Thune is playing politics with our representation before a corrupt world party.
I happen to agree the base shouldn't be closed, but I do NOT like these tactics from the Freshman Senator against a W.H. that didn't even select the bases on that list. It makes me far less sympathetic, where before I was interested in marshaling resources to petition to save the base.
On the other, ping me when the Republicans in the Senate finally get their act together. I know better than to trust in promises Bolton will be confirmed or Justices treated with the respect of a vote.
It generally looks ugly, but we've actually made significant progress in the Senate. Owen has been sworn in, Brown will be confirmed tomorrow, and I have every expectation that Bolton will be confirmed as well.
The Senate rarely moves as fast as we'd like. But delay is not the same as defeat.
I can absolutely agree with that. Fight the base closing out on its merits. Blackmail against the WH creates a very bad taste in one's mouth.
The worst part of Thune's tactics was his lies---
Instead of standing up and saying, "Heck, ya, I'm going to use my NO vote for Bolton, because I am mad that S. Dakota is losing the Air Base. I campaigned saying that I would save the base, and I intend to make sure that my message is heard."
INSTEAD, when asked, he meekly, said,"Well, I wasn't really crazy about Bolton anyway". OR, "Well, we could have gotten someone better". Something like that...
which we all KNOW is not the reason, so he comes off as a liar!!!! BAD Politics, Thune...really bad