Tag: Tommy Thompson
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Democrats deploy secret weapon
… they’re trying a little kindness! The bastids! As oratory, it won’t make the cut in any compendium of speeches alongside Churchill, Lincoln, or Demosthenes. (Who was his Ted Sorenson?) But the groundlings gathered around Blaska Manor’s b&w Philco did enjoy watching ol’ Bubba burble forth on the big stage Wednesday 08-21-24 at the Democrats’…
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S.O.S. Tommy Thompson!
An open letter to the former governor: Hey boss, we need you again. More Wisconsin Republicans than you can know are turning their lonely eyes to you. We need that profile in courage you showed when I worked for you in the east wing of the Capitol. We need you to save this land we…
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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 upright bolt hole in the sand. When your job is to spin the truth, Baghdad…
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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. 🔲 High-profile politician — former U.S. Senator David Perdue in Georgia. 🔲 Millionaire — Which…
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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 only Republican who can beat Tony Evers this November. Duh! That’s like betting the Harlem…
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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 acting icon Fredric March was stripped from both UW-Madison’s Fredric March Play Circle (in late 2018)…