[11B3]

The President should reward little Tommy for his rant. Since we're gearing up for the war with Iraq, President Bush should have Mr Rumsfeld issue a permanent forward basing assignment for the 44 B1-B bombers based in Rapid City, SD to Guam or Diego Garcia. Those B-1Bs and their support crews and dependents bring most of the external hard money into the economy of Rapid City, and without those paychecks, Rapid City becomes a quaint ghost town instead of the second largest town in South Dakota. Then maybe the people of SD will realize that it doesn't pay to keep voting a communist into his Senate office.

[AmericanInTokyo]

You are a wise strategist. Sending this off to people right now who'll be interested in your plan!

[AmericanInTokyo]

Further, the "carrot approach" (for S. Dakota economics) might also be considered, i.e. HELP the people in those areas, and go around Daschle, and push their allegiances out of Tommy's box and into the President's and DOD's.....it's hard ball politics, but they lobbed a pretty fierce stink bomb yesterday and it is time to lob it back.

[KLT]

You should be a political consultant...11B3....What a great idea...

[b4its2late]

Since we're gearing up for the war with Iraq, President Bush should have Mr Rumsfeld issue a permanent forward basing assignment for the 44 B1-B bombers based in Rapid City, SD to Guam or Diego Garcia.

I think I read somewhere that's what the exact plan is.... I think Diego Garcia... is DG under British control? If so, then that's the place....