Tag: Gerrymandering
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No Democrat is an island
Except when they need an excuse to do their own gerrymandering! Just in time for Christmas, Janet (spell it with me) Protasiewicz has delivered on the 10 millions of Democrat(ic) party dollars invested in her election last year to fulfill a campaign pledge. Democrats awoke this December morning to find under their secular Holiday Tree…
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Crooked maps, crooked solutions
Anything to elect more Democrats! The Wisconsin State Journal accepts as immutable fact that Wisconsin’s legislative districts are gerrymandered. This assertion is not confined to the opinion pages but appears as standard boilerplate in the midst of supposedly objective “news” stories. The Werkes points out that the State Assembly that drew these supposedly crooked maps…
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Dems blame poor legislative showing on those damn maps
Here there be dragons! After last week’s election, our liberal-progressive-socialist acquaintances are pouting. They finally unseated that Republican golem, Scott Walker, but still lost the state legislature to Republicans. Got to be cheating! What else would explain the imbalance except that ol’ devil Gerry Mander? How can Democrats sweep the statewide offices but lose 63…
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Democrats can’t win if they keep whining
Memo to Democratic boycotters: Rockford is beautiful this time of year Three words for the good-government goo goos who blame crooked maps for Democrats’ inability to win elections in Wisconsin: Senate District #10. A Democrat took that northwestern legislative district in Tuesday’s special election to replace Republican Sheila Harsdorf, who left office after 16 years…