Category Archives: Partisan Politics
Time for the GOP to drop the election lies
The fall-out from the Roe vs Wade decision to ban abortions has over-shadowed the hearings on the Trump-led attempt to overthrow the 2020 presidential election and, in the fifth hearing, to undermine the integrity of the U.S. Department of Justice … Read the rest
GOP facing post-Trump return to reality
Congressional hearings on the Trump-orchestrated Jan. 6 assault on the American presidential election process have been so embarrassing for Republicans that they have gone into what amounts to denial. The video footage and quotes from people directly engaged in the … Read the rest
Remember the Walker 2010 jobs pledge?
Remember back when jobs, jobs, jobs was the dominant issue in the race for governor of Wisconsin? My friend Tom Hefty and I met in 2010 with several Republican big wigs who were planning Scott Walker’s campaign for his first … Read the rest
Ramthun’s resume smells fishy
There are some fishy things about the resume of Rep. Timothy Ramthun, a Republican from Kewaskum who has announced a campaign for governor. Ramthun is riding a wave inside the Republican Party by creating and promoting an evidence-light allegation that … Read the rest
Ramthun will mess up GOP primary
Tim Ramthun, a Republican state representative from Campbellsport, is running for governor. He is running on a platform of B.S. He has promised he would make public to anyone who asked to give evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 … Read the rest
Female Leaders Stand Tall on Vote Integrity
Amidst the hullabaloo about the “stolen election” that wasn’t stolen, two legislators have stepped forward to shine a piercing light on a dark farce that is being perpetuated by the supporters of the world’s biggest loser. Rep. Liz Cheney, a … Read the rest
Tommy would add depth to the 2022 campaign
Within a few months, UW regents president Edmund Manydeeds will accept the resignation of Tommy Thompson as interim UW president. “Tommy,” as he was known during his four terms as Wisconsin governor, stepped into a vacuum when a UW Regents’ … Read the rest
Rep. Ramthun: Leave my sacred vote alone
Why in his grandstanding press release calling for cancellation of the Wisconsin presidential election outcome did State Sen. Timothy Ramthun, a Republican from Campbellsport, not offer a single incident of actual voter fraud in his district? Nothing. Nada. Not a … Read the rest
Minor Voting Flaws Trigger Overblown Response
My mother-in-law, Margaret Keenan Icks of Green Bay, spent a good part of her life as a leader of the League of Women Voters. It campaigned for a decade to “get out the vote.” The concern back then was that … Read the rest
Wisconsin GOP quintet hobbles Cheney
My journalist brother once reminded me of the adage: “If you’re going to tell the truth, you better have a fast horse outside the door.” Liz Cheney, the third ranking Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives did not have … Read the rest
