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Tag: Barack Obama
Democratic House Candidate Svarstad Attacks McGovern and Obama
Published 2016-04-10
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Pat Powers has gleefully documented Democratic District 18 House candidate Chris Svarstad’s arrest record, as well as Svarstad’s apparent easy distraction. But a couple of…
Thune Opens Door for Williams by Shirking Job, Making “Silly” Arguments on Garland Balk
Published 2016-03-20
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
By participating in the soft coup against President Obama by refusing to consider Merrick Garland or any other Presidential nominee to the Supreme Court, Senator John Thune…
Strike? Mutiny? Coup? Thune and Rounds Gibber About Presidential Legitimacy
Published 2016-03-17
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
What’s that I hear from Scalia’s grave? ‘Ochlocracy!’? Meanwhile, back at the ranch, South Dakota’s U.S. Senators are refusing to do their job and spinning the…
Obama Knows He Is Spock—Is Trump the Worse Half of Kirk?
Published 2016-03-11
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
I love Spock. Therefore, it is logical that I love President Obama. Jeffrey Goldberg article on President Obama’s foreign policy notes that the President himself recognizes…
Bigoted SD Bills Lose Luster Facing Supreme Court Without Scalia
Published 2016-02-13
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead today at a Texas ranch. No, Dick Cheney didn’t shoot him. What does the death of our…
SB 61: Betty Olson Copies ObamaCare for Homeowners’ Insurance
Published 2016-01-22
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Senator Betty Olson has her problems (curse the poor! curse the GF&P! curse Standard Time!), but she has her soft spot. The Republican from Prairie City is actually proposing something…
Jobs, Deficit, Energy Conservation, Equality, Consumer Protection—Obama Earns His Swagger
Published 2016-01-14
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Last fall, South Dakota Democratic Party vice-chair Joe Lowe said Democrats need to fight Republican gloom-and-doom mythmaking with facts about President Barack Obama’s successes. The President…
Quick Release of U.S. Sailors Proves Value of Obama’s Diplomacy over GOP’s Bluster
Published 2016-01-13
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
One of my Twitter friends was grousing about the President’s decision not to mention in his State of the Union address the “crisis” of Iran’s detention of…
President Obama to Candidates: Boost Community, Hope, Optimism, Dynamism and Change
Published 2015-12-31
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
NPR’s Steve Inskeep wrapped up his year-end interview with President Barack Obama with a question about what the leader of the free world would ask the current…