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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 357985" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">He’s all about the consequences of his actions. I’ve been following Walker since he became Milwaukee County Exec and from everything I’ve heard and read I think he believes government has gotten too big, spends too much and is too intrusive in our lives. That goes for local and state governments and, unfortunately, the federal government as well. There are a lot of people in this country who agree with that view. I understand there is passionate opposition to what he is proposing, but IMO he is attempting to get the state back to fiscal sanity for the benefit of <em>all</em> Wisconsin residents and that takes dramatic change.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">As to his having no regard for democracy, that’s a curious view for someone opposing Walker. Before the last election Wisconsin was the “bluest” of states. The Democrats <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">had both legislative houses,</span></span> the governorship, both US Senators, and 5 of 8 Congressional seats. As a result of the 2010 election, the <em>Republicans</em> now <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">have both legislative houses,</span></span> the governorship, 5 of 8 Congressional seats, and they unseated a 3-term popular Senator in Feingold. That is as dramatic a turnaround from “blue” to “red” as any state in the nation in 2010. The voters of Wisconsin could hardly have been clearer. In the health care “summit” with the Republicans, the President reminded us that elections have consequences, remember? They do indeed: The Wisconsin Democrats went from being in charge to being in the minority and rather than deal with the consequences of the <em>democratic</em> election, 14 state Democrat Senators fled the state. They are the ones acting with disregard for representative democracy, not Walker. </span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 357985, member: 4300"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]He’s all about the consequences of his actions. I’ve been following Walker since he became Milwaukee County Exec and from everything I’ve heard and read I think he believes government has gotten too big, spends too much and is too intrusive in our lives. That goes for local and state governments and, unfortunately, the federal government as well. There are a lot of people in this country who agree with that view. I understand there is passionate opposition to what he is proposing, but IMO he is attempting to get the state back to fiscal sanity for the benefit of [I]all[/I] Wisconsin residents and that takes dramatic change.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]As to his having no regard for democracy, that’s a curious view for someone opposing Walker. Before the last election Wisconsin was the “bluest” of states. The Democrats [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]had both legislative houses,[/FONT][/COLOR] the governorship, both US Senators, and 5 of 8 Congressional seats. As a result of the 2010 election, the [I]Republicans[/I] now [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]have both legislative houses,[/FONT][/COLOR] the governorship, 5 of 8 Congressional seats, and they unseated a 3-term popular Senator in Feingold. That is as dramatic a turnaround from “blue” to “red” as any state in the nation in 2010. The voters of Wisconsin could hardly have been clearer. In the health care “summit” with the Republicans, the President reminded us that elections have consequences, remember? They do indeed: The Wisconsin Democrats went from being in charge to being in the minority and rather than deal with the consequences of the [I]democratic[/I] election, 14 state Democrat Senators fled the state. They are the ones acting with disregard for representative democracy, not Walker. [/FONT][/COLOR] [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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