They just don’t curse as much.
Despite the best efforts of John Nichols to mainstream and Main Street his fellow/sister socialist Francesca Hong, voters in rural Lafayette County — “about as far as you can get from the urban centers and college campuses” — are not fretting over “the fate of Palestinians in Gaza,” as he ludicrously claims at The Capital Times.
Rural Wisconsin is more likely to be exercised over the cost of fuel, the price corn brings on the commodity markets, and DEI indoctrination in their schools. No, John, what 80% of over-taxed Wisconsin wants, as polled by Marquette Law School, is their surplus rebate checks and school property tax relief — which Hong and her party oppose because it’s not income redistribution.
Pro-Hamas hardliners like Bernie Sanders, A.O.C., Zohran Mamdani, State Rep. Hong (D-Madison), and U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Hamas) have captured the Democrat(ic) party.
“Israel’s critics are winning the battle for the Democratic Party,” Vox reports.
Persuadable moderates like Dave Cieslewicz (who’s studyin’ up to be a conservative) fret that his former party will lose to Republican Tom Tiffany if they do not steer clear of Ms. Hong and the recycled Mandela Barnes — both of whom are Defund the Police, although they tiptoe around the topic these days.” (“Moderate Dems may slump toward defeat.“)
→ Francesca wants criminals to be “safe from abuse of power.”
That leaves five other plausible Democrats running for governor: Sara Rodriguez, Joel Brennan, David Crowley, Kelda Roys, and Missy Hughes. They all worked in government, we’re told.
“A better Wisconsin is possible …. Any argument that we need to accept less is bullshit.” — Francesca Hong on her website
Stealth candidates
Former Madison mayor Dave fears if one of the moderates does get the nomination, “their message will be so uninspired, what they’ll really do is just run against Tiffany, just as nationally the Dems, without any agenda of their own, run against Trump.”
We scoured their campaign websites for any hint of what George Bush Sr. called “the vision thing” and found high-fructose corn syrup instead. “Invest in housing, health care, and climate resilience,” urges Milwaukee County executive Crowley. State Sen. Roys (D-Madison) is “a proven, progressive fighter.” Ms. Missy Hughes “brings people together and gets things done.” (So do pirates.)
Our guess is the so-called moderates do not differ in any substantial way from Hong or Barnes. If they did, they could say so but they have a Democrat(ic) primary election to win and that path runs through Madison’s isthmus. They’re just more circumspect about unfurling their hard-left freak flags.
Don’t believe me? Ask any of the candidates these questions — questions that the League of (progressive) Women Voters won’t ask:
• Should police be defunded or “re-imagined”?
• Boys in the girls room, yes or no?
• Ask parents consent before sexual identity affirmation?
• Legalize abortion right up to birth?
• Return budget surpluses to the taxpayer?
• How many new government programs would you start?
• Shelter illegal immigrants?
• Fire or hire more DEI bureaucrats?
• Does Israel have the right to exist? Defend itself against Hamas?
• Would you choke off school choice for low-income families?
• What grade do you give Jill Underly at WI Public Instruction?
• Hire more conservative faculty at our public universities?
• Pick one: too much spending or not enough revenue?
• Does America need fundamental change?
Blaska’s Bottom Line: Our guess is that you will find not one bitcoin’s worth of difference between the Democrats. They’re all on the same page; Francesca and Mandela are just reading aloud.
33 responses to “All 9 Dem governor candidates are Hong lite”
“Well, you’re dirty and sweet
Clad in black, don’t look back, and I love you
You’re dirty and sweet, oh yeah”
Get it on, bang a gong, vote for Hong.
None of the Dems are PRO HAMAS. If you want to hear swearing just go into Dementia Don’s cabinet members. Are you guys voting yes on slush funded ballrooms and war? None of which is good for your taxes and economy.
Swearing is one thing, the C word is something else. I don’t even use it and I grew up in the Anchor Inn. Most conservative equate that with the N word. Shame on you and your party. Comparing Trumps cabinet to Bidens’ is like comparing apples to rotten apples.
And when Cheung uses the F word you have no problem? Give me a break. REFLECTING POOL GOES FROM 1.8m to 20 M ON NO BID CONTRACTS? trump’s kids getting gov’t contracts? Board of PEACE RUN BY DONNY COLLECTED BILLIONS AND THEIR ACCOUNT IS AT ZERO? Save your outrage for when you get your asses kicked in Nov.
Incoherent babbling… I think you’re having a stroke. Call 911 so they can rush you to the Waffle House.
If any Republican had used the word “cunt” anywhere in any context, he/she would elicit the loud and indignant squeals of progressives, most of whom richly deserve that appellation. Vote Hong on August 11th!
Please do. I recall 2016, when I thought it would be swell for the Rs to nominate an unelectable fool like T. I thought about voting for him in that WI primary to help sabotage Rs electoral chances.
I learned that showmanship and engagement wins over voters much more than experience or policy. Hong would wipe the barroom floor with Tiffany’s backside in a debate. Whether voters support socialism or not, they’ll see the difference between a fighter and a boot licker, and they may just choose the fighter.
