The Trump Phenomona

By Jeff Simpson

Like most big organizations, sometimes someone can come in and take control and sink it before you can stop it.   We are watching that happen to the Republican party right now.   In this Presidential election cycle, we have seen numerous front runners, 17 people total and one of the all time "strangest" election phenomenons ever in Donald Trump.  

People, especially people in the party, thought that Trump running for President was just a way to feed his ego and he would get bored eventually and go back to his life and start working on his fourth wife.   Then something happened, Mr. Trump rose in the polls and started winning primaries handily.  
While Donald Trump has done many outrageous, misogynistic and racist things, the GOP is panicking because he is winning and he is NOT part of the establishment!!  

That scares everyone involved.  If Donald Trump were to actually win the election(forgetting the pure devastation to our Country), but in the Republican party the people who are used to running the show would not be invited to the table.   That is unacceptable for the Michael Grebe's, Sheldon Adelsons, Karl Roves, Koch Brother of the party.  They know that they give enough money to the pure ambition politicians like Scott Walker/Ted Cruz, that they will do whatever they are told.  Donald Trump wont take orders and then brag about openly defying party directives.   Reince and the boys are scared.

When they get scared or things get out of hand, they have a plan.   They use Frank Luntzs focus tested lines and hand them out to their minions and give their right wing media echo chamber marching orders.

The GOP plan to try and take Trump down, is blame everyone on the liberals(I know they do this with everything, I never claimed they were genius).   For example is Grebe's gopher, Christian Schneider.

But Republicans are likely getting a little push on their road to obsolescence. There's evidence Democrats may be showing up to vote for Trump, which would significantly loosen up the ballot box for Clinton in November. If you're a Democrat who likes both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, you can pick one, or, in states with open primaries, you can cross over and vote for a Republican who will guarantee the election of either Democrat. It's not that hard of a choice.
This is perhaps why turnout records are being broken in state after state that is holding Republican primaries — because non-Republicans are showing up to stuff the ballot box for Trump. On March 1, Alabama, Oklahoma, Vermont, Virginia, Massachusetts, Georgia and Tennessee saw an astonishing 52% increase in turnout over 2008. At the same time, voters in Democratic primaries in those states dropped by 20% in the same time. Where are all those Democrat voters going? I have a guess.

  The problem with his theory(beyond being ridiculous as usual) is events like this happen regularly at  Donald Trump rallies.

Nothing says a room Is full of liberals, like a bunch of white men shoving and spitting at a young black woman.   Fortunately, there ARE people in media who actually do some research and to whom facts actually matter.  

Shaun King was rightfully upset about this video and did some research on who was doing the shoving.

No surprise what he found out!  

On Tuesday, in Louisville, Ky., what happened to young black protesters at another Trump rally wasn’t just racist — it appears to be outright criminal.

While we have already widely reported that white supremacists are openly proclaiming that they are fully emboldened and energized by Trump, the natural progression of their romance with Trump is now on full display.

We now know that those Trump supporters are open bigots, Neo-Nazis, and white supremacists belonging to many different groups including the Traditionalist Worker Party — a well-documented hate group. Their social media profiles are full of Nazi photos, KKK and white supremacist references, and some of the most insulting, despicable hate speech you'll ever see.

"I was called a n----- and a c--t and got kicked out," said Shiya Nwanguma, a respected student at the University of Louisville to a local interviewerin a video posted on Facebook.

"They were pushing and shoving at me, cursing at me, yelling at me, called me every name in the book. They were disgusting and dangerous."

What a group of intelligent nice men.  Does anyone anywhere think these guys would be voting for Bernie???  

I guess anything they can do without taking actual responsibility for the Monster they have created.  

It is impossible to fix a problem when you can not recognize it!  

Since Christian Schneider is propagandist who is not real interested in research or facts, I feel the need to help the poor guy out!

Hey Christian lets compare and contrast a GOP/Democrat rally!

Here is the GOP:

Here is a Democratic rally:

I know they are not the brightest bulbs on the tree, but I always find it hilarious when "Tea Party Patriots" whine about people protesting.   The irony is too thick!  




PS: ICYMI, it is not just the Donald that thinks its cool to have his supporters beat up protesters!

America - We HAVE to do better!!!  

