Ruth Conniff (@rconniff), native Wisconsinite and political editor of The Progressive magazine (@theprogressive), weighs in on Scott Walker’s recall election win. What it means (and what it doesn’t mean) for the state, for progressives and for the national political scene. Click thru for links and updates. Use this post as today’s thread.
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Sam Seder Joins Ring of Fire Radio!
11:31 am
Morning folks!
11:49 am
Hey Jim, long time no read.
12:02 pm
eya trapper!
good to read you!
12:07 pm
LiberalViewer vs HowTheWorldWorks Thursday June 7 at 6:30 pm Pacific
http://youtu.be/zy6y5IYuxM8
12:10 pm
“HowTheWorldWorks” aka Libertarian Lee Doren
12:09 pm
Libertarian Lee Doren vs. Leftist Sam Seder
http://youtu.be/wwacQGOuZaw
12:09 pm
The Nation @thenation
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12:12 pm
good’un T!
12:14 pm
30 mill and 70% from out of state!
Ack!
12:22 pm
how about this?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/06/05/wisconsin-s-ralph-nader-will-hari-trivedi-save-scott-walker.html
12:27 pm
heh!
12:30 pm
Naaaadeeeeer !!!!!!!
12:31 pm
I noticed that this morning when they showed the numbers. Didn’t even know this guy was running.
Too bad. This type of thing happens when there is a third party and that party is not strong. All it does is draw away from one of the parties. It’s great when it’s the other party, but it seems the GOP is stricter and has all the money so it’s rare it happens to their side.
12:34 pm
Huffington Post @HuffingtonPost
12:37 pm
what’s the Sam NetRootsNation link?
12:49 pm
PB True PB True @pbtrue1
12:51 pm
When I think of the situation in Wisconsin, I mostly think of the sanitation worker who got short w/ Sam (rightfully so) who spoke about his pension plan whilst marching. The way he put it is the way all Americans need to hear it.
Maybe Sam or Binder could dig that bit up and re:post it, to give people an idea of what the real life implications are.
12:52 pm
Is Sam responding to YouTube semi-sensation “Lee Camp”?
1:03 pm
If you (admittedly) “do not even know how to articulate” then you probably shouldn’t be calling into a talk show.
1:17 pm
“8th” = 1/8 of an ounce
“Quarter Bag” = 1/4 of an ounce
and so on…
1:18 pm
Lee Fang @lhfang
Romney Quietly Hires Consulting Firm With Sordid History Of Destroying Democratic Voter Registration Forms http://bit.ly/KOZzCc
1:22 pm
Katrina vandenHeuvel @KatrinaNation
Ilyse Hogue makes interesting argument here–GOP shouldn’t get cocky over vote http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/06/opinion/hogue-wisconsin-vote/index.html #cnn
[Breaking down the numbers from the vote!]
5:20 pm
Why isn’t it talked about when people mention that one candidate outspent the other that we have millions of Americans who choose their government representative based on commercials? Doesn’t this bother anyone? I thought commercials were for toothpaste and toilet paper, not for choosing a democratic representative