tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post7995633173303358949..comments2023-11-03T03:52:37.873-05:00Comments on Cognitive Dissidence: Walkergate Exclusive: Add A New Campaign Violation To The ListSomebody DO Something!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08717747685928127724noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-20365611542124905152012-01-13T16:33:56.392-06:002012-01-13T16:33:56.392-06:00When Scott Walker and (Milwaukee's mayor) Tom ...When Scott Walker and (Milwaukee's mayor) Tom Barrett were both running for Governor in 2010, and export-jobs-to-China Republican Ron Johnson was challenging incumbent Russ Feingold (the *only* Senator brave enough to vote against the misnamed Patriot Act!), we went down to Milwaukee's LaborFest with the express goal of (a) hearing Obama speak in person, and (b) getting campaign bumper stickers and signs for Barrett and Feingold.<br /><br />Obama's speech was great, no surprise there. But we could not, for love nor money, get stickers or signs for any candidate.<br /><br />LaborFest was a nonpartisan event, and every candidate there (or in Feingold's case not there, at his hometown event, but with Milwaukee office staff who attended) abided by that rule strictly, not even giving out pinback buttons, dammit.<br /><br />We left empty-handed and frustrated, but at least aware how far ahead principle stood vs political advantage in those candidates' priorities. (Unlike, say, Walker's.)<br /><br />But both Barrett and Feingold *lost* those elections....<br />______________________________________________<br /><br />By the way, now WEAC and AFSCME won't endorse Barrett for Governor because they regard him as *insufficiently anti-Walker* -- really, really funny in view of the history of friction those two have, up close in Milwaukee.<br /><br />Ooooohh, but he didn't speak up vociferously in favor of the recall!<br /><br />That's right. As Mayor of Milwaukee, representing people on both sides, he didn't *politicize his office* by using it as a bully pulpit for a partisan issue against a recent (and possibly near-future) rival. Good for him.<br /><br />Had the positions been reversed, Scott Walker *wouldn't have hesitated* to use his office for just such partisan advantage (witness how he's used the offices he's held!)... thereby winning the approval of WEAC and AFSCME, no doubt. Pfah.Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974090948640572660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-5581568254498417452012-01-13T08:48:20.377-06:002012-01-13T08:48:20.377-06:00Good catch.Good catch.Display Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842340986220388709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-18030439646051299872012-01-13T08:26:50.702-06:002012-01-13T08:26:50.702-06:00What Larry said!What Larry said!John Caspernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-16970014422386171582012-01-13T02:19:27.028-06:002012-01-13T02:19:27.028-06:00Great post, you are on a roll, keep it up!Great post, you are on a roll, keep it up!Larry StCroixhttp://www.twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=LarryStCroixnoreply@blogger.com