continue at APPRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. (AP) -- She tugged 13 envelopes from a cabinet above the stove, each one labeled with a different debt: the house payment, the student loans, the vacuum cleaner she bought on credit.
Lydia Holt and her husband tuck money into these envelopes with each paycheck to whittle away at what they owe. They both earn about $10 an hour. She did the math; at this rate, they'll be paying these same bills for 87 years.
In 2012, Holt voted for Barack Obama because he promised her change, but she feels that change hasn't reached her here. So last year she chose a presidential candidate unlike any she'd ever seen, the billionaire businessman who promised to help people like her win again.
Many of her neighbors did, too - so many that for the first time in more than 30 years, Crawford County, Wisconsin, a sturdy brick in the once-mighty Big Blue Wall, abandoned the Democratic Party and that wall crumbled. Some 50 counties stretching 300 miles down the Mississippi River - through Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois - transformed in one election season into Trump Country.
Showing posts with label Election 2016. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Election 2016. Show all posts
AP story featuring Prairie du Chien Obama voters turned Trump
Fanatic Friday: Just seems to fit edition
The whole thing is as absurd as giant dancing fighting turtles. Time will tell if Trump is the turtles, Shredder or both..... or heck, maybe he's Vanilla Ice..... naaaaaah.
Stat of the day
Trump's victory in Wisconsin makes him the first Republican since 1984 to carry the state. It comes after never leading in a single public poll in the state all year, and despite his own persistently negative image here. According to exit polls, 63% of the state’s voters have an unfavorable view of him. But 21% of those voters who dislike him still voted for him — a testament to their hunger to shake things up.
2016 Election Predictions
Hola Amigos, it's been awhile, but I can't resist signing into the Badger Catholic for a little Election Day prognostication. Hillary has been the favorite for most of the campaign, but Trump supporters believe they have the momentum. Who will be the next president in the Most Important Election of Our Lifetime ®?
Here's my best guess:
Here's my best guess:
Green Bay cathedral hosting all night prayer vigil for nation
St. Francis Xavier Cathedral here in Green Bay is having an all night prayer vigil for our nation. Please drop in for a visit.— Bishop David Ricken (@BpDavidRicken) November 7, 2016
Sen. Ron Johnson trails Feingold by only one point in new Marquette Law Poll
This is an amazing development. RJ was down ... I think double digits at one point. He was certainly late to the ball getting his campaign going. This is the most crucial election in Wisconsin in 2016 (sorry presidential race).
US Senate race in WI: New Marquette Law School Poll finds 45% for Russ Feingold, 44% for Ron Johnson. #mulawpoll— MULawPoll (@MULawPoll) November 2, 2016
(Audible reaction among audience to unveiling of one point difference in Senate race. ) #mulawpoll— MULawPoll (@MULawPoll) November 2, 2016
Abp Listecki: Anti-Catholicism ‘equal opportunity prejudice’ in campaign
MILWAUKEE (CNS) — Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki called anti-Catholicism “an equal opportunity prejudice” evident in the presidential election.continue at Catholic Philly
Quoting historian Arthur Schlesinger Sr., he noted the campaigns of Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton have engaged in “the deepest held bias in the history of the American people.”
Writing in his “Herald of Hope” column in the Oct. 20 Catholic Herald, a publication serving the Catholic community in southeastern Wisconsin, the archbishop said Trump’s criticism of Pope Francis last February “smacked of ‘nativism’ and a demeaning of the Catholic faith.”
The candidate’s comments were a response to the pope saying, “A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian.”
CatholicVote.org Demands Clinton’s Anti-Catholic Spokeswoman Resign
MADISON, WI — The latest Wikileaks emails to go public reveal a series of communications involving Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Chairman John Podesta and the campaign’s Director of Communications Jennifer Palmieri in which Catholics are described as “severely backwards” and guilty of the “bastardization” of faith in general. The email author goes so far as to accuse Catholics of being “totally unaware of Christian democracy.”continue at CatholicVote
These disparaging remarks were made by John Halpin, an employee at the Center for American Progress — which was run by John Podesta until he went to work for the Clinton campaign.
Clinton spokeswoman Palmieri did not pushback at Halpin’s attacks on Catholics. In fact, Palmieri suggested that these conversions to Catholicism were not authentic, but motivated by social pressure because “their rich friends wouldn’t understand if they became evangelicals.”
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Washington D.C.- Oh anti-Catholicism. You’re always in vogue. And just what we needed to add to this wonderful election journey.continue at CNA
Today, the anti-secrecy and disclosure site WikiLeaks released more than 1,000 emails as part of an ongoing leak of the hacked emails of John Podesta, chairman of Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Previously, Podesta worked as the President for the Center for American Progress, or CAP, and the Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton.
