Funny . . . Not Funny?

Laughing in the face of death? Death of the American Dream?

TTFN,

Jim

Even Liberal Media Knows Doyle Is Vulnerable

Greetings,

Yes - now even the Madison lapdog media is recognizing the end is near:

Scott Milfred: Vulnerable Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle still has huge advantages

The Milwaukee lapdog media does too:

Walker campaign fund raising tops Doyle's
But governor has more cash on hand

They always have to throw in the obligatory qualifier like 'huge advantages' or but, but, but - he has more cash on hand! I guess they have to, I mean he is the Democrat after all, he's their candidate.

I am of the opinion that if Walker is ahead in fund-raising while the economy is down at both the Federal & State level and Walker is relying more on smaller contributers and Doyle is relying more on larger contributers that it won't bode well for Doyle come November of next year. A political contribution is a lot like a ballot and the critical mass favors Walker for Governor.

TTFN,

Jim

7th District Congressional Race Heating Up

Read about it here in the Wausau Daily Herald:

Race to unseat Obey creates rift among District 7 Republicans
By Robert Mentzer • Wausau Daily Herald • July 19, 2009

Some of my favorite parts:

In Sean Duffy and Dan Mielke, Wisconsin Republicans have two very different political candidates vying for the nomination to challenge the 40-year Democratic incumbent in 2010.

Like no kidding! Normally we have these gentlemanly ‘beauty pageants’ where there are no significant policy or personal differences. You often have a choice between a State Senator –vs- a Mayor or something like that. Here we have real contrast in age (Duffy-38, Mielke-55), experience (Mielke-Farmer, Duffy-District Attorney), electability (Duffy-elected unopposed 4 times, Mielke-perennial candidate) and 'style' (Mielke-blue collar/farmer, Duffy-white collar & rural 'good ole boy' jock).

“ . . . Dan is a Republican and he is a candidate. So is Sean Duffy."

See previous blog entry.

And Dan provides great contrast to his brother opponent Dave Obey . . .

"If (Mielke) wants to run in this process, he needs to run a clean campaign," Monson said. "He's attacking me, attacking (people in) county parties. Dan Mielke is out there personally attacking people in different ways. Is that the kind of candidate we want?"

Consider this some free advise (if you are reading Dan) as someone who has gone through campaign school with the MNGOP, the RPW, the RNC & GOPAC – you don’t win elections by tearing apart county party organizations and interfering with their internal affairs. A candidate’s job, his or her J-O-B is to win people over not tick them off everywhere you go, especially party activists who do all the volunteer work.

TTFN,

Jim

3rd Party Stealth Candidate Running On GOP Ticket?

Is Dan Mielke a Republican or a 3rd Party candidate?

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From: Daniel Mielke

To: voterslist@danielmielke.com

Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 12:09 PM

Subject: [Voterslist] update

Dan Mielke For Congress

Great news!

The State Wisconsin Constitution Party has endorsed Dan Mielke

as their candidate of choice to challenge Dave Obey in 2010.

The Constitution Party believes in strong moral conservative values with an emphasis on upholding and defending our Constitution.

Over the years, some have criticized other conservative parties for dividing the conservative vote.

The Constitution Party has taken the initiative to counter this claim by openly endorsing me, a Republican candidate, thus showing that they truly put

“Policy Before Politics”.

And I am proud to be their candidate of choice.

Thank you.

I am being challenged this year

On a sad note, I must mention that I do have a challenger on the Republican ticket this year. Apparently our impressive run last year has emboldened others to run as well. Personally, I believe a strong unified effort would have been the preferred approach, but as Republicans we do promote and believe in fair and open elections, so we should accept this as part of our nation’s system and press ahead to a victory. On a positive note, Sean Duffy and I are quite different, and thus offer the voters a choice as to what type of candidate they really want in Washington.

I am personally asking my supporters to keep their support for me clean and out in the open.

• I do not approve of back room deal making in an effort to attempt to eliminate the other candidate.

• My opponent has the right to compete with me fairly and out in the open, so the public can make a free and fair choice.

• I believe strongly that any effort of support for me should be open, honest and before the public. Our differences and backgrounds are open for public view and ok to bring up. I will not condone or approve of trying to hide those aspects from the public. Feel free to mention our differences, promote my values, and explain why you prefer me over Sean.

• Because we are both running on the Republican ticket, I believe that the RPW and the RNC should allow this primary to take its course. I do not support any early endorsement from the state or national party to eliminate a candidate prior to the primary. We claim to be for the people, thus we should practice what we preach.

• I am open to public debates and open forums with my opponents Dave Obey and Sean Duffy.

• I do not approve of causing damage to or stealing of signs, disinformation campaigns, whisper campaigns or any other type of secret manipulation to hurt an opponent. If you cannot say it publicly and out in the open, please don’t say it.

With that said, let me also say regarding Dave Obey and Sean Duffy that I will campaign aggressively. Our nation needs strong aggressive candidates who will stand up for our nation and its Constitution. I will not be a weak candidate.

