Feral Leftist Mob Attacks Madison (in Right Wing's Imagination)
What happened last night in Madison, Wisconsin? According to Fox Nation, "Rabid Leftists Storm Wisconsin Capitol After Vote"! If only. Perhaps better characterized as a large community of shocked and betrayed workers? (Who are not unlikely to have a victory in court, some months and years from now.) Above is a picture of the "rabid leftists" currently "storming" the Capitol in Madison this morning. (Actually: patiently waiting for the building to open.) Here they are knocking on the locked doors, just now. Don't they look like wingnuts? Or maybe more like middle-aged working people. Last night, says the local paper, "Thousands of protesters rushed to the state Capitol Wednesday night…. Police and protesters continued to get along, with no incidents reported and no arrests."
In any event, late this morning, the Assembly will vote on and pass the new version of the budget bill. Would you like to hear the right-wing talking points on the protests by teachers and union workers in Madison? Sure you would! Try this: "State Senator Glenn Grothman told Greta Van Susteren, 'Madison was not safe for Republicans.' Sadly, that’s the reality when you’re up against raging leftist mobs…. 'Clearly, the Democrat-supporting union people in the state are showing the world, mortifyingly, that the feral and wild behavior by the mobs in the Middle East is a common trait with union people in Wisconsin.'" The lies are amazing! Here they are, your feral leftists, peacefully occupying the Capitol's rotunda last night.
The breaking news is even better:
http://nation.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/10/half-capitol-controlled-protesters-no-one-safe-national-guard-option-table#
"An official tried to evacuate through a secret underground tunnel and was turned back by protesters. No one is safe. "
TO THE TUNNELS!
I would like to point out, for starters, that the teacher Walker used as an example in his WaPo Op Ed today http://on.wsj.com/gdxZW0 Megan Sampson, is still very much pro union
reflectionsofanenglishteacher.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/drama/
It would be embarrassing for the Governor if, you know, any news organizations were deft enough to, i don't know, do a Google search.
And for those not in the know, here's a primer on Senator Genn Grothman: "Hallmark sells Kwanzaa cards. The Post Office sells Kwanzaa stamps. The rest of us should treat Kwanzaa with the contempt it deserves before it becomes a permanent part of our culture."
http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=32611
It's so frustrating to watch the loudest news organization push a non-reality-based storyline…while the other major media outlets (with the exception of MSNBC) mostly ignore the facts on the ground.
The only almost silver lining is that viewership for CBS, ABC and NBC news is shrinking, old and irrelevant. The local media, from what I can tell, is doing a much better job at presenting what is really happening. I think the people of Wisconsin know that the protesters aren't rabid, feral, shrieking leftists…and instead are their aunts and uncles, or that nice young Miss Johnson who taught little Johnnie how to read in first grade.
The Isthmus Daily Page http://isthmus.com/ has been doing absolutely essential stuff. They even brought a lawsuit against Walker for not fulfilling FOIAs
Dear Wisconsin GOP:
If Madison isn't safe for you, join your Democratic brethren here in Illinois. We have Welcome Wagon.
The state GOP vice chair just proclaimed in interview with Wisconsin Publ er, Maoist Radio that images of dirty hippies is hurting business recruitment.
Matt Gallo, 50, of Madison, a private school teacher, protested the Republicans' quick vote. He stood about 20 feet from the doors of the Senate as pandemonium erupted around him.
"I think it's Machiavellian," he shouted.
Also, clearly authorities are scared b/c they've brought an army to the capitol today to guard access to the assembly. They suspect a bum rush might happen.
http://twitpic.com/4857y5
Yes, that "feral and wild behavior by the mobs in the Middle East".
Like dodging bullets.
clearly we should impose a no-fly zone over madison.
Probably just over the Mifflin Street Block Party.
The comments to the next-to-last link in the piece are breathtakingly depressing, mind-boggling in their staggering level of intolerance.
There's nothing these liberty-lovers of the Right enjoy more than sikking the National Guard and police dogs on jackbooted Commie Trade Unionists. To instill the love of our great nation into their soft pink skulls.