Kelda Roys doubles down on Pocan attacks, continues to burn bridges

“What do we really know about politician Mark Pocan? … He could have stood up to Walker. But instead Mark Pocan caved in,” warns a rather dire sounding voice in the latest attack ad from the campaign of Kelda Roys, who’s running to replace Rep. Tammy Baldwin in the 2nd…

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Why did Rep. Joel Kleefisch (R) protect a polluter instead of his constituents?

How would you feel if your drinking water was contaminated with human waste so your representative’s big political donor could increase his profit margins? Would you like it if your representative put a polluter’s need for acquisition of wealth ahead of your need for clean drinking water? For many residents…

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Meet Scott Michalak, first-time candidate taking on Joel Kleefisch

I’m a proud Democrat, and I’m going to do what I can to get the word out about candidates whom I support. Scott Michalak is one such candidate. I like him because he’s pro-collective bargaining, pro-environment, pro-renewable energy, pro-education, pro-Badger Care, pro-Senior Care, pro-Planned Parenthood, and pro-women’s rights. Michalak hopes…

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UPDATED: Politics makes for strange bedfellows: Progressive Democrat Kelda Roys & arch-conservative Republican Joel Kleefisch team up!

UPDATE: Here’s a statement I received from Rep. Roys’ Congressional campaign explaining her vote in favor of SB 440. “SB 440 was a bipartisan bill supported by Senator Fred Risser, Senator Jon Erpenbach, and cosponsored in the Assembly by Representative Sondy Pope-Roberts. A vote for SB 440 was a vote…

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Rebecca Kleefisch swoons over husband’s crow hunting prowess but others are unimpressed

Ten days ago, Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch was back in her hometown of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin to attend a fundraiser hosted by People for Rebecca, according to Amber Gramza of the Oconomowoc Enterprise. A sommelier who co-hosted the private event at Vino Etcetera! Wine Bar & Store said she supports Kleefisch…

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You want vote fraud? Rep. Joel Kleefisch has your vote fraud right here!

Watch as Republican State Rep. Joel Kleefisch (better known as the Lt. Governor’s husband) votes several times for absent members of his caucus during an Assembly session on February 21, 2012. Perhaps Republicans who control the State Assembly should institute some measures to prevent vote fraud by their own caucus…

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More Birds!

First there was Kevin Binversie, then the Joel Kleefisch fan club, then some loon named re(a)gan Cowen all advocating violence and hatred. You would think that would start to end as we it keeps getting called out. Unfortunately that is NOT the case. The the fine folks at politiscoop have…

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Birds of a Feather

This is just plain stupid: Gov. Scott Walker received an online death threat Friday, with a poster on Facebook asking if it wouldn’t be better to kill the governor instead of mounting a recall election, Capitol police reported. BUT So is THIS! kevinbinversie Kevin Binversie @ @DefeatVos Oh, he missed…

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The GOP LOVES Women

A few links showing their love and respect for women: 1. Joel Kleefisch introduced a bill to make pre-nuptials ironclad: State Rep. Joel Kleefisch doesn’t like divorce, and he doesn’t like prenuptial agreements. But he’s proposing a bill that would make such agreements ironclad, even if they are entered into…

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The new conservative civility – when does Democrat hunting season open?

From the Facebook page of Republican State Rep. Joel Kleefisch (better known as Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch’s husband) comes yet another example of conservatives behaving badly: As I write this, Rep. Kleefisch has yet to address the comments made by his Facebook friend, so I can only assume he condones…

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