Posted on 11/07/2014 3:16:39 PM PST by smoothsailing
Thank you for your service, Joni. Please, don’t let the RINOS pimp you.
Many folks on this forum said all the Republicans cept Cruz and Palin were worthless. All the rest were rinos so stay home. I’m so glad we ignored them and patriots like Ernst are in office.
Ernst is a lieutenant colonel in the logistics branch and currently commands the 185th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion at Camp Dodge, the largest battalion in the Iowa Army National Guard.[10][11] As of 2014, Ernst had served 21 years between the Army Reserve and the National Guard. She spent 14 months in Kuwait in 2003-2004 as a company commander during Operation Iraqi Freedom.[8][12][13]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joni_Ernst
And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, has put the Lt Col into the good graces - and that is understatement - of this family.
Mr. niteowl77
Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!
Take a bow! ;-)
Thanks! Iowa has a very impressive new Senator!
The first sentence says she’s a Lt. Col.
LOL!
Four years in the Army and I never could
remember which color meant what.I just saluted
and said Sir...or every so often Mam.
Great story about Joni Ernst.
Her combat patch is 41st Brigade which is an Oregon National Guard Brigade. I should know, I was in 41st Brigade from 1992-2002 when I switched to Oregon Air Guard.
Interested to hear the story behind that.
She’s a Lieutenant Colonel (O-5). She is replacing retiring Democrat Tom Harkin, who saw fit to lie about his record as a Naval aviator. You may recall that Harkin claimed to have flown attack and recce missions over South Vietnam, but it turns out he was only a ferry pilot, flying aircraft to and from maintenance depots. He never saw combat, but persisted in lying about service until Barry Goldwater confronted him publicly.
Iowans can be proud for electing a woman of character and integrity to the Senate.
Beautiful!
Very cool to wakeup and realize Tom “Karl Marx” Harkin no longer will be our Senator after January.
And then to realize Joni will.
I think Joni will make a great Senator.
I must say I didn’t really see any of her until her acceptance speech, but I really like her!
Let me guess...
Obama is sending her to Iraq?
Great replacement for Tom Harkin.
Telephone Colonel is Silver Oak Leaf.
I can see why the pinkos wanted to derail her campaign.
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