Johnny & Jane Reb for Assembly

By Jeff Simpson

Two Republican Wisconsin Assembly candidates are on record saying they would support nullification.   Well one (Nancy Vendermeer - candidate 70th district) said she would support it and one (Scott Krug - 72nd district) said he would sponsor it(amphasis mine)! 

Nancy:

The questionnaire from Campaign for Liberty, a political organization founded by former Texas Rep. Ron Paul, asked candidates, "Will you support legislation to nullify ObamaCare and authorize state and local law enforcement to arrest federal officials attempting to implement the unconstitutional health care scheme known as ObamaCare?"

Vandermeer responded to the questionnaire saying she would support such legislation.

Scott:

 Rep. Scott Krug, R-Nekoosa, also responded to the questionnaire in 2012, going one step further saying he would sponsor such legislation.

Both candidates now say they were taken out of context, because both of the statements "Yes I support it" and "I would not only support it, I would sponsor it"  are so hard to comprehend.  

Professor Ed Miller explains this very well:

"This was settled by the Civil War," said Ed Miller, professor of political science and public policy at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. "We fought a war, and at least I thought the North won. You can't do this, and individuals who suggest this are treading pretty close to essentially illegal activity.

"To say you're not going to abide by the laws of the United States, because that is essentially what you're saying, is pretty close to treasonist," Miller said.

Come on Wisconsin, are you really going to vote for Johnny and Jane Reb???  

Here are Krug and Vandermeer in their campaign kickoff photo's! 





Please do the right thing and elect Amy Sue Vruwink(70th) and Dana Duncan(72nd)! 

Good God! Maybe There is Hope After All.

We have been bringing you tales of republican craziness, almost too many to count.   It has been brought on by the rise of the "tea party" and way to many legislators come from this movement. 

 Despite the fact that they took a resounding defeat in the most recent election, the "tea party" groups have doubled down on crazy, even going so far as to want to nullify federal law and arrest anyone who tries to implement it!

These extremists groups have gone so far as to want to secede from the United States, heck here in Wisconsin, despite being laughed at statewide, one of their own crazies thinks he should be State Superintendent of our Schools. 

Fixing this craziness is not something the democrats can do, it has to come from within the republican party.  Luckily there are signs that this is happening.   An open records review of the emails that the "loony party of six republican's, who want to arrest federal officials, for implementing Obamacare show that the craziness might just be confined to elected officials and a few others!  

For the six lawmakers, most of the email came from citizens giving their views on the issue.
“As a soon to be constituent, a life long republican, and a firm opponent of Obamacare, I am nonetheless embarrassed by your absurd nullification comments. Good god!” one man wrote to Rep. Chris Kapenga (R-Delafield).

“I worked for you. You are a reasonable and good person and I am genuinely surprised at this,” another man posted a message to Rep. Erik  Severson (R-Star Prairie) on Facebook. “Instead of focusing on how to make the best out of a bad situation, you think (it’s) better to arrest implementors of a federal policy upheld by the US Supreme Court. … It may suck, but as Americans, we accept the results of elections and move forward. This is disgraceful.”

Most of the emails opposed the lawmakers’ stances, but some backed them.

They still have to overcome the right wing hate cabal on the radio and the incredibly disingenious, illogical and ridiculous echo chamber on the right, but at least you can see that there are some signs of hope!