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cal04

(41,505 posts)
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 11:03 AM Oct 2014

Ernst Reportedly Canceled Major Iowa Editorial Board Meetings (Is Joni Ernst afraid of newspaper ...

Iowa state Sen. Joni Ernst, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, has reportedly canceled meetings with major editorial boards in the state.

The cancelation was made public by The Des Moines Register's Rekha Basu, a columnist for the paper in a Facebook post:

Is Joni Ernst afraid of newspaper editorial boards? After much negotiating, she was scheduled to meet his morning with writers and editors at The Des Moines Register, but last night her people called to unilaterally cancel. She has also begged off meetings with The Cedar Rapids Gazette and The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald.

Is Ernst that sensitive to the kinds of criticisms that invariably will come in such a high profile U.S. Senate race? Is she afraid of the scrutiny? Sure, it's stressful, but all the other candidates for Congress are doing it to get their messages out, including Steven King, the target of frequent editorial criticism. Would Ernst similarly thumb her nose at the press while serving in the Senate?



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Ernst Reportedly Canceled Major Iowa Editorial Board Meetings (Is Joni Ernst afraid of newspaper ... (Original Post) cal04 Oct 2014 OP
i'm not sure she can read samsingh Oct 2014 #1
Her campaign is afraid of a "Herman Cain moment". bullwinkle428 Oct 2014 #2
Just had a gushing segment about Ernst on MSNBC (with Tamron Hall) and... ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2014 #3
K & R !!! WillyT Oct 2014 #4

bullwinkle428

(20,629 posts)
2. Her campaign is afraid of a "Herman Cain moment".
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 11:42 AM
Oct 2014

I'm guessing she posesses minimal skills when it comes to thinking on her feet. She can't do a damn thing beyond delivering a canned speech penned for her by the frigging Koch brothers.

 

ChisolmTrailDem

(9,463 posts)
3. Just had a gushing segment about Ernst on MSNBC (with Tamron Hall) and...
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 11:45 AM
Oct 2014

of course, there was no mention of this.

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