I figured she was just trying to get out in front of it, but it appears she is stupid enough to think that someone might find that story endearing.
Kristi Noem: As a complete psycho, I don't see anything wrong with this story, I think it's cute it includes a trip with puppies!
In other words, they produced a typical pre-campaign book, where the first rule is to do no harm. Somewhat unusually for the genre, that book, 2022’s Not My First Rodeo: Lessons from the Heartland, landed the South Dakota governor on the New York Times’ bestseller list, adding to the consensus that the Donald Trump devotee had a big future in GOP politics.
What it didn’t do, of course, was spark a weeklong news cycle — and a round of obituaries for that same political future — by including a tale about Noem leading a 14-month-old wirehaired pointer named Cricket to a gravel pit and shooting him to death after he ruined a pheasant hunt and killed a neighbor’s chickens.
This time around, Noem has a different team in place, as well as a different imprint, Hachette’s conservative-leaning Center Street. And the folks behind her new book, No Going Back, didn’t get in the way of sharing memories about gunning down an ill-trained puppy.
Kirsti Noem's publisher in 2022: "This is a horrible story. We can't include this, Dick Cheney only got away with his hunting trip scandal because he shot a lawyer and not a puppy."
Kristi Noem's new Conservative publisher in 2024: "People will be impressed with how tough you are on puppy crime."
This is a well written article that delves into the industry around politician penned books. Interesting and ridiculous. Thanks for sharing op!
The kicker for me was that they are bought, but seldom read. Nobody is going to read about killing a puppy, but we all know it’s in there, so it’s put on a shelf as a statement (much as the book itself is more of a shoddily-written ghostwritten statement than anything else — perhaps “I can read”).
I think 90% of politicians’ books are bought in bulk by lobbyist organizations that want to curry favor with them (or are basically party orgs like Heritage or Center for American Progress). At best, they give them away at conferences or send them to donors. I wouldn’t be shocked if the Heritage Foundation basement is half full of dogshit books by potential president/VP candidates.
The strategy seems all too familiar, why are we letting this person become relevant?
The same reason all those years ago Nero got to a position to burn Rome. Connections bullshit.
All who have tried to play the same "outrage" game as the Cheeto overlord have failed spectacularly.
That's the best part. She wanted to include it so badly. She had to try again. And succeeded. And wound up exposing herself as a psychopath.
They told Noem to kill the dog story, she misunderstood.....
Like any work of fiction, it's about upping the stakes.
The next high-profile political memoir better have some casual cannibalism in it or it will be a total flop.
The dog story has been confirmed by witnesses
I don't quite think Noem got the memo. Only Donald Trump is allowed to do whatever he wants and be cheered for it by the base. This privilege does not extend to the people who continue to kiss his ass.
I want you to be correct, but I still feel like they're testing the waters with her. They just want libs to cry at this point. It's their raison d'être.
Republicans continue to vote for these deranged people night and day, then some.
Republicans be like: I don't understand, what's wrong?
