go straight into the circular file anyway, maybe more.
Daschle is also still deeply troubled, and likely to come up short again.
If you are a lion, you chase the slowest wildebeast.
He posted that just for the headline, I bet........
If Senator Johnson is so ill that he won't even be able to make a run next year, maybe the best service he could make is to retire to focus on his recovery and allow another person to take his place in the Senate.
Oh, wait, the governor would replace him with a Republican, and we know that wouldn't be of service to Reid and the rest of the donks.
Yes, every Republican’s health and age are to be questioned, yet the same not done against a democrat, who is in obvious dire straight in regards to his health.
This is just sleight of hand from the attention whore Tom Dashole. He wants the spotlight on Johnson's condition so he can step in and graciously offer himself as the Demokrat Senate candidate when it becomes apparent that showing up for debates wearing a drool bib and a diaper is not a winning strategy for Johnson.
Why not? All of the rest of them are. If you took all of the politicians, Republican and Democrat, and laid them end-to-end, they would still never reach a conclusion.
Why not, they do it ever six years.
So running someone from the other party for the Senate seat is mean because it won’t allow Johnson to focus on his recovery. LOLOL
Perhaps relinquishing his Senate duties would be a more direct way to permit him to focus on that recovery.
If the dead can vote, the incapacitated can run the government.
What it illustrates is that you don’t actually have to do anything to be a Senator. Just sit around and collect your paycheck while everyone worships you.
On 23 November 1969 he suffered a severe stroke and was subsequently unable to attend sessions of Congress, although he received extensive speech and physical therapy. His wife, Mary, led his staff in Mundt's place and refused calls for the crippled Senator to resign. Mundt was stripped of his committee assignments by the Senate Republican Conference in 1972, but he remained in office through the end of his term on January 3, 1973. He did not seek reelection in 1972.
Mundt was a good guy too. Despite the fact that his wife did a credible job of managing his office and making sure constituent services got done, they did not even think about running him for re-election.
If Johnson, as Daschle assures us, is totally fit to go back to the Senate in September, why doesn't he give at least a radio interview to the South Dakota media?
So, let me get this straight. The Democrats want to run a man who is incapacitated for the US Senate, and the Republicans are being condemned for daring to run anybody against him...
This is straight out of the Twighlight Zone!
Yes, a place tiny tommy daschle inhabits to this day...(chuckle)
Six years ago Johnson cheated John Thune out of his victory. Thune had a 900 vote win until 1500 votes were “found” on an Indian reservation. The Indian woman who “found” these votes eventually went to prison for voter fraud and Johnson went to Washington. tiny tommie is a hack that should not be listened to. The more he objects, the more people will hear about Johnson’s real condition.
Whaaaaaa!
Doen’t bother us with governance and performance!
Can’t you see we’re way too busy being victims and accusers?
Too funny!
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