Where Are They Now? - The Pam Galloway Edition

Remember Pam Galloway, the Republican state senator from the Wausau area?

Y'know, she is the one that suddenly and abruptly resigned just months before her recall election, although she claimed it had nothing to do with the recall (emphasis mine):

Former state Sen. Pam Galloway dismissed as "totally implausible" speculation that she resigned her position to avoid a recall race.

Galloway, a Republican from Wausau, spoke publicly for the first time Sunday about her decision to leave the Senate since she made the surprise announcement on Friday.

Her resignation was effective at midnight Saturday.

Galloway's father-in-law in Illinois and her brother in Virginia both are facing long-term, serious health problems, she said, and she decided that she could no longer fulfill the demands of her office and care for them at the same time.

"I always said that my family comes first," she said.

Oddly enough, Galloway ended up missing those states and is now running for congress in Indiana.

Warsaw resident Pam Galloway is the first announced candidate for next year’s congressional election in Indiana’s 3rd District.

Galloway, 59, is a retired physician and a former Wisconsin state legislator, and she chaired the campaign committee that helped elect state Rep. Curt Nisly, R-Goshen, to the Indiana House in 2014.

Galloway seeks the seat of fifth-year Republican Rep. Marlin Stutzman, a LaGrange County farmer who announced Saturday he will run in 2016 for the U.S. Senate seat that will open with the retirement of Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., at the end of his term.

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Asked in a telephone interview whether she shares Stutzman’s conservative philosophies, Galloway said: “I would say that Congressman Stutzman and I do agree on many issues. My biggest issues are repealing Obamacare, defending the Second Amendment and protecting life, faith, family and country.”

But wait! There's more! There's always more.

Further down in the article is this little blurb:

Her statement said Galloway and her husband, Dr. Chris Magiera, an Indiana native, moved from Wisconsin to Indiana in 2012 to be closer to family members who faced “sudden, severe illnesses.”

Hmmm.

Either there was some seriously shoddy reporting somewhere or Galloway has the most widely spread and most sickly family in the world.

Because, as we all know, Galloway would never, ever lie for political convenience, right?

Common Core Continued

By Jeff Simpson

I wrote about Scott Walker wanting to overturn Common Core State Standards this morning.

It turns out that was just the tip of the iceberg, as Andy @Wisoapbox explores this issue in depth and puts all other bloggers and media in WI to shame.

 I recommend reading the WHOLE piece but I will share a couple highlights here!    

The first that stood out to me was Captain Voucher, Jeremy Thiesfeldt's attempt to rebrand Common Core STATE Standards to just Common Core Standards to fit better into his narrative.   WISB outted him.

“I was pleased to hear that Gov. Walker called on the legislature to pass a bill in January repealing the Common Core Standards (CCS). I look forward to promptly tackling this issue as our first priority in response to the governor’s appeal.  

Notice how he doesn't say "state" standards. That's a VERY specific and important change conservatives are trying to do in "un-localizing" the Common Core STATE Standards.

Wisconsin’s educational standards need to be improved, but Wisconsin students are best served by standards created within our own state. 

Unfortunately, the Democratic party has decided not to run anyone against Thiesfeldt so all we can do is look at his blatant dishonesty in awe.  

Secondly WISB has a major coup.  It turns out Scott Walker was for CCSS before he was against them:

Also, Walker's statement calling for dumping Common Core comes after he has worked with the state DPI for the past several years on education reform issues that all hinge on successful implementation of the standards. 

But, but what?! Oh, so Gov. Walker was for it before he was against it? (Oh 2004 Kerry campaign.) Seriously, if anyone wanted to know why he wasn't saying much about Common Core before now, this is why - He actually worked with them and utilized them in a lot of what he did with respect to school accountability.

In his 2011-'13 budget veto message to the Assembly, Walker wrote that his budget supported greater accountability and performance in K-12 education by "investing $15 million in the development of a statewide student information system and requiring the Department of Public Instruction to implement new pupil assessment based on mastery of Common Core Standards by 2014-15."

D'OH.  As I always say, whats a few million taxpayer dollars if it will help further Scotty's career?

Using our children as political props and catering the anti intellectuals in the tea party is a sure fire loser in November, let's make sure this backfires on them big time!

Tagg, You're (Full of) It!

One of Mitt Romney's sons, Tagg, opened up his mouth again and said his dad didn't really want to be president:

Mitt Romney didn't want to be president, anyway.

That's what Tagg Romney, Mitt's oldest son, told the Boston Globe for its big post-mortem on his father's failed presidential bid published on Sunday.
“He wanted to be president less than anyone I’ve met in my life," Tagg Romney told the paper. "He had no desire to ... run. If he could have found someone else to take his place ... he would have been ecstatic to step aside.

"He is a very private person who loves his family deeply and wants to be with them," Tagg continued. "He has deep faith in God and he loves his country, but he doesn’t love the attention.”

What a load of crappy crap crap. Then again, we already knew Tagg was a natural born liar.

There is no way that Mitt has spent seven years of his life and countless tens of millions of dollars - not to mention the hundreds of millions of other people's money - for something he did not want.

Sounds like ol' Tagg has been having sour grapes for his Christmas dinner.