Sally Pederson Has A Bad Theory

From Radio Iowa:

The chairwoman of the Iowa Democratic Party says if you use Republican gubernatorial candidate Jim Nussle's logic, then Nussle must have a "secret plan" to aid the state's gambling casinos.

This weekend, Nussle accused rival Chet Culver, the Democratic candidate for governor, of having a secret plan to benefit the TouchPlay industry because TouchPlay backers have given Culver over $100,000. Lieutenant Governor Sally Pederson, chair of the Iowa Democratic Party, held a news conference to point to the quarter of a million dollars that Nussle himself has accepted from casino owners. "If Nussle's own standard of 'secret plans' is applied to him, then he must have a secret plan to expand gambling," Pederson says.

Nussle has come out against the further expansion of gambling casinos in Iowa, something I'm sure current casino owners won't mind paying to support since the new casino in Riverside has done nothing but take away business from nearby Iowa casinos.

And nevermind the fact that Chet Culver has already come out in favor of rubber stamping casino licenses for Fort Dodge and Ottumwa. If anybody is for expanding casinos in Iowa, it's Chet Culver.

Meanwhile, "small" businessman Bill Krause has an axe to grind. The Touchplay double-dipper got his ass burned by overdoing it with the slottery machines. Naturally, he wants some of his investment back. Why not pay off Chet Culver's campaign to the tune of $25,000 in the hopes that the State of Iowa's taxpayers, under Governor Chet Culver, will throw some millions into his bulging bank account as a way of saying Sorry. What's he got to lose?

Once again I say: If Ed Fallon were the Democratic nominee, would we even be having this conversation? I say NO. Bill and Kyle Krause would have kept their $25,000 because they wouldn't have been able to buy off either Jim Nussle or Ed Fallon. That's the truth. And when the hell are the anointed political pundits in Iowa going to figure this out?

OK, I'll reuse this one again. I feel like Bluto wanting to smash Sally Pederson's guitar.