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Posted by Zach on September 2, 2010, at 5:59 am Someone should tell the Republican Party of Wisconsin that just because wannabe journalist Chuck Sykes says it on his radio show doesn’t make it so:
The Wisconsin Republican Party is retracting its blasting of a fundraiser for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi because the event never happened.
The state GOP sent out a press release Wednesday saying Barrett hosted a “super secret” fundraiser with Pelosi on Tuesday night but didn’t want to admit it. Their release showed drawings of Pelosi handing Barrett a bag of money.
The party retracted the statement an hour later after spokesmen for both Barrett and Pelosi said there was no fundraiser.
Republican Party spokesman Andrew Welhouse says he first heard about the fundraiser on Milwaukee talk radio and then later from several sources he declined to name.
Barrett spokesman Phil Walzak says it’s pathetic Republicans are resorting to “clear lies.”
Interestingly enough, while the RPW has since withdrawn its histrionic press release, Chuck Sykes appears to be standing by the story, as he’s still got it posted on his blog.
Posted by Zach on September 2, 2010, at 5:44 am In an interview with Madison’s 27 News, Republican U.S. Senate candidate made it clear he believes the Earth is only thousands of years old, not billions, as is widely accepted by science, saying, “I believe in creationism; I just happen to believe we were created the way we are.” Here’s the rest of what Westlake had to say during his interview with 27 News:
When asked if the earth was around 6,000 years old, as some creationists believe, Westlake said, “That’s probably a general timeline. There are very solid supporting evidence out there, or data out there, that shows that it’s very reasonable to expect that it’s not nearly as old as science says it is.”
Clearly, Dave Westlake believes The Flintstones had it right…after all, it’s not at all implausible to believe dinosaurs and man roamed the Earth together.
Man and dinosaur roaming the Earth at the same time….sounds kinda far-fetched to me. While I certainly believe that some divine spark created the heavens and the Earth, I have a hard time believing everything happened just 6,000 years ago, especially in the face of scientific evidence to the contrary.
Posted by Zach on September 2, 2010, at 5:20 am 
For the record, I don’t blog in my basement; it’s pretty creepy down there.
Posted by Proud Progressive on September 1, 2010, at 11:20 pm I just wish he wouldn’t make it so hard. I have never met Mr. Westlake, and he seems by all accounts to be a very nice person. I also fully respect the campaign he has run(although I dont understand how he can do it), but getting out and meeting people and being willing to give interviews or talk to anyone has to be commended. I just wish he wasn’t totally insane.
I was trying to catch the weather tonight on my local newscast and up pops Dave with less of an understanding of science than my soon to be 2nd grader.
- Dave Westlake, a Republican running for U.S. Senate, says creationism should be taught in Wisconsin schools and that the earth is thousands, not billions of years old.
When asked if the earth was around 6,000 years old, as some creationists believe, Westlake said, “That’s probably a general timeline. There are very solid supporting evidence out there, or data out there, that shows that it’s very reasonable to expect that it’s not nearly as old as science says it is.”
Im guessing he is basing his “theory” on the Pet Dinosaur that his great great great great grandfather used to have as a pet maybe?
Then as if that was not enough he comes up with this lunacy
Westlake called for the elimination of the U.S. Department of Education, and said states and local school boards should determine a district\’s curriculum.
The sad thing is he might be the most intelligent and sane republican in our state that is running for office.
Posted by Zach on September 1, 2010, at 10:39 pm 
It seems like every time he opens his mouth, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson says something really really stupid. In an interview with the Wisconsin Radio Network on August 30, Johnson made it abundantly clear he believes communist China is a great place to do business, saying, “I’d encourage people to go onto Youtube and type in Steve Wynn. He does about a five-minute piece where he’s talking about- he’s the fellow who does Wynn resorts in Las Vegas. He’s also creating resorts in Macau in China, communist China. And his point is, the level of uncertainty, the climate for business investment is far more certain in communist China then it is in the U.S. here.”
In response to Johnson’s statement, the host of the interview noted, “Ron…but Macau is in China. China is a socialist-planned economy,” he said. “The level of uncertainty…isn’t the level of uncertainty part of a side-effect, if you will, of our, of our democracy?” So here’s what I’m having a hard time reconciling: on the one hand, Ron Johnson is staunchly opposed to government handouts to business – except when those handouts benefit the company he owns, yet he thinks communist China, where the government exerts near-absolute control over the Chinese economy and corruption is rampant, has the right ideas when it comes to business. I’m having a hard time figuring out how Ron Johnson reconciles his opposition to government intervention in the business world here in America with his admiration for how communist China exerts near-total control over the Chinese economy and Chinese businesses.
