“Okay, but the response she gave was horrible.”
My wife and I enjoyed her speech and disagree with your assessment. Republicans do not know the specifics of what Obama is going to say. All they know is that he will be lying about... everything. This makes it makes it nearly impossible to come up with a detailed response on such short notice.
Sen. Ernst is a genuine Tea Party favorite who is a doer and has managed to get herself elected to the Senate with a campaign that relied on a novel concept... telling the truth. That is an accomplishment that seems amazing to us. It is pretty easy to sit on the sidelines and make snide remarks. In our opinion it would be more productive to lampoon up-and-comers on the other side of the aisle. We would prefer to encourage the people we know share our values and grew up in similar circumstances. But that is just us.
Not true, a copy of the speech is distributed prior to him giving it. But that wasn't my point regarding her "speech".
I agree with you on her accomplishments. In fact, I like her, and wish more people like her were in Washington DC. I wasn't making snide comments, I was making constructive criticism to whoever wrote her "speech". It was a wasted opportunity to start the process of winning the hearts and minds of voters that aren't voting for conservative candidates. Seriously, bread bags on her only pair of shoes?