Blogger Cory Allen Heidelberger excerpts this recent interview of Republican Senate candidate Mike Rounds in the Black Hills Pioneer on one of the many questions in the EB-5 scandal:

We Don't Fire a Guy for Getting Sued ... 

You have things that occur in the normal course of providing administerial services. In this particular case, having a question of — what I think is a question of splits in commissions or receipts for that would be something that I would consider that’s not of an inappropriate nature, but rather one of a question of business practices or a disagreement among people working in the same field ... In terms of having a disagreement on commission splits with another entity that’s involved in the EB-5 program, no, we did not see that as being a disqualifying event” [Rounds, in Hurlburt, 2014.10.14].

So Mike, is concealing a lawsuit against the state a disqualifying event? How about breaking state conflict-of-interest law? How about breaking Board of Regents policy? How about evading bank franchise tax? Just whom does one have to screw to get fired by you, Mike?

While Cory valiantly goes into an in depth explication of the meaning of the statement, I start closer to zero in trying to understand this paragraph. It doesn't make one whit of sense to me. If you were ask a freshman college composition or journalism class to rewrite this paragraph so it is understandable, what would they write?

Nothing. It's nonsensical gibberish.

It is a "word salad," a term Cory also uses a lot and is exactly accurate. Cut up some verbs and nouns, pour on some adjectives, sprinkle with articles and adverbs, toss, then serve to the public.

I would argue that it is word salad answers like these regarding his role in the EB-5 matter that has cost Gov. Rounds 15 points of indigestion in this Senate race, a race by all accounts he should be winning ala a Chef Gordon Ramsey "Kitchen Nightmares" butt-kicking.

Come on, Mike, serve us up some good old fashioned South Dakota meat and potatoes on EB-5, simmered in a big dollop of honesty that we can all swallow — and understand.

Understandable and honest words, like fresh and healthy ingredients, matter to a successful casserole--or outcome.

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