tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post7013575391471474858..comments2023-11-03T03:52:37.873-05:00Comments on Cognitive Dissidence: Shankland Looks Forward to Working With RepublicansSomebody DO Something!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08717747685928127724noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-62859871529870533772014-12-03T12:53:13.502-06:002014-12-03T12:53:13.502-06:00Is the rumor also true that I've heard she'...Is the rumor also true that I've heard she's hired a former lobbyist for the payday loan industry as her chief of staff who will also help with the campaigning and fundraising the DPW?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-7308454474744348502014-12-02T10:37:43.004-06:002014-12-02T10:37:43.004-06:00"...That means while we lack institutional kn..."...That means while we lack institutional knowledge, we also have tremendous motivation to build personal relationships and work across the aisle..." Shankland enters the Assembly in 2012 and already is given a Democratic party leadership role. She may be motivated, but that can be a bad omen of things to come. "Working with" right-wing extremists and making compromising deals does not represent our interests or the public's, either. I can see why Dale Schultz thought and did what he did. <br /><br />The DPW really doesn't know what it stands for, and has a marked inability to communicate honestly with the voters they are supposed to represent. It's no wonder there are so few Democrats elected to the Assembly. If it comes down to 'If we can't beat 'em, we'll join 'em,' then there really is no purpose to pretending that we voters and work in live in a representative democracy.<br />I think those chosing to break away from the Democrats and starting a Green Party would understand that frustration. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-51289866474881075232014-12-02T06:35:42.848-06:002014-12-02T06:35:42.848-06:00In other news:
"The meeting ended amicably wi...In other news:<br />"The meeting ended amicably with Chamberlain confiding to Hitler his hopes they would be able to work out other problems in Europe in the same spirit. "sargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14582415856684023846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-91728502360021999432014-12-01T13:11:56.592-06:002014-12-01T13:11:56.592-06:00Aside from a few individual WI Democrats in office...Aside from a few individual WI Democrats in office, I don't have a clue why you'd want to collaborate with the DPW, (if that is what you are proposing) to address raging class warfare.<br /><br />Blue democratic sentiments are still strong in the state, not so much in the DPW, from the top on down to county "leadership." dictates.<br /><br />Don't have the answers for forming a coalition, but as the OP suggests, who you gonna call on for representation? nonquixotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-4809606172489815412014-11-30T23:57:08.299-06:002014-11-30T23:57:08.299-06:00Speaking strictly "Tri-Partisanly," as a...Speaking strictly "Tri-Partisanly," as a Green Party activist, I'd like to say, we're interested in "working together" on things that further the Greens' Ten Key Values: <br /><br />http://wigp.nationbuilder.com/ten_key_values<br /><br />Otherwise? not so much. In the time of raging class warfare, how can we find common ground with those who seek to economically (and by extension, politically) obliterate the precarious working class (AKA "precariat") in Wisconsin? <br /><br />We look forward to ejecting Republicans from their seats, and reclaiming those seats for the 99% of the natural persons in Wisconsin. Unless, of course, they may decide to "defect" to our cause. Then, we may consider it on a case-by-case basis. <br /><br />Green and Growing, as George Martin says...Wisconsin Green Senator's Shadow Staffhttp://wigp.nationbuilder.com/noreply@blogger.com