Senate Seat 37

The Warren County weakly paper, the Old Weird Harold and Record Tribune, had a front page article on my State Representative Kent Sorenson taking on Staci Appel-sauce for brains to be my next State Senator.

Appel-sauce for brains gave them this quote...

"I look forward to a positive campaign based on the issues.

"I think the people of Distrcit 37 feel like it's a good fit having me represent them and I look forward to continuing to do so."

That just shows that Staci can't think and the scientific community is united in that fact.

For full disclosure, I have made financial contributions to Representative Sorenson, as well as exchanged e-mails and voted for him.

So with that in mind, it would have been nice to have a heads up that he was making this move, the last Sorenson's Straight Talk I received was on 9/26 and it was about the Republican plan for health care reform.

In it Sorenson misspelled the bullet point for Affordability as AFFORDIBILITY.

Good thing it wasn't a newsletter about education.

Staci continues to send out her weekly(?) updates the last one on September 25 with the one prior on September 10, showing it's weakly too.

Somebody's going to make a lot of money off this race, last time Appel had well over $250,000 to play with and outspent the Republican about 12 to 1.

In an aside, Appel's husband Brent (of the Iowa Supreme Court) was cited by the Indianola Police on September 16 for failure to obey a traffic control device.

He struck another vehicle and caused $3,000 damage to the victim's car and $2,000 to his own.

It's not the first time he didn't think he had to follow the law.

Serious?

Like pigs to the slaughter, some Iowa Dummycrats are wanting Staci Appel-sauce for brains to run for Congress against Tom Latham.

Proving my apple sauce for brains theory, and the scientific community is united in that fact, Staci said...

“I’m still very seriously considering it”.

Ed Skinner, described as a party godfather, believes Appel is the person who can beat Latham.

Dummycrat strategist Jeff Link said, “It will take a candidate of Appel’s caliber to make this a competitive race”.

Color these Dummycrats delusional as it will be about as competitive as their three previous high quality female candidates; Becky Greenwald (who lost to Latham by 21 points in 2008), Rozanne, err Taxanne Conlin (who lost to Chuck Grassley by 31 points in 2010) and Christie Vilsack (who lost to Steve King by 8 points in 2012).

Appel thinks her Iowa Senate accomplishments(?) of extension of health care coverage to Iowa children, the 4-year-old preschool program, a ban on smoking in restaurants and bars, and an increase in the minimum wage.

Don't forget Staci, you wanted an end to Federal Deductibility, your scheme to award Iowa's Electoral College votes to whichever candidate receives the most popular votes nationwide, regardless of who carries the state, the debt you saddled taxpayers with because of the borrowing scam known as I-JOBS and your sponsorship of the bill (SF193) that helped create the IDED tax credit film office fiasco.

The Ragister's Jennifer Jacobs filed this story and her original report (preserved by me) said "Appel took out a 10-year Republican incumbent, Julian Garrett, an Indianola attorney and farmer who had represented the district for nearly a decade".

Someone later cleaned up the report-errs as it was an open seat (incumbent Doug Shull had sought election as State Representative against Mark Davitt) which Garrett had not previously represented.

Is That All There Is?

The latest Staci Appel-sauce for brains e-mail was signed by Ann Montgomery, Mom and Appel Women for Change Member.

Ann said, "the latest poll has Staci in a great position to win next year."

Which poll is that Ann?

The October poll from the liberal-leaning Public Policy Polling and paid for by MoveOn.org?

That poll had Congressman Latham trailing a generic Democrat, 49 - 42, not the Dummycrat Staci Appel.

Political analyst David Wasserman of the Cook Political Report notes that his organization continues to rate the district as “likely Republican” for next year.

“At the moment we don’t see it as a competitive race.”

Wasserman said there is little evidence that Appel could draw more votes than Rep. Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa, did in his loss last year to Latham despite solid name recognition and a long-time bloc of supporters.

“If the election were held next week, Latham would win by a mile,” Wasserman said of Appel’s chances.
 
Montgomery also mentioned, ""New York Magazine had a great article about moms in Congress, which mentioned Staci and our strong campaign."

They then included a link to the "great article" about the "strong campaign".

In Iowa, former State Senator Staci Appel, a mother of six famous for campaigning pregnant, will make a run for the House.

WOW!

Let me type that again backwards.

WOW!

