Iowa’s second most-famous expatriate loser, Kari Lake, has a scheduled homecoming when she meets Friday with the Scott County Republican Women. One blanches at the mention of her in the same reference as President Herbert Hoover, who by most accounts was a nice guy and did a world of good after he lost. North Scott High graduate Lake grabbed the nation’s attention with a campaign of nastiness and deceit trying to become governor of Arizona.
The Kari Lake I worked with at WHBF bears little resemblance to this rancid version. Ambitious, aloof and apolitical, Lake's wrath was saved for Michael Bolton. I'm no big fan of his (at my wife's urging I attended his Adler Theater appearance with Kenny G), but Lake had an anti-Bolton coffee mug on her desk. A few colleagues called her Scari Lake behind her back but I didn't have any problem with her. Like many young tv reporters, she wanted to get the hell out of there. Hoda Kotb was in the market about the same time and rose to national celebrity. Kari Lake running for governor and morphing into a national political figure? That's OJ- level crazy.
Kari Lake provides 3 opportunities for Iowans. Will still too many Iowans (continue) to support an election denier? With Lake in Iowa, our entire federal delegation can once again be asked if they support Jan. 6 or if they deny elections? Will R's who understand the strong role new immigrants play in Iowa ag question her immigration policies?
The Kari Lake I worked with at WHBF bears little resemblance to this rancid version. Ambitious, aloof and apolitical, Lake's wrath was saved for Michael Bolton. I'm no big fan of his (at my wife's urging I attended his Adler Theater appearance with Kenny G), but Lake had an anti-Bolton coffee mug on her desk. A few colleagues called her Scari Lake behind her back but I didn't have any problem with her. Like many young tv reporters, she wanted to get the hell out of there. Hoda Kotb was in the market about the same time and rose to national celebrity. Kari Lake running for governor and morphing into a national political figure? That's OJ- level crazy.
Kari Lake provides 3 opportunities for Iowans. Will still too many Iowans (continue) to support an election denier? With Lake in Iowa, our entire federal delegation can once again be asked if they support Jan. 6 or if they deny elections? Will R's who understand the strong role new immigrants play in Iowa ag question her immigration policies?