The Battle for America 2010: Wisconsin Senate Race a Bellwether for the Nation
Wisconsin’s startling U.S. Senate race between Russ Feingold and Ron Johnson has transcended party politics and transformed into the national poster child for this country’s deep dissatisfaction with Congress, bloated government, reckless spending, redistributionist socialism, and the institutionalized ruling elite in Washington. From a wildly unpopular health care bill, to Washington’s blind eye to America’s immigration problem, to a pork-laden trillion dollar “stimulus” bill which was more like a sedative, the American voters that incumbents have not listened to are more than angry. They are revolting.
A recent Daily Kos public policy poll has the newcomer and political outsider, Johnson, far ahead of Feingold, 52 to 41. That an entrenched Democrat incumbent is trailing that badly in a state which Obama carried handily in 2008 is more than a bad sign for Democrats this fall. It’s an ominous warning to all members of Washington’s aristocracy. Similar phenomena are being experienced in races all over the country. From the primary victory of Christine O’Donnell in Delaware to Carl Paladino’s victory in New York, the same message to the political establishment is winning the day: the party in Washington is over.
America’s new revolution is not unlike the infamous 18th century French Revolution. During a period of political upheaval, the French monarchy which had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three short years as an out-of-touch French aristocracy crumpled and gave way to simple principles of citizenship and inalienable rights. Similarly, the entitlement and business-as-usual mentality in Washington is giving way to common sense and the easily-understood notion that Washington cannot spend money it doesn’t have for things we don’t need.
Our young president’s slow political execution is symbolic of the fate of France’s Louis XVI. Yet, both Michelle and Barack are planning visits to Wisconsin to support Feingold. That a president with soaring disapproval ratings and his wife — who has been compared to Marie Antoinette — would come to Wisconsin and stump for Feingold is clearly a sign of ruling class desperation. Feingold spokesman John Kraus said Feingold is excited about Michelle coming, and looked forward to her visit — a far cry from Obama’s Labor Day visit, when Feingold made himself invisible.
The conspicuous consumption by the noble class in the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette at Versailles continued despite the financial burden on the populace. The excessive consumption by the political elite and ruling class in Washington today is no less conspicuous. High unemployment plagued Louis XVI’s France like it plagues the Rust Belt of America, and as everyday Americans look to Washington and see the rock star, Kobe beef-eating, exorbitant vacationing lifestyles of the rich and elected, they are looking for heads to roll. And roll they will this November, starting with Russ Feingold.
The revolt against Washington’s political ruling class is not fueled by class envy. It is, rather, a natural desire on the part of the American people that members of Congress be like them, understand them, and don’t look down their noses at them. The germinating seed may well have been when Barack Obama described small-town Americans as bitterly clinging to “guns or religion.” This statement revealed Obama’s belief that these inferior, less enlightened Americans are in need of caretaking by the political elite. In typical elitist fashion, Obama later justified himself by pointing out that he had said “what everybody knows is true.” The common herd apparently does not understand life’s elusive truths, requiring the ruling class to discount what the ruled say and to presume what they truly mean.
“A recent Fox News poll showed that 78% of American voters favor limiting the terms of politicians like Russ Feingold. This November, the American people are going to take the first step in what will likely be a long revolt against the elitists in Washington. They will likely send a strong message that we need to return to the early days of our republic, when serving in Congress was viewed as a civic duty, a necessary evil, and a PART-TIME job. This November, starting in Wisconsin, they will be storming the Bastille.”
We are coming, Washington. Count on it. You’re just lucky we’re coming with ballots instead of bullets. For Americans to use our government as a way to gain wealth and influence in this nation is shameful. Those people alone should be run out of town for their sheer greed alone.
I do hope that Term Limits becomes a major issue in upcoming elections. It will be really tough because Congress, which is now filled with career politicians, will be asked to limit the terms of their own jobs. After all, who’d want to give up a nice gig like that? But if our country is to survive, if we are to at least limit the corruption that has infected Washington for years, and if we are to bring new light and fresh air into the dark and stagnant halls of Congress, then term limits is the only way to go. Will it mean losing some good politicians after a few years? Sure, but that will be MORE than offset by losing the criminals, like Charlie Rangel or Maxine Waters.
