WI Lt Gov Teaparty Candidate Speaks, Bites Hand

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Saturday October 16, 2010 · 8:37 PM PDT

2010/10/16 · 20:37

Rebecca Kleefisch, Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Wisconsin, won't debate her Democratic counterpart, Tom Nelson. She frequently speaks to Tea Party groups, however, and this week released an ad with a healthcare theme. In the ad, Kleefisch tells of her recent treatment for colon cancer, praising the healthcare she received, and attacks the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Tom Barrett. She says he favors a "government takeover" of health care.

What she doesn't mention is that her health insurance is paid for by the taxpayers of Wisconsin, to the tune of $20,600 per year. The family pays a mere $85/mo additional premium. This, thanks to the fact her husband, state senator Joel Kleefisch, is a state employee.

See the ad after the jump.

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Thursday April 23, 2009 · 7:11 AM PDT

2009/04/23 · 07:11

I joined the ranks of accidental activists in January, 2006. A month and a half earlier, on Thanksgiving Day, my cousin’s 14 year-old son had been shot and killed by his own 12 year-old cousin while deer hunting in Northern Wisconsin.

In the weeks that followed, the Wisconsin Assembly passed a bill allowing 8 year-olds to hunt in the state. The child would have to be accompanied by a hunter as young as 18, called a “mentor.” They would share a gun and stay within arm’s reach. No mentor training would be required for the 18 year-old, nor hunter safety education for the child.

My family and I learned about the bill and decided to oppose it. We wrote letters and op-eds, and contacted lawmakers and reporters. We set up a website, yellowboots. The story really gained momentum when two other events happened. First, the Wisconsin legislature passed a law to keep children in car seats until age 8. You could draw your own editorial cartoon. Also, Dick Cheney shot his friend the lawyer. More cartoons. The bill died in a senate committee. Or so it seemed.

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WI Lt Gov Teaparty Candidate Speaks, Bites Hand

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