Posted on 01/21/2015 2:35:43 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
Choice of Ernst about personality, not policy.
Congressional correspondent Luke Russert said on MSNBC Tuesday that freshman Sen. Joni Ernst was a pig farmer this time last year and marveled that she is now she is giving the rebuttal to the president’s State of the Union address. “That is an extraordinary rise in politics right there,” Russert told Joy Ann Reid.
Russert said that Ernst is emblematic of what the GOP wants to be. “That is what you’ll see her do tonight, sell her personality as a war veteran and somebody who was a pig farmer around this time last year and now giving the rebuttal to the president.”
In a campaign ad last year Ernst said that she “grew up” castrating pigs on an Iowa farm. In addition to being the freshman senator from Iowa, Ernst serves as a lieutenant colonel in the Army National Guard, commanding the 185th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion at Camp Dodge, and has 21 years of military service under her belt. This time last year she was a member of the Iowa state Senate, where she had served since 2011. Prior to that she was a two-term county auditor.
Russert said that the selection of Ernst has a lot more to do with personality than with policy. “One thing Mitch McConnell said around the Christmas holiday, he doesn’t want Republicans to be made out to be the bad guys in the room. He is working hard to change the face of how they are being interpreted by Americans. The selection of Ernst is his attempt to do that. I expect it to be about personality and Republican themes and not specifics to the president’s speech.”
The “fruit” fell, FAR, FAR from the tree.
Government of the people, by the people, for the people. Look it up, Luke!
“Luke Russert: Joni Ernst ‘Was a Pig Farmer Around This Time Last Year’”
And you were likely getting frisky with one around the same time, elitist little p**ck.
Yes Luke and if it wasn’t for your daddy..you would be one of those pigs...ya kinda resemble one ,Ya know
His dad would never have said that.
so what, his wise ass kid did and dads still great,kid still sucks
Dear God, he’s pathetic.
President Washington was also a farmer.
She’s perfect for congress then.
Not really...from one sty to another.
Apparently he is unable to wonder why we trust a “pig farmer” more than their opponent :)
“Russert said that Ernst is emblematic of what the GOP wants to be.”
No, it’s emblematic of what America is supposed to be. It’s the foundation of our unique experiment, that there are no kings or aristocracy, and any citizen, no matter what their status, can aspire to participate in the governance of the nation.
Among many other talents and achievements, Joni Ernst is ALSO listed as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Iowa National Guard, part of a resume including military service that few of her colleagues in the Senate can claim.
Speak respectfully of those who have served honorably and well. That some military officers also once got into the gritty business of castrating young pigs, in no way demeans that honor and service.
The vast majority of Americans would rather have a pig farmer, who actually has worked a day in her life, running things than these used douche bags ...
Probably the least time they broke a sweat was biting the pillow...
D@mn sight better than that pig at the podium last night Puke.
My great-grandmother was a pig farmer. She always had a shotgun full of rocksalt next to her on the front porch from where she could see if anyone was sneakin` around trying to steal her pigs. Guns n` pigs go hand in hand up n` here mountains.
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