How about 2 terms for Senators (a total of 12 years) and 6 terms in the House of Representatives (also a total of 12 years)? Seems to me that you would be anxious to get back to your normal life after 12 years in Washington. After all, who would want to be away from their home and family for more than 12 years? That is, of course, unless they’re making a killing in Washington.
You were doin’ ok there swabbie until you paddled out to the Term Limits reef. California imposed term limits on its legislators about 2 decades ago; have you noticed that since then that western bellweather state has been sinking faster and faster?
Face it, term limits are an attempt to replace the eternal vigilance required of the citizens of a republic with some unattended automatic constitutional machinery. Lazy citizens will never keep a republic no matter how many restraints are put upon those in control of the State. Look at what has happened to Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. It’s ignored and (sad to say) most voters are mouth-breathers who like it that way, even in the so-called red states. The same goes for the Bill of Rights – leftists have trouble counting higher than 1 and solid NRA-membership holding voters stumble after counting to 2. (How many of your co-workers, neighbors, and fellow vets can tell you what the Ninth and Tenth Amendments say – even if all you ask for is the the rough sense of ‘em, not a word-for-word recitation?)
You are right. Term limits does not cure immorality and irresponsibility.
But these 30-40 years congressmen have too much power. 12 terms in the house and 4 in the Senate should be it.
In a democracy you get the government you deserve. Don’t blame the sleazy corrupt politician. America if you are looking for a villain look at the mirror, and you are not seeing a pretty picture. Unfortunately Reality hurts, first thing to redemption is accepting responsibility then vote all them out of office, and you should it every two years.
You better remember it next November.
We already have term limits for all elected offices. They’re called, “Elections.”
The 2010 mid-term primaries and upcoming general are examples of these, “Elections,” as term limits.
The rub is that a government of the people, by the people, and for the people requires the participation of the people, by the people, and for the people.
Gary Wickert in one line summed up the entire situation and that is, “It is a cry for citizen legislature where serving one’s country was more a patriotic sacrifice than a financial opportunity….”
Please do not compare the current Conservative wave to the French Revolution. The legacy of the “Jacobins” was blood and socialism. Hopefully, the Republicans have learned enough from their past mistakes actually to govern for the people this time.
I agree completely, and was thinking exactly the same thing as I read this piece. The French Revolution was a disastrous bloodbath and the beginning of the modern Left. I doubt the damage can ever be completely undone. The infection continues to spread, and it seems to be uniquely seductive and impervious to reality instruction.
The conditions before the French revolution is apt to today’s situation not the revolution itself. The Bourbon dynasty was taxing the nation into the ground to fund outrageous subsidizes to it’s friends and supporters. Voltaire captured it best when he said.
“The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.”
This describes exactly what the democrats are doing with unions, the education establishment, green-job lobby, government workers and the “social justice” crowd. The democratic party is a coalition of parasites.
No! Term limits are not the answer, though I don’t like the ossification that perpetual incumbency entails.
No, the solution is the elimination of pensions for elected federal offices. Right now, a Congressman can retire with full pension after serving one term. Talk about grabbing the golden ring!!
Many, if not most, of our Founding generation died poor or in debt, because of the sacrifices they made for the People. We need to rekindle that sense of SERVICE amongst our representatives by taking the “golden ring” away! To provide for their own retirement, they would have to accumulate reserves directly or in alternate private pension structures. But in no way should they be entitled to enrichment for life on the backs of the taxpayers!
“…the solution is the elimination of pensions for elected federal offices.”
Oh my gosh, you are sooooo right. I have had this idea too.
I think this should be true for ALL elected offices at every level of gov’t.
Here in NJ we have an especial problem, we the only (I think only) state that allows a person to hold more than one elected office at a time, and they can get multiple pensions that way.
Really, our gravy train is long and ugly.
Let them be in a 401(k) type arrangement and that is it.
I think the Tea Party should really make this a cause.
Like the least of us, many of whom have not even a 401, they should only get what they can save in an IRA out of their own pockets, nor do they deserve gold-plated diamond-encrusted perpetual free health care.
