… that WI doesn’t want to become Minnesota!
After the opening prayer, pledge of allegiance, and Star Spangled Banner sung at Spinal Tap’s volume 11, the Wisconsin Republican convention was ready to launch Saturday 5-16-26 at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells. (Would love to hear someone like Tom Waits or Leon Redbone perform the anthem.)
“LET THE BLOODBATH BEGIN!” a certain delegate from Dane County shouted. His sentiment was wisely disregarded.
We were ready to counter attempts to defenestrate party chairman Brian Schimming, who put on a great convention, but the coup was short-circuited Friday afternoon at the regular county chairmen-only meeting. That is when U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson laid down the law: the party will not change horses in the middle of the stream. To drive home the point, many delegates eagerly took Blaska’s stickers pledging their support of the hard-working chairman.
On Saturday, Wisconsin’s highest-ranking Republican told the entire convention, to their approval:
“We have no room for division. We have no room for the circular firing squads which we are very good at. End it! End it now!” — Sen. Ron Johnson
Besides which, delegates are smelling victory and it’s not napalm.
Lucky in our opponents
If there was a convention rallying cry, it was Don’t Let Wisconsin Become Minnesota. Speakers made the case that the party of Tampon Tim and Kamala Harris is trending toward full-on socialist Francesca Hong and fellow police de-funder Mandela Barnes, the $100 million man that still couldn’t beat RoJo and now polls 11 percent among his own Democrats.
Let’s face it, Comrade Nichols: Milwaukee hasn’t elected a socialist in 66 years and even Daniel Hoan didn’t require enact a 400-year tax increase.
Tom Tiffany is legitimately more Wisconsin than fried cheese curds. Grew up on a farm, runs a vacation lake excursion business, is a dam tender on the Willow Flowage. (Who knew there was such a thing?!) His convention hospitality room was themed as a north woods supper club. Chef carved roast beef with horseradish dressing, gratis. Free brandy alexanders and old fashioneds. Salad tray at every stand-up table. On the wall, taxidermied duck in flight and photos. Scratch off tickets win by scoring three “Toms.”
Lest Hong and Barnes play the race card (instead of euchre) delegates wisely chose Will Martin out of Milwaukee as Tom’s running mate. Great-great grandson of slaves who loves this land of opportunity and the party of the working man and successful entrepreneur. And the man can bring it from the podium!
So Republicans have a man of the North Woods and a Milwaukee ethnic. Chairman Schimming is serious about making inroads to the black and Hispanic communities.
“We’re going to do what it takes to win tis election — things we’ve never done before.” — WI GOP chairman Brian Schimming
Blaska’s Bottom Line: “The win is out there,” chairman Schimming promised. Not in the convention hall among the true believers but out on the streets and farms of Wisconsin who weary of high taxes, Woke lecturing, and failing schools.
9 responses to “Tom Tiffany says ‘You betcha’”
Thanks for the very informative and entertaining summary of the GOP convention Dave. If only it could appear in the opinion page of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Wisconsin State Journal!
you guys picked an “ethnic”? how white of you.
A conservative ethnic is just as good conservative white because they are both sane and not liberal.
Yes, they actually welcome blacks who think for themselves. As opposed to Democrats who accuse them of treason or worse if they don’t pledge fealty to the Party.
“If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.”—Biden
Treason? pledge fealty? Apparently, you are not paying attention to what trump says or your party’s actions. Biden never said that.
He did indeed say that. May 22, 2020, to Charlemagne tha God on The Breakfast Club radio show. Reported by CNN, NBC, CNBC, The Hill, Politico, and captured on YouTube. His senility got him to say the quiet part out loud on behalf of The Party. The backlash was a fraction of what would have been leveled at a Republican for saying the same thing.
Well David I see a fellow Republican. How nice. Sorry I couldn’t attend the convention or I’d have look you up for an autograph.
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I do hope and pray for a Republican victory this coming November.