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Nesselhuf's staff: "Don't scrutinize his record!"

You may notice that the previous post has two comments. One is from an "anonymous." The other is from Bill Muller, USD student and campaign manager for Democrat Ben Nesselhuf's reelection campaign.

Notice the similarities between the two IP addresses and times:

Bill Muller (e-mail address redacted) from IP address 24.230.144.174
Posted at 8/22/08 6:12:35 PM.757

anonymous () from IP address 24.230.144.174
Posted at 8/22/08 6:05:17 PM.320

Now, I'm not throwing around any accusations, but it looks to me like someone is using an anonymous pseudonym to do his dirty work.

Anyway, back to the issue at hand.

In my previous post, I mentioned that Ben Nesselhuf had voted against the bill that would have restored students' constitutional right to carry firearms on campus. Bill and "anonymous" didn't dispute that claim, but tried to steer clear of the issue altogether by linking to Project VoteSmart.

Now as you can see HERE, Nesselhuff voted against the restoration of students' constitutional rights. No amount of poorly-presented spin will erase that fact.

As for the A- rating by the NRA Victory Fund, Bill and "anonymous" fail to mention his previous D ratings by THE SAME GROUP only four years earlier. The good scores are no surprise, as South Dakota is full of hunters. No politician or candidate for office would dare denounce guns! Therefore, Nesselhuf's score from the NRA is not necessarily all it's cracked up to be.

Finally, as for the accusations of "low blows" and "attacks" on good ol' BJ, GET USED TO IT. This isn't ad hominem. We aren't discussing BJ's personal life. We're discussing substantive issues and BJ's Senate record.

Why is BJ's campaign manager afraid to discuss his boss' record? Is he embarrassed? I sure would be.

Which leads me to an oft-used phrase: If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

-Matt Hittle

Posted at 08:15PM Aug 22, 2008 by College Republicans in General  |  Comments[0]