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Originally Posted by longrange1947
They are pissed because even with voter fraud they could not win!!   |
Compared to some places there isn't as much of that, although on a couple of occasions a particular county (Waukesha) has had some "skillset" issues in managing their voting operation. That challenged indiv has indicated she's not running for re-election (otherwise she'll probably get lynched).
Was an interesting evening, especially with watching Milwaukee county go for Walker very early, later to suddenly turn for Barrett. But when he lost the support of the big newspaper editorially, and when known Barrett voters were telling me they would vote Walker anyway because the whiny-assed nature of the recall mechanism irked them, and when Barrett's regime in the People's Sub-Enclave of Chicago got investigated for UNDER-reporting violent crime in order to make their stats look good, he was toast. There was one other thing in play.
For the first time, ALOT of folks with some sense were talking facts to others rather than kool-aid based rhetoric about the issue of so-called union "rights" (which don't really exist with an executive branch of government). This was stuff done throughout the state, 1:1 in the cafes and the micro-brews and the bakery lines. While waiting for the best apple-fritters in the region one AM I actually heard a couple of "Steel Magnolias" actually going at it. One lady who'd apparently retired from the old labor dept was telling another the truth about the Nat'l Labor Relations Act and specific exclusion of Fed & State govt and how WI only started engaging in collective bargaining in 1959 under, "oh, you remember hon'- that idiot, Gaylord Nelson" (former gov I found out).
Folks (self included) shared with others how much they really contribute to their own pensions and health-care plans and the poor tale of the High Church of Academia in Madison became "boo-f'n hoo." In addition, neighbors talked with each other about encounters with
out-of-state union thugs who were bused into Madison to aid in the "community organizing."
Frankly, alot of folks just realized that their little piece of America had reached what Claire Wolfe has called "that awkward stage."
* And this is a state, by the way, that would've been
much happier if Rick Santorum had ended up the presumptive nominee.
Was a good 24 hours; 1 for the good guys. Next.
* "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." – 101 Things to Do 'Til the Revolution (1996)