Sibby

Sibby is taking on Kranz and the Argus:

Again we have Dave Kranz writing an Op-ed attacking John Thune that involves Judge Larry Piersol, but fails to disclose the longtime friendship of Piersol and Tom Daschle:

Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid teed off on a number of Republican colleagues last week in a memo, saying they were trying to "provide cover from their culture of corruption."

Reid likened Republicans reforming themselves to asking John Gotti to clean up organized crime.

But a day later, Reid did an about-face on his harsh memo that included Sen. John Thune.

The Washington Post reported that he sent a letter to the Republicans and apologized for his remarks.

In reference to Thune, Reid mentioned legal maneuverings by the Daschle campaign against the Thune campaign. They charged that Republican poll workers in Lake Andes were intimidating Native American voters.

U.S. District Judge Lawrence Piersol ruled that Republicans could not write down license plate numbers or follow Native Americans from polling places on Election Day.

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What Kranz refused to provide his readers was the facts that show the scandal Reid used was not John Thune’s, but actually was on the part of Tom Daschle who abused the power of his longtime friend in a desperate attempt to win re-election. And Tom Daschle must of known that he could depend on Piersol, based on what he said at the American Trial Lawyers Association convention on July 20, 2003:

In 1978, I won my first election to the House by 14 votes. Don’t laugh, in South Dakota, that’s 60 percent of the vote. Apparently undaunted by that landslide of support, my opponent sued to contest the election. I was fortunate to be represented by a great lawyer and a dear friend, Larry Piersol.

And know you know the rest of the story. The part that the Argus Leader refuses to print.

Check out the whole thing.