"Buyer's Remorse" in South Dakota: Some Republicans who voted for Tim Johnson now wish they hadn't.

National Review Online ^ | December 10, 2002 | Byron York

[Charlie OK]

too late now Morons. Hopefully there is a lot less pork coming your way.

[Paleo Conservative]

That would be well over 1,500 voters — more than enough to make Thune the winner on Election Day.

I have reservations about that claim. The RATS would have needed to dig up 1,500 more dead Indians to vote for Johnson.

[mallardx]

Too bad for South Dakota; I won't be pheasant hunting there until they have two Repubs in the Senate. Sorry, you lose. Rein in the frootloops, South Dakotans! Get your priorities in order. If you're too lazy to vote for Repubs, you'll all get what you deserve!

[Arkie2]

Idiots.

[JohnGalt]

And the truth comes out that it wasn't the Red Herring Libertarians but the 'big government 'R's' who turned the election.

[teletech]

Tommy who??? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[cynicom]

Stupid is as stupid does. Sounds like they were really socialists anyway.

[chimera]

Too bad, suckers. You've got a Minority Leader now, about as useless as t*ts on a boar. Deal with it.

[Moosilauke]

The RATS would have needed to dig up 1,500 more dead Indians to vote for Johnson.

Yep, that's why you wait til all the other precincts have been counted before coming up with the reservation returns.

[Jaxter]

Cool cover...

[Moby Grape]

Could one REALLY be considered a republican who would vote for Tom Daschle's little errand boy?

[Joe Brower]

Ping!

[Moby Grape]

The DEAD Herring Libertarians also HELPED to put Little Tom's errand boy back into the Senate...the DEAD FISH Libertarians are hurting this country...they serve to help elect democrats, and are good for a laugh when one takes a look at the canidates who dye themselves blue, or have campaign photos with their pet ferretts.

[crystalk]

Was it a Democrat that said "the only good Indian is a dead Indian?"

[Billthedrill]

Well, voting on the basis of peripheral issues turns them into primary issues, there's no getting around that. Shouldn't be a big surprise to anyone.

[JohnGalt]

That does not hold up using simple political calculus.

An L vote is worth a -1, since according to the theory that Libertarians hurt the GOP, it only counts as a loss of one vote or the equivalent of staying home. A D vote is worth -2, the vote the D gets and the vote you lose.

Now, since Thune moved to the left on Social Security to battle for these either/or voters and lost, what does that say about Thune the politician?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

But, but...I thought the Losertarians were responsible for Thune's defeat....NOT!!!

[Saundra Duffy]

BASTARDS!