Comments on: In Brief: Dave Westlake edition

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:09:22 +0000

Exactly which 911 terrorists are we talking about… Are we talking about George Bush’s younger brother reducing the security level at the World Trade Center by reducing staff and removing bomb sniffing dogs… or perhaps the new owner of the lease for those building that were attacked right after the insurance policy ink was dry (3 months) on a multi billion dollar policy. Russ Feingold is far closer to the working class than 90% of those “Representative” that are in Washington lining their pockets with Your money. It is time for the 28th amendment to the constitution and ALL of our representative should be willing to sign on… or retire now.

Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution:

“Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and Representatives; Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States”.

Change that really matters

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By: Zach W

Zach W — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:53:05 +0000

Kris, I’d argue Sen. Feingold’s opposition to the PATRIOT Act was the ultimate act of patriotism, because he took a stand against the infringement on our rights that the PATRIOT Act represents.

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By: Kris

Kris — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:02:50 +0000

Thanks for your comments, Jack. The release of incriminating photos of our soldiers serves one purpose – to embarrass our soldiers, our government and our country. If the soldiers behaved dishonorably or illegally, then they should be punished. But insisting on giving more rights to those who wish to anhilate us (like granting American civilian liberties, like a civilian trial to terrorists who tore our world apart because they don’t like us) rather than giving the same to our soldiers is criminal and 100% un-American. They are put in crazy situations with these evil people, but are expected to act like well-controlled, gentle role-models for the world. They should do the right thing – but are pictures necessary? I’ll bet everything I have that no one gives a damn to see pictures like that except you National Inquirer subscriber types, and maybe PETA because there may have been a goat involved that could have gotten hurt. Russ wants the 9-11 terrorists to have their day in court. Isn’t that nice? They already plead guilty, so this is about making all of our national security information to be made public. How politically correct! Not my politics. Russ Fiengold slaps our faces with just about every move he makes. Remember – he was the only one to try to block the Patriot Act. It was only for PATRIOTS. He has to be replaced – he doesn’t represent Wisconsin, or America.

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By: Jack Wilson

Jack Wilson — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:29:02 +0000

“if Dave Westlake thinks publicly broadcasting photos of U.S. servicemen and woman engaging in illegal acts would be slanderous, then how does he feel about the public broadcast of surveillance photos and videos as a tool to help catch criminals?”

Apples and oranges. One is using surveillance to “catch” the unknown criminal and the other is to make a political statement about those who were already caught.

Let’s not play the game of politics or semantics. Let’s stand up for what is right. I have heard much about our treatment of prisoners. I have yet to see where we put them on tv and chopped their heads off. I see people wanting to protect everyone’s rights but our own.

It’s time we think a little bit more realistically. Many of our soldiers die because we are afraid to accidentally kill civilians yet when it inevitably happens (it does in war) the liberals come out screaming how bad we are.

Perhaps it is time to defend our soldiers, our Country and our way of life. If we don’t wake up, all our rear ends will be facing the sun 5x a day.

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By: Zach W

Zach W — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:53:29 +0000

Harry, I’m not exactly sure what Dave Westlake’s trap is, but I’m sure he’ll spring it at the most opportune moment!

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By: Harry

Harry — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:00:37 +0000

And what trap is that? To date, what I’m seeing from Dave is either hyperbole, or not specific enough to be a real stand. For instance, where he claims to be for family and life, he’s unclear on issues like gay marriage. He clearly identifies the religious component of marriage and expresses his support of that. OTOH, he ignore the civil component. Does that mean he support civil unions? Is he willing to decouple the two constructs of marriage? Similarly, on the role of government, he’s vague. Does he believe in regulation or not? And then, to what level of regulation. IMHO, Dave has a lot of work to do before he’ll be considered a serious candidate.

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By: Zach W

Zach W — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:57:11 +0000

PT, I’m wondering what the large mistakes are. It’d be interesting to find out!

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By: ProgressiveTroll

ProgressiveTroll — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:34:27 +0000

According to Dave at davewestlake.org, he’s made numerous mistakes, both large and small. But it’s no matter because he asked for God’s forgiveness, which liberates and embowers him to shove his morals down your throat. Typical Repug. So get to work and find out what all these small and large numerous mistakes are. Wonder if he’ll still be bragging about being talked about on the “progressive” blogs then.

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By: Zach W

Zach W — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:39:23 +0000

Touche!

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By: Mpeterson

Mpeterson — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:27:43 +0000

Oh good grief.

At least we can say that Mr. Westlake is nearly as capable as Tim Michels.

Ahem.

hiho
Mark

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