John Peterson's Blog - June 2008
The last battle is about to fought in this young democratic nation. Former one term Republican state senator, Tom Reynolds, who has a radical reputation and is a card carrying member of the lunatic fringe, has not been sitting idly by watching his Party implode from the weight of its many contradictions.
How loony is this guy: According to the Wisconsin State Journal, "He advocated raising the speed limit on Wisconsin's Interstates and even floated the idea of a privately owned Autobahn after he was ticketed for speeding. He once sent out a Christmas card with him and wife portraying Joseph and Mary."
In what Reynolds calls, Clean Sweep Wisconsin, he's recruiting conservative candidates to challenge Milwaukee-area Democrats, as Democrats in their party's primary this fall, to blur the line between what is real and what is phony. "Clean Sweep Wisconsin" should be called "Clean Sweep Democracy," once other Republicans realize the benefit of infecting other state elections with this killer virus. Read More »
How loony is this guy: According to the Wisconsin State Journal, "He advocated raising the speed limit on Wisconsin's Interstates and even floated the idea of a privately owned Autobahn after he was ticketed for speeding. He once sent out a Christmas card with him and wife portraying Joseph and Mary."
In what Reynolds calls, Clean Sweep Wisconsin, he's recruiting conservative candidates to challenge Milwaukee-area Democrats, as Democrats in their party's primary this fall, to blur the line between what is real and what is phony. "Clean Sweep Wisconsin" should be called "Clean Sweep Democracy," once other Republicans realize the benefit of infecting other state elections with this killer virus. Read More »
The Wisconsin State Journal editorial 'The status qua in not an option," praised Rep. Paul Ryans "Road Map to America's Future", a plan so hideous that it boggles the mind and puts each of us at the mercy of insurance companies and banks. I can hear it now, "But he's a respected Republican, we trust them with our money, and they know how to be 'fiscal conservatives." How's the country doing right now after being under the control of a Republican Congress and White House for the past 7 years?
Let's start with the hyperbole.
"Rep. Paul Ryan is generating excitement among conservative circles for a bill he introduced that would reform Social Security, Medicare, the health care system and the tax code. "
"I call it a roadmap for America's future," said Rep. Ryan. Insiders… say Ryan's measure represents the kind of fresh thinking the party needs to turn itself around."
Fresh? Privatizing Medicare and Social Security, and make the public pay out of their meager incomes health care premiums with a small tax deduction, when employers once payed and got 100 percent deductability? Read More »
Let's start with the hyperbole.
"Rep. Paul Ryan is generating excitement among conservative circles for a bill he introduced that would reform Social Security, Medicare, the health care system and the tax code. "
"I call it a roadmap for America's future," said Rep. Ryan. Insiders… say Ryan's measure represents the kind of fresh thinking the party needs to turn itself around."
Fresh? Privatizing Medicare and Social Security, and make the public pay out of their meager incomes health care premiums with a small tax deduction, when employers once payed and got 100 percent deductability? Read More »
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