Newly-Elected Senator Ron Johnson Travels To The Chamber To Pay Homage For Helping Him Win

[deminks]

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/12/13/chamber-ron-johnson/

Conservative Republican Ron Johnson defeated incumbent Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) in the Wisconsin senate content this year. Many of the ads attacking Feingold came not from Johnson, but from outside groups like Karl Rove’s American Crossroads and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the big business lobbying organization. The Chamber used outright falsehoods against Feingold, including one ad that falsely stated that he supported a “government takeover” of health care.

In response to the Chamber’s pivotal contributions to the race, the Los Angeles Times reports that last week Johnson visited the Chamber to personally thank Chamber CEO Tom Donohue:

When it comes to money in politics, the new normal is already on vivid display. It could be seen last week in posh restaurants and corporate townhouses on Capitol Hill, where politicians held fundraisers at a record pace. It was evident at Washington’s blue-chip law firms, where campaign finance lawyers began work setting up new political committees to collect unlimited donations. It was apparent in the halls of Congress, where lawmakers swapped strategies about how to contend with muscular interest groups looking to take them out. The unusually intense December bustle is the product of this year’s elections, where spending surged to $4 billion in sharp-edged campaigns across the country — a record for a midterm. <...> In a sign of the new order, a newly elected Republican senator, Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson, paid a personal visit last week to U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue to thank him for the chamber’s unsolicited support of his candidacy.

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Thank you, Supremes, for destroying America in only two decisions, Bush v Gore and Citizens United. I can't wait to see what you do next to top those. /sarcasm off.

[midnight]

1. What I don't understand is how money trumped peoples

knowledge that this guy is an oil investor and not interested in keeping Wisconsin moving forward.... His father in law's co. that gave him a division in the co. had only one customer, his brother in law. He doesn't know how to create jobs or create business. At least Wisconsin can impeach with in a years time of serving office.... Wisconsin will soon realize that the chamber should not be selecting our leaders....

[Historic NY]

2. Heard he knelt down and kissed......his Overlords ____________.