The Honest Republican

11 Comments

1. 

   Parallax on September 21, 2012 at 10:40 pm

   Dead man walking!

2. 

   Phil Perspective on September 21, 2012 at 10:58 pm

   No wonder Thompson’s poll numbers are supposedly cratering.

3. 

   Cecilia on September 21, 2012 at 11:10 pm

   Couldn’t stand the guy when I lived in Wisconsin, and can’t believe he would win in the state again for any position.  

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     blksista on September 22, 2012 at 9:55 am

     …and imagine that this is like a lot of Wisconsin.  Both Thompson and Paul Ryan seem oblivious to the carnage.

     The results of Ryan’s policies and the resulting economic wreckage have been grimly predictable. The persistently high unemployment has been accompanied by rising signs of social disintegration and distress throughout most of the district.

     • Foreclosures in Rock County — home to Janesville and Beloit — have quadrupled since 2000. They have nearly tripled throughout the entire district.
     • In Janesville, the GM shutdown created such a surplus of workers begging for jobs that the average wage fell from $23.27 in 2007 to $18.82 in 2010.
     • Within three months of the GM closing just before Christmas in 2008, the number of battered women seeking shelter at the YWCA’s Janesville family violence center nearly tripled.
     • Janesville has been afflicted by a major increase in child abuse and neglect.
     • Janesville’s rate of child poverty has nearly doubled to 47.1% since 2000. The percentage of children eligible for free or reduced-cost lunches ranges from 43% to 69% in the major cities of his district.
     • Janesville has also experienced a near-doubling in suicides over the first two years since the GM closing.

     I think there are going to be surprises come November, and the same bobbleheads may not survive this political season.

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       Indianadem on September 22, 2012 at 10:28 am

       Good to see you posting here ~ you’ve been missed and thanks for the link ~ that story needs to be shared far and wide. I just did.

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       The Voice In The Wilderness on September 22, 2012 at 5:43 pm

       Sounds like Republican Heaven! Keep those proles in their place!

4. 

   on September 21, 2012 at 11:18 pm

   Well…my wife’s “in the mood”!

   Mother Mary!

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     The Voice In The Wilderness on September 22, 2012 at 5:45 pm

     Is she a Democrat?

5. 

   Marie2 on September 21, 2012 at 11:27 pm

   –sigh–

   Afraid the GOP voters that depend on Medicare and/or Medicaid are as deaf as the Log Cabin Republicans.  They really don’t believe that Republicans would end entitlements.

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   blksista on September 22, 2012 at 2:51 am

   …Tommy Thompson is not as great as his PR claims.  Dude has been taking mega from the drug companies he went and shilled for after he left Bush’s  administration.  All he’s after is bucks, and he gets his back up at anyone who wants accountability about HIS tax returns.  This revelation about his making deals with Big Pharma over Medicare has been a shock to a lot of Wisconsinites. Much like the reaction folks have been recovering over about the real Paul Ryan of Janesville. Rumor has it that he’s trending badly in his race to keep his House seat lest he lose the vice-presidency.

   Prick him a few times, and the crusty crab that is Thompson does come out of his shell.  As Tammy Baldwin continues to whack him big time upside the head on the campaign trail and in the polls, I fully expect Thompson to get nasty and then nastier.

   Love your pieces, but here, you haven’t gotten the compete poop and scoop regarding Tommy Thompson.

7. 

   on September 22, 2012 at 8:48 am

   Just not on the stump.