So the super geniuses at the Repub brain trust somehow got me down as one of their own. Hmmm... seeing that I've never voted R in any race thus far in my life, and the only donations tied to my name are for DFH causes and candidates, I'd say their research skills leave something to be desired.
Enter Mark Neumann, a toadie from the southern part of the state with whom I was first acquainted in 1998 when he ran against Russ Feingold. Needless to say he didn't get my vote then, but that's not stopping him from hitting me up for money and my vote come 2012.
Mr Neumann wasn't always a loser. He held Wisconsin's 1st congressional district from 1994-1999 -- a seat now held by the contemptible Paul Ryan. Hey Illinois, care to take a congressional district off our hands? We'll let it go cheap...
After the loss in 1998 against Russ, he laid low for a decade, then slithered out from under a rock to lose in the 2010 Repub primary for Wisconsin Governor to the loathsome Scott Walker --perhaps you've heard of him? Truth be told, if Neumann had Walker's job today, he'd be no different. Both these clowns along with Sean Duffy, Reed Ribble, Ryan, Sensenbrenner, the Fitzgeralds, etc, etc, etc, are mere henchmen for the lizard people that own this country as personified by the Brothers Koch.
Never-the-less, I received a plain white envelope addressed directly to me in faux handwriting today. On the back: "Mark Neumann, 1069 W Broad St., Falls Church VA 22048" I chuckled to myself, "Surely he jests? THAT Mark Neumann?"
Oh yes, that Mark Neumann. The twit is raising campaign funds for a race in Wisconsin from Virginia. Inside is a six page manifesto on the Kenyan, Muslim, coummu-nazi, marxist, socialist's efforts to destroy the country and enslave its citizens through the horrors of healthcare.
I shit you not.
This is the platform Neumann hopes will sweep him into the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Herb Kohl next year. Repealing "Obamacare." The nation is in its worst financial shape since the the 1930's and this asshat wants to torpedo one of the few things that will drag this country, at least partially, kicking and screaming all the way, into the... uh, well, second half of the 20th century by first world standards anyway.
Also included is a donation sheet, so I can just pull out the ol' checkbook and bingo, tyranny defeated. Put me down for $2500, I don't need two kidneys anyway. And finally, a handy return addressed envelope to Virginia. Notice I didn't say it was a postage paid envelope, something tells me they're not expecting a lot of support from us Badgers, in fact they're probably expecting the opposite. Well, I'll be burning forty-something cents for the pleasure. Behold:
Scanner is on the fritz so a photo will have to do. It's readable in my own chicken scratch sort of way. That third line is a bit cut off and reads "And in 2013 there will be nothing but a smoldering crater between Canada and Mexico" my personal favorite.
I'll try to be more constructive in my next diary, but this is a bit too much.
3:56 AM PT: Ugh - Per RamblingDave I stand corrected, Neumann first elected in 1994, not that he didn't try before in 92 and 93. Thanks Dave!
Also, too, fixed those funky chars that show up in Firefox but not Chrome. Editing, how does it (f-in) work?