The biggest mystery to me is how is it not a single person
that read or edited the draft did not tell Ms. Noem if you publish this it will end your political career.
Better to find out now she is not very bright.
I share your amazement. She took her political career out back and put a bullet right between its eyes. It’s ok, I didn’t want her for VP anyway. I didn’t like the adultery thing
Many people live in bubbles (virtually all of the left lives in a liberal bubble). It's obvious Noem and her advisers live in a "rural bubble".
She actually thought this story would be a plus, and in her rural bubble, maybe it is.
But it's not a plus outside her bubble.
Only 1 in 3 Americans own a gun.
Only 1 in 5 Americans live in rural areas.
In other words: For 80% of Americans, the idea of taking their dog out to a gravel pit and shooting it is not even on their mental radar--they literally couldn't imagine themselves doing that.
This is a story 80% of Americans can't relate to.
That's why Noem lives in a bubble. She looked at a story that 80% of Americans can't relate to and said: Sure, that'll be a story everyone can relate to.
Really. Honesty is one thing, too much information is another.