Category: Republicans

  • Have a very Stately Christmas — In JAIL!

    It’s beginning to look a lot like a freezing cold, Global Climate Change Christmas at Stately Blaska Manor. The electrified barbwire fence is decorated with garlands of evergreen and holly. The guard tower beams gaily colored search lights on the surrounding neighborhood. The little lights are not twinkling (“Thanks for noticing, Ed”) on the holiday…

  • Journalists, pls defend political speech; I’ll help write the editorial

    [ UPDATE: State Journal editorial czar Scott Milfred responds: “Thanks, Dave. Our editorial board is still digesting the latest and lengthy John Doe doings, and may editorialize next week.” ] To: John Smalley, editor, and Scott Milfred, editorial page editor, Wisconsin State Journal To: George Stanley, editor, and David Haynes, editorial page editor, Milwaukee Journal…

  • Now will the State Journal and Journal Sentinel finally condemn the speech police?

    Vicki McKenna among those GAB spied on Thank the Good Lord for Brad Schimel, the first conservative state attorney general in long memory. Thank you the heavens above for the too few brave souls — Eric O’Keefe, the Wall Street Journal, Vicki McKenna (her interview with Schimel), and Matt Kittle (his report) among them — for…

  • Will Al Franken’s impending resignation put the ball in Republicans’ court?

    We talked last time about profiles in courage, Mike Willett being one of them. His colleague on the Dane County Board Ronn Ferrell another.   I admire Mitt Romney for the same reason. He spoke up forcefully against Donald Trump when it still could have made a difference. Republicans today would be in a stronger…

  • Moderate Democrat defeats Bush family surrogate in Virginia

    “Don’t get mad, get even.” — Animal House. UPDATE: Following Tuesday’s good night for Democrats, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee released a new memo Thursday adding 11 additional Republican-held districts they now deem to be battlegrounds for 2018’s midterm elections. That includes Wisconsin’s First District.  Our Democrat(ic) acquaintances are doing a victory lap after Tuesday’s…

  • Lipstick on a pig or putting a hard hat on a socialist

    Blaska is in Beast Mode With all the attention given apostate Senators Jeff Flake and Bob Corker, Republican dissension is more about Trump’s style (count me in) than substance. If Trump could just stop the schoolyard name calling, his presidency would be much more successful. Our Democrat(ic) acquaintances, on the other hand, face an existential…