That “fighter” got KO’d by noodles, something most middle schoolers can figure out. Try again.
Progressives cheer her vulgar mouth but don’t tolerate the same from their opponents, and resort to garment rending, pearl clutching, and doxxing. Paul Skidmore learned this well in the witch hunt he found himself in.
I’m happy to see your confidence in the weakness of Hong’s candidacy. Perhaps we’ll find out 🙂
I’ve never met a socialist who cares about foul language. I’ve seen them care about messaging, like when T mocked people with developmental disabilities. And I’ve seen them care about hypocrisy, like when R “Christian” “value voter” “protect children” “dignity of the office” voters support T.
You’re grasping to find contradictions in socialists as a coping mechanism to feel better about the insane, knot twisting hypocrisy in your cult. Moderate Ds do have plenty of hypocrisy, and socialists are willing to talk about that too.
Happy to find out. History indicates that any Wisconsin voter approaching the center or rightward will be thoroughly repulsed by Hong, her antics, borderline insanity, and non-achievements. Mandela Barnes got beat by an unpopular Ron Johnson, and he tried to cover his more disturbing leftist views. Hong advertises hers for all to see.
I’m not a part of any cult. At this point, I’m often reduced to the choice of the lesser of two evils. And history is replete with the evils of socialism.
Mordacai, if you’re not in a cult, act like it. I vote for the lesser of two evils too, so I’m comfortable with D crooks being called crooks when it’s warranted. T is a bigger crook than any US president in history. It’s opened the floodgates to insane corruption throughout the administration and SCOTUS. Unwavering loyalty to him is weak af. This is why nobody can take Con R arguments seriously at all, if y’all believed 90% of what you said you wouldn’t be T supporters! The only logically consistent Con R positions are racism and enriching already rich people at the expense of the poor. Mainstream D’s have their own hypocrisy and I welcome criticism of it. Things don’t get fixed by letting them slide.
Someone who still supports socialism after seeing all of its failures and sins has no credibility accusing others of cultish behavior. I don’t condone or excuse Trump’s bad behavior or actions, I just keep them in perspective to the illiberal horrors the left has been foisting on us during my lifetime. Seems you’re all too ready to defend and endorse the ones that Hong has lurking for us, along with her own belligerence that isn’t all that different than Trump’s.
Your only problem with mainstream Democrats is that they aren’t far enough to the left. I was mostly alright with them when they were closer to the center, but seems those days are gone.
I’m trying to decide if it’s funny or disturbing that some people hate Trump so much that they refuse to call him by name. Doesn’t quite rise to the level of the real political violence that the left finds increasingly acceptable, but it’s on the spectrum.
Someone who is either too ignorant or evasive to admit that the actions of the USSR and China had little to do with socialism and everything to do with dictatorship (i.e. the same goal of contemporary conservatives, if voting rights policy is any indication) has no credibility critiquing socialist political philosophy.
The horrors *you* have experienced at the hands of the left during your lifetime! Lol – do tell.
You say you don’t excuse or condone Trump’s (look, I did it!) behavior, but are completely silent about it compared to Hunter’s laptop or Hillary’s emails. Silence is complicity – the administration is perfectly happy if people silently disapprove – nothing changes with silence. You’re either with him or against him, and since you’re not against him…
If replacing proper names with abbreviated (even derisive) words or phrases is on the spectrum of violence, you must be horrified to hear Rs speak about Ds!! Aren’t you…? Hello… anyone there….? Just another thing that’s only bad when libs do it?
Yes, socialism has been a colossal failure because no one did it right. I’ve heard that one for years. Tantamount to thinking that Madison schools wouldn’t be such a mess if we’d only throw more money at them. There are many more examples than China or the USSR. There’s only one place in the world socialism works—on paper.
Quote me where I’ve said anything about Hunter’s laptop or Hillary’s emails.
“Silence is complicity” is one step removed from “silence is violence”. Both are language used to justify real violence. And where have we heard the “either for or against” rhetoric before? Lenin, Mussolini, Cicero, Hillary Clinton, Bush II, Sarah Palin. Like being associated with those names? Any wonder why leftists scare me?
I’m horrified when both sides use violent rhetoric. Problem with the left is that they’re more apt to act on it.
Oh, and equating the voting rights issues to dictatorship is pretty laughable in the face of real dictatorship in the past. History has no shortage of authoritarian leftists, even if you only go back 100 years or so: Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot, Chavez, Lenin, Guevara, Trudeau, Castro, etc. Many of these were mass-murdering psychopaths. To deny that we’ve seen glimmers of the same in leftist protesters over the last few years is to deny reality.
There’s lots of places with successful socialist programs. How about socialized health care? Please do retort that our system is better than socialist systems elsewhere. Please also keep arguing that collectively caring for sick people is the first step to becoming Cambodia under Pol Pot. Independent voters will totally be won over with that, it makes perfect sense: Working together for the common good leads to evil, just like Jesus said.
You keep trying to desperately argue that me and people who think like me are violent. Yeah, the people who want to reduce everyone’s exploitation are the dangerous ones. Okey dokey, boss.
