So Ok, the republicans in Wisconsin just did what they have done over and over again. The house passed a budget amendment that virtually gutted Wisconsin's open and transparent government laws, that have survived for a long time, despite the party in power.
Thanks to MANY citizen journalists, this is not going well. And some of them are right here. Giles Goat Boy, Annie Jo, and Puddy tat come to mind, although there are more and I apologize for any of you I have failed to mention.
Y'know. I understand it's a holiday weekend. Boy howdy, so did those republicans who thought they could shove this under the rug.
Thanks to those who did speak up, many have responded with "OH NO YOU DON'T." Even on a holiday weekend.
I mean, I understand. I had my fun this weekend too. I went to a pool party, I watched some movies I've not had time to, I wrote some e-mails to old friends.
AND, I also kept up with what the Wisconsin Republicans were trying to pull off. So. If I can do this, and still enjoy my holiday weekend---
WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU TAMMY AND RUSS?
Did I miss something? Did either of you make a statement to the press about what the GOP in WI was trying to pull off? Gee, I really looked for a comment from either of you on this, and I could not find it.
I will stand corrected on this diary if I missed it. Otherwise, for God's sake, if I can put my pedal to the metal over a holiday weekend, so can both of you.
And really, why the heck aren't you BOTH on this like white on rice? Particularly you Mr. Feingold, you who are looking to be elected in 2016. My God, I'd think this would be a golden egg rolled straight to you. Why have you not made anything of it? Geepers, I get e-mails from you almost every single day, and I actually read them.
Perhaps you think you have till Monday, when the news cycle starts again. Well, that's exactly what the GOP in WI hoped you would think. Thank God, there have been others there to take time out of their holiday weekend to call the GOP in WI out on this.
I dunno, but if I was in EITHER of your shoes, I'd have issued at LEAST a statement on this. I mean, how easy is that?
And again, if either of you did, you didn't do it in a way that I can find on any major news site.
Get with it!