Wisconsin: Mining Bill Sideshow - The politics of alienation
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Are GOP political strategists completely incompetent? Why would they continue along the path of pounding and ramming yet another controversial legislative bomb like the mining bill, when the effort would only seem to reinforce the overly strong arm tactics that have sent moderates and even members of their own party to sign recall petitions? Or, are they dumb like a fox?
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The Killdeer is a bird who builds its nest in the open, and right on the ground. You sometimes see an adult killdeer in gravel, such as along a rocky railroad easement, or on a dirt road. As you approach, the killdeer may suddenly develop a broken wing. It struggles in front a predator, as if it can barely walk, let alone fly. One or both wings drag pitifully on the ground. Ah, but when the helpless bird is nearly dinner, it flies away with all the strength and prowess of a B-52. The broken wing display is a ruse to lead the predator away from the vulnerable nest.
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Whose nest is more vulnerable than that of the two Scott’s Walker and Fitzgerald? Never have they been more vulnerable as the poor job numbers, budget deficits, and indictments and court rulings are landing like spit fire to the left and right. They and their “chicks” are facing a recall of historic proportions, and the clock is ticking. So, what is the deal with the mining bill? Why would Juneau Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald suddenly and dramatically scrape the senate committee, sending the bill back into the Joint Finance Committee? The move to go backward to the harsh and hated Assembly version of the bill seemed to be self defeating, since many GOP legislators had taken the position of non-support. So why?
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With John Doe indictments surrounding Walker and District Court reprimands slapping at Fitzgerald, the nest of chicks is on the ground and the cat is circling. So, off they go with the broken wing; the scrapping of the mining bill to distract activists and democrats away from the nest and away from the real prize – the recall of the major players to move them out of power, so that the damage done to Wisconsin can be healed. The mining bill is just one injury to an already critically listed patient suffering from a stroke of collective bargaining, massive voter ID contusions, and pulmonary blockage of passages from the people to is representatives.
Don't miss the embedded interview with pathological liar Scott Fitzgerald, who's slimeball character is on full display.