tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post538162243085731329..comments2023-10-16T08:25:47.205-05:00Comments on PARSLEY'S PICS: Wisconsin: After the Dust Has Settled -- Part IILeslie Parsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-73737938162322357982012-06-18T08:17:05.854-05:002012-06-18T08:17:05.854-05:00I live in an apt. complex where a lot of folks are...I live in an apt. complex where a lot of folks are retired or are on disability - or both. Like the farmers, they accept the money with one hand and vote Republican with the other. Of course, some are ex-felons and can't even vote, but they hate our socialist government anyway.<br /><br />I know you, along with most others, feel strongly that Obama should have made an appearance but I'm Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-57458413912926706102012-06-18T07:28:07.463-05:002012-06-18T07:28:07.463-05:00Squatlo: I will echo S.W. and say you're right...Squatlo: I will echo S.W. and say you're right on target. Very profound, especially this. "A win in Wisconsin would have motivated the left like nothing has since Obama's nomination and election. The loss is just as motivational for the right, and just as crippling to liberals." I would add that we need to get pro-active messages out rather than just reactive messages all the Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-9110766391497419692012-06-17T22:25:54.739-05:002012-06-17T22:25:54.739-05:00Well said, Squatlo. You're right.Well said, Squatlo. You're right.S.W. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16521540043304710796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-17733916533314794052012-06-17T22:23:35.203-05:002012-06-17T22:23:35.203-05:00I have great empathy for Melissa and the many Wisc...I have great empathy for Melissa and the many Wisconsin people who tried so hard and in the end failed. It has to be maddening and discouraging.<br /><br />Yes, money was decisive. Yes, Obama could've and should've shown up, at least for a few hours on one day toward the end, to show solidarity. I suspect the outcome would've been better had Russ Feingold run against Walker.<br /><br S.W. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16521540043304710796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-35250344052074439042012-06-17T19:47:35.571-05:002012-06-17T19:47:35.571-05:00While I can understand the frustration and the urg...While I can understand the frustration and the urge to say "F..K it!" when looking at some of Obama's decisions and the sorry state of politics in general today, at some point everyone needs a serious reality check. We can't abandon the field to the merchants of evil. Their entire success depends on fostering that frustration, and this past two years has seen an exponential risesquatlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00041016017342355678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-85656333432390657032012-06-17T10:23:53.935-05:002012-06-17T10:23:53.935-05:00I have little patience for "liberals" li...I have little patience for "liberals" like your brother's coworker. Politically naive and just as tunnel visioned as the Teabaggers with their idiotic "all or nothing" attitude - and that's just what they'll end up with, if they stay home or vote Republican or for a third party - a whole bunch of nothing. When first introduced, SS and Medicare were nothing like Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-56573954563306547562012-06-17T09:56:42.059-05:002012-06-17T09:56:42.059-05:00Hey! Thanks for the head's up. I don't rea...Hey! Thanks for the head's up. I don't really pay much attention to my StatCounter, so had no idea. Maybe between the two of us, and a small minority of others, we can demonstrate to the world that not everyone in TN is an uneducated Neanderthal.<br /><br />There's no doubt that money was a huge corrupting influence, but as I tried to explain in Part I, I think we make a mistake when Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-58950287803750466272012-06-17T09:44:49.893-05:002012-06-17T09:44:49.893-05:00It scares me when I hear stories such as the one m...It scares me when I hear stories such as the one my brother recently related to me. He has a liberal friend at work who is so pissed off at Obama and the watered down health care bill that he is considering voting Republican. Jesus! These are the people we have to work on...remind them of the Bush years and the results of the same. If Mitt the pit wins, and the Democrats don't get control of jadedjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569736113526368917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-31817086740006019312012-06-17T09:44:20.445-05:002012-06-17T09:44:20.445-05:00I had been following her FB posts all during the c...I had been following her FB posts all during the campaign and already knew how hard she had worked. When she posted her reaction, my heart just broke for her.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-88719727709320654032012-06-17T09:39:46.973-05:002012-06-17T09:39:46.973-05:00Me too - opn both counts.Me too - opn both counts.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-35562886296229906872012-06-17T08:40:38.822-05:002012-06-17T08:40:38.822-05:00Leslie, (first of all, congrats on the Crooks and ...Leslie, (first of all, congrats on the Crooks and Liars link... you and I were both listed on the same day, how odd is that?)<br /><br /> Your friend's take on the Wisconsin mess is perfect to a T. The right wingers will try to make it appear as if unions have just been read their last rites, and the rest of America will dutifully nod along in agreement, whether it's true or not.<br />squatlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00041016017342355678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-79572964367423149322012-06-16T18:50:17.993-05:002012-06-16T18:50:17.993-05:00Thanks for posting this, Leslie. I feel Melissa&#...Thanks for posting this, Leslie. I feel Melissa's heartbreak.injaynesworldhttp://injaynesworld.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-88821784768810742692012-06-16T12:46:31.630-05:002012-06-16T12:46:31.630-05:00I'm working for Obama because I can't risk...I'm working for Obama because I can't risk Mittens.Kay Dennisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646717192332313215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-58387614046804159022012-06-16T10:37:25.157-05:002012-06-16T10:37:25.157-05:00No doubt about it. So completely corrupt.No doubt about it. So completely corrupt.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-59165843844060825022012-06-16T09:58:31.145-05:002012-06-16T09:58:31.145-05:00About five members of SCOTUS are simply whores for...About five members of SCOTUS are simply whores for corporations and bankers and if allowed would setup a nice oligarchical dictatorship with plenty of bread and circuses to keep the riff-raff occupied.Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-10394337124242486832012-06-16T08:25:05.106-05:002012-06-16T08:25:05.106-05:00And we libs tend to be somewhat lazy, I'm afra...And we libs tend to be somewhat lazy, I'm afraid. Grassroots organizing is absolutely vital. TN and other southern states are involved in a huge phone call effort to folks in NC. I just received an email from our OFA/Nashville team leader reminding us that for every $1 million we spend in NC, they are spending $3 million - thanks to the PACS. I don't know what the hell SCOTUS was thinkingLeslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-46805016666939933042012-06-16T07:19:49.795-05:002012-06-16T07:19:49.795-05:00Don't know about educating because the country...Don't know about educating because the country is heavily polarized with actual free-thinking independents as rare as an albino Bigfoot. About the only thing we have on our side is grassroots organizing. With the new Jim Crow laws cutting into Democratic voting blocks we will simply have to out do the other side in getting people back on the rolls.<br /><br />Elections will boil down to whichCommander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-15814129769297205172012-06-15T20:50:36.213-05:002012-06-15T20:50:36.213-05:00I don't know what we can do other than educati...I don't know what we can do other than educating, being better organized and working our asses off for the Democrats and the President.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-42560065371705669892012-06-15T11:54:11.045-05:002012-06-15T11:54:11.045-05:00Thank you for sharing Melissa's commentary.
I...Thank you for sharing Melissa's commentary.<br /><br />I couldn't agree more with everything Melissa said. As a person who grew up through the Civil rights era, albeit sheltered in suburbia, it really galls me that racism is still so prevalent in this allegedly "Christian" nation. <br /><br />As a result, I am truly frightened at the big money being thrown into this campaign.Kay Dennisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646717192332313215noreply@blogger.com