South Dakota Gov and VP Candidate Noem writes about killing her family dog in new book.

I’m pretty sure this will make a lot of the knuckle dragging second amendment, loving red hat, wearing assholes pretty happy

Through it all, Noem says, Cricket was “the picture of pure joy”.

“I hated that dog,” Noem writes, adding that Cricket had proved herself “untrainable”, “dangerous to anyone she came in contact with” and “less than worthless … as a hunting dog”.

“At that moment,” Noem says, “I realised I had to put her down.”

Noem, who also represented her state in Congress for eight years, got her gun, then led Cricket to a gravel pit.

“It was not a pleasant job,” she writes, “but it had to be done. And after it was over, I realised another unpleasant job needed to be done.”


https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/04/26/trump-vp-prospect-kristi-noem-shot-and-killed-her-family-dog-and-goat-she-reportedly-writes-in-new-book/?sh=102b90bb2ffa

What a monster.

And just like that, her popularity just went through the roof with republicans/libertarians.

Goobers are going to like that... People of my grandparents generation would respond with a shrug.

Trapper Gus wrote:I can see, from her point of view, and in ND, where more things have to be done by the owner, that she did what she did.

It doesn't, however, show anything other than she is willing to kill animals if it needs to be done, and is not way a reflection on anything else.

Just wondering how she was able to walk the young dog which couldn’t obey orders down to the gravel pit? Wouldn’t the dog have been running wild? Why didn’t she say she had to drag it down to the pit? If the dog did obey somethings is it justified to kill it? Was a bullet the only answer?

Think about what this pos wrote this for. So many more ways to teach lessons about tough choices. This is a monsters way. Fuck that pos.

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She killed the dog because it wasn’t a good hunting dog. All the rest is a lie.

Cruelty = toughness to these simpletons. She didn’t have to tell anyone about this story. She thinks it’s a good thing for her (I think she’s probably wrong on that) because in a decent swath of this country being cruel to those weaker than you makes you a big tough guy. They don’t see that it actually, invariably, makes them sound like weak cowards.

Me kill animals trigger libs derp.

Saw that she's trying to walk back her tough guy "here on the farm" drivel from Friday.

What a pathetic piece of trash, even by republican/libertarian standards.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:Saw that she's trying to walk back her tough guy "here on the farm" drivel from Friday.

What a pathetic piece of trash, even by republican/libertarian standards.

According to NPR, she tried to walk it back by talking about a few other animals she has recently murdered on her barnyard killing spree:

"We love animals, but tough decisions like this happen all the time on a farm," she wrote in a post on X. "Sadly, we just had to put down 3 horses a few weeks ago that had been in our family for 25 years."

I heard that one of the horses spit out some oats and the other two snickered.

Trapper Gus wrote:Farmers kill their animals, one way or another all the time, it is just part of living on a farm.

It always saddens me that milk cows are typically hauled off to the cat food factory while they are still relatively young.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/animal/article/review-overview-of-factors-affecting-productive-lifespan-of-dairy-cows/EF3D233CB84CE8AE36769A1966C67C34

Do farmers get on Twitter and brag an out that? Or brag about shooting a dog?


I get it, farm life is tough on animals. I also drink milk and eat beef and pork.

She’s a pos.

My grandparents raised and killed pretty much every animal on the farm... In the city limits of Mt Clemens (and Windsor, Ont before that). Hunted & fished everything. Never once thought they were special because of it.

Garfield will vote for her.  His favorite movie is Old Yeller.

Trapper Gus wrote:We all get she is pandering to the "down home" voters.

Not really worth the attention it is getting.

I think it was more of a toughness thing she was going for. Too many politicians equate killing with toughness, whether it's capital punishment, war or something like this. Some people wring their hands over transsexuals, gay marriage or other cultural hot buttons - but it's this country's blood thirst that's our real sickness.

I agree with Pervis.

this has nothing to do with 'farm life' and everything to do pandering to the down home, folksy vote to try to offset the bloated sack of putrid, rapist, christian filth and him pretending to be rich when he's actually broke.

the fact that she went from bragging about shooting a dog on Friday and throwing a nod to the 'fuck your feelings' knuckle-scraping republican/libertarian crowd to trying everything she could do to walk it back on Sunday says a lot.

I always go with the standard I grew up with in rural, mountain Appalachia: the actual tough folks never say a word about it. You know who they are because of how they carry themselves, respect their family, treat others and approach every day life with a strong silence.

it's the ones that advertise their 'toughness' we need to be skeptical of.

Damn. It’s always the hot ones that are crazy.

