BREAKING: Ghoulish Candidate IN in SD-SEN

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Thursday March 06, 2008 · 2:37 PM PST

2008/03/06 · 14:37

The Sioux Falls Argus Leader is reporting that Steve Kirby will hold a press confernce on Monday morning at 10:00am to make an announcement regarding the South Dakota Senate Race against Tim Johnson.

Kos has been following developments in the race, noting the "flesh eating zombie" aspects of this particular candidate. Kirby, you may recall, funded a company called Collagenesis which took skin from organ donors (and away from burn victims) and sold it to cosmetic surgeons for use in such important procedures as penis enlargements.

According to a number of people I've talked with in the state, Kirby is in and will make that announcement on Monday. He is contacting VIPs around the state, and beginning to have conversations about who he should hire in terms of consultants and senior staff. As far as I know, no one in the MSM has broken this story, but he will get in on Monday.

Watch an ad a fellow Republican ran against Kirby after the jump...

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Steve Kirby in the Race in South Dakota -

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Good News for Johnson

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Bad News for Johnson

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Good News for the pro-Skin from Dead People for Penile Enlargements Lobby

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BREAKING SD SEN: New Johnson/Kirby Poll Numbers

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Friday February 29, 2008 · 9:15 AM PST

2008/02/29 · 09:15

Kos has been following the developments in the South Dakota Senate race, and potential candidate/body part trafficker Steve Kirby. I posted an ad about the body part trafficking from 2002 yesterday.

Over at Badlands Blue, they've posted results of a DSCC Poll that shows Johnson beating Kirby 70% - 19%. His favorables and job approval ratings are through the roof as well.

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Do you really want Steve Kirby to get out of the race?

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Do you really want Steve Kirby to get out of the race?

Yes - he's a disgusting person and I want him out

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Yes - I think he'd make an excellent Senator

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No - Look at those numbers, Johnson will destroy him

11 votes

No - I want to see flesh eating zombie ads

23 votes

No - I want this guy to lose and lose badly

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VIDEO: SD Sen: Human Body Part Trafficking Ad

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Thursday February 28, 2008 · 12:05 PM PST

2008/02/28 · 12:05

The DSCC has put together a website on Steve Kirby, the Republican expected to challenge Senator Tim Johnson.

On that site, they posted an ad ad run by Republican Attorney General Mark Barnett in 2002, (embeded below) discussing his ownership of the Collagenesis, a company that kos mentioned the other day. What is Collagenesis? They buy human skin from organ donors (meant for burn victims) and send it to comsmetic surgeons for use in such important procedures as penis englarement.

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Tuesday February 26, 2008 · 3:09 PM PST

2008/02/26 · 15:09

From the AP (via the Rapid City Journal):

WASHINGTON (AP) - South Dakota Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin has decided to endorse Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Herseth Sandlin originally endorsed Democrat John Edwards, saying he had the best positions on rural issues. But in the wake of his departure from the race last month, Herseth Sandlin says she has become convinced Obama "will be a president who capitalizes on what South Dakota's communities, families and entrepreneurs have to offer."

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Thursday February 21, 2008 · 2:37 PM PST

2008/02/21 · 14:37

Anyone else notice that the dailykos blog ad trying to sell Robert Bennett's book refers to him as "Roger" Bennett? It's also showing up on my browser with a handful of garbage characters:

Taking the reader deep within his most intriguing and difï¬cult cases, In the Ring shows how Roger Bennett has argued for what’s right, won for his clients, and effected his share of change on the system. This is an intimate and compelling memoir of one lawyer’s attempt to ï¬ght hard and fair.

But beyond that, trying to sell a book by John McCain's lawyer on DailyKos is probably not the best use of Random House's money right now. But it raises a questions, what would you rather read?

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What Would You Rather Read?

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What Would You Rather Read?

Robert Bennett's Book

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Roger Bennett's Book

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Trasncripts of Robert Bennett's Conversation With John McCain regarding Vicki Iseman

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Transcripts of John McCain's Conversations with Vicki Iseman

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I just want to read the NYT article over and over again...

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Roll Call: GOP Lawmakers Float Ethics Probe of Murtha

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Friday November 18, 2005 · 3:20 PM PST

2005/11/18 · 15:20

These guys are absolutely shameless.

From RollCall.com --

Republican lawmakers say that ties between Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) and his brother's lobbying firm, KSA Consulting, may warrant investigation by the House ethics committee.

