OK, I'll say it. I blame Russ Feingold. I blame Barack Obama.
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At a time when his state REALLY needed him, Russ Feingold chose to sit on the sideline. We really needed a popular politician like Feingold, someone with star power, to defeat our fascist governor with a huge war chest behind him. I think that Feingold was probably the only Democrat with the popularity and name recognition that was needed to beat Wanker. When you're fighting the billionaires, that's what's needed. I'm sure that Feingold had his reasons for not running in the recall, but we needed him to come in and break the momentum that Wanker has built in tearing down Wisconsin. He should have sacrificed himself for the good of the state, even if just for a few years. I'm terrified at what the repubs and going to do to our once great state now that they know they've survived the recall.
And where was President Obama? I know that question was asked a lot, and a lot of people on this board thought he should have stayed out of the state. I was not one of them. I feel betrayed that the President essentially ignored us. I've met Tom Barrett. He's a good man and would have made a good governor, but he's not the most dynamic man in the world. He could have used Obama's charisma to generate excitement. Was Obama just afraid of getting tainted by a possible loss? A self-fulfilling prophecy.
I'm sorry, but I'm feeling kind of upset right now. But I feel that people who could have helped to lead Wisconsin forward chose not to.
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Make it a referendum on Obama, help the Rove and the media make it about Obama and not about the Koch Brothers who bought the election in the first place.
...no matter how much money your opponent has, no matter how many heavyweights didn't show up to bat for you, it ultimately comes down to who receives the most votes on election day.
The American people in general have succumbed to the hateful rhetoric of the tea party and are convinced that the government is out to take away your home, your car, and all your money. They vote for president without any thought whatsoever of how their vote will directly impact the composition of the Supreme Court. They want only government program that benefits them personally, but expects someone else to pay for it. They have callously conceded defeat to China in the economic wars. They give no thought to what would happen to them if they become sick and their health insurance coverage is rescinded. They givow they will be able to afford retirement without Medicare (and no private insurance company is going to insure the elderly because they are too high of a risk).
Our society has been engulfed in self-centeredness, immaturity, and short-sightedness.
I feel so bad for my two small children wondering what kind of a country they'll have to live in. God Help us all.
...engaging in a circular firing squad instead.
Niiice!
It's the system, stupid.
Our elections are financed by corporations and reported on by corporations. It's a claustrophobically closed system. Even people who believe that they are thinking independently are drawing their conclusions based on corporate-supplied information. Our discourse, our entire way of framing arguments and viewing the world, has been hijacked.
Do you honestly believe that anyone in Wisconsin other than a handful of masochists wants to be reamed by the Koch Bros? Of course they don't. And yet they vote for Walker anyhow.
Don't you get it?