Bob Gannon - the Grand Dragon of WI Politics

By Jeff Simpson 

Bob Gannon (R- white hood) recently put out a press release explaining that thanks to conceal carry law in WI, the law abiding white people can now shoot the minority kids at will, to keep our state safe.    

After using code words  and dog whistles like "scum-bags", "punks" and "thugs", except for Representative Taylor, CogDIs and a few brief mentions in the papers, he went back to obscurity.

Bobby Gannon, knew he needed to ramp up the racism, to make sure that he gets noticed by the hard core right wing base in Wisconsin(applying to be Trump's VP perhaps?) and took to a racist press release that one would think came right from #walkerdocs, and would make David Duke proud:

“As democrats statewide compose their yearend propaganda blaming republicans for every malady known by man, they need to be honest about job creation. Milwaukee is ranked the sixth highest city nationally in per capita murders by Forbes, which makes it obvious that our largest urban center, is the anchor holding back the ship of state as far as jobs is concerned. Milwaukee finished the year with over one hundred and fifty murders and over seven hundred others injured in shootings.
 Milwaukee finished the year with an unemployment rate of approximately twenty percent for their black population. This is almost four times as high as the white unemployment rate for the city and the state. This means that Milwaukee leads in murders and mayhem per capita, with a large number of these crimes occurring in mainly black neighborhoods, the same neighborhoods with the worst unemployment rates in the state.
Could one make a connection between employment opportunities and the level of crime on those same streets? What employer will build or expand when they fear muggings, carjackings, attempted murder, or other serious criminal threats to their employees? One cannot ignore the correlation between jobs and crime, employment opportunities will only expand in these neighborhoods when the violence is stopped.
Milwaukee has a democrat mayor, whose focus is a tiny trolley that will chug along in the more affluent and safer areas of the city. Milwaukee County has a democrat district attorney focused on a personal vendetta against our governor, a vendetta that’s been laughed out of multiple courts for having no legal standing, while ignoring the crime on the streets.
 The state’s economic numbers, including job development and unemployment rates, would certainly be significantly improved if only our largest city would clean up the murder and mayhem on their streets.” #

In case you had a hard time deciphering that 2nd grade version of a press release, Bob the Dragon, is telling us that the reason we do not have jobs in this state, is because of the black males and Democrats in Milwaukee.

A quick look at Gannon's committee assignments and we see:

Current Committees

• Committee on Children and Families (Vice-Chair)
• Committee on Corrections
• Committee on Insurance
• Committee on Small Business Development
• Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations

On the committee of small business development and tells us he fails at developing small businesses in WI because there is crime in the poverty tricken inner city of Milwaukee.

However, as Capper says, There is more, there is always more!   Let's take a look at the incredible jobs bills that Gannon has authored, that he has used to fight the problem of Milwaukee having minorities in the city:

• 1/5/2016: 2015 Assembly Bill 631
  Relating to: the maximum height of pole traps.
• 12/29/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 620
  Relating to: requirements for cataloged burial sites. (FE)
• 12/7/2015: 2015 Senate Joint Resolution 75
  Relating to: limiting the number of terms permitted for members of the state legislature and the governor and lieutenant governor (first consideration).
• 12/7/2015: 2015 Assembly Joint Resolution 87
  Relating to: limiting the number of terms permitted for members of the state legislature and the governor and lieutenant governor (first consideration).
• 10/15/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 413
  Relating to: liability for damages caused by dogs, court orders to kill a dog, and providing a penalty. (FE)
• 8/20/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 312
  Relating to: limitations on requiring vaccination against influenza.
• 4/22/2015: 2015 Assembly Bill 176
  Relating to: reporting of the principal place of employment of certain individuals who make political contributions.

You would think after passing such bills as not requiring vaccines and trying to dig up hundreds of years old Indian burial sites, would have been enough for our economy to be rocking.  It is unfortunate that we have to have minorities in WI to hinder the job growth work of these fine bills.





To contact Bob Gannon and tell him there is no room for such racism -

Madison Office:Room 12 West
State Capitol
P.O. Box 8952
Madison, WI 53708Telephone:(608) 264-8486
(888) 534-0058Fax:(608) 282-3658Email:Rep.Gannon@legis.wisconsin.govVoting Address:4833 Cedar Hills Dr.
Slinger, WI 53086
Staff:William Sasse William.Sasse@legis.wisconsin.gov

Also contact Majority Speaker Robin Vos to see if Gannon speaks for the whole Republican party or just the far right backwards and racist hell hole known as West Bend!