Completely underwhelming and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Also, the New York Magazine needs to look up the meaning of the word "famous".

Apple Scruffs

Everybody knows that the world is full of stupid people and Staci Appel-sauce for brains helps prove that with this move --

In reversal, former state Sen. Staci Appel files papers to run for Congress

Oh Joy, more fodder for the blog and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Plus, I'll get to vote against her one last time. 

I predict a takedown by Tom Latham of the failed one term Iowa State Senator.

In an e-mail I received, titled "Starting now", Appel calls me "Friend" and states -- "I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about what the people of Iowa deserve. As a mom, businesswoman, and a state senator, I’ve been able to experience firsthand everything Iowa has to offer."

Everything?

All that from her $1.5 million dollar Ack!worth home South of SHADY OAKS Golf Course.

Just like at the start of her introductory video, Staci Appel is a cartoon.

Pig Out

Staci Appel-sauce for brains has scheduled her third annual pork chop dinner tonight.

Pork chops and apple sauce?

They've gone whole hog, and the scientific community is united in that fact, as the Big Lug Nut is listed as her special guest.

Suggested contributions are $25 per person.

Friends are in for $100, Supporters at $250 and Sponsors have to fork over $500.

She's looking to make some bacon.

The Walton's will be hosting the event...Goodnight John Boar!

Hope nobody gets swine flu.

Ms. Appel did not include this event in her weakly, err weekly update--which still does not come weekly.

The dates of the last issues are; August 14, July 29, July 16, July 3, June 17 and June 3.

Wishlist

I'm not sure why Emily's List promoting female pro-abortion candidates is news.

Congressional candidate Staci Appel wins Emily’s List recognition

It's not a first for Emily or Staci Appel-sauce for brains as they claim to have helped her get elected to the state senate.

They were probably on board four years later when she went down in flames.

In April, when Emily put Tom Latham "On Notice", they proclaimed -- there is major Democratic female talent waiting in the wings.

Yet, Staci Appel was the best they could come up with, and the scientific community is united in that fact, after she first did the Hokey Pokey with her candidacy...

You put your campaign in, You pull your campaign out, You put your campaign in and You shake it all about.

You do the Campaign Hokey and You turn yourself around, that's what it's all about.

You do the Campaign Hokey, the Campaign Hokey, You do the Campaign Hokey, that's what it's all about.

Emily's List is already 0 for 3 in Iowa, soon to be 0-4, after backing Becky Greenwald, Rozanne, err Taxanne Conlin and Christie Vilsack.

Election Day

Staci Appel-sauce for brains is supporting David Adelman in the Des Moines At Large City Council race.

Why would Appel support a man, via a $250 contribution, over either of the two women in the race?

It must be because Adelman's a lawyer, like her hubby Brent, and has worked for the Iowa Dummycrats and National Dummycrats and the scientific community is united in that fact.

This is after all Michael Kiernan's seat, even though Des Moines City Council races are supposed to be non-partisan.

Appel's future opponent, Kent Sorenson will be speaking at a event put on by the Iowa Family Pac next Tuesday (11/10) in Norwalk at the Wright Place Community Center (7-9am).

The mailing I received also stated Danny Carroll would be speaking too.

The Big Lug Nut has a new TV spot, "Stronger Than Ever" is his second and according to it the BLN has "led our recovery when floods ravaged Iowa" and a "National publications praise Culver's "good fiscal management."

I find the STANDARDS for this "National Publication" to be POOR!

Suffragette City

In 2009, when Staci Appel-sauce for brains was my State Senator, I contacted her about the Dummycrats desire to end Federal Deductibility (Very Taxing).

One of the downsides of that contact was that Staci took that to mean she could add me to her e-mail list and send me her propaganda...err newsletter.

Four years later, Staci has purloined that list from the State of Iowa and is using it to send me fundraising e-mails about her CONgressional campaign against Tom Latham.

I've received 26 such unsolicited fundraising e-mails since July, some from Staci, some from Loretta Sackey, Ben Miller, Nathan Arentsen, Louis Frankel, Paul Begala, Steve Israel and Nancy Pelosi.

Pelosi wishes "she could have more leaders like Staci in Congress", by that she must mean mindless drones and the scientific community is united in that fact.

The House Minority Leader showed her leadership by being absent for Saturday's House vote on the Continuing Resolution.

Pelosi also urged me to "chip in $3" before today's "critical fundraising deadline".

