Irony alert: Ron Johnson slams Tea Party groups

This is the height of irony, considering Ron Johnson was elected to the United States Senate in 2010 thanks in large part to the effort, enthusiasm, and money of Tea Party types. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) on Saturday railed against Tea Party groups for hurting establishment candidates and incumbents just…

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John Doe II Iced By Federal Judge

I don’t know where this goes next. Is this the last place that a John Doe can be considered or does the DA have the authority or wherewhithal to appeal a ruling like this? Today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: U.S. District Judge Rudolf Randa issued the 26-page decision late Tuesday, calling…

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The Party of Lincoln?

I imagine some of you caught Bill Lueders’ article about the retirement of State Senator Dale Schultz (R – Richland Center) that was published yesterday at Urban Milwaukee titled ‘Say Goodbye to the Party of Lincoln’. Part of the article relates the story about the resolution passed at the Wisconsin…

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Sex, Lies and Common Core

I am working on another post related to the opposition of Common Core…but decided to put it aside after I got the email embedded below on Monday. Common Core should be a boon to education in this country. It will set some standards on student achievement that make sense for…

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Dumb and Dumber

Just when you think Tea Party types can’t get any more brazenly stupid they dig deep and exceed all expectations. Two conservative groups named ” Let Freedom Ring ” and ” Tea Party News Network ” ( I thought they already had a news network, Fox ) held a press…

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Primary Them!

The great Washington meme this year has been the Tea Party has control in Congress because the more moderate Republicans are all afraid that the Tea Party will primary them in 2014 if they don’t all get in line with the radical right. Well, maybe the moderates should return that…

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Time To End The Senator Cruz For President In 2016 Nonsense.

Quite frequently media articles that include an appearance by Senator Ted Cruz (R- Texas), always add something about Senator Cruz being a 2016 Presidential hopeful or some such nonsense. So let’s end all speculation on Senator Cruz’s candidacy right here and now on Blogging Blue. As any self respecting Birther…

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Tea Party truckers plan to disrupt interstate traffic, “arrest” lawmakers

This is YOUR tea party, conservatives….defend it. Earl Conlon, a Georgia trucker who is handling logistics for the protest, told U.S. News tractor-trailer drivers will circle the beltway “three lanes deep” as he rides with other participants to Congress to seek the arrest of congressmen for allegedly disregarding the Constitution….

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Scott Walker’s cozy connection to United Sportsmen

Yeah, this picture just about sums up Gov. Scott Walker’s more than cozy connection to many of the key players in United Sportsmen, the not actually a nonprofit group that received a $500,000 grant in Walker’s budget, only to have Walker veto that grant when the public became aware of…

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Where Are the Birthers When You Need Them!

Interestingly enough we find junior Texas Senator Ted Cruz in exactly the predicament that the birthers tried to place President Barack Obama. Senator Cruz was born in Canada to a Cuban father and an American mother. He even has shown the birth certificate to prove it. Even ignoring his current…

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