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Kristi Noem v. NCAA: Go ahead, Governor. Make our day
American Thinker ^ | 03/24/2021 | Chet Richards

Posted on 03/24/2021 7:05:14 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Kristi Noem should have paid attention to some of the history behind her own name rather than the listen to the advice of attorneys and lobbyists. She didn’t realize that she had the power to wreck the NCAA if it didn’t bow to her wishes. If she had signed the “women’s protection” legislation she would have stayed on the path to the presidency. Now, that future has almost certainly vanished.

Kristi’s decision was not at all a matter of battles in the court room, as she proclaimed. She is wrong, in reality, this is a war of ideas.

Evidently Kristi may not be all that well read in history — particularly in Christian history:

In 64 AD Rome burned. Nero, in order to pacify the crowds and deflect blame from himself, picked on a little-known Jewish sect. He had the many who refused to flee turned into torches to light the avenues. HIS ACT OF CRUELTY HANGED THE ENTIRE WORLD !

Nero turned Christianity from something few had known about into a people that everyone wanted to understand. Throughout the Roman Empire everyone knew what had happened. Many hated the Christians as a result of Nero’s propaganda. A great many more were curious to discover who these people were who would brave agonizing death rather than give up their beliefs.

Human feelings entered into it as well. Most understood that the Great Fire had been an accident. Why then did Nero persecute these innocent eccentrics? Christians began to gather sympathy as well as allies and adherents.

Most of the emperors after Nero had the good sense to leave the Christians alone. A few, most notably Diocletian, persecuted the Christians because the empire was, once more, having a run of very bad luck.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: South Dakota
KEYWORDS: kristinoem; ncaa; transgenders; womenssports
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1 posted on 03/24/2021 7:05:14 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

At her core she is a dopey lady.


2 posted on 03/24/2021 7:07:48 AM PDT by allendale
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To: SeekAndFind

“Kristi’s decision was not at all a matter of battles in the court room, as she proclaimed.”

Even if it was, her PR team failed her.


3 posted on 03/24/2021 7:10:08 AM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: SeekAndFind

Noem buckled under the pressure. She’s weak, simple as that.


4 posted on 03/24/2021 7:10:10 AM PDT by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: allendale

So it seems. Her waffling defies common sense.


5 posted on 03/24/2021 7:10:50 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard (resist the narrative)
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To: hinckley buzzard

She struck me as mediocre thinker with her prepared, robotic RINO responses to Tucker.


6 posted on 03/24/2021 7:18:57 AM PDT by alstewartfan ( for the lack of love people feel toward him now.)
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To: alstewartfan

Apparently her voting record in Congress showed she was among the least conservative of Republicans there.


7 posted on 03/24/2021 7:22:24 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them wthaith a pitchfork!)
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To: SeekAndFind

In before the, ‘yOu hAvE to TrUSt gOv. kRisTIE. sHe KnoWS wHAt ShE’s dOinG. iT WaS a ReALly BaD bIlL.’ posts.


8 posted on 03/24/2021 7:22:49 AM PDT by ScubaDiver (Reddit refugee.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Well, that’s disappointing. I guess I’ll lump her in with Mia Love and Joni Ernst (who I know, personally) until she proves otherwise. :(


9 posted on 03/24/2021 7:22:52 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: SeekAndFind

Noem made the decision to stand aside. She could have been a hero among the MAGA base of the GOP.

Given the current state of affairs where millions of Americans believe they were cheated in the 2020 Elections, it does not seem to me that it is good politics to back away from this issue and still keep the MAGA base energized in her favor.


10 posted on 03/24/2021 7:22:55 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: SeekAndFind

Plenty are saying the bill she returned for clarification was poorly written and would not stand up in court. I believe she will sign a sound bill.


11 posted on 03/24/2021 7:23:22 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m on her side. Fox is against her. But I think that lady does the right thing, even in this case. 100% behind her.


12 posted on 03/24/2021 7:24:33 AM PDT by poinq
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RE: But I think that lady does the right thing, even in this case

Maybe you can educate us as to what is “right” about what she did...


13 posted on 03/24/2021 7:25:24 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Good examples! Mia in particular betrayed her voters and lay prostrate before traitor Paul Ryan.


14 posted on 03/24/2021 7:27:02 AM PDT by alstewartfan ( for the lack of love people feel toward him now.)
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To: hinckley buzzard

She said the legislation was badly written, and I believe her. A lot of laws are vaguely written and ridiculously broad - like RICO being used against Pro-Life organizations.
But she should have told them that before it was passed.


15 posted on 03/24/2021 7:27:02 AM PDT by Little Ray (The Government is always its own largest and most important Special Interest. .)
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To: bk1000

People who are saying that don’t have any idea what they’re talking about. The bill is nearly identical to roughly a dozen other laws passed by GOP-controlled states. It’s a very short bill, literally less than two-pages long. The two sections she wants excised are the two sections that make the bill legally enforceable.

Without those sections, it’s nothing more than a vanity statement that accomplishes nothing.


16 posted on 03/24/2021 7:27:07 AM PDT by ScubaDiver (Reddit refugee.)
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Fear of the NCAA might be the dopiest reason for political cowardice I've ever heard.

She's over.

17 posted on 03/24/2021 7:27:22 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: poinq

Kristi cut her own political throat. Sorry, it ain’t FOX.


18 posted on 03/24/2021 7:28:12 AM PDT by alstewartfan ( for the lack of love people feel toward him now.)
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To: SeekAndFind

She followed the same path as Mike Pence. Only Pence was elected VP only to show his traitorous side.


19 posted on 03/24/2021 7:28:15 AM PDT by fwdude (Pass up too many hills to die on, and you will eventually fall off the edge of the world.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Yet another truly unfortunate example of how left wing anti-God/anti-science *Social Marxism, and it’s spiraling perverted anti-morality tests, continue to filter and segregate out the unprincipled, power hungry, and politically driven.


20 posted on 03/24/2021 7:28:18 AM PDT by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!) )
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