Tag Archives: Tommy Thompson

Who will be the last Republican Baghdad Bob?

To excuse Florida Man’s toxicity? Fondly do we remember Baghdad Bob. He was the PR flack for Saddam Hussein who insisted that Iraq was turning back George W. Bush’s coalition forces even as his boss was burying himself in that … Continue reading

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Trump endorsed the money

Makes it a two-horse race. If you want Donald Trump’s endorsement, you need to check at least one of three boxes: 🔲 Media personality — as was TV doctor Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania or best-selling author J.D. Vance in Ohio. … Continue reading

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Taking the cure (or curse?) at Mar-a-Lago

The (mixed] blessing! Is Mar-a-Lago the Santiago de Compostela of Republicans? Make the journey, fondle the bones, get the blessing? Returning from a pilgrimage to that principality, Tommy Thompson tells the Werkes that the former President anointed him as the … Continue reading

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NAACP takes UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank to school 

NAACP’s letter demands UW restore Fredric March’s good name September 2021 Dear University of Wisconsin-Madison & University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Communities: … Guided solely by social-media rumor and grievously fact-free, mistaken conclusions – the name of Wisconsin native and Golden Age … Continue reading

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Make this the Best Years of Their Lives

Our plea to Tommy Thompson on behalf of university students everywhere! Dear Governor, Mr. Cabinet Secretary, UW System President, My Old Boss: Restrained, moderate Blaska sez: I have some appreciation for the separation of powers at our great university system. Don’t … Continue reading

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Wisconsin’s university chancellors are craven cowards

The progressive cancel culture is canceling our culture The NAACP, faith leaders, actors, and alumni wrote this week to the chancellors of the University of Wisconsin campuses at Madison and Oshkosh and to Gov. Tony Evers to restore the good … Continue reading

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