Ah Wisconsin, home of beer, brats, brandy, cheese and the birthplace of the Progressive movement. America, we the voters in WI, are going to do all we can to remove the progressive tick Fiengold; know however that we have one of the most easily manipulated voting systems in the Union. On our primary last week we had a showing of voters presenting their ID’s to vote even though we are not required to in our state…it’s pathetic. Our votes are not very well protected here. Expect some fraud to occur. May God bless America and the individual freedoms he has provided to all mankind, embodied in our Constitution, written on the hearts of true Americans of all backgrounds, religions, and races. Seek Liberty my friends…seek Liberty.
Gary, I loved this article. But, ahem, a four-term town supervisor? Seems itself to give off a certain career politician odor. (Throws hands up in mollifying way). But I don’t want any trouble with a runner-up to the world’s toughest bartender title. I’ll finish my drink and leave quietly.
The author may be in his fourth term, but his district is comprised of 1500 people. No office, no staff, no phone provided. No hiding.
I can’t wait to see this left wing lawyer Feingold booted out of the U.S. Senate. I just hope California will do the same to Nasty Barbara Boxer, and Nevada will do the same for Pinky Harry Reid. That would send a message to Democrats they would have to pay attention to if they want to have any role to play in 2012.
As of yesterday, Boxer, Brown and Reid were ahead in the polls…appalling!!!
If these type people go back in office, American voters are crazy and will go down in flames because Obama will continue with his program of destruction of our republic.
Jesus used a whip to drive the money changers from the Jewish Temple. American taxpayers should use the same to drive career politicians and lobbyists from our nation’s capitol.
very impressive article by Gary Wickert. I agree with his diagnosis but am not yet convinced the public feels as we do. i look to election day with hope (and a prayer).
but i think the solution offered is at best a half measure. term limits have been in effect in local NYC elections for a decade. the results are less than i had hoped.
the kind of electoral reform we need must add term limtes to the issues of gerrymandering and ballot access.
the ballot access issues are easy to understand. the ruling class fraternity determines their own rules for membership and makes them law. if there is a dispute, a judge who is also a member of the fraternity will render a decision. of course, you can apply for membership by hiring one of the fraternity to sponsor you for membership. you are then considered a “pledge” and after suitable apprenticeship you will be permitted entry.
the gerrymandering issues are also simple. the advent of the computer has made gerrymandering a science. and those who are in the ruling fraternity are very good at it. voters don’t choose who represents them, the ruling class chooses who the voters will be.
electoral districting must be based on natural boundaries whenever possible. common issues should be the basis of an electoral district, not common color as is now the stadard. make the programs that determine these electroal district minimze the perimeter of the distrrict, that will solve the problem.
Some time ago, I proposed the following:
http://thevailspot.blogspot.com/2010/04/i-dont-know-where-this-came-from.html
Here’s my own take on a possible 28th amendment: I hereby propose the following as the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution. I hereby propose the following as the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1. No citizen of the United States shall be elected to the House of Representatives to more than four (4) consecutive, two (2) year terms to office.
No citizen of the United States shall be elected to the United States Senate for more than two (2) consecutive, six (6) year terms of office.
2. No citizen of the United States shall receive any retirement benefits from serving in either the United States House of Representatives or the United States Senate.
3. Congress shall not exempt itself from any laws of the United States of America, in whole or in part.
4. Congress shall be in session for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days in the Spring, and 90 consecutive days in the Summer of each year. Each sitting of Congress may be extended by the President for a period not to exceed 30 days. The Spring session shall start on the first Monday of March. The Summer session shall begin on the first Monday in June. An additional 45 day session to begin on the 2nd Monday of November shall be called by the President if so deemed necessary, this session may not be extended unless a period of National Emergency is formally declared by the President. {This section I think is necessary to basically force Congress to actually work…in the past decade they generally only spend 2 1/2 days per week actually working in Washington, DC. Most often only from Tues afternoon to Thurs afternoon!}
I cannot share your optimism for this November or 2012. The progressives/Dems and PC blue-blood GOP are too entrenched in the politics of self absorption and power to rule. Take Castle and Mikulski for example. Look at our talking heads like Kruthammer, Frum, Weekly Standard, National Review, Steele, Parker, etc who have a vested interest in RINOs staying in power in D.C. So they snipe at TEA Party activists and politicians who run against their source of power. They have had a taste of the unadulterated power that being an elitist has and they do not want to legally give it up. Heck, you are a lawyer and the nation’s trial lawyers are at the front of the destruction of our nation-NLG.
