Here’s the Friday open comments post.
Today’s suggested topic –thoughts on the 2010 election. What do you think — are prospects now better, the same, or worse?
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I’ll keep the post open through Sunday afternoon.
Have at it.
Elections only make a difference if people are back to work. unemployment is worse now than two months ago in Whitewater. We’re going in reverse.
My forecast is for no political or economic progress with a 70% chance of continued lying.
My candidates all lost, except for one. Worst. Election. Ever.
I’m glad you’re writing more again, John.
This election will change less than people hope. The Reason video that you posted was honest about the limits for change.
Terry Virgil will not become Wisconsin’s lt. governor/governor, but we knew that, didn’t we?
There’s still hope. I’m thinking of a line from a movie — ‘Go the distance’
Keep going, John.
Hmmm…two to four years of same old, same old. As Monty Python says, “Forward into the Past!”
(Thanks for the nod to my compatriot, The Last Son of Krypton. 😉
There’s no way Wisconsin could go on with another Doyle term. That’s what Barrett would have been: Jim Doyle Jr. This was a chance to get out of a huge hole. I hope it works out but anything’s better than a Jim Doyle clone.
I’m not sure I’m living on the same state or planet as someone who thinks that Walker will help anyone. Criticism of governor Doyle will seem quaint after a year or two of someone who will make peoples lives way harder than they are now. The next few years will be absolutely brutal for ordinary people.
It is too soon to tell how the new politicians will do. I do believe that the economy will continue to suffer and I do predict that there will continue to be more job loss in Whitewater, more foreclosures, and an increasing number of people living below the poverty level. Shame on the taxing authorities for all of the increases they have brought forth!
On Superman — My pleasure, Phantom Stranger
On writing — Go on, I will, Miss Rand
On too soon to tell — Yes, I think it is too soon. The scenario you outline for Whitewater is all-too-possible. That’s the truly regrettable, self-inflicted misfortune of Whitewater in these last several years. There’s genuine, rather than merely professed but superficial, love in speaking plainly about a wrong course. As for the recent elections, we’ll find out their consequence — we’ll be able to see the difference between favorable and unfavorable outcomes, looking back a few years from now.