CRG: Crazy Rightwing Goofs

CRG is having a real hard time finding any credibility right now with people of all political persuasions.

First, several months ago, they make a grandiose statement about wanting to recall Governor Jim Doyle. The latest that I've seen about that is that they are still several thousands short of the volunteers they need. To show how lame their attempts are, they are holding volunteer recruiting drives at Fun World of all places. Apparently all of the Chuck E. Cheese's were booked.

At the rate they are going, they will have enough volunteers to do a recall sometime in 2018. Seriously, by the time they might have enough volunteers, it will be too late to be effective. They will need sixty days to gather the signatures, if they can even do that. Given their lack of volunteers, I would highly doubt they will get anywhere near the number of signatures.

But even if they somehow manage to get enough valid signatures, by the time they are counted, verified, and have gone through all the challenges, it will be so close to election time that it won't happen before the election. But I'm all for their efforts. The more time and money that people waste on this futility, the less there will be for the future Republican nominee, Mark Neumann.

Now, these same goofs have announced that they want to recall State Senator Jim Sullivan. Their rationale is that Sullivan voted for the smoking ban. There are several facts that show that this is just a convenient excuse for the right wing front group.

First, the person leading this charge of the light-headed brigade is none other than a legislative aide for State Representative Pridemore. That is a dead giveaway that this is nothing more than political posturing for the Republicans which have their backs to the ropes in the last couple of election cycles.

Secondly, this is the only recall they are holding regarding the smoking ban. Several communities around the state have had already implemented their own smoking bans. (And their businesses are thriving, thank you very much.) But there have been no calls for a recall in any of these communities, including the City of Wauwatosa itself.

Nor have they called for the recall of any other legislator who voted for this bill which was passed in a bipartisan vote. Why just Sullivan? Is it because he is a Democrat that was duly and legally elected in a win over the corrupt and insane Tom Reynolds? Is it because, like with the Ament recall, they have a puppet candidate that will try to give contracts to Six Sigma?

Who knows what their real reason for this recall attempt is? The two things that are for certain, is that they are not doing it because of a smoking ban and they are not for a responsible government.