Posted on 02/15/2011 7:07:28 PM PST by pissant
Last Valentine’s Day, South Dakota businessman Ted Hustead fell in love, politically speaking.
His state’s legislature was considering taxing road signs. For Hustead, the owner of Wall Drug, that meant war. Wall Drug may have more road signs than any single entity on the planet. The signs stretch for hundreds of miles along Interstate I-90 and are also in Paris, Kenya, London and at the South Pole.
While testifying against the bill, Hustead began to take notice of a new face.
“All of the sudden I’m just sort of watching her on the committee and noticing her and noticing how articulate she is, and how knowledgeable she is and how she understood both sides of the issue,” said Husted. “After the committee dispersed I just sat back in my chair and watched her work the room. I was just very impressed with her.”
“She” was state Rep. Kristi Noem and Hustead, one of the most powerful political money men in the state, would be a good friend to have, helping her raise more than $2 million.
Unimpressed with two other candidates who’d announced runs, Hustead learned from a lobbyist friend that Noem would be announcing her candidacy for South Dakota’s only seat in the House of Representatives the following day.
“I said to the lobbyist, ‘Please get a hold of Kristi Noem and have her call me … I know where the money is,’” Hustead said. Noem agreed to drive across the state for dinner.
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Beautiful woman.
But she desperately needs some help with her hair and clothes. Is that a Mao outfit a CPAC?
Man, you have a thing for the cougars...
I’d kick Laz off of that!
No, really I would literally kick his ass for that...
And I most likely would win...being a few years younger and all.. no weapons, just a good ol’ streetfight...
The hair is sexy and the outfit looks more like a Central American guerrilla combat outfit.
I like her big 1980s hair.
Hopefully, you would require about thirty seconds or so to whip Laz.
Which is about three times the time required for my purposes.
You’re looking at her hair? You must be female...
I find her nice and slim...
More than a handful is a waste...
I love that wild hair ranch girl look.
LOL!
I am so glad I don’t have a Dr Pepper nearby... lol
My husband and I worked on her campaign in western SoDak.........with dollars, footwork, phone calls and hours. I’m more used to seeing her in Levis (her long legs just don’t quit) and a denim jacket.
Kristi is the real deal.
I like these clothes, too.
That's his story and he's sticking to it.
Just an aside concerning the continuing abuse of the English language:
I hear more and more people saying, “All of the sudden...” instead of, “All of a sudden...”
How do these things get started?
Can’t say I Noem........but I’d sure like to.
Well, thank you kindly for sharing her with the rest of us. As good as she probably was in SD, we need her in DC to help clean up the toxic waste
I dunno. Whatcha think?
Yeah, I seen people say that too.
She also looks a bit like some photos of Rintense I've seen in the past here on FR (minus the hair, of course).
Except Traficant’s isn’t real. It’s a weasel pelt. I’ve only seen Rintense as Palin. She did manage to pull that off quite well.
I love those clothes on her. Conservative women are hot because their beauty is down to the bone.
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