I expect all manner of fraud to be present in this upcoming election and especially in 2012. The absolute corruption of the power hungry in D.C. is too great. Moreover we are witnessing and victims of a movement to forever change America into a communist state.
No, no unless there is more than just an electoral victory in November and 2012 the left’s drive to destroy America will never cease. Elections do not matter to them only counting the votes matters. And then only superfically or when its in their favor.
“During a period of political upheaval, the French monarchy which had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three short years as an out-of-touch French aristocracy crumpled and gave way to simple principles of citizenship and inalienable rights.”
If that was what had happened, the French Revolution would not have been a tragedy (and farce), and the American Revolution would have been the–for 100′s of years, the singular–Revolution That Worked(TM).
Instead, it was all about Rousseau’s “General Will”.
“would have been” != “would not have been”
Yikes, typos.
What a FABULOUS article!!!!! The author NAILED IT!!!! Sticking to this analysis will bring back our beloved country. Stay away from Catholic/evangelical issues of abortion, stem cell research, & gay marriage! Keep those 3 social issues in the churches where they belong!!!!!
I am an Evangelical Christian, and am a good man too. I believe these to be the most important issues. If we get morality back, all the other stuff will fall into place.
Now, whether you agree with me or not does not matter! If you want good people like me, who have been remonstrating against the out-of-control government the whole time, to assist you in putting things to right, then you must accept that we be indulged on these other issues. I shall not let you separate me from these issues. You do not get to dictate to me the terms by which I will seek common cause with you. If you want my help, then I have to be heard and respected on these issues. That is the deal, take it or leave it.
Besides, we SoCons did not start this fight! The Liberals did and still do!
We are not the ones bringing some vote on legalizing gay marriage to the ballot every year. If they would quit trying to change what is, we wouldn’t have to do anything, and the issue would not exist.
SoCons did not pack the SCOTUS with Justices who overturned every anti-abortion law in EVERY State. Liberals did. Now we have to undo this gross violation of the Constitution and restore the 10th Amendment.
SoCons are not the ones with their hands out asking for federal dollars for stem-cell research! The moment they ask for the money, it becomes an issue. If you don’t like us fighting it, do not ask for the damned money! It’s our money too, and we get a say in how it gets used!
Msmensa, for a MENSA member, you sure miss the obvious. You have bought into the liberal media’s trope. “Oh, those EVIL SoCons! They are the ones trying to change society!” Please! We are trying to preserve society. They are the barbarians at the gate! THEY are the attackers. WE are the defenders!
But then, being a “Ms.”, you are a single female, so you probably support abortion “rights”. You support men and women copping out on their responsibilities to that baby they have brought into being. That oh-so-INCONVENIENT baby! Abortion is a cop-out, and attempt to shirk one’s responsibility… like a child does, not an adult. They kill the baby, so they do not have to feed it and care for it! Screw that!
But hey, we should just sit down and shut up, keep the discussion in church… where it will have no effect on the laws. Oh wait, if we discuss it in church, we can lose our tax-exempt status, so don’t do it there either, or the government will punish us.
In other words, Msmensa, you don’t want us to have a say. You dismiss our perfectly valid concerns, as if they are of no merit or moment. You don’t refute the issues. You just airily dismiss them. You seem every bit as arrogant and elitist as the Leftists, and you got that way by buying into their propaganda. You are parroting their their tyrannical message and do not even realize it.
Much as I hate the subversive issues of the Left, I do not think they should not bring them up. I do not say they should sit down and shut up, although I wish they would. They should have their say, and I should have mine. I just wish we could have an honest debate about things, so we can resolve the differences. One cannot, however, ever have an honest debate with Leftists, because lying is their chief weapon.
What other “social” issues would you have us keep in the church? Stealing? Murder? Lying? These three have laws against them (except for murdering the unborn; laws against lying are relegated to the courtroom).
