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Will Ironic Johnny’s ‘C’ Street ties sway race? (H/T – Helga)

l3wis October 29, 2009 8Comments

There are a variety of reasons why, but for several of the senators there was a more personal component to their decision to wade into a contested primary between two GOP House colleagues: a C Street connection.

Moran is a resident of the three-floor, red brick town house at 133 C St. S.E. that functions as a group home for 10 lawmakers and a sanctuary for prayer and Bible study. Tiahrt only occasionally attended events there.

While none of Moran’s C Street housemates, Sens. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), nor C Street frequenter Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) says the C Street bond was the driving force behind their endorsements, Thune and DeMint acknowledge that the relationships forged there played a role in their decision-making process.

“You have an opportunity when you’re around other people to get to know them, and, obviously, I think it makes a difference,” said Thune. “I think Jerry has cultivated a lot of relationships with senators, and it’s paid off.”

Thune has to pay people to defend his rape protection vote. How ironic.

l3wis October 28, 2009 7Comments

Photo taken by Adam Grimm

Ironic Johnny; hunting for a defender?

It seems the only ones chastising Thune’s vote are citizens writing letters to the editor and the only ones defending Thune’s vote are his paid staffers.

Sen. John Thune’s communication director, Andrea Fouberg, claims the letter from Will Bennett in the Oct. 21 Argus Leader was full of misinformation and inaccuracies. I believe Fouberg’s letter is the one with misinformation and inaccuracies.

Sen. Al Franken’s amendment would withhold defense contracts from companies such as Halliburton if they restrict employees from taking workplace sexual assault cases to court. Currently, employees of defense contractors who are sexually assaulted can’t sue in court but instead are forced into secret arbitration where chances are good that arbitration will favor the company, not the employee.

I find it incredible that Fouberg contends that the Franken amendment “does nothing more than reward trial lawyers.” I say that Thune’s vote against the amendment does nothing more than reward defense contractors.

I thought it was funny that the defending letter writer was exposed to be a Thune staffer, typical damage control from the Republicants. Still waiting to hear something from the SD MSM on this one. Someone needs to go to Kranz’s desk, wake him up and remind him that he is part of the ‘liberal’ media 🙂