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It’s so sad, because I heard an interview with Weiland, and he is actually fine politically, well spoken and clear. Not supporting him or not having supported him was a major error. Pressler (in the same interview) blathered and talked out of both sides of his mouth.
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Attention my fellow hardcore political junkies: Rick Weiland is the real deal! Goto his campaign site, watch his videos, yes even listen to his songs - they’re really compelling. www.rickweiland.com/issues/ www.rickweiland.com/videos/
If you are a liberal who likes to donate to important races both from the strategic, tactical, and philosophical positions, I strongly encourage you to look into Weiland and donate time and/or money.
Weiland is a fierce yet pragmatic liberal, think of the political-spiritual successor to the late, great Paul Wellstone.
Medicare for-all-buy-in option. Undoing Citizens United. Infrastructure spending. Progressive tax reform. Removing Social Security earnings cap. You name it.
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It really is a shame if he loses. S Dakota would benefit greatly from this guy, from what I’ve heard from him.
Is the nutty independent playing the spoiler and hurting this guy instead of Rounds? Because Rounds is apparently highly unpopular there.
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Without know much (anything really) about the specifics of the race or any issues at play in South Dakota other than what plays nationally I imagine that of the three candidates I’d favor Rick Weiland, and that he’s the best person of the three to represent South Dakota in the Senate. He almost certainly has a reasonable gripe with the DSCC, and the Leadership…
But really, couldn’t he wait two weeks to vent his spleen? Having no chance to win one week out is obviously no fun at all… But no reason to whine about it before election day. Take one for the team Rick.
I am not surprised that Pressler “blathered and talked out of both sides of his mouth”. There are good reasons why Pressler lost his Senate race in 1996. It is beyond amazing that he is considered a serious candidate again today.
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I guess this is what Howard Dean was talking about with the 50 State strategy… Too bad … looks like a good man and good candidate.
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Weiland operates at ground zero of agency capture in the financial industry. It was tiny South Dakota that excluded the credit card industry from usury laws. Tiny population, huge potential outside money. Usury laws are the codification of human innumeracy, at least to the extent that people have trouble with compound interest. Some sort of warnings about this blind spot show up in every major religious text. The DSCC probably sees Weiland as a guy with a target on his back, a potential money vampire if he did do anything more than get-out-the-native-vote. Clumsily handled, but not sabotage.