GOP Sen. Thune: 'I’m Personally Very Offended About Being Called The Establishment'

dailycaller.com ^ | 1/14/16 | Kerry Picket

[cotton1706]

BALTIMORE - South Dakota Republican Sen. John Thune told reporters Thursday that he is “personally very offended about being called the establishment” by some GOP presidential candidates.

"I think in a presidential campaign the rhetoric is kind of hot. I think it's just inevitable. We can't control what candidates are going to say or are going to do," said Thune, who is the Senate Conference Chairman, during the GOP retreat. "We can only control what we are going to do here and as individual members of Congress."

[VRWCarea51]

I would encourage everyone to stop over to “Establishment” Senator Thune’s Facebook page and say howdy.

Crybaby!

[BobL]

Sellout, traitor, jerk? What term does he prefer?

[sport]

Better to pissed off than pissed on, I suppose.

[Redleg Duke]

Tango Sierra!

[Impy]

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Me thinks doth protest too much!

[CPT Clay]

If the shoe fits....

[wjcsux]

I personally think lying POS RINO traitor is a more appropriate description.

[pallis]

Thune is a card carrying member of the Chamber of Commerce. It doesn’t get anymore establishment.

[Maudeen]

Love the graphic!

[BillyBoy]

I’m personally very offended that Thune got another six years in Washington automatically and faced no challengers in either the primary or general elections. We have elections for a reason.

And while we're on the topic, I'm ALSO personally very offended that numerous freepers wanted to give this guy a promotion and put him a heartbeat away from leader of the free world because he's "handsome" and "speaks well". The GOP should be above such shallow "qualifications".

[Maudeen]

Love the graphic!

[The Great RJ]

Sorry John, but you are no better than the rest of the RINOs. You do a disservice to the good people of South Dakota who elected you to the US Senate. You have obviously forgotten South Dakota values

[samadams2000]

He’s been bought. You can see it in his eyes.

[huckfillary]

That’s the saddest and funniest thing I’ve ever heard. Instead of whining, just disown yourself from the Establishment publicly, state publicly you don’t want one dime of Establishment money, and that you’ll never vote for another program outside the limits imposed by Article 1, Section 8. It’s that simple.

[Colonel_Flagg]

If Thune is offended, maybe he should change some of his positions.

[juggernaut]

So, it’s official....being called ‘Establishment’ is an insult.

Ok.

[hal ogen]

thune is a co-opted establishment loser. Typical GOP-e loser.

[dfwgator]

If the shoe fits.

[Don W]

C'mon, his kids seem like nice girls.

I remember how disarming this ad was when he first ran, and how most FReepers of the time were behind him, too.