But there aren’t (many) laws on the books anymore regarding adultery… that issue is kept in the church. And how well has no-fault divorce and the proliferation of pornography served our culture? We also can see where coveting has gotten our country; that’s the Left’s / our government’s modus operandi.
Msmensa, you just want to pick and choose which “social” issues are kept in the church. What you don’t want to admit is from where our laws originate – God Himself. And when we forget / ignore / rebel against Him, we struggle and suffer.
So, believe it or not, Christians don’t push these issues to make people like you miserable. We make the case for these issues to be obedient to God and try to preserve our culture.
Time to get the agenda right, are you listening Republicans? I’m afraid you haven’t received the message yet. Some Americans want to take their country back from the criminal political conspirators, dimocrats and republicans, that have stolen it from “we the people”.
1. Enforceable balanced budget amendment.
2. Immediate 50% reduction in all federal spending, devolving power and
responsibility back to the individual states as required by the
Constitution.
3. Withdraw from the Unitied Nations.
4. Term Limits on Representatives and Senators.
5. Declaration of war requirement for any foreign hostile engagements.
6. Mandatory jail time for employers who hire illegal aliens.
7. Repeal unconstitutional Obamacare.
8. Withdraw from the World Bank, WTO, NATO and GAAT.
9. Bring a minimum of 5,000,000 manufacturing jobs back to the United
States from foreign operations.
10. Bring American troops home from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and Korea.
11. Require all politicians to learn the meaning and purpose
of “impeachment” and require them to use it when appropriate. i.e., a
sitting President violates the Constitutional oath of office.
12. Drill baby drill and build those nuclear plants. Energy independence
within five years.
13. Restore water to California’s farmers immediately. Food is better then
desert land and you can’t feed the population with smelt.
Do you really want to preserve a sovereign, Constitutional Federal Republic or are you just playing the game? Deal with it now or deal with it never.
The nation is on the brink a disaster that can never be reversed uless the dedication and work begins in November 2010.
Hold the feet of the corrupt politicians to the fire, only individual Americans at the ballot box can see to getting it done. Politicians will always require adult supervision. Let the games begin in November 2010 and come to fruition in 2012 with a real American President, a patriot, not simply another sleazy politician, moving into the White House after pledging to restore the constitution to its rightful place in the land of the free.
1. Will never exist, that’s the people’s job.
2. You’d do it kinder and cheaper to take every 10th person in the country out into a field, because to do it immediately you’re talking about killing that many.
3. A pleasant but meaningless symbol.
4. Hamhanded, unintelligent, one-size fits all “solutions” are the hallmark of the left, leave them to it. Ban consecutive terms, not total terms.
5. You’re not one of those idiots who think the fighting in Iraq is an undeclared war, are you? If Congress says, go get’em we’ll pay for it, that a declaration of war.
6. One good idea out of six so far.
7. Two up.
8. Another feelgood but meaningless gesture.
9. Yeah that Smoot-Hawley was such a great idea the first time.
10. No. None of that is in our strategic best interest.
11. Yeah, we’ll just pull that from the same place in our ass # 1 is hidden.
12. Another plausibly good idea.
13. If California can do it with Californian water, go for. The feds should have nothing to do with it.
Tom,
See my #10 entry above…you can serve as many terms in Congress as you want…but only 6 consecutive in the House and 2 consecutive in the Senate…
Rich
For years I have resisted the clarion call for term limits because, by doing so, I believe in a small way that it exonerates the voters of some of their responsibility in putting these creatures into office. I also think term limits make it easier for voters to tune out knowing that the elected official will not be there too long. However, I must admit that I am now considering supporting term limits in some manner. Sadly, I have come to the conclusion that the vast majority of our Representatives and Senators in D.C., as well as politicians in state houses across this great country, only represent themselves, their families and the monied interests that got them elected and those that will get them re-elected. It is high time the country party took back their government from these career politicians.
I agree that the phenomenon of the career politician and the lobbyist seriously threaten our republic. Don’t hold your breath for term limits. Such a thing would require an amendment to the Constitution and acceptance by members of Congress. The entrenched elite would fight it tooth and nail. It’s analogous to “loser pays” tort reform that exists almost everywhere in the world EXCEPT the USA. As long as the lawyers vehemently oppose it it will never happen. Just about every profession is provincial and protective.
