Tea Party Activists Ready to Submit Recall Petitions Against Wisconsin Democrats

[iwishiwas]

Lots of outside money flowed into WI for ads during the final weeks of the Supreme Court vote on April 5--which went to Prosser, a Conservative Republican who is one of Walker's poodles.

I suspect this article is spot on-it will happen again.


http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/weigel/archive/2011/04/19/tea-party-activists-ready-to-submit-recall-petitions-against-wisconsin-democrats.aspx


Tea Party Activists Ready to Submit Recall Petitions Against Wisconsin Democrats

Posted Tuesday, April 19, 2011 4:02 PM | By David Weigel

Wisconsin Democrats have been ringing alarm bells every time they submit a new batch of petitions to recall Republican state senators. Today they've announced something more than 15,744 signatures to recall Sheila Harsdorf -- the fourth senator on the block.

So what's happening with the Republican efforts to recall Democrats? After all, Republicans beat the Democrats to the punch, thanks to the zealousness of some Tea Party and conservative activists who kick-started the process in February. According to Wisconsin's Government Accountability Board, these petitions are due by April 25 or April 26 -- the Democrats, on average, have a whole extra week to gather signatures.

How are the conservative activists doing? According to David VanderLeest, head of the campaign to recall Democratic Sen. Dave Hansen, activists have surpassed the 13,852 signature goal.

"I believe we're going to go and drive the petitions down there to Madison by the end of the week," said VanderLeest. "We've surpassed the total by a couple of thousand. We're just doing the administrative work now.".................

[Deep13]

1. Yeah, good luck with that. nt

[nykym]

2. Considering how well these anti american agent

spell, the petitions they submit should be checked very carefully. I have it from a very reliable source that Minnie & mickey do not live in that district.

[Vogon_Glory]

3. So Far The Teabaggers SAY The Have The Numbers To Force A Recall

So far the Teabaggers SAY they have enough signatures to force recall elections for Wisconsin Democratic state senators, but as far as I'm concerned, there's a BIG difference between actually having the required number of valid signatures and submitting them for processing, and SAYING that you do.

It's just about time to call the Teabaggers' bluff, and to force the BS artists to lay their cards on the table.

[SoCalDem]

4. If they get the votes to hold their office (and they probably will) it's just another black-eye

for the teabag people..

[n2doc]

5. People shouldn't take this lightly

If they do force an election, you can bet the kochroaches will be spending like drunken sailors to remove them.


And there is still the specter of vote fraud. It isn't as though Prosser was defeated, so I don't see any reason to be smug.

[SoCalDem]

7. Won;t all the recalls be on the same ballot?

If so, I can see dems being highly motivated..I have my fingers crossed for you:)

[iwishiwas]

11. They are from different state congressional districts so will not

all be on same ballot. We are not sure even if will be on same day this summer.

[SoCalDem]

13. That's too bad.. It would be nice if it was all happening on the same day n/t

[undeterred]

6. Well thats why the weathers been so bad.

Fuck them all. Do they really think our Democrats are going to forget to get out and vote for our Democratic Senators who stood up for working people? Not a chance.

[iwishiwas]

10. It has been lightly snowing all day here in Cheeseland.

[undeterred]

12. Rain, snow mix here in Madison.

[Generic Other]

8. I can't believe anyone would back the teabaggers

paid signature gatherers will get signatures favoring castrating all the men in the state if they get enough money for hustling the signatures up. Doesn't mean any sensible people will vote for it.

[Blue Owl]

9. Put up, mofos

I'm real interested to see how many of you there are.