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Omaha Steve

(99,061 posts)
Tue Dec 6, 2022, 02:16 PM Dec 2022

Ricketts confirms he will seek U.S. Senate seat

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Erin Bamer Dec 6, 2022 Updated 5 min ago

LINCOLN — Gov. Pete Ricketts announced Tuesday that he will apply to fill U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse's seat once Sasse resigns in January, confirming suspicions that he would seek the position.

Gov.-elect Jim Pillen opened applications for the seat on Monday and will continue taking applicants through Dec. 23. Ricketts is widely thought to be the top candidate for the seat, as he was one of Pillen's top endorsers during his campaign.

After the news broke, U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., confirmed on Twitter his expectation that Ricketts will be selected as Sasse's replacement.

"We look forward to hazing the junior member of the delegation," Bacon wrote in a tweet.

Read more: https://omaha.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/ricketts-confirms-he-will-seek-u-s-senate-seat/article_a2e0f590-757d-11ed-84b7-7fcae05a9fa7.html

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Ricketts confirms he will seek U.S. Senate seat (Original Post) Omaha Steve Dec 2022 OP
Sounds like a cozy little circle-jerk they have there. Midnight Writer Dec 2022 #1
"We look forward to hazing the junior member..." Kaleva Dec 2022 #2
He must have a Vitamin D deficiency geardaddy Dec 2022 #7
Bwah! Well played! 👍😄 (but too bad for us) electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #11
Another Horatio Alger story indeed! n/t hibbing Dec 2022 #3
Selected? Nah. Ricketts anointed himself. Freethinker65 Dec 2022 #4
Racketts figures that if Rick Scott-free could get away with so much, so can he peppertree Dec 2022 #5
How can anyone miss him if he won't go away? Judi Lynn Dec 2022 #6
Republican incest so thick it's almost polygamy bucolic_frolic Dec 2022 #8
Senator Ricketts kgray96057 Dec 2022 #9
True POS nwliberalkiwi Dec 2022 #10

Kaleva

(36,146 posts)
2. "We look forward to hazing the junior member..."
Tue Dec 6, 2022, 02:23 PM
Dec 2022

Are they going pump grease up his ass and give him a pink belly?


A rather common form of hazing when I was in the Navy.

kgray96057

(26 posts)
9. Senator Ricketts
Tue Dec 6, 2022, 04:38 PM
Dec 2022

Widely considered to be the dumbest of the Ricketts, politics is really the only use the family has for him.

Petey wants to be president.

And, as there is always room for an amiable, pro business dunce in Republican politics, it's not impossible for him to get there.

Solid business credentials- if you don't look too close. Solid family- with enough cash to smooth over any ruffled feathers. And he has pretty well mastered the ability to sound sensible and articulate while saying nothing you can use against him.

Governor for a while, safe enough job, see if he really likes the work; such as it is. See if his act works on the public stage. Serve out the rest of Sasse's term in the Senate while putting out feelers. Get on potent and useful committees. Be a go to guy for party hack work.

Then, should the Republicans regain the Presidency in 2024, a secretarial post. Then, after that President is done, a nod for Veep for the next serious candidate.

Ricketts- he's a good boy, he's a good _party_ boy. He could easily be President after the next.

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