The recall is not about public employees nor is it about
politics as usual. It is about Walker's toxic brand of political
fundamentalism -- heartless and historically unprecedented -- that
should repel fair-minded, mainstream voters everywhere.
"Perhaps what is most mind-boggling is the breadth and depth of right-wing extremism at the Capitol this year. Actions that individually would have set off alarms in normal times were drowned out in the avalanche of awfulness.
"Until this year, when one party controlled the governor's office and both houses of the Legislature, the party in power generally restrained itself. Maybe some reasoned that the minority's constituents actually deserved a voice, or, less altruistically, they knew the electoral pendulum would eventually swing back."
You would think so.
ReplyDeleteI especially liked this part:
ReplyDelete"Perhaps what is most mind-boggling is the breadth and depth of right-wing extremism at the Capitol this year. Actions that individually would have set off alarms in normal times were drowned out in the avalanche of awfulness.
"Until this year, when one party controlled the governor's office and both houses of the Legislature, the party in power generally restrained itself. Maybe some reasoned that the minority's constituents actually deserved a voice, or, less altruistically, they knew the electoral pendulum would eventually swing back."
Swing on, Wisconsin!