.. right now , Bruce Braley has the political field pretty much to himself .
.. he really needs it ..
.. after several now – famous mega – gaffes , he was originally the favourite to win Tom Harkin ‘ s open Senate seat . Well , that is now well past . He is now the narrow underdog …
.. his Republican opponent , Joni Ernst , is on annual duty , training for the next 2 weeks with the Iowa National Guard . So , she cannot campaign . But other surrogates can , just not as well . So , Braley has the field …
.. so , what happens ??
.. Braley gets busted … complaining …. over a damn chicken …
.. [h/t — theIowaRepublican]..
.. [link] to the blog article …
.. absolutely beautiful , Bruce . You have the political field to yourself , and what happens ? You make a complete and total idiot of yourself … over a damn chicken . In Iowa , that is a real , really bad move . Chickens running around are not all that uncommon …
.. Big Deal … or so you might think …
.. I re – read the article …. It is much , much worse …
.. first , it is not Braley ‘ s primary home … it is his vacation home . It is in a development community that is a typical vacation home community . Except some of the folks use the area as their primary residence …
.. next , the neighbor who has the problem chickens is a therapist . A psychologist . Whoops … She is also an Air Force veteran , and uses the chickens as therapy tools , you dummy Bruce ..
.. Braley complained to the community association . So , it told the therapist she had a month to crack the whip , so to speak , on her chickens , and properly enclose them . Evidently , she did , or is doing so …
.. but that was not good enough for Braley …
.. what did he do ? he threatened to sue …. which figures , for a trial lawyer …
.. he did not think that this would get out …. but , oh boy , did it ever . The timing could not be worse . Ernst is on National Guard duty , and Braley makes an idiot of himself …. nice contrast …