Leadership in Office

I have said many times that getting elected does not make one a “leader” despite the fact that most politicians like to call themselves that. Here is true leadership in office from our neighbors in Minnesota.

Disenfranchising Nuns for ****** sake!

Thanks to my friend and capital insider Ashley Schultz for bringing this event from the Supreme Court recount to my attention yesterday afternoon via Facebook. Here is her original posting from yesterday which is in the form of an email reposted by Charles Sykes. I probably would have overlooked it until this morning’s Milwaukee Journal [...]

Union Town

Tom Morello was obviously inspired when he came to Madison(on his own dime and early in the protests) to show his support for the workers of Wisconsin and the world! Enjoy!

So will Randy Hopper use his family as props in his campaign ads?

I’m betting the answer is no, but here’s a video from the “About Randy” page on Hopper’s recall campaign website. Obviously that ad is from Sen. Hopper’s 2008 election campaign, but he probably should take it off his website, because I’m betting his soon to be ex-wife doesn’t want to be used as a prop [...]

What Scott Walker wanted to say

Yesterday I noted Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s ham-handed attempt to show his “appreciation” for state employees, and thanks to one of my astute readers comes this gem.

Here’s what Gov. Walker really wanted to say to public employees: