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No one has brought up socialism in this campaign at all. Ron Johnson has run a specific, issue oriented campaign. His major focus is stopping the run away spe
by hnal943 16y ago
No one has brought up socialism in this campaign at all. Ron Johnson has run a specific, issue oriented campaign. His major focus is stopping the run away spending of the Obama agenda. He entered the race when Obamacare passed, because he felt that was the last straw.
Feingold on the other hand is standing by his vote for Obamacare. I haven't forgotten the disdainful smirk on his face when he addressed his enraged constituents at last years' health care town hall meetings, and I don't think my fellow Wisconsinites have either.
This election is all about consequences for those who ignored the will of the people, and Russ Feingold is chief among them.
- jbooth 16y agoWhere were you guys when Medicare Part D passed? It's way worse for the deficit, and was a way bigger spending bill. Oh, wait, that was a Republican.. I get it.. This is how Rome fell - if beating your domestic enemies is more important to you than improving the country, you are hurting the country.
- orangecat 16y agoWhere were you guys when Medicare Part D passed? Libertarians were loudly protesting. To no effect of course, because Republicans were behind their guy and Democrats were primarily complaining that it wasn't expensive enough. if beating your domestic enemies is more important to you than improving the country, you are hurting the country. I agree completely. Please mention that to the President if you run into him: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69929420101101 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69929420101101
- jbooth 16y agoNo, democrats were primarily complaining that it was outrageously expensive, budget busting, and didn't even do any good because all of the money went straight to the drug companies (see my above comments on lobbyists). RE: Obama, you must be kidding. The man is a born compromiser, the problem is that Republicans haven't been willing to compromise on anything. They voted against their own deficit commission, for crying out loud, after Obama decided to support it.
- hnal943 16y agoBlaming the Republicans doesn't make any sense. Democrats have the votes to do whatever they want to do, which is why it's so easy this year to hold incumbents accountable.
- moxiemk1 16y agoNo, they don't? The Republicans have used filibuster as a threat at an unprecedented level. The Senate has only nominally been in the Democrats' control. EDIT: Punctuation
- sigstoat 16y agoi've never felt politicians were particularly courageous if they were afraid of the possibility that someone might talk for awhile. if something is so important, at least give it a shot. worst case you have to listen to somebody read his grocery list to you. (and he ends up looking like an idiot on national tv. the news will ensure that.)
- moxiemk1 16y agoThis isn't the issue in a filibuster; the cowardice is on the part of the senator who refuses to give up the floor. The whole point is that you talk until the bill expires, and so cannot be voted on. Filibustering senators are declaring that they are unwilling to allow the issue to be voted on, not that they think their voice hasn't been heard enough.
- sigstoat 16y agouh, yeah, i know what a filibuster is. try reading again in light of that fact.
- hnal943 16y agoUntil Scott Brown's election last year, the Democrats could have ended any filibuster attempt immediately. Democrats had a free run for a year. For the a year and a half now, the public has been screaming for them to stop. Brown's election was the first shot across the bow, but the Democrats paid no heed.
- nollidge 16y agoHe didn't ignore my will, and I'm a people and a fellow Wisconsinite. Please don't act like you speak for me, or any more than 50±10% of the Wisconsin public.