Rep. Robin Vos

State Capitol - Room 211 West

PO Box 8953

Madison, WI  53708

Toll Free:  888-534-0063

Madison Office:  608-266-3387

Home Phone:  262-514-2597

@speakervos 

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CPAC Problems

By Jeff Simpson

The right, that attempts to be somewhat moderate, has a problem that can be spelled out in three letters - CPAC("conservative" political action conference).  The problem is that the CPAC conference is representative of everything the republican party stands for.  From the embrace of angry Islamaphobes, to their disdain for gays to their cries of white oppression.  As Paul Ryan(R-Wall St.) says:

 "We don't hide behind our beliefs," Ryan added. "We argue for them, because a budget is more than just a list of numbers; it's an expression of our governing philosophy. And our budget draws a very sharp contrast with the left. It says to the people in unmistakable terms: 'They are the party of shared hardship, we are the part of equal opportunity.'"

While Paul Ryan(R- Wall St.), Jim Sensenbrenner(R-Lance Armstrong is a true hero) and Scott Walker (R - Blind Ambition)  were featured speakers at CPAC.   Also headlining CPAC was K.Carl Smith, who was sponsored by the "Tea Party Patriots"(remember that we recently learned what "patriot" groups stood for).  this breakout session was billed as a "way to reach out to black conservatives". Boy did they! 

Disruptions began when he started accusing Democrats of still being the party of the Confederacy — a common talking point on the right.
“I don’t care how much the KKK improved,” he said. “I’m not going to join the KKK. The Democratic Party founded the KKK.”
Lines like that drew shouts of praise from some attendees and murmurs of disapproval from one non-conservative black attendee, Kim Brown, a radio host and producer with Voice of Russia, a broadcasting service of the Russian government.
But then questions and answers began. And things went off the rails.

Yes after the attendees shouted down Ms. Brown , THEN it went off the rails.    The problem was the base was allowed to speak!  

30-year-old Scott Terry, asked whether Republicans could endorse races remaining separate but equal. After the presenter, K. Carl Smith of Frederick Douglass Republicans, answered by referencing a letter by Frederick Douglass forgiving his former master, the audience member said “For what? For feeding him and housing him?” Several people in the audience cheered and applauded Terry’s outburst.

After the exchange, Terry muttered under his breath, “why can’t we just have segregation?” noting the Constitution’s protections for freedom of association. Watch it:

After contacting the Walker, Ryan and Sensenbrenner camps we have their official denouncements HERE! 

You can not be at an organized event with such dripping racism and NOT denounce it unless of course you agree with it(or need it agree with it to survive politically).  

This all shows how Scott Walkers rejection of Federal health care money and Jerry Baders failed attempt to connect with the Scott Terry's of the world and raise his low profile, all fit together.  

When you want to continue to advance in today's republican party you need the base support!

The problem is, how do you explain this disgusting behavior when you then have to face the rest of the country?  

AFP is Partying!

In Wisconsin, we have had huge job losses in June(largest in the nation), businesses closing at an alarming rate, a severe drought that devastating our crops, a heat wave that has been deadly, and an economic downturn that is affecting Wisconsin more than most of the rest of the nation. 

With times being tough here in WI, what does the Koch Brothers astroturf organization "Americans for Prosperity" do?   Party of course!  

When people are losing their job at an alarming rate, its time for another "Defunding the American Dream" summit!   When times are bad why not have a big party with some good comedy?

What could be funnier than Brian Sikma from Mediatrackkkers giving seminars about doing research? 

They found a way to top it with their "keynote" speaker:

12:00-1pm ET – Lunch and Keynote Vicki McKenna, News/Talk 1130 WISN Radio
How Grassroots Citizens Won the Wisconsin Recall Election

A laugh a minute at the Koch sponsored event where they talk about a "grassroots movement" when  Governor Walker, raised most of his money from out of state, where the Koch brother's bussed in workers for $14/ hr to work on his campaign that is actually the exact opposite of grassroots.

Of course, Vicki Mckenna has never worried to much about being factually correct!