Wisconsin Recall: Vinehout’s the Real Deal

The following was written by Mary Ray Worley over at blue cheddar and is being re-posted here in its entirety with the author’s permission. I spent most of Wednesday afternoon reading up on Kathleen Vinehout, in part because she’s the Democratic gubernatorial challenger I find most compelling, in part because…

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Did Alderman Tony Zielinski sign a petition to recall Gov. Walker?

I’ll admit that I’ve surfed over to the iVerifyTheRecall website to check to see if my signature was there (it was), and while I was there I figured I’d check to see which local elected officials have signed the petition to recall Gov. Scott Walker. As I checked through a…

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JUST F**KING STOP ALREADY

I have written extensively about Verify the Recall. I knew from the beginning that they were going to use the database to intimidate and harass the signers but I had to idea to the extent of it. The recall has been certified, we had almost a million signatures, people want…

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Eric Hovde Hates His Neighbors

Hedgefund Manager and Washington DC resident, Eric Hovde, sent me an email today titled “let’s send Washington a message” Subject: Let’s Send Washington a Message Friend, The career politicians in Washington are not being honest with the American people, and their reckless actions have bankrupted our nation. Out-of-control spending and…

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Tort Reform

One of Scott Walker's early "victories" was “tort reform”. “This is a balance we are trying to create, to make sure certainly those who do damage and do harm are rightfully going to be penalized, even when this act becomes law,” Scott Walker said. “But for those who have been . . . …

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Tea Party Intruders: Kids Edition (Update)

I posted the other day About the Tea Party Intruders, a group of unvetted , anonymous people that the Big government Wisconsin republicans have unleashed on the people of Wisconsin, especially those who signed the recall petitions(as is their Constitutional right)! The plan is to put every name who signed…

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Progressives Behaving Badly – Milwaukee County Edition:

I am on the Grassroots North Shore email list and look forward to the information that they forward and the activities that they arrange. As a result of that affiliation I have also been receiving emails from North Shore for Mary Burke. I received their latest email last Thursday and…

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Stupid is as Stupid Does!

Wow… That’s some powerful dumb. Anderson Cooper is stunned by the degree of dumb on display from Romney Campaign spokesperson Gail Gitcho.  She can’t figure out the difference between the President and the CBO. The Congressional Budget Office is a non-partisan group of economists and econometricians put in place to provide objective…

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reFUND Wisconsin Town Hall

Last night at Serb Hall down here in tha Em Kay Eee, all five announced challengers to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker attended a “town hall” of sorts sponsored by 41 different organizations acting in a coalition calling itself “reFUND Wisconsin.” Jesse Garza of the Journal Sentinel has his report of the…

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Will Dooling: “MacIver Institute Predictions Wrong”

This column, written by Will Dooling, appears (along with video) on The Center for Media and Democracy’s PR Watch page (here). It was researched and fact-checked by Will Dooling; its accuracy is not the responsibility of Blogging Blue. Allegations of Massive Fraud in Wisconsin Recall Proved False by Will Dooling …

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