Ron Johnson has said some really stupid things throughout the course of his U.S. Senate campaign, but Johnson’s comments about the Chinese government’s near-total control over Chinese businesses and the Chinese economy as being a good thing has to be the stupidest thing Johnson has said to date.
As grumps over at The Happy Circumstance is asking, why is Ron Johnson still considered a serious contender against Sen. Russ Feingold – or Dave Westlake for that matter?
Sly in the Morning, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, and the illusory tenant all have their own takes on this.
Posted by Zach on September 1, 2010, at 9:30 pm From my email inbox comes news Democratic Lt. Governor candidate Henry Sanders, Jr. has picked up the endorsement of former Wisconsin Governor Pat Lucey. Here’s what Gov. Lucey had to say about his endorsement of Sanders:
“As governor, I tackled many of the same economic challenges we’re facing now in Wisconsin, so I know a thing or two about what the next administration is up against.
Tough times require strong, bold leaders – leaders who will make tough decisions based on what’s right, not just politics as usual. I’ve had the privilege to work with a lot of leaders like that, and I know one when I see one. Those are the leadership qualities I see in Henry Sanders.”
Posted by Ed Heinzelman on September 1, 2010, at 9:10 pm Here’s a link to the Hill’s 50 Wealthiest Legislators in Washington!
Somebody there missed Herb Kohl…since the 50th person is at $5.1 million, Senator Kohl should certainly have been on this list. The Milwaukee Bucks alone should put him near the top.
Wisconsin didn’t do too badly:
#26 Representative Jim Sensenbrenner is the Wisconsin delegation leader at $9.9 million
#28 Representative Tom Petri at $9.1 million
#40 Representative Steve Kagen at $6.8 million
Check them all out. Some of the details are rather interesting. The top 10 include 7 Democrats and 3 Republicans…much of the money seems to have been accrued via marriage for both genders.
As I said, the lack of Senator Kohl on this list seems to be a glaring ommission. Of course Senator Feingold isn’t here. I believe earlier this year he was declared the second least wealthiest US Senator. If Ron Johnson were elected he would probably break the top 15…unless he goes broke ‘investing’ in his campaign to the amount of $15 million as has been bandied about!
Posted by Proud Progressive on September 1, 2010, at 3:18 pm I thought I would post some sports related news since it appears to be breaking and a long time coming. The Big Ten has broken the conference into two divisions.
Division 1
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* Michigan
* Nebraska
* Iowa
* Michigan State
* Minnesota
Northwestern
Division 2
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* Wisconsin
* Ohio State
* Purdue
* Penn State
* Indiana
Illinois
According to ESPN.com, the conference is also expected to announce a consistent crossover game in football that will be played each season. Longtime rivals Wisconsin and Minnesota playing every season, according to the report.
I personally would of switched Wisconsin with Michigan.
Posted by Zach on September 1, 2010, at 6:43 am This is just hilarious….
Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker (D-Weston) raised a few eyebrows when he called for an audit into student governance matters at UW-Stevens Point at the behest of his son, Jeff Decker.
The younger Decker raised issues on the legality of the allocation of student fees.
But Jeff Decker, 31, said this week any inquiries have been insufficient, and said his father and others have failed to follow up.
Decker said his disappointment with his dad’s response did not prevent him from trying to attend a political fundraiser for Senator Decker August 25 at Wausau’s Treu’s Tic Toc. Jeff Decker said his father asked him to leave.
The fact that Russ Decker kicked his own son out of a campaign fundraiser isn’t one bit shocking.
Posted by Zach on September 1, 2010, at 5:37 am On Saturday, a Republican campaign office in Cudahy was vandalized when an unknown individual punched out a glass window, which is now boarded up. In his statement condemning the vandalism, RPW Chair Reince Priebus, ever the partisan hack, took the opportunity to attack Democrats for the mess he asserts they’ve made in Madison and Washington D.C.
I certainly don’t condone this type of behavior from folks on the left or the right; while there’s absolutely a place in our democracy for passionate and sometimes heated debate, there’s no place for our passionate beliefs and political disagreements to boil over into violence and vandalism.
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