Kelda Roys called police ‘goons’!
We’re reading Max Boot’s biography of Ronald Reagan. “He was always gracious, … always smiling,” a newsman remembered from Reagan’s days as governor of California.
Max Boot comments: “Whether they admit it or not, journalists will pull their punches when writing about someone they like.” (Love the author’s name! Been thinking of changing mine to something like Cedric-Alan Pillbox. More authoritative.) At least since JFK, news people afford Democrats extra leeway.
We’re now down to six Democrats running for Wisconsin governor. We said a week ago that Missy Hughes would drop out of the race before August, which required no super powers of prognostication, considering that she was polling one and two percent among fellow Democrats and voters at large. We’ll now go on record as saying there will be no more drop outs before the August 11 primary election.
Of the remaining six, who is the most likable? Damned if we know but a journalist we respect has identified the least likable. After attending and mingling with the contestants at a forum in Pewaukee Monday 06-22-26, Wisconsin Right Now publisher Jessica McBride nominates State Sen. Kelda Roys (D-Madison).
[Kelda Roys] makes Hillary Clinton look warm and fuzzy. She is shrill, nasty, divisive and as left wing as Hong, she just packages it differently. — Jessica McBride
The WisPolitics convention straw poll winner was the second least affable. McBride on the current lieutenant governor:
Sara “I am a nurse” Rodriguez was surprisingly dour. My mom and other people in the audience noted that she looked down a lot and looked really unhappy throughout the entire thing. My mom thought she seemed “entitled.” She was not likable and not warm. She looked annoyed the entire night. …
[Francesca] Hong wasn’t unlikable. She was actually more of a shrinking violet than I was expecting. I was expecting Patty Hearst in a beret because the media have built her into this fire-breathing revolutionary, but she is a slight figure who talks delicately and who kind of toned down the crazy …
Winning brownie points with Ms. McBride by chatting her up were Joel Brennan (“one of these outgoing, old-school, Irish-American types with a gift of gab”) and Mandela Barnes (“a charismatic and pretty friendly guy”). David Crowley “had some charming moments” during the debate, McBride reports.
Mandela Barnes HAS read a book (right?)
This is brutal to watch. https://t.co/r2z6LCCiJv
— Eric Bott (@EricJBott) June 22, 2026
Blaska’s Bottom Line Jessica McBride has now CORRECTED her account to say that state Rep. Kelda Roys, WEAC-endorsed Democrat candidate for governor, referred to local law enforcement officers NOT as “goons” last night at the forum but as Dragoons.” Not much of an improvement.
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