She seems nice
by digby
The "crown jewel" of the new Senate freshman class (as Luke Russert calls her) isn't quite as linguistically challenged as Sarah Palin but she's got the same attitude:
The night after her historic election, she was watching the volleyball team from her native hometown of Stanton as it tried to make the state tournament when her cellphone rang with an unknown number. Ernst, who now lives in nearby Red Oak, ignored it a couple of times, but the caller's persistence caught her attention.
"It was the White House switchboard. I was a little embarrassed that I'd been rejecting the president's calls," she said in an interview on Des Moines' WHO Radio on Dec. 29. "He was very cordial to me. Of course, he makes all those calls to new incoming senators. He did state he will always have a special place in his heart for Iowa."
Talk about a begrudging acknowledgement. He was very "cordial" (which is unexpected from a demon Kenyan usurper.) But let's not get carried away. He's "cordial" to all the new Senators even though it pains him to do it. It's just part of the job. And he did say he likes my state, which is ridiculous because he hates all of Real America, but there it is.
I have a feeling that she's going to be a great source of that patented nasty, passive-aggressive right wing dialog we've come to expect from the likes of Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin. If she's good at it she really will be a star. The beltway loves this stuff as much as the Tea Party types do.
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