The calls come as Murtha, a former Marine and pro-military Democrat, has made headlines this week by coming out in support of a rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. Read More

Herseth on her Online Freedom of Speech Act vote

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Thursday November 03, 2005 · 2:59 PM PST

2005/11/03 · 14:59

The Associated Press apparently asked Rep. Stephanie Herseth (D-SD) about her vote in favor of the Online Freedom of Speech Act.

Her quote -- "We've seen a lot of activity on the Internet that I think has actually been good for the public discourse and question the FEC's ability to regulate that in an effective way and not stifle the type of discourse and the type of activity that allows candidates who don't have access to large major donors or the interest groups that are so much a part of modern-day campaigning to be more active as candidates or political participants."

At least some Democrats get it (but note that they're characterizing her vote in favor as "split[ting] with Democrats." Ugh). Full story after the jump... Read More

Red Meat for the Red States

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Tuesday May 17, 2005 · 2:22 PM PDT

2005/05/17 · 14:22

There has been a lot of debate here, and throughout the progressive blogosphere about the kinds of issues Democrats can champion that both play well with swing voters in red states, and are true to our core progressive values. David Sirota has written extensively about a need for a return to the kinds of economic populism that served our party well from Andrew Jackson to George McGovern.

In a recent post, he noted that GOP leadership in the House has again delayed implementation of Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) which would require meatpackers to note where the meat they sell was raised. Read More

Where's the Outrage?

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Friday April 29, 2005 · 1:58 PM PDT

2005/04/29 · 13:58

This place, it seems, has been consumed as of late about the internal debates of the Democratic party. We seem to be more interested in criticizing members of this faction or that faction because they failed to vote the right way on some issue that will pass anyway.

Yet there has been almost no discussion about the vote last night on the GOP budget, which passed by a mere three votes -- with seven Democrats deciding to leave early for the weekend. If you are looking for a reason to be outraged, I think this one is a bit more deserving. Read More

Daschle: Kerry Contributed to My Loss

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Thursday April 07, 2005 · 9:02 AM PDT

2005/04/07 · 09:02

Former Democratic Leader Tom Daschle, in his first South Dakota speech since his loss in November, noted that John Kerry was a tremendous liability to him in 2004. Given how conservative South Dakota is, it probably isn't that surprising. But the fact is, when we write off the vast majority of states, and even entire regions of the country at the top of the ticket, it has tremendous consequences in Senate, House, State Legislative and other races across the country.

Because Kerry decided not to compete in places like the Dakotas, Nebraska, Montana, and Wyoming, it means he wasn't talking about the issues that matter to voters there. And it reinforces the idea that he doesn't care about voters in those parts of the country. And it made it tough for people to identify themselves as Democrats in places like South Dakota. Read More

Where is Nancy Pelosi?

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Friday March 25, 2005 · 8:21 AM PST

2005/03/25 · 08:21

This morning, while perusing the diaries, I came across this fantastic post by Eloy, that cites a Boston Globe article about how well Howard Dean and Harry Reid are working together. I was a little nervous about how the Democratic leaders in the House and Senate were going to work with Dean, and I was heartened to see Dean and Reid developing a good working relationship. As I noted in a comment to that post, when reading that post, I reflexively asked myself, while reading about the leaders of our party, "where is Nancy Pelosi?" And then I thought about it. The answer was pretty similar, "where IS Nancy Pelosi?" Read More

VIDEO: Thune on his conections to Gannon and the paid Bloggers...

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Thursday March 03, 2005 · 9:36 AM PST

2005/03/03 · 09:36

One of the right wing guys has video from KELO-TV on the connection between Thune's Blogs, Jeff Gannon and the Daschle-Thune race. Thune speaks, on the record, on both subjects.

Thune, of course, says that Gannon was a fine "accurate" reporter, and that there was nothing misleading about his campaign secretly paying bloggers who didn't disclose their affiliation.

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BREAKING: Ghoulish Candidate IN in SD-SEN

BREAKING SD SEN: New Johnson/Kirby Poll Numbers

VIDEO: SD Sen: Human Body Part Trafficking Ad

BREAKING: Herseth Sandlin Endorses Obama

Snark: DKos Blog Ads "Roger" Bennett

Roll Call: GOP Lawmakers Float Ethics Probe of Murtha

Herseth on her Online Freedom of Speech Act vote

Red Meat for the Red States

Where's the Outrage?

Daschle: Kerry Contributed to My Loss

Where is Nancy Pelosi?

VIDEO: Thune on his conections to Gannon and the paid Bloggers...