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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-10 09:07 AM
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I'm thinking of crossing party lines for the primary September 14.
Except for the Lieutenant Governor's race I can't think of any reason not to help select our opponents, (at least in my congressional district).

:shrug:
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dembotoz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-10 11:37 AM
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1. me 2
it is mainly the fear that if i do vote repub
that as i walk out of the ballot place a bolt of lightning will hit me and god will strike me dead.
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dragonlady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-10 12:37 PM
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2. Milwaukee County residents should NOT do this
We have a very good chance of ousting the incompetent and right-wing David Clarke, the current sheriff who pretends to be a Democrat but consorts with the tea partiers. The Republicans of Milwaukee County who have crossed over before to vote for him will be busy supporting Walker or Neumann on the their own side of the ballot this time. Chris Moews is an experienced lieutenant in the homicide division of the the Milwaukee Police Department and he sounds like he really knows how to run a sheriff's department for the benefit of the county's residents. And he's running a heck of a campaign.

More on Chris Moews:

http://uppitywis.org/tags/chris-moews
From the Democratic consultant who helped Clarke win his first election, before he learned the truth; he sent out a blistering letter to Milwaukee County Dems not long ago.

http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2010/08/21/how-to-improve-justice-in-milwaukee-county/
An article by Moews setting out his philosophy of drug and alcohol treatment and education for inmates so they won't offend again. "Sheriff Clarke has not promoted these programs: he has proposed cutting them. The Farm and Fish Hatchery, the Print Shop, and a variety of other programs at the prison would be on his chopping block already if it were not for the progressive leaders on the County Board. He even took the books out of the House of Corrections, as if reading was a threat to our community."

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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-28-10 01:02 PM
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3. Yeah, the best time to use this option is if you live in an area where the Dems are
Edited on Sat Aug-28-10 01:37 PM by undeterred
either safe (like Dane County) and there are no important primaries - or electing Democrats is completely hopeless anyway.

:hi:
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dembotoz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-10 11:38 AM
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4. i live in an area that is under represented by democats in elected positions
Ozaukee County

and i would never vote repub in a general
but in this primary i must admit to being tempted
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-10 04:01 PM
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5. Its one of the advantages of the way things are set up in Wisconsin
that we aren't tied to a party. I bet Republicans don't think twice about voting in a democratic primary.
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dembotoz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-10 10:15 AM
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6. if i did this is there a purification process i must go through?
I mean voting repub
i would be so


tainted
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-30-10 06:01 PM
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7. You should carry conservative repellent when you go to the polling place...
http://spraylife.com/repellent.html#CONSERVE

...and Dirty Hippie Soap should make you feel clean again afterwards.

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ewagner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-10 10:56 AM
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8. Those are the most
interesting races....

I can't think of anything better than getting the most bat-shit-crazy repubs to run against our folks...the contrast is too good to be true...
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dragonlady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-10 11:50 PM
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9. I've now been ordered to do that
F. James Sensenbrenner, your favorite congresscritter and mine (break for :sarcasm: ), called us today and told us to vote for "the conservative candidate" for governor: Scott Walker. I told him no, but of course he didn't listen (he never does). :rofl:
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dembotoz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-10-10 10:44 AM
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10. got an email from him
next thing you know they will be calling neuman a socialist.
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dragonlady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-10-10 12:26 PM
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11. After all, he always voted lockstep with Nancy Pelosi n/t
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-11-10 06:41 PM
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12. I saw that ad
I am on this side of the river for business reasons and I do have to say that all the local ads are much tamer than the races in Minnesota this cycle. The Dayton/Emmer/Horner race for governor and Clark/Bachmann races are the dirtiest over the Mississippi and St Croix river.
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-12-10 02:49 PM
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13. Polls on the governors race and Feingolds seat
Walker beats Barrett by 5.4% http://www.pollster.com/polls/wi/10-wi-gov-ge-wvb.php

Neumann leads Barrett by 1.5% http://www.pollster.com/polls/wi/10-wi-gov-ge-nvb.php



Johnson beats Feingold by 1.3% http://www.pollster.com/polls/wi/10-wi-gov-ge-jvf.php

Feingold beats Westlake by 8.5% http://www.pollster.com/polls/wi/10-wi-gov-ge-wevf.php


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PeaceNikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-10 04:51 PM
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14. I did it.
I voted Republican for the first (and hopefully last) time. I feel dirty and icky but I only voted in 2 races: Governor and Senate. I am in red red RED Waukesha County. This portion in a blog was what sealed the deal for me:

Ron Johnson is just so appalling that anytime a voter can cast a ballot against him it should not be wasted. If there is anyone that would pull Wisconsin and the nation backwards, it is Johnson. From immigration to gay marriage Johnson holds such horrible notions that it is imperative we do all we can to make sure he is not elected.


I love Russ Feingold too much to not have. Now he has to marry me.
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Viking12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-14-10 05:38 PM
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15. Me too.
The more often I can vote directly against Johnson and Walker the better.
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