If we could just keep former Congressmen from working as lobbyists for a period of 5 years once they leave office it would help considerably. Who has greater political clout, 10,000 angry voters or one lobbyist working for Goldman Sachs? We never had lobbyists until Wilson and WWI.
I’ve read some rather compelling arguments against term limits and I’m quite sure term limits wouldn’t be the panacea envisioned by some. But it would be an improvement. I am particularly fond of the idea of dropping their pensions and lifetime health benefits. It’s not like they’re poorly paid to start with.
What needs guarding is the integrity of the Wisconsin election process. During the Presidential election of ’08, ACORN and the Obama thugs were bussed from Chicago into my district and proceeded to intimidate voters and pollworkers, of which I was one. Although reported to the County Sheriff, the damage was done. Those of us in the Southeastern area including Milwaukee and surrounding communities need some back up this time around. It’s time we fired Feingold for good. Things look promising for Scott Walker in his bid to become Governor as well, if we can just guard against election fraud. Same-day registration – voting without an ID? A joke.
I don’t really agree with the analogy of the current cultural and political milieu in America with the French Revolution, which had entirely humanistic and in fact violent roots. It is more in line with the American quest for independence. For further study read R. J. Rushdoony, “This Independent Republic” and “The Nature of the American System.”
The elites today are the corrupt Bourbon dynasty. Self serving and dismissive of the rest of the people. This comparison is apt.
What form the revolution-counter revolution takes is about to begin.
If Pelosi retains the speakership and we have widespread voter fraud, it will start to look like the French revolution pretty fast.
Terms limits will probably be unconstitutional, and won’t address the problem of lifetime congressional aids. ‘All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing.’
We need to be rid of some career politicians. But mainly there is a lot of government which needs to be eliminated, so there are fewer cracks for cockroaches to hide in.
How about going back to the Senators being appointed by their State legislatures as intended by our founding fathers, they were to represent the states interests as sovereign States (countries) The very idea of mandates and Federal control would never fly if the Constitution had not been changed. Wilson pushed for the change to place the senators under the thumb of their parties and cut their independence so as to push his progressive agenda. This is why the senate terms are 6 years and staggered so that change was gradual and even, since most state legislatures are on 2 year terms only one senator would be affected if there was a wild swing in the state government so as to lesson changes, where as the house is the direct elected representatives of the people and the body can swing wildly, as we will hopefully see this fall :>)
This would give the state houses some defense from all these unfunded mandates. Lets repeal the 17th (?) amendment.
There has to be a Constitutional Amendment banning public employee unions. That will be the real turning point for the nation.
Right on.
Who is repressing government workers? Why the hell do they need a union?
This is an excellent article, and I hope every word proves true this November and for many Novembers to come.
But I do have a couple of quibbles. First, the French Revolution unfortunately was more of a blood bath than an exercise in “simple principles of citizenship and inalienable rights.” Many innocent people were slaughtered by the revolutionaries and the left wing notions espoused by the French continue to plague us to this day.
That said, Michelle Obama has done a fine imitation of Marie Antoinette lately and while I don’t think her head should be chopped off for it, the derision that has come her way is richly deserved.
And I want to point out to the term limits advocates that term limits for congressional reps and senators was instituted after the republican takeover in 1994 but it was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court (because it imposes a requirement not present in the constitution). Therefore either the Constitution would have to be amended, or more simply, WE NEED TO KEEP PAYING ATTENTION and voting the bums out, periodically, as required.
Jocon307, I don’t ordinarly respond to comments to my own article, but I wanted to let you know that in May of 1995, the United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995) that states cannot impose term limits upon their federal Representatives or Senators. It did not prohibit federal term limits originating in Congress. However, it would most likely need to be a national Constitutional Convention (per Art. V of U.S. Constitution), because it is very likely that Congress does not have the power to propose and adopt any amendment that limits its own power.
mama winger: I live in Milwaukee and moved within the past year. When I went to my new polling place to vote in the primary, I had to show not only a recent utility bill with my new address on it, but my driver’s license as well. I took that as a good sign, although I don’t know if it means the folks at the polls have been instructed to tighten up the registration process or if I had just run into an unusually conscientious poll worker.
