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Related: About this forumMadison Politiscope: Liberal group creates blog for Wisconsin's 'dumb senator'
http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/politiscope/madison-politiscope-liberal-group-creates-blog-for-wisconsin-s-dumb/article_1cd81588-0f39-11e2-bf9f-001a4bcf887a.htmlIt has become relatively commonplace in Wisconsin for politicians to imply that their opponents are corrupt, immoral or stupid.
And yet, even as candidates spend millions of dollars on TV ads to portray their adversaries as wretched bottom feeders and nitwits, they often hesitate to say directly what they want voters to conclude.
One Wisconsin Now, a group run by Democratic operative Scot Ross, does not fuss over such rhetorical subtleties. On Friday the organization, which focuses on digging up dirt on Republicans, unveiled a new blog, Our Dumb Senator, dedicated to the alleged intellectual shortcomings of Wisconsins junior senator, Ron Johnson.
The site includes dozens of quotes from Johnson, as well as commentary on his perceived idiocy. The latter is largely gleaned from various liberal bloggers, who have held Johnson in particular contempt since he defeated former Sen. Russ Feingold a progressive hero two years ago.
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Madison Politiscope: Liberal group creates blog for Wisconsin's 'dumb senator' (Original Post)
hue
Oct 2012
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dragonlady
(3,577 posts)1. This is the guy
who will our senior senator next year.
charmay
(525 posts)2. I can't imagine what will happen if Tommy the Drunk wins.
undeterred
(34,658 posts)3. I was trying to forget that he even exists.
And I was doing so well.
LTR
(13,227 posts)4. Not hard to do
Has he done anything in the past two years? The guy's invisible! Totally useless.
If Wisconsin doesn't already regret dumping Feingold for this useless chump, it will.
undeterred
(34,658 posts)5. I'll believe that when I see Tammy Baldwin elected.
Fingers crossed.
mojowork_n
(2,354 posts)6. From the article, here's the link to the blog.
Senator Dumbass gets a web page dedicated just to him:
http://ourdumbsenator.com/