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Nine Wisconsinites Who Are Screwing Up America
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Jul 27, 2011 04:13pm |
| Category | Blog Entry |
| News Date | Jul 22, 2011 04:00pm |
| Description | Wisconsin. You've heard of it. Maybe it was a fat joke. More likely it was a cheese joke. A drunk joke? Even more likely it was about drunk fat people eating cheese. Yes, Wisconsin Dells. You've certainly flown over it.
Laugh all you want, Wisconsinites are now a leading force in right wing politics and, maybe more so than any other state's residents, are responsible for our messed-up national state of affairs. Here are nine Cheeseheads who are working hard at this very moment to mess up your life.
Sen. Ron Johnson, Oshkosh, WI
A self-made Objectivist who is neither self-made nor very objective. Railing against government handouts and the bank bailout, Johnson was proven, before his election, to have taken money from both. During the campaign, he refused to debate, until at the end agreeing to an absolute minimum number. No matter, he defeated longtime Senator Russ Feingold, who, in another paradox, had far more in common with the state's Tea Party values than Johnson. In Washington only six months, and largely powerless as a minority in the Senate, Johnson began boisterously grandstanding about the debt ceiling, threatening to obstruct attempts to lift it. Johnson represents the very worst of what the Tea Party has to offer America: millionaire businessmen who have nothing to lose as politicians because they genuinely don't give a damn and will soon retire back to their suburban manses after mucking up the system and polarizing everyone as much as humanly possible. |
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