Ken Curley’s Column

Brookings Register

December 15, 2006

I’m thinking about taking up a collection for Kevin Schieffer.

If we get enough money, we can buy him a new ventriloquist’s dummy, and then we can put John Thune to work elsewhere.

Not a very respectful way to talk about the state’s junior senator?

Probably not.

But Thune isn’t showing much respect for his constituents these days, either.

I, for one, am getting awfully tired of Thune dissing the residents [of] Brookings and anybody else who wants to protect their community from being ravaged by the DM&E.;

A couple of weeks back, when Transportation Secretary Mary Peters visited South Dakota and Minnesota to get a personal perspective on the issues, Thune encouraged Peters to decide on the project based on its merits, and not on emotion and politics.

Fair enough.  But then he went on to stick the knife in once again.

He advised Peters, he later told reporters, “Don’t make this based on who’s making the most noise, or emotion surrounding it.

Ken Curley’s Column
Brookings Register
December 15, 2006

I’m thinking about taking up a collection for Kevin Schieffer.
If we get enough money, we can buy him a new ventriloquist’s dummy, and then we can put John Thune to work elsewhere.
Not a very respectful way to talk about the state’s junior senator?
Probably not.
But Thune isn’t showing much respect for his constituents these days, either.
I, for one, am getting awfully tired of Thune dissing the residents [of] Brookings and anybody else who wants to protect their community from being ravaged by the DM&E.
A couple of weeks back, when Transportation Secretary Mary Peters visited South Dakota and Minnesota to get a personal perspective on the issues, Thune encouraged Peters to decide on the project based on its merits, and not on emotion and politics.
Fair enough.  But then he went on to stick the knife in once again.
He advised Peters, he later told reporters, “Don’t make this based on who’s making the most noise, or emotion surrounding it.