• I have no problem with openly exposing our differences in character and values.

• I have no problem bringing up areas of concern that I feel could have an impact on our job as Congressmen.

• I have no problem openly and aggressively fighting for what I believe in and openly resisting what I do not agree with.

• I will openly and aggressively tear apart what I believe to be weak arguments and faulty reasoning.

Please understand I am NOT a politician.

• I am an American citizen who has lived and worked in the real world.

• I am not a celebrity or an athlete, but a businessman and a family man who believes the average citizen needs true representation.

• I am not a lawyer or a career politician, but an average American like most of you. I have raised my children, and now is the time for me to do my tour of duty.

• As a grandparent, I see the importance of fighting to maintain a free nation for future generations.

• I believe in a free nation under God where all Americans are represented and protected from oppression and government enslavement.

• My loyalty is to this nation and its Constitution, not a political party. My intention is to be a statesman, not a politician.

• While we may differ with others in our views and ideals we should not be isolationists that oppress those we disagree with. We don’t want it done to us, so we should not do it to others.

It is my prayer and hope that God will once again grant us a free and prosperous nation

If you are supporting me in the primary, please email me and let me know. Your support and help is needed and appreciated

Email me at

DANIEL@DANIELMIELKE.COM

Sincerely,

Dan Mielke

www.danilemielke.com

715-344-4104

715-572-0801

Paid for by Citizens for an Open and Honest Government Supporting Dan Mielke for Congress
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Also from his website:

April 2009

4/3 Antigo Gun Show in Antigo, WI

4/15 AfP Tea Party in Madison, WI

4/15 Tea Party in Wausau, WI

4/18 Constitution Party of WI State Convention

4/23 Wausau Business Expo in Wausau WI

4/24-25 Ashland Gun Show in Ashland, WI

4/28 Hope Pregnancy Center Banquet in Wausau WI

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But wait there's more, read the blog entry of a Constitution Party candidate Kevin Thompson:

Candidate Endorsement–The State Committee leadership debated and voted to endorse Dan Mielke, 7th Congressional District representative running against Democrat incumbent-way-too-long David Obey. Dan joined CPoW at our State Convention. Usually, the decision on whom to endorse is handled by the Campaigns and Candidates Committee, which vetted Dan and found him to be in accord with our party’s platform and the US Constitution, which he will fiercely defend should office. However, as Dan Mielke is running as a Republican, we decided that a vote to endorse him should go before the entire State Committee.

So Mielke is a stealth Constitution Party candidate running on the GOP ticket. Don't believe me? Read further:

I know that not all of you will agree with this decision or at least will have reservations about it, so maybe these next points will provide food for thought and explain things in detail:

1. We don’t have to endorse any candidates we don’t choose to. But Dan, a member of this party contacted me and as chairman, I work for the membership so naturally I took his request under advisement. Another point: Dan took the initiative to contact us; he didn’t expect us to contact him.
2. To be endorsed by our party you MUST be a party member. Membership conveys to the State Committee and fellow members that you agree with our platform. Had Mr. Mielke not been a member and proved, not just said, but proved to us he agrees with our platform, that would have ended any talk of a possible endorsement right then and there. The membership requirement is a protection for our platform I heartily support and will NEVER want to remove. It’s our party and we have a responsibility to protect it the way we feel best so it can continue to be an uncompromised tool for liberty.
3. Dan had to be vetted by the Campaigns and Candidates Committee just like any other candidate. We don’t support just any warm body for office. If the C & C Committee hadn’t liked Dan’s answers to their vetting questions, that would have ended the endorsement too.
4. Remember we did at one point have a candidate for the 7th congressional district in Rob Taylor. But after heard Dan Mielke was running, he freely decided to run for US Senate as a CPoW candidate instead so he wouldn’t bleed votes away from a constitutional conservative. Rob’s choice works fine for us. And I would say as Mr. Taylor vouches for Mr. Mielke’s character so we have that protection as well.

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Read the whole entry here:

Constitution Party – WI The Talon – July 2009‏

This blog entry shows a level of more than just surface coordination, a Mr. Rob Taylor decided to run for Senate rather than the House in order to accommodate Dan Mielke's run against Dave Obey - a courtesy Mr. Mielke won't return to his former Republican 7th District Chairman Sean Duffy who is now running against David Obey after Mr. Mielke only received approximately 39% of the vote:

2008 Election Results

Obey - 60.79% Mielke - 39.14%

Mielke

Mielke has ran and ran and has never been elected to office, Duffy on the other hand is so popular locally that he has ran unopposed three consecutive times, 2004, 2006 & 2008.

Duffy

The fact that Mielke is frustrating the efforts of a clearly electable candidate of the Republican Party while coordinating & accommodating one of a rival conservative party demonstrates Mr. Mielke's real loyalties.

