VIDEO: Romney supporter will only register Republicans to vote

So here’s the setup: Outside a local Safeway store in El Paso County, Colorado, which includes the city Colorado Springs, a young woman stands asking shoppers if they’d like to register to vote. While that may seem benign enough, the woman prefaces her “voter registration” with a simple question: “Would…

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David Clarke wastes money for crime deterrence on trips, horse patrol

To say Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke (pictured, right) is an irresponsible steward of the money he’s given for crime deterrence would be a gross understatement. According to a report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Clarke has spent over $100,000 of more than $800,0000 in crime asset forfeiture funds on…

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Another Take on Governor Walker and Those Union Thug NFL Referees!

From my friends at Thirdcoast Digest and their weekly winners and losers column. I imagine you can guess in which category I found this item: Gov. Scott Walker In the aftermath of “Goldengate” or “The Toucheception” or whatever its being called now, Gov. Scott Walker tweeted this, about the unionized,…

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“Tea Party” Tommy Thompson raising money from Big Oil

If you’re Republican U.S. Senate candidate “Tea Party” Tommy Thompson and your campaign is “broke,” what do you do? Why, you raise money from your good friends in Big Oil! On Wednesday, as Wisconsin Senate candidate and former governor Tommy Thompson (R) was forced to defend statements he made about…

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My thoughts on the 2012 presidential election

This sums up my position on the 2012 presidential election… All meaningful votes for president are at best a choice for a lesser evil. What abstinence or voting for nothing but vanity candidates is supposed to accomplish I have no idea, but nothing good and much bad would come from…

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Why won’t Paul Ryan debate Rob Zerban?

Why won’t Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan – who’s simultaneously running for reelection to the House of Representatives – debate Rob Zerban, his Democratic challenger? I’m not the only one wondering why Rep. Ryan won’t debate Rob Zerban, and I think it’s an absolute disgrace that Paul Ryan would…

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Tommy Thompson wants to “do away with Medicaid and Medicare” (VIDEO)

“Tea Party” Tommy Thompson, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate here in Wisconsin, wants you to know something: He’ll “do away with Medicaid and Medicare” if Wisconsin’s voters send him to the United States Senate. Don’t believe me? Watch “Tea Party” Tommy tell you himself. As Matthew Rothschild of The Progressive…

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Mitt Romney LOVES NFL football almost as much as dressage!

Could this guy be any more wooden and robotic while discussing the NFL referees strike? Look, I get that NFL football is a foreign concept to a guy whose idea of sport is dressage, but the least Mitt Romney could do is attempt to look human while answering a question…

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Lori Compas to launch Wisconsin Business Alliance on 9/27

Lori Compas is known to many as the woman who had the courage to take on Republican incumbent Scott Fitzgerald in Wisconsin Senate District 13. But before Compas became a grassroots hero, she was (and still is) a small business owner. On Thursday, 9/27/12, she will combine her passion for progressive…

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Replacement Fans

Replacement fans. That’s the solution to the problems the NFL is currently experiencing. Those of us who enjoy watching professional football need to force the owners to find replacement fans. So turn the television off next Sunday. Go play football instead. Or do something else. Anything. Let’s see the owners…

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