The chokehold: from allegation to Wisconsin political metaphor and reality.
If you are a Democrat in a swing district;
If you are a public employee;
If you are a low-income, employed worker;
If you are a transit user;
If you support obstruction-free voting;
If you thought all the polls were open on election day;
If you valued old-timey concepts, like home rule or local control;
If you are a believer in checks-and-balances, democratic process and traditional open government;
If that's you, Bucky, then Republican Gov. Scott Walker, the Republican Fitzgerald brothers running the legislature on his behalf, and the State Supreme Court (read: Republican) majority have you and me in a chokehold.
Well, that sums it up quite well and could be used on the Walker recall flyer.
ReplyDeleteIn total agreement on this one. U betcha.
ReplyDeleteTo be fair, the same could have been said under the Doyle administration, democratic control of the assembly and senate.
ReplyDeleteGreat analogy/metaphor. And how does one break a chokehold? A good knee to the gut or the groin ought to do the trick. Let the recalls begin!
ReplyDeleteBtw, Anonymous, I do not believe the Democrats controlled the judicial branch as the Republicans now do.
This just in --
ReplyDeleteFrom the Wisconsin State Journal, in an article describing Peter Barca's attempt to get Gov. Walker involved in moderating the redistricting maps:
"To me, no matter what the process is, the product is the most important thing," Walker said. "I'm going to look at what the product is. I haven't looked at the maps yet so it would be premature to look at the process."
Ain't that the truth for this guy.
"I haven't looked at the maps yet."? What, I thought Scotty had the platinum-level access to the Koch Suckers Club, and "getting a sneak preview of gerrymandered maps" was one of the benefits to moving up to that status!
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