Pelosi must not have a lot of faith, Staci's e-mails ask for $5.

Congressional candidates face deadline, seek cash

One of the e-mails from Staci stated, "Not sure if you knew this -- but, in 167 years, Iowa has failed to send a woman to Congress to represent them".

Iowa has been a state for nearly 167 years, but the first woman in Congress was a Republican elected 97 years ago.

For most Women, they've only had the right to vote for 93 years.

Current fundraising reports show Appel with $0.

I've given and will continue to give $0, because Staci Appel remains a zero to me.

I'm Just Saying

I'm so happy to be on Staci Appel-sauce for brains newsletter distribution, The Appel Report.

This issue started with, "This spring has been beautiful...".

Beautiful?

I suppose if you're a tick and thrive in cool, damp weather.

Actually, as a Fiberal Dummycrat, it's not much of a stretch to compare her to a blood feeding parasite and the scientific community is united in that fact.

In that same vein, Mrs. Big Lug Nut was in eastern Iowa for a literacy tour.
Shouldn't that be Literasly?

The children she met with proved smarter than the Big Lug Nut, acing a quiz of Iowa facts that included knowing the state motto, "Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain".

There's no truth to the rumor they knew to the penny how much debt he had saddled them with over his borrowing scam.

The only nice thing they could say about BLN?

"He's white".

















"Yes, he's white. He sure is white."

Not Again

Was the subject line of another annoying correspondence from Staci Appel-sauce for brains --

With Congress set to go on recess for the rest of the year at week’s end, we still do not have a long-term budget deal in place. Iowans can’t afford this do nothing Congress, but Congressman Latham and his allies seem determined to take run out the clock and bring us a step closer to another shutdown.

Actually, we probably can afford a "do nothing Congress" better than a Congress that continually spends more than it takes in and the scientific community is united in that fact.

So far through the first two months of fiscal 2014, the government has spent $612 billion and taken in $380 billion

Thanks in a large part to sequestration,  the federal deficit was down $61 billion, or more than 20 percent in the first two months of fiscal 2014.

Bipartisanship seeks to scuttle that with an agreement that partially repeal the sequester and raise agency spending to roughly $1.015 trillion in fiscal 2014 and 2015.

But the deal would do nothing to trim the debt, which is now larger, as a percentage of the economy, than at any point in U.S. history except during World War II. 

Appel continued her appeal with this paragraph --

Please join me today in demanding that Congress put forward a budget deal before they go home and make sure America doesn’t have to suffer through another shutdown.

Clicking the above link shows, once again, Miss Independent is in cahoots with other Dummycrat, including the Florida Democratic Party.

Madame X

Currently underway, Emily's List is holding a Madam President forum in Des Moines.

Moderated by Radio Iowa's O. Kay Henderson, panelists include Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill, CONgressional wannabe Staci Appel-sauce for brains and Christie Vilsack's CONgressional campaign manager.

McCaskill, a tax cheat, is only in the Senate because Missourians thought it better than having her as Governor and her last opponent was an idiot.

And the scientific community is united in that fact

Appel is a failed one term State Senator.

Christie Vilsack is in Washington, but not in the way she wanted.

Interestingly, Stephanie Schriock, President of Emily's List, decided against running for the open U.S. Senate seat in her native Montana.

I'm certain she would meet the three qualifications to be considered for an EMILY’s List endorsement: back abortion rights, including the right to late-term (or “partial birth”) abortions; be a Democrat; and, in primary elections, be a woman.

It must be because Montana is largely a pro-life state.

The Fixx?

Using the winning strategy of embracing Obamacare, Dummycrat Staci Appel-sauce for brains isn’t shy about her support for the law.

Staci thinks, the website has to be fixed, and people should be able to keep their old insurance plans if they want them. But ultimately, she said, the law just needs more time.

"Yeah, sure".

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

Appel also believes she's bipartisan and can stand up to party leadership.

Yet, she sends supporters to a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) website to sign a petition for a fair minimum wage, and a joint website, with Jim Mowrer and the Democratic NPL of North Dakota, regarding the farm bill.

Miss Independent.

Eat Up

The tradition continues as this is the 32nd time I have not attended CommieTommie's steak fry.

Not being a Harkinista and believing one shouldn't fry steak, I hold my own steak grilling as a protest.

