Howdy Doody Dusty Johnson a shoo-in for earth hater nomination

Dusty Johnson is a Howdy Doody lookalike who makes cotton candy seem like a healthy snack.

Wendel Hiland is a Newell, South Dakota-area handyman and self-styled 'sovereign citizen' who faced 300 years in prison after he was arrested and charged in 2013 with 30 counts of abuse of a minor over the age of seven. He raped a minor, forced her into child marriage and has called Attorney General Marty Jackley "as crooked as they come." In a Facebook post he blind-sided earth hater candidate for US House Dusty Johnson about guns, god and government and Johnson mouthed the boilerplate earth hater lines.

Shantel Krebs is being thrown under the bus because she exposed Kristi Noem as a philanderer. Noem is being thrown under the bus because she got caught being a philanderer. Neal Tapio is in the primary to erode support for Krebs.

Many of Tapio’s supporters are adversaries or critics of Daugaard, who has endorsed Johnson and was shown at work with Johnson in the “Full Dusty” ad. So those Tapio supporters would have been more likely to support Krebs than Johnson if Tapio weren’t in the race. Krebs is a former state senator and current Secretary of State who has performed well in shaping up a troubled office.

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In 2014 Johnson attended the Western Governors Association conference in Denver with his boss Denny Daugaard. Make them pee in a cup.

Howdy Doody Dusty may be a shoo-in for the earth hater nomination but principled conservatives running outside the GOP will be his undoing in November leaving Tim Bjorkman to reap the whirlwind.

You're welcome, South Dakota. My job is nearly finished here.