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Thune Kicks Daschle Out of Office, Literally
NewsMax.com ^ | 1/19/05 | Carol Gould

Posted on 01/19/2005 12:49:12 PM PST by kattracks

South Dakota Republican Senator-elect John Thune will be easy to find in his home district.

That's because he's taking over the very office of the man he dethroned, former Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle.

Thune has assumed "ownership" of Daschle's longtime Rapid City office. In fact, he took down Daschle's sign and put up his own on New Year's Eve, ABC-TV affiliate KOTA is reporting.

Sharing office space – in a sense – is an irony because during a hard-fought political campaign, Thune and Daschle shared very little, especially in terms of politics.

Republicans drafted Thune, a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, to run against South Dakota's other liberal senator, Democrat Tim Johnson, in 2002. Thune lost in heartbreaking fashion – by just 500 votes.

He came back in 2004 to challenge the obstructionist Daschle for his seat.

So riveting was the match-up – conservatives were hoping beyond hope that the main obstacle to President Bush's agenda in the Senate would be ousted – that Roll Call, Capitol Hill's newspaper of record, ran an Oct. 4, 2004 story headlined "After Bush-Kerry, Thune-Daschle is the Main Event."

As Senate minority leader, Daschle became synonymous with spearheading Democrat-led filibusters of many nominees he believed were not liberal enough to sit on the federal bench.

Polls showed a tight race all the way up to Election Day, though a few weeks out Daschle was still holding a narrow lead. Thune won by only 4,500 votes.

One point of satisfaction for Thune: His mentor and personal hero, former Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Abdnor from South Dakota, who lost a re-election bid to Daschle in 1986, was in Thune's headquarters the evening of Nov. 2 to witness Daschle's demise.

As for the office space, the ABC-TV affiliate says a Thune staffer claims the site was chosen because it is conveniently located. But we think maybe Thune, like the majority of South Dakota voters in his district, just couldn't wait to see Daschle go.



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1 posted on 01/19/2005 12:49:13 PM PST by kattracks
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"But we think maybe Thune, like the majority of South Dakota voters in his district, just couldn't wait to see Daschle go."

America thanks South Dakota!


2 posted on 01/19/2005 12:51:06 PM PST by Indy Pendance
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Hehehehehehehe!


3 posted on 01/19/2005 12:51:20 PM PST by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: kattracks

Still relishing the Thune victory!!!!
Buh Bye Tommy D!!!!!!!


4 posted on 01/19/2005 12:51:55 PM PST by RushCrush (Newbies are people too!)
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"South Dakota Republican Senator-elect John Thune will be easy to find in his home district."

I don't think he is Senator-elect any more.
5 posted on 01/19/2005 12:52:02 PM PST by bilhosty
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With the victor, come the spoils. (or something like that)

Great way for Thune to reinforce Daschle's demise!


6 posted on 01/19/2005 12:52:26 PM PST by BreitbartSentMe (Now EX-Democrat)
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To: kattracks
One point of satisfaction for Thune: His mentor and personal hero, former Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Abdnor from South Dakota, who lost a re-election bid to Daschle in 1986, was in Thune's headquarters the evening of Nov. 2 to witness Daschle's demise. He also got his start in politics because of Abdnor, as one of his aids. Glad I'm not the only one who got the sweet irony of Thune beating Dashle in light of the fact that Dashle beat Abdnor.
7 posted on 01/19/2005 12:52:30 PM PST by zbigreddogz
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To: bilhosty

Correct, but he probably was when the article was written.


8 posted on 01/19/2005 12:52:55 PM PST by zbigreddogz
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To: kattracks
Sharing office space – in a sense – is an irony because during a hard-fought political campaign, Thune and Daschle shared very little, especially in terms of politics.

It would be ironic if they were in fact sharing office space, but they are not. So I'm not sure what the point of that sentence is.

9 posted on 01/19/2005 12:53:12 PM PST by Rodney King (No, we can't all just get along.)
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I hope Thune checks it for bugs.


10 posted on 01/19/2005 12:53:44 PM PST by mewzilla (Has CBS retracted the story yet?)
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11 posted on 01/19/2005 12:55:12 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Indy Pendance
Thune Kicks Daschle Out of Office, Literally

For it to be literal, doesn't actual boot have to meet actual butt? I read the article and don't recall seeing anything like that.

Titles like this should not so cruelly raise hopes.

12 posted on 01/19/2005 12:57:54 PM PST by Dunstan McShane
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Since his defeat we haven't seen Little Tommy out here on the South Dakota tundra. Maybe we'll have to put his picture on milk cartons.

I suppose he is living in his wife's mansion just outside the beltway and spending his time with the liberal elites and Hollywood lefties rather than out here in flyover country.

13 posted on 01/19/2005 12:58:49 PM PST by The Great RJ
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It would be ironic if they were in fact sharing office space, but they are not. So I'm not sure what the point of that sentence is.

It’s ironic because they’re not sharing office space even though Newsmax said it was ironic that they did.

This is all post-Alannis, where everything is sort of ironic, don’t ya think?

14 posted on 01/19/2005 1:00:59 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: kattracks

deeply, deeply saddened


15 posted on 01/19/2005 1:01:34 PM PST by RckyRaCoCo ("When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk!")
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To: kattracks
kattracks you and I seem to be in the same boat on this one, *chuckle* we *snort* seem to be *giggle* deeply * teehee* saddened.

Bwahahahahahahahaha!

16 posted on 01/19/2005 1:04:17 PM PST by N. Theknow (Yust an old salty seadog, pumpin' up da birden.)
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Daschle's beeber has been Thuned!


17 posted on 01/19/2005 1:05:38 PM PST by NRA1995 ("Yew jes' go and lay yore hand on a Pittsburgh Steelers fan & Ah think yer gonna fin'lly understand")
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To: Dunstan McShane
I agree........darn........after reading the title I actually had thoughts of Thune taking Daschle by the scruff of the neck and throwing him out..........oh well.....i guess not. Back to visions of sugar plums dancing in my head
18 posted on 01/19/2005 1:05:45 PM PST by NorCalRepub
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To: dead
This is all post-Alannis, where everything is sort of ironic, don’t ya think?

Yeah, but what is really ironic is most of Alannis's examples of irony were not in fact irony. No that's ironic.

19 posted on 01/19/2005 1:10:39 PM PST by Rodney King (No, we can't all just get along.)
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Deeply . . deeply . . saddened


20 posted on 01/19/2005 1:11:44 PM PST by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 60,608,582 Bush fans.)
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