Hand picked from over 300 entries on KELOLAND alone, here are my favorite posts from 2008 on South Dakota Watch.

Enjoy.

January 2008

I Am Powerless Over Obama—Todd’s Man-Crush

Without Minority Lawyers, MLK’s Dream Cannot Be Complete

February 2008

Breaking: Ted Klaudt’s S.D. Sex Offender Home Page

Hillary Clinton’s Missing Trait: Likeability

March 2008

So This Is What Politics Is Reduced To?

Mrs. Epp’s Stern Warning to Virginia Lowell and Steve Jarding

Review: Bruce Springsteen’s “Magic” in St. Paul

Attacks on Johnson Were Wrong; So Are Attacks on Kirby

KELOLAND: Your Home (for Warmongering)


April 2008

KELOLAND: $3.50/Gallon Gas in SD; SDW: Thank Sen. Thune and Pres. Bush

May 2008

Time to Euthanize Horse Racing

Full Text and Excerpts from the Hunt Trustee Lawsuit Against Hyperion’s Huddleston

Breaking: Hillary Says Vote for Her Because, Hey, You Never Know, Someone Might Shoot Obama

June 2008

You Had Me At Hello: Obama Melts My Wife’s Heart, Tells Abbey and Jordan He’ll Bring Their Daddy Home Safe

Federal Tax Lien Filed Against SDAPV Ag Development LLC

Clinton Offered State Party Fundraiser in Exchange for Two Superdelegates


Local TV News As Kubuki Theatre


July 2008

Pinning the Missing Ten Million Dollar Tail on the Harrisburg School District Donkey

“Drunk Fest,” er, Jazz Fest Invades Sioux Falls—Bring Bail Money

Why Not a Brownfield for a Green Hyperion Refinery?

Alzheimer’s, the Disease from Hell

August 2008

Roast Pig Anyone? John McCain Pimps Out Wife Cindy

Grampa McCain Hikes Up His Pants and Yells at That Damn Obama Kid in Sturgis

Que es más macho? Sibby o PP?

The Short Presidency of Sarah Pailin: A Tragedy in Three Acts

September 2008

Does Sarah Palin Really Want to Be a Pitbull? Statistics Say No

Video: Bailouts for Capitalists, Peanuts for Homeowners

McCain/Palin: The Old Man/Young Woman TV News Anchor Team

October 2008

Watching HBO’s Deadwood a Reminder of Lost Greatness

Upon Further Review, Perhaps Thune Was a Better Pick Than Palin

W: Our Generation’s “Citizen Kane”

November 2008

SD Watch Upset Special #3—Merchant over Smidt in District 7 Senate

The Direct Line from Jefferson to Obama (and Some Presidents In-between)

Do South Dakota’s Citizen Journalists Need to Save Journalism in SD?

The JFK Assassination: When Does Media Replace Memory?

NRA, Meet Your New Member—Obama Supporter, Gun Owner

December 2008

Maybe Jeff Gannon Was Just Four Years Ahead of His Time

KSFY Action News: Stupid, Stupid, Stupid

An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Non-Partisan Election of Legislators and County Officials

Ten New Years Resolutions the Rest of You Can Use

The Bad Karma of Brett Favre