tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post3447754425672317687..comments2024-03-23T19:16:01.555-07:00Comments on Can it happen here?: Fraidycats, the Kochs' errand boy, and Ms. Democratjaninsanfranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-77826002952924605192015-01-26T15:39:37.488-08:002015-01-26T15:39:37.488-08:00"But since I live in safely Democratic Califo...<br />"But since I live in safely Democratic California, I glad I don't have to cast my single personal vote for her!"<br /><br />Likewise, except I live in Hawaii. Brandonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-69427050406452390262015-01-26T12:08:49.378-08:002015-01-26T12:08:49.378-08:00It feels like Bizzaro World when *any* city in Wis...It feels like Bizzaro World when *any* city in Wisconsin can be described as "sin city". How can average citizens forget what unions have done for them?<br /><br />Like you I will vote for Hilary if it comes to that. Personally I think she is a liar and a person of low character and thus singularly suited to being Secretary of State. No one in the clown car is even acceptable.Cinderellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08944325468803416106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-43117195091183626462015-01-26T09:31:35.540-08:002015-01-26T09:31:35.540-08:00Wisconsin is strange. I lived there for five years...Wisconsin is strange. I lived there for five years in the 60's. The big problem is similar to the one in Texas and Austin: the most liberal town in the state, Madison, is also the state capital. This leads to endless confrontations and polarization. Madison, to conservative Midwesterners, is regarded as Sin City. Many hold on to their quaint anti-Semitism, racism and attachment to other good old American values. Milwaukee is apprently still the enclave of reactionary white urbanism that it was 50 years ago. <br />For good perspectives I recommend The Progressive and the writings of journalist John Nichols, a 7th generation Wisconsonite. <br />Nothing going on there today is brand new. The bad guys were Chicago gangsters in the old days; when I lived there they pulled the strings of politicians like the then Republican governor Knight. Now it's people like the Koch brothers who do this stuff, operating with complete impunity, not even regarded as criminals!Hattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13297404386730167834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-17600893210812204252015-01-26T08:08:37.344-08:002015-01-26T08:08:37.344-08:00Walker concerns me because of what he did to the u...Walker concerns me because of what he did to the unions where i see the average middle class has to hope stay strong at least somewhere or it's all over for the middle. His social policies, of course, would be anathema to me. He's slick and looks very slimy to me :( Of course, I want no Republican because I don't trust what they say versus what they do.<br /><br />I find it hard to see how someone can work for a candidate they themselves would not vote for but then that's the option we all have, I guess. I am still hopeful she won't run and it'll be Biden maybe with someone more progressive as a veep. Warren has said she won't run, and I don't think she has enough foreign policy experience right now to really want her to do it. I don't think Sanders can win being as far left as he is, but I could get excited about him as a candidate more than anybody else. He'd lose though given the nature of our country right now. It might take a Republican winning to show Americans what they really do when they get power. Bad thought though for the damage they could do the environment which is already in trouble.Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-49712459982117275342015-01-26T07:20:31.135-08:002015-01-26T07:20:31.135-08:00I've been watching Walker too. He's scary ...I've been watching Walker too. He's scary tho I'm not afraid. Fear is not in my vocabulary unless I'm speaking of the purpose of Fox Network.PseudoPiskiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12070541512355253553noreply@blogger.com