TTFN,

Jim

Democrats Behind Closed Doors Budget

Greetings Conservative Readers,

Once in a while the mainstream press gets it:

Our view: State residents, Republicans left out in the cold

An excerpt:

The Democratic-controlled Legislature put the final budget together, essentially in secret, then brought it up for a vote. It passed without any Republican support. Minority lawmakers were unable to make any changes.

Republicans, of course, cried foul. But if roles were reversed and they controlled the Assembly and Senate, they likely would have done the same thing. We know how politics works.

The disappointment stems more from the inability of the state's leaders to find a balance. At a time of economic crisis, when even state workers are on furlough, spending increases in the state. There are no general sales, income or payroll tax increases in this budget, but despite Doyle's promise to protect the middle class, taxes and fees will hit the wallets of state residents. From monthly phone fees to additional taxes on cigarettes, people will pay more.

Yes, once in a while even a newspaper editorial board in a left-leaning congressional district like mine calls a spade a spade.

Kind of like this moment of clarity Chip Reid & Helen Thomas had:

But back to the Doylocrats, some of the taxes that have just been raised in Wisconsin are really appalling:

The monthly tax on every nursing home bed has doubled from $75 to $150 per month starting July 1, 2009 in the plan introduced by Governor Doyle. The bed tax will rise further, to $170 per month, in July 2010.

The Democrats care for Seniors? Gimme a break!

And even though the people of Wisconsin have overwhelmingly spoken against 'Gay Marriage', we are going to give benefits to domestic partnerships in this year's budget. The 2006 Wisconsin Constitutional Referendum was decided 59 to 41 %. The referendum ALSO banned civil unions and domestic partnerships which means that what the Doylocrats have done is unconstitutional (and therefore illegal) according to the Wisconsin State Constitution - not that that has stopped them before but I'd like to see the WisGOP show some guts and take this one to court. So far J.B. Van Hollen has been defending the initial ban referendum results of the 2006 election cycle. It would be nice to see this budget blunder taken on as well.

Ciggy taxes will go up $.75 a pack, I admit I'm not too excited about that one but I am opposed to it in principle because I just hate tax hikes period. Since it is mainly blue collar and poor people who smoke you have to wonder why they keep voting for the Doylocrats. A pack-a-day smoker will pay another $5.25 a week or another $273 a year now in taxes.

Oh, and the 2009 Wisconsin budget has over 100 earmarks! That's right ONE HUNDRED earmarks costing over fifty million dollars, that's right, over $50,000,000.00!

But wait! There's more! You own a cell phone? Have garbage pickup?



Yup, if I committed this kind of piracy to the taxpayers, I'd do it out of sight too.

TTFN,

Jim

Sean Duffy Announces . . .

Greetings,

Come and find out!



Sean Duffy and his family invite you to attend a very special announcement regarding the 7th Congressional District on July 8th.

Wausau:
9:00 AM (Please arrive by 8:40 AM)
Wausau Homes
10805 U.S. Business Highway 51 S.
Rothschild, WI
(2 blocks south of I-39 via Exit 185)

Hayward:
1:30 PM (Please arrive by 1:15 PM)
The Lumberjack Bowl
15670 W. County Road B
Hayward, WI
(Next to the Pancake House)

A Lumberjack Show will follow the Hayward event!

Hayward Rain Location:
The Steakhouse & Lodge
15860 Highway 27 S.
Hayward, WI
(1 mile south of downtown Hayward)

See you there!

TTFN,

Jim

Great Pirates Poster!

The MN DFL!



Nice, maybe the WisGOP ought rip off this idea with the Doylocrats in Madison.

TTFN,

Jim

Why we're staying with the GOP

Greetings,

Even when the chips are down, there are still many good reasons to stick with the Republican Party. These were summed up rather well in an article titled, "Why we're staying with the Minnesota GOP" by Minnesota Republican activists David FitzSimmons, Marianne Stebbins and Mitch Imbertson. For anyone who calls themselves an 'independent conservative' because they are pissed off at the Republican Party - read!

TTFN,

Jim

Political Philosophy Test

Ever take the Political Philosophy Test?

Here's my results:
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Your Score You scored the following on the PoliticsMatch questions:
Personal Score	12%
Economic Score	88%

Where You Fit In

Where your Personal score meets your Economic score on the grid below is your political philosophy. Based on the above score, you are a Hard-Core Conservative .

Personal Score

This measures how much you believe government should intervene in people's personal lives. Personal issues include health, love, recreation, prayer and other activities that are not measured in dollars.

• A high score (above 60%) means you believe in tolerance for different people and lifestyles.
• A low score (below 40%) means you believe that your standards of morality & safety should be enforced by government.

Economic Score

This measures how much you believe government should intervene in people's economic lives. Economic issues include retirement funding, budget allocations, and taxes.

• A high score (above 60%) means you believe in personal responsibility for your financial matters, and that free-market competition is better for people than central planning by the government.
• A low score (below 40%) means you believe that a good society is best achieved by the government redistributing wealth. You believe that government's purpose is to decide which programs are good for society, and how much should be spent on each program.

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No surprises there.

TTFN,

Jim