Trapper Gus wrote:

TravelinMan wrote:Damn.  It’s always the hot ones that are crazy.

So you're digging the hair twirl move she's doing on the book cover.

Given that she's now public enemy #1 in the eyes of the ASPCA, I might have to change my vote from "in" to "on."

Trapper Gus wrote:

TravelinMan wrote:

Given that she's now public enemy #1 in the eyes of the ASPCA, I might have to change my vote from "in" to "on."

So not only do you hate children, but you also hate animals too?

Absolutely not. I love animals. Have many. Number one charity on my list is a foster and rescue organization. I think what Noem did is cruel and wrong.

But damn she is a smoke show.

when not killing dogs, she strikes me as the type that goes to church to meet men and have sex with them in the parking lot during the sermon.

Trapper Gus wrote:

TravelinMan wrote:

Absolutely not. I love animals. Have many. Number one charity on my list is a foster and rescue organization. I think what Noem did is cruel and wrong.

But damn she is a smoke show.

First, she is coming out of "hair and makeup" in every picture you see of her, and second, her nose is way too big, and she colors her hair. If you like fake women she's okay, except for that honker...

So you hate low taxes and women? Don't be such a misogynist.

All women wear makeup, what are we arguing about?

TravelinMan wrote:

Trapper Gus wrote:

First, she is coming out of "hair and makeup" in every picture you see of her, and second, her nose is way too big, and she colors her hair.  If you like fake women she's okay, except for that honker...

So you hate low taxes and women?  Don't be such a misogynist.  

Those who hate women, would be the ones who vote for the party that is systematically trying to take rights away from them.  I'm assuing you think "loving" a woman means if you think she's hot and want to get with her.  Not surprised, but man, that ain't it.  

But anyway, I've seen many people with that attitude, especially since 2016.  BTW, we all have different ideas of "love".  I'm glad I dodged a bullet with both my daughters and who they chose to be with.  But you never really stop worrying.  I'd hate it if they dated someone that was into their physical appearance but didn't give a flying fuck about their rights or well being as a person.

DWags wrote:

TravelinMan wrote:

So you hate low taxes and women?  Don't be such a misogynist.  

Those who hate women, would be the ones who vote for the party that is systematically trying to take rights away from them.  I'm assuing you think "loving" a woman means if you think she's hot and want to get with her.  Not surprised, but man, that ain't it.  

But anyway, I've seen many people with that attitude, especially since 2016.  BTW, we all have different ideas of "love".  I'm glad I dodged a bullet with both my daughters and who they chose to be with.  But you never really stop worrying.  I'd hate it if they dated someone that was into their physical appearance but didn't give a flying fuck about their rights or well being as a person.

I didn’t say I love her, I implied I wanna fuck her. You guys are taking this way too seriously.

TravelinMan wrote:

DWags wrote:

Those who hate women, would be the ones who vote for the party that is systematically trying to take rights away from them.  I'm assuing you think "loving" a woman means if you think she's hot and want to get with her.  Not surprised, but man, that ain't it.  

But anyway, I've seen many people with that attitude, especially since 2016.  BTW, we all have different ideas of "love".  I'm glad I dodged a bullet with both my daughters and who they chose to be with.  But you never really stop worrying.  I'd hate it if they dated someone that was into their physical appearance but didn't give a flying fuck about their rights or well being as a person.

I didn’t say I love her, I implied I wanna fuck her. You guys are taking this way too seriously.

Not really.

TravelinMan wrote:

Trapper Gus wrote:

So not only do you hate children, but you also hate animals too?

Absolutely not.  I love animals.  Have many.  Number one charity on my list is a foster and rescue organization.  I think what Noem did is cruel and wrong.

But damn she is a smoke show.  

She's fit... I wouldn't go so far to say "hot" though.



Something is wrong with her skin. Prolly got a lizard under there.

lol, Joe. I remember V.

AvgMSUJoe wrote:

TravelinMan wrote:

Absolutely not.  I love animals.  Have many.  Number one charity on my list is a foster and rescue organization.  I think what Noem did is cruel and wrong.

But damn she is a smoke show.  

She's fit... I wouldn't go so far to say "hot" though.



Something is wrong with her skin. Prolly got a lizard under there.

or



I'll be honest, I'd be fine either way.

I'm still wondering how someone - even a republican/libertarian - seems to think that bragging about throwing her dog into a gravel pit and shooting it is a good thing.

it's not like she just randomly said it at a bible study meeting and everyone laughed and gave her a high five. She put thought into it and had someone write it into a book on her behalf. And (initially) doubled-down when folks got upset.. only to start trying to walk it back a couple of days later.