I still see Obama stickers around, but then I live in the chock-full-o-moonbats East Side, although not quite as bad as the People’s Republic of Dane County. Recently, two formerly diehard Dem relatives told me they are planning to vote for Johnson and Walker. Believe me, these are people who I had assumed would rather stick hot needles in their own eyeballs than vote Republican. I was very heartened by that.
Good article, Gary! I hope you do more writing for PJM.
Glad to see the folks waking up in Wisconsin and other states. Too bad it isn’t happening here (Washington State). The same corrupt Seattle Marxists that have controlled our government and stolen elections for decades are still firmly in power. I guess elitist Microsoft and unionized Boeing would have to shutter their doors before the idiots around here notice that their elected officials no longer represent what is best for America and her taxpaying citizens.
Saltherring: That is too bad. I had hoped we were about to see the last of Patty Murray
Donna V,
It’s hard for Republicans to win a close race out here, given King County (Seattle) always submits its final totals several days after the other counties, claiming it takes more time to reconcile such a large amount of votes. In actuality, it gives Democrat poll workers more time for the monkey business necessary to steal close elections, such as “finding” boxes of unaccounted for and untraceable ballots or “reconciling” some of those fake addresses and phony signatures. And then there are those nasty recounts, when leftist judges sanction all kinds of questionable, unlawful practices in the name of making certain the “right” people win, even if it takes three recounts to capture all the ballots from cemetery dwellers, illegal aliens and the “vote early and often crowd”. All these (and more) happened during and after Washington’s 2004 gubernatorial election. King County was never able to reconcile its totals, the final count showing hundreds more votes than voters, in an election that was decided by, as I recall, 128 votes.
“After all, it’s not who votes that counts, it’s who counts the votes.” Josef Stalin
The comparisons in this article to the French revolution worry me a bit, considering the very bad way that revolution turned out. Hopefully, our differences can be settled by elections, law, and democratic means. Fortunately, so far the Tea Party has shown a lot of political maturity, and respect for law, unusual for diverse grass roots insurgent movements. In fact, at the moment, the only actual violence I have seen has come from the left. I hope it stays that way. Glenn Beck has made a good point in extolling the virtues of Ghandi and MLK. Despite the depravity of our leftist foes, non-violent democratic means is the way to go, at least until a point is reached where such means are impossible, a point we definitely have not reached yet, and are not that likely to reach anytime soon.
I wonder if Ashton Kutcher cheated on Demi?
Two Instances of Democrat Perfidy: Lame Congresses and Phony “Witches”
Let’s face it. Democrats have no soul and no conscience. Two instances:
Lame Ducks: In an announcement that will go down alongside the announcement that Barack Obama is the most liberal-leftist-fraudulent president in American history, Nancy Pelosi’s House of Misrepresentatives and Harry Reid’s Pusillanimous Senate will meet in a lame duck session two weeks after the midterm elections to perpetrate more damage to the Republic and to the American people.
Knowing this Democrat Congress’ proven commitment to foisting unwanted, unneeded, and harmful legislation on the country, it’s no surprise that Pelosi and Reid plan to use the seven weeks from November 15th, 2010 until the next Congress is seated on January 3rd, 2011 to push through laws they weren’t able to pass before Election Day.
As preposterous as it may sound four weeks out, Dick Morris is predicting ”the obliteration of a generation of Democrats” come November. As he wrote, ”Thanks to the leadership of President Obama, Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid, the Democratic Party is facing the biggest defeat in midterm elections in the past 110 years, perhaps surpassing the modern record of a 74-seat gain set in 1922. They will also lose control of the Senate:” http://tiny.cc/o1l6z
From your mouth to God’s ears, Dick.
Whether that literal political revolution comes to pass or not, Pelosi and Reid are taking no chances that they will not be obliterated and are looking to pass S.3815, the Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles Bill, S.3772, the Paycheck Fairness Bill S.510, the Food Safety Bill as well as any other bills they can sneak though Congress as the lamest ducks in history.
Lame “Witches:” Aside from the very valid question as to whether Delaware’s Republican candidate for the United States Senate, Christine O’Donnell, should have even dignified the charge that she is a witch by denying that absurdity . . .
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