Category: Republicans
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Make America Stupid Again
Private enterprise to the rescue: Shoot neat stuff into space! Restore Trust in Government! Invent fake quotes! My Always Trump friends (for they ARE my friends) maintain there is method to Donald Trump’s madness. Making America crazy is beneficial. It fracks the Deep State and drains the swamp, or some such ex post facto apologia.…
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A river runs through Republican defeat in Wisconsin’s 10th
The loss of the 10th Senate district may have more to do with local politics than any statewide disenchantment with the Republicans in Madison or, for that matter, Trump fatigue. But the January 16 defeat of sitting state rep Adam Jarchow angling to replace a fellow Republican as senator was shocking, all the same. Especially…
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Blaska spills his guts
Doing Ms. Vicki McKenna’s show at 4 p.m. Do tune in. “A lot of people don’t have their needs met.” Could serve as the motto of all cop haters, as spoken by Garrett Lee at Tuesday’s Madison Common Council meeting. Note that the phrase is rendered, tellingly, in the passive voice. Meet My Needs or…
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Paul Ryan refuses to debase himself, unlike certain of our acquaintances
To borrow Ms. Vicki’s phrase-ology, Paul Ryan is living rent-free in liberal-progressive-socialist heads. The more Speaker Ryan succeeds the more carpet they chew. Charles Pierce of Esquire, a frequent guest at MSNBC, calls Ryan a “zombie-eyed granny starver.” Comrade John Nichols resorts to more name calling. Paul Ryan at Christmas is Ebenezer Scrooge. (Why? Tax…
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Capital Times quotes Trotsky to urge Scott Walker’s defeat
What was your New Year’s resolution? More civility toward those with opposing views? Reaching across the aisle to find common ground? Not if you are the hyper-partisan Capital Times. The CT takes as its sacred mission to “consign Scott Walker to the dustbin of history.” The Blaska Policy Werkes gets policy differences. We understand rough and…
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Will Illinois Democrats hide out in Beloit?
Since 2010, Illinois has lost a net 650,000 residents to other states The beauty of our federal system of government is that if its citizens are out-voted at the polling place they may vote with their feet. The early returns are in and Illinois is losing and Wisconsin is winning at its expense. In fiscal…