4/16/2023 0 Comments Whiskey wrise ad'Kristi can drive a tractor and she can drive a combine harvester,' says Kone. The store is miles from anywhere and it's getting late on a cold, grey Sunday afternoon, yet it's teeming with customers. Mounted on the walls are dead animals - bison, elk, ibex, deer, several species of bear, a wild turkey and pheasants. But the main thing is guns, more guns than I've seen in my life: rifles with telescopic sights, shotguns, sub-machine guns and handguns, plus countless boxes of ammunition. There's a petrol pump out front, while at one side of the shop there are shelves full of chocolate bars and snacks, and a fridge stocked with fizzy drinks. Kone gestures around his cavernous store. But she also likes my guns, she likes hunting and until recently one of the businesses she and Bryon ran was a hunting lodge. 'This is a very conservative state and Kristi's got very good morals. ![]() 'She was born and raised right here, she's very sharp, very knowledgeable. In the limelight: Noem is gaining increasing recognition and looks set for a shot at national office 'We love her,' says Vic Kone, the proprietor of Kone's Corner Country Store, two miles from Kristi's ranch near the hamlet of Castlewood. A slim, striking, highly articulate mother of three with unusually bright green eyes, around her home she's known to be a crackshot. Although Levi Johnston, the former boyfriend of Palin's daughter Bristol, claims Palin's own grizzly credentials - her vaunted skill as a huntress of moose - are bogus, there isn't much doubt Kristi Noem, 38, is the real thing. ![]() Palin calls them 'mama grizzlies' and several now look set for national office. Since Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska, shot to prominence as vice-presidential nominee on the Republican ticket that lost to Barack Obama in 2008, rugged frontierswomen with bracing conservative views have been in political vogue. 'But that would have taken up a lot more time, and I'm like, "Hey, Kristi, we've got a campaign to run". ![]() 'I know that she really wanted to spend some time going after elk,' says Josh Shields, her campaign manager. Deadlier than the male: Like Sarah Palin, Republican candidate Krisiti Noem is proud of her prowess with a rifle
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