The senate campaigns now underway often produce funny moments, but now there are two that I just have to repeat.
In North Carolina, Republican Tom Tillis is criticizing Democrat Kay Hagan for missing over 60% of the meetings of the Senate Armed Services Committee during the past year when ISIS has become a rising terror force and many of the hearings dealt with that threat. So far, it is not funny, but it is hard to equate missing a committee meeting with losing to ISIS. Clearly Hagan did not give a high priority to her work on that committee, but that does not make her liable for the rise of ISIS. But then we get Hagan's response: the senator calls Tillis "spineless" for criticizing her. According to Hagan, Tillis has not produced a detailed plan for defeating ISIS, so he cannot criticize her on that subject.
Okay, let's stop here. Hagan actually expects a "detailed plan" from Tillis (or any other senate candidate) as to how to defeat ISIS? Really? Who is she kidding? Detailed plans like that are supposed to come from the military and the White House, not the senate. And besides, Hagan herself has proposed no "detailed plan" for defeating ISIS. Indeed, the whole idea is laughable.
In Iowa, Democrat Bruce Braley and Republican Joni Ernst held a televised debate last night. Braley's big attack on Ernst was that she is in the pocket of the evil Koch brothers because their super PAC is advertising against Braley across the state. Braley had no other evidence to show a tie between Ernst and the Kochs. Braley, however, said that Ernst would be part of the Koch's efforts to cause gridlock in Washington.
At this point, all we have is a stupid attack by a seemingly dull candidate. Aside from the rabid part of the Democrat base (which would be voting for Braley anyway), are there really more than a dozen Iowans who care about this supposed issue? I doubt it.
Then we got Ernst's response. She reminded the viewers about Braley's threats of litigation when a few of his neighbor's chickens wandered across the property line and went onto his property. As Ernst pointed out, there is no way that Iowans can believe that Braley would work across the aisle to get things done when he can't even deal with his neighbor's chickens without resorting to litigation. It was a rather funny way to make a very telling point.
In North Carolina, Republican Tom Tillis is criticizing Democrat Kay Hagan for missing over 60% of the meetings of the Senate Armed Services Committee during the past year when ISIS has become a rising terror force and many of the hearings dealt with that threat. So far, it is not funny, but it is hard to equate missing a committee meeting with losing to ISIS. Clearly Hagan did not give a high priority to her work on that committee, but that does not make her liable for the rise of ISIS. But then we get Hagan's response: the senator calls Tillis "spineless" for criticizing her. According to Hagan, Tillis has not produced a detailed plan for defeating ISIS, so he cannot criticize her on that subject.
Okay, let's stop here. Hagan actually expects a "detailed plan" from Tillis (or any other senate candidate) as to how to defeat ISIS? Really? Who is she kidding? Detailed plans like that are supposed to come from the military and the White House, not the senate. And besides, Hagan herself has proposed no "detailed plan" for defeating ISIS. Indeed, the whole idea is laughable.
In Iowa, Democrat Bruce Braley and Republican Joni Ernst held a televised debate last night. Braley's big attack on Ernst was that she is in the pocket of the evil Koch brothers because their super PAC is advertising against Braley across the state. Braley had no other evidence to show a tie between Ernst and the Kochs. Braley, however, said that Ernst would be part of the Koch's efforts to cause gridlock in Washington.
At this point, all we have is a stupid attack by a seemingly dull candidate. Aside from the rabid part of the Democrat base (which would be voting for Braley anyway), are there really more than a dozen Iowans who care about this supposed issue? I doubt it.
Then we got Ernst's response. She reminded the viewers about Braley's threats of litigation when a few of his neighbor's chickens wandered across the property line and went onto his property. As Ernst pointed out, there is no way that Iowans can believe that Braley would work across the aisle to get things done when he can't even deal with his neighbor's chickens without resorting to litigation. It was a rather funny way to make a very telling point.
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