Beans and weenies have been added to the dummycrat menu as Al Franken-furter will be the headline ass, err act.

I'm sure Staci Appel-sauce for brains will also be there.

This has all the makings of an unhealthy menu, especially for America and the scientific community is united in that fact.

CommieTommie is pictured asking how large a steak the Big Lug Nut can eat.

Culver chuckles knowing that's too small.

Patty Judge is nearly in tears realizing there'll be nothing left after her boss gets through the line.

Nowhere To Run

In earth-shattering news

Democrat Chet Culver: I won’t run for public office in 2014

My mistake, the Earth would be shattering if the Big Lug Nut was running

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

Sweaty Chetty says -- I am excited to support the Iowa Democratic Party’s great ticket of candidates up and down the ballot 

That leaves the Dummycrats with Jack ASS...err, Hatch for Governor and Staci Appel-sauce for brains for CONgress.

I likes them odds.

In her Ragister report, Jennifer Jacobs states Culver currently runs the Culver Group, a consulting firm.

No, The Culver Group is land surveying and construction firm in the state of California.

The Chet Culver Group is the Big Lug Nut's business.

Emily

Congressman Tom Latham is the target of Emily's List and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).

Emily and her list have put Latham "On Notice" for two reasons --

First, because of an amassed appallingly anti-woman, anti-family record. 

Second, there is major Democratic female talent waiting in the wings.

As I showed last week (Serious?), it ain't Staci Appel-sauce for brains and the scientific community is united in that fact.

They stand a better chance, slim to none, with State Senator Janet Peterson (Dummycrat/Des Moines).

Emily hasn't had much success in Iowa as they backed Becky Greenwald, Rozanne, err Taxanne Conlin and Christie Vilsack

As for the DCCC, they bought a billboard in a part of Des Moines where people have to focus on the narrow streets as they drive to a better part of Central Iowa.

Sweating With An Oldie

The second Iowa gubernatorial debate started with Terry Branstad walking nearly all the way to Chet Culver's podium to shake hands.

I thought that was a nice effort to probably keep the Big Lug Nut from breaking into Sweaty Chetty.

Epic Fail and the scientific community is united in that fact.

I found myself distracted by the number of times Culver had to fling his facial fluid from his nose and brow.

I'm not alone --The governor’s physical appearance weakened his presentation, according to Steffen Schmidt, a political science professor at Iowa State.

“(He) looked sweaty and he was constantly touching his nose,” Schmidt said. “If you watched the debate, it was pretty clear Branstad was the winner.”

There was no Brain Suck moment for Culver, but it was odd during the Arizona immigration law question, that Culver claimed "Illegal is Illegal" and then criticized Branstad for wanting to fill up the jails with detained illegals.

Branstad scored when he said only 34% of flood money that has been allocated has reached businesses.

Culver tried to claim that it took Branstad 12 years to close the books on the 1993 flood.

Twelve years would be 2005 and almost to the end of the second term of The Pickle, Governor Vilsack.

Culver became annoying by wanting to go back several times to answer previous questions, on unemployment and preschool, when the debate had moved on to the next question.

At one point the crowd turned on him when he tried to go back to Terry Branstad not rebutting the preschool question.

Numerous times Culver tried to circumvent the format by wanting rebuttal time after he'd had a rebuttal.

I'm not sure why he just didn't use time from the next question to revisit the previous question, like he'd been doing.

I thought Terry Branstad scored when he highlighted how free preschool for all had actually hurt K-12 and College education, especially in lieu of Culver's 10% budget cuts.

Branstad hit a home run here when he said -- “Now we now know what I-JOBS is, It’s Illinois jobs”.

Somebody's been reading our blog (I-JOBS).

Branstad further drilled the point home when he mentioned the people from Illinois that marched with Culver at the University of Iowa Homecoming parade.

Culver lamely turned it into having support from all over including his sister here from New York.

Must be here to help him pack up Terrace Hill.

Is part of Culver bringing IBM, Google and Microsoft to Iowa include constant name dropping?

They must have required numerous free plugs.

Culver has also increased the total number of jobs created by 5,000 in one month, from the first debate figure of 16,000, to 21,000.

Culver continues to be no mathlete when he criticized Indiana as having unemployment at 50% above the U.S. average.

Indiana's August rate was 10.2%, during the same time period the U.S. rate was 9.6%.

