https://redstate.com/erick/2010/10/01/john-thunes-tan-is-starting-to-resemble-toast/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 01:11:56 -0400<![CDATA[Let&#8217;s be honest for a minute. John Thune is a great United States Senator from South Dakota. But the only reason people talk about him for President is because he&#8217;s a good looking guy in a city full of lesser looking people, is tall, and has an attractive wife.Other than that his greatest accomplishments are doing nothing. But he gives a great talk about biennial budgeting, the topic of choice for establishmentarians who want to show a little leg.The other day, Thune went on record dinging Jim DeMint for helping conservatives get elected. Thune also sided with Lisa Murkowski on her keeping her Senate seat.Now comes word that Thune is doing zilch, zip, nada to help tea party backed Senate candidates.In fact, in a review of Thune&#8217;s giving:]]>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:43:22 -0400<![CDATA[Erick Erickson]]>https://redstate.com/erick/2010/10/01/john-thunes-tan-is-starting-to-resemble-toast-n36455