In a party eager to develop female talent, state Senator Ernst is a dream come true. Her campaign began to take off in March with a grabby ad touting her skill castrating hogs – and a desire to cut spending in Washington. The ad went viral on YouTube, and she never looked back.
“I
grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm. So when I get to Washington,
I’ll know how to cut pork,” Ernst says in the ad, which cost $9,000 to
produce.
On Tuesday, Ernst
crushed the competition with 56 percent of the vote. Her nearest
opponent, radio host Sam Clovis, won 18 percent. Ernst and Congressman
Braley will compete in November to succeed retiring Sen. Tom Harkin (D).
I saw her ad on the Daily Show and it was pretty funny and of course snarky-assed Jon Stewart made fun of it but it got people talking. You cannot ask for a better return on your $9000 investment. She is also a lieutenant colonel in the Iowa Army National Guard who served in Iraq and Kuwait. I can take those bonafides over brainless Sarah Palin any day. If the GOP can get more women like Ernst into power then this whole war-on-women nonsense can finally fade away.
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