Anyway, please take the last word on this thread. I’ll leave this place alone again for a while and will stop triggering you.
and you just used it. tsk tsk.
Yeah, and did Hong really say that she lusts for a nation without prisons? What’s Hong with her?
If she wins the nomination (please, Lord!), Republicans ought to print a million bumper stickers with “What’s Hong with her?” on them.
She is going to win it all. Tiffy wants data centers, embrace nuclear. Which do you want by your house. Plus, he has been using the Dem’s made-up word; affordability. The gop can’t wait to piss away that billion surplus. Maybe gold leaf on Tiffy’s nuts.
Yes I’d rather have the abacus factory and coal plant next to my house. Vote Hong!
Only enviro-Luddites are against nuclear at this point. They’ve been the biggest enemies of energy independence for the last 50 years.
I can’t wait for Wisconsin to be just like California.
bring in the wind mils and solar.
Seriously, my lord, u are the biggest R-Tard, not to take away from people that born with real mental deficiences. Windmills and solar are the worst environmental disasters that europe and every where else that have to subsidized like stupid corn for ethanol fuel are a net loss to taxpayers. Ethanol another net loss on all levels. Also u old effer, how has your life gotten worse under any gop leader, other than in your head. I have never gotten ahead under 1 democrat, the only one that made things tolerable was Clinton only after he decided to work with GOP to balance budget and cut waste and fraud and borrow from social security with newts approval they did have a real surpluss. Obama was a marxist, biden never was in charge, he ran as a centrist and his staff were marxists. Sorry buddy, but ive been on this blog long enough to read your moronic posts. Only question i have is how did your life go so bad that you gave up. I grew up poor as shit, in terrible family conditions, learned quickly, u want something u work for it, and not for just minimum wage jobs. I made life for myself, government has given me nothing without strings and barriers. U are a retired person, im still working. Back in 2000, when it was suggested we allow a very controlled portion for younger people like at the to invest a small portion of my ssa into a few well regulated funds. U and your party sold it as pushing grandma over the cliff. 26 years later. Markets have risen from 10,000 to 51,000. With a few bumps but capitalism did that. Meanwhile your party of communism, has shown cannot survive without being propped up or failure. Venezuela failed, cuba failed, ussr failed, western europe failing cannot meet pitiful nato payments because they took advantage of usa protections. You used to talk about how great minneapolis/st paul was and how great it was for your kids. Because of people like you it has turned into a horrible place. Purposeful Incompetence and fraud turned a great midwest city into a cesspool. Your home state of illinois is even worse. Why did u flee from such a great place u seem think so great. Move back and pay your fair share. Trump is many things, some good and some bad. Wisconsin likely is going to be the next shithole. I will be long gone in a few years and never look back. What is hong with her? Tiffany seems like a very reasonable work witg democrats type of gop candidate. Which we could not say about michaels at all. Sleep tight you jealous bitter old man. That actually did not accomplish anything except being a whiny greedy lazy person.
Incompetence and fraud? Like Dementia Don and family ripping off the country. Another war with no end. Now he has the FBI going door to door threatening our election workers over 2020. Anything to get another spineless boot-licking Republican in office. You know nothing about me. Taco’s numbers are in the toilet. The ballroom and pool are a mess. Now he wants gold horses, more no-bid contracts, nobody can look at his family’s tax returns. EVER. Every day is another scam. He will be singing YMCA at his big fight party because no entertainer will show up. Sad that you are brainwashed by faux news. He added trillions to our debt and makes promises he can’t keep. His own party is running from him. The days of Trump are numbered. Soon the bill will be due for all this gold plated BS. When it happens, I’m sure that listening to Jessie Watters will make you feel better. After Hong wins you can storm the capital. But don’t wait for a pardon, it ain’t going to be there.
That’s quite a rant, Balboa. What happened? Get drunk and dump all over your keyboard? You have an interesting stream of consciousness writing style.
I seem to remember a couple wars with no end starting under Biden or whomever was running the country. And that was Okey – dokey Lazy-Ack!
Bob Dorn: I seem to remember long wars starting under Republican administrations in
post World War 2 America. The senseless MAGA administration has ignited the current Iran conflict and disrupted our world economy. It’s pathetic when people say they voted for Trump because of his “policies”, when in reality these voters are, for the most part, delusional.
Zohan got elected and the Knicks are going to the NBA championship. Socialism works. Quote of the day. sleepy Don’s Freedom 250 concert is now an open mic hootenanny.
The most eloquent defense of socialism I have ever encountered; one can’t argue with success!
No, but if you’re a Lefty you hate it.
I had to fly into Minneapolis again recently. On the flight up from Charlotte I sat next to a Nigerian grad student on his way to deliver a technical paper. Then we were on the same flight home. He said the town was dirty and seemed neglected. He was put off by the number of street people and the obvious drug use. I told him “If anyone mentions how corrupt Nigeria is, ask them if they’ve been to Minneapolis.”
Should ask if they have been to Washington DC. Did security laugh when they saw your gold trump phone with eleven stripes?