Comments on: Madison protests bring out solidarity and sense of community

By: RS Janes

RS Janes — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:28:07 +0000

Greg, I think I asked this in a previous thread but, just to reconfirm: several people have said that the GOP, and especially Walker, never campaigned on cutting taxes for the rich and corporations or union-busting; they just said they would ‘balance the budget’ and ‘bring jobs to Wisconsin’ without being too specific. As someone on the scene and politically astute, I wonder if you found this to be true?

And, BTW, what do you think of the fascists — excuse me, statehouse GOP — ignoring the law to ram through this ban on collective bargaining and what’s the reaction up there to this heavy-handed usurpation worthy of the Nazis?

By: Greg in cheeseland

Greg in cheeseland — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:37:02 +0000

Thanks RS, for your input both here and on my article in the Examiner. If one listened to only Fox news and what the Republicans have to say, they might think that Wisconsin is on the verge of a riot and the Capitol grounds and building are trashed. From first hand experience, I can say that couldn’t be farther from the truth. Even the few counter protesters are treated respectfully and allowed to express their opinions. Things only get frenzied when Republican Reps. dare to show their faces near the crowd, but none have even been touched by any of the demonstrators. The sense of community and the energy behind the activism here is amazing. I was beginning to think that Americans no longer had that in them.

By: RS Janes

RS Janes — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:27:27 +0000

And thank you Greg for keeping us up on what’s happening on the ground in Madison. Even MSNBC hasn’t been covering some of this, but I hope they will soon. That GOP nitwit who called the protestors ‘slobs,’ and the threats issuing forth from Scott Fitzgerald, did as much to harm the GOP cause as the heavy-handed autocrat Scott Walker himself. The Koch-money supported Republicans have lost in Wisconsin, IMO, and, now that John Kasich in Ohio has called cops ‘idiots’ and the police in NJ have taken to the streets to protest Christie, I think this round is over and we won. The GOP has until 2012 to try and push through what they can but then Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, New Jersey and likely Indiana and Florida will go solid blue. Insulting folks who work for a living is never a good campaign strategy and I’m surprised at how stupid the Republicans have turned out to be.