I have been watching this crisis in Wisconsin unfold for the past week. I have cried with these people, I have laughed with these people, I have read people's anger on facebook, twitter and blogs, I have seen people's rally together as one in peace, I have seen people's vitriol against Scott Walker. I have read rants from some people mad at President Obama for not stepping up and either commenting or stopping this on this blog and in other places as they see the biggest assault on unions in a generation. I have seen and heard Ed Shultz who have blasted not only President Obama but other top National folks for not commenting enough about the injustice that is happening in Wisconsin.
I agree with everyone who says that Wisconsin has been taken hostage by not only Teabag Govenor Walker but the Koch brothers and the Republican party. The way I feel right now is that I want to take the whole state of Wisconsin and give them a huge HUG, but then after hugging them want to smack them upside the head.
Wisconsin. WTF were you thinking about electing these folks?
President Obama, told ALL THOSE FOLKS out there now protesting what would happen if they GOP got control of these seats.
He started WARNING what would happen if Unions didn't come out and start getting ready for the election at the LABOR speech in WISCONSIN in Sept of 2010
Then he came back a month later and warned Wisconsin VOTERS AGAIN to support Democratic Senator Russ Feingold and what would happen if GOP took control. For those who have time to watch his rally in Wisconsin.....
Rachel Maddow talked about this rally
Michelle Obama campaigned for Feingold and told those people what was at stake.
President Obama, Michelle Obama campaigned and rooted for Wisconsin democrats running and told the UNIONS and ALL THOSE COLLEGE KIDS that the GOP is trying to drive us back into the ditch. Where were they November 2, 2010? Did the voters of wisconsin fall asleep at the wheel? Why did they not trust President Obama, Michelle Obama, Russ Feingold and all the Democratic congressman who told them to support democrats in the midterms? How did a once progressive state of Wisconsin lose the govenor's seat, lose both state houses, a senate seat and 2 congressional seats to Teabag Republicans. HOW?!?!?! This makes no sense to me!! You can best believe that President Obama and Russ Feingold felt betrayed from the main people they have been fighting for all there lives. They didn't stand with them and fight with them, they just gave up and let a ruthless dictatorship of a party take over their state and now that decision may have ripple consequences not only to the Unions but to the whole democratic party.
Also last week I watched Ed Shultz try to put this on the President for not speaking out forcefully for the Unions, when he is the main person was telling folks not to vote in the midterms...He told the 99'rs not to vote and now he is mad that the GOP is trying to take us back to the 50's all over the country? He has some NERVE!!
Don't believe me? Here is the clip
I like Ed Shultz because he is for working folks in this country and for a fair deal with middle class americans. But he sometimes makes me sick for his continuing bashing and blaming this president for everything that goes wrong. The president went all over this country WARNING voters what would happen if they didn't vote. He told them repeatedly. He told the Ohio voters, Virginia, Illinois, Pennsylvania what would happen. So when I hear Ed Shultz blasting this president for his "NON-INVOLVEMENT" of this fight, I shake my head because he is the last person that should be blaming this president.
President obama political arm OFA the ones that got blasted repeatedly from some progressives over here, are now trying to stem the damage that has been done by teaparty by setting up phone banks, and knocking on doors for support to sigining folks up to begin the stages of trying to recall some of the senators and blocking this bill from passing. The people in wisconsin have the power to correct a big mistake that was made last year by getting rid of some state senators and begin raising money for 2012 election and getting folks to begin the campaign of recalling govenor walker.
I know wisconsin knows that electing these folks was a mistake and they are in the fight of their life, but I have faith, and belief that the working folks in that state and around the country will win this battle.