So will Ironic Johnny hold a Town hall in Sioux Falls?

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According to this press release I swiped off of DakotaWussCollege, Thune still is planning ‘other’ locations for Town halls, wonder if they will include the Sioux Falls area, considering a third of the state’s population lives here. It did not surprise me he picked the very conservative and very safe communities of Aberdeen and Watertown, can’t have any dissenters posting video on YouTube, yah know. I think Thune would have a tougher go of it in SF, remember, Obama won the majority in Minnehaha County. Is Thune scared to talk to people from the community he calls home? Don’t even get me started with Herseth and Johnson, who are apparently holed up in a bunker somewhere.

Senator Thune to host Town Hall Meetings in Aberdeen and Watertown

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. —Senator John Thune will hold a town hall meeting in Aberdeen on Thursday, August 20th in the Centennial Rooms at the Student Center on the campus of Northern State University at 11:30 AM CT and in Watertown on Monday, August 24th at the County Fair Banquet Hall at 5:00 PM CT.

“As I have been travelling across South Dakota for the last week and a half I have heard from a number of people about various issues,” said Thune. “South Dakotans are especially engaged on the issues of health care, cap and trade, and the out-of-control spending going on in Washington. These town hall meetings will give residents in the northeast part of South Dakota an opportunity to ask questions on these and other issues.”

Additional town hall meetings planned before the Senate reconvenes on Tuesday, September 8th will be announced soon.

Why I heart Rachel Maddow

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Rachel, Dick Armey, Tom Daschle and Tom Coburn are on a roundtable on Meet the Press right now. Rachel slams Dick (in his mouth) Armey and he is speechless when she connects his group ‘Freedom Works’ to the Teabagger coalition that posts videos of violence on their website encouraging it. Daschle just quoted Jon Stewart by saying insurance companies are like the lottery, “Send in your forms and hope you are covered.” Classic. This is one of the best episodes yet, and we have another 30 minutes.