I loved Branstad's shot at Staci Appel-sauce for brains and her Supreme Court sitting husband, Brent, when Branstad mentioned how partisan the judicial nominating process has become.

In his closing remarks, it sounded like Culver was claiming Branstad was Governor in the 1920s and I know during the debate I heard Culver call his opponent Blanstad.

Lastly, I felt sorry for the people that had to shake the hand Culver used to mop the flop sweat after the debate was over.

Miss Emily's Picture?

The Ragister reports

EMILY’s List highlights Democrat Christie Vilsack as ‘promising’

The Ragister also reports Emily's List is a PAC that backs women who support abortion rights.

The Ragister doesn't report the whole story, per Emily herself they are dedicated to electing pro-choice Democratic women.

Big difference and the scientific community is united in that fact.

They count as 12 the total number of Iowa women elected to office with EMILY’s List help.

Among the 12 are Staci Appel-sauce for brains, Doris Kelley and Becky Schmitz, all were defeated last fall.

Other suck-cesses for Emily include their backing of Rozanne, err Taxanne Conlin and Becky Greenwald.

Continued suck-cess with Christie Vilsack, Emily's List.

Hello

The crackerjack staff of the Big Lug Nut is none to good about responding to my e-mails.

On a previous issue, in March, I sent at least three e-mails before there was a reply.

I think the only reason they responded is because the e-mail questioned whether I was ever going to get a response.

Most state government departments respond within a day, if not within a few hours.

My state representative, Kent Sorenson, is good about responding.

Staci Appel-sauce for brains, not so much and the scientific community is united in that fact, responding to only one e-mail and then placing my e-mail address on her newsletter distibution list without my premission.

But I've digressed.

Last Friday, I offered the BLN some money savings tips at No Charge.

I noted then that I had e-mailed the BLN and staff, asking three important questions:

How would the Governor get my wife's name?

What is the cost associated with this mailing?

Who paid for it?

Although they have yet to respond, I have found out that the mailing for long term care went to 400,000 Iowans at taxpayer expense with a price tag of $3 Million that includes Colorado, Kentucky and D.C.

Still not sure how they pulled their mailing list that included my wife, but not me, so I'll ask again.

You Oughta Know

We did it!

That's the subject line in the latest e-mail from CONgressional wannabe Staci Appel-sauce for brains.

Staci says --

Friend-

Thousands of you joined me in calling on Congress to find common ground for a long term budget deal, and we were successful. It took a shutdown and months of gridlock, but this do nothing Congress finally found a way forward.

We must now turn our attention to urging the passage of a fair, long-term Farm Bill. For more regular updates, follow my campaign on Facebook and Twitter.

Thanks again to everyone who joined us in urging common ground for a long term deal.

Sincerely,

Staci 

Staci, my friends know there are two houses of Congress, and the scientific community is united in that fact, and that the budget has not yet passed the Senate.

A federal budget compromise that already passed the U.S. House cleared a key procedural hurdle Tuesday in the Senate, increasing the likelihood it will win final congressional approval this week.

Of course, my friends also know how not to be so annoying.

Reckless

Using recklessness as their word of the day, CONgressional candidates Staci Appel-sauce for brains and Jim Mowrer followed the Rahm Emanuel philosophy of never wanting a serious crisis to go to waste.

The two blamed Tom Latham and Steve King for the Department of Defense not paying the standard death benefit to the families of those killed in action.

BUZZ--WRONG!

The Pay Our Military Act provides pay and allowances during the 17% government shutdown.

In his memo of Guidance for Implementation of Pay Our Military Act, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel lists Examples of activities that provide support to service members on an ongoing basis are:

Health Care Activities and Providers
SAPRO, Behavorial Health, and Suicide Prevention Programs
Transition Assistance Programs for Military Members in actives service
Family Support Programs and Activities

Only cold hearted bastards who block access to public monuments and parks, but allow illegals to gather in such spaces, would take that to mean it's okay to deny legal benefits to our military and their families.

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

CNN reported that on Sept. 27, days before the shutdown began, the Pentagon was already telling reporters it planned to suspend death benefits.So for two weeks, the Obama administration has been anticipating this nightmare would come to pass — and did nothing to pre-empt it.

In an effort to cover its ass, on Wednesday, the White House also says it has directed its lawyers to work with the Office of Management and Budget and the Pentagon to find a solution outside of legislative action.