Within these leaked emails was a 2011 email thread titled “Conservative Catholicism” sent by CAP Senior Fellow John Halpin to Podesta and to Hillary for America Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri. Palmieri previously served as the Communications Director for Barack Obama and President for the Center for American Progress Action Fund, where she was serving at the time of the emails.
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NEW LEAK:"There needs to be a Catholic Spring, in which Catholics themselves demand the end of a middle ages dictatorship..." #ClintonEmails pic.twitter.com/mlVOg2MzZb— Jason Calvi (@jcalvi) October 12, 2016
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5/ i've been writing about CACG and CatholicsUnited as fronts for the Dem agenda since at least 2010. @CatholicVote too. We were right.
— Thomas Peters (@AmericanPapist) October 12, 2016
6/ to repeat, the head of Clinton's campaign has been organizing to fracture a major religion. Clinton claims to be for all Americans.
— Thomas Peters (@AmericanPapist) October 12, 2016
7/ what if Podesta had created organizations to foment "Revolution" among the American Muslim community? Would that be worthy of dismissal?
— Thomas Peters (@AmericanPapist) October 12, 2016
PS> Will the bishops respond (or will the responding bishops be put on a hit list - aka culture warriors - within the Church?)
Pro-Life WI: Wisconsin's primary election tomorrow
Don’t forget to vote in tomorrow’s fall primary election, Tuesday, Aug. 9. Let your pro-life voice be heard!via Pro-Life Wisconsin
Please keep the following in mind as you vote:
The Wisconsin fall primary is a “closed” primary, meaning you can only vote for candidates in ONE party.
Near the top of your ballot, you’ll see the option to select a party. This selection ensures that your votes will only count in the party chosen.
Choosing a party serves as a safeguard, in case you accidentally select a candidate in another party.
If you choose to not select a party at the top of the ballot, and then cast votes for candidates in more than one party, your entire ballot will be invalidated.
Selecting a party does not limit you in the general election in November.
Please check in with voting officials at your polling place or the Government Accountablity Board if you have questions.
PLW Victory Fund PAC candidate endorsements
The Pro-Life Wisconsin Victory Fund political action committee has endorsed 29 candidates who are 100 percent pro-life and running for state office in the upcoming fall primary and general elections.
We are pleased to endorse candidates who recognize the personhood of the preborn baby and who hold the principled and compassionate “no-exceptions” pro-life philosophy. For a list of the Victory Fund’s endorsed candidates, please click here.
Some in depth political analysis on the Wisconsin primary
Saw this randomly on the interwebs. Hillary at Pearl Street Brew
Posted by 1410 WIZM - La Crosse's News Station on Friday, April 8, 2016
BTW, it is a crime to pour Pearl Street like that. If it's Java Lava I think charges should be brought.... but we all know how that ends.
Also, runner up:
#tehlulz
Posted by 95.7 The Rock on Friday, April 8, 2016
Bp. Ricken: Do your research. Pray hard. Cast your vote.
Do your research. Pray hard. Cast your vote. Pray some more for our nation.— Bishop David Ricken (@BpDavidRicken) April 5, 2016
Wisconsin Family Action has some assistance.
GOP debate in Milwaukee tomorrow
The moderators of Tuesday's Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee are hoping to deliver something serious but not dull, tough but not snarky, compelling but not stagy.
"I'm not interested in a fight. I'm interested in a conversation about moving the needle on growth, about moving the needle on jobs," says Maria Bartiromo, Fox Business Network anchor.
"This will be the fourth debate and we still don't have a clear idea how these guys plan to deal with the most important issue on voters' minds — and that is jobs," she says.
After a firestorm over the last GOP debate on CNBC on Oct. 28, the rival Fox financial network hopes to put its own stamp on the debate season.
The network has run ads jabbing CNBC for not asking "the real questions" and is promising to deliver Tuesday "the real debate on our economy."
Fox Business anchor Neil Cavuto says "there were lot of very fine questions in (the CNBC) debate" but that viewers didn't feel like they got the meaty economic discussion they expected.
There will be "only" eight GOP candidates in the two-hour prime time debate at the Milwaukee Theatre. That is still a big number. But it could make the conversation more manageable after debates that have featured 10 or 11 people on stage competing for scarce talking time.continue at JS
Scott Walker to drop out of 2016 presidential race: source
continue at Yahoo(Reuters) - Republican Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin plans to drop out of the 2016 presidential race, a Republican source familiar with the decision said on Monday, in a precipitous collapse from serious contender to poor showings in opinion polls.
Walker's campaign announced he would hold a news conference in Madison, the Wisconsin capital, at 6 p.m. ET on Monday, but it did not say what he would discuss. His campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
But a source familiar with his plans said Walker planned to exit the race for the nomination to represent the party in the November 2016 election.
I don't know the details of who was on the campaign but they clearly failed. To a certain extent The Donald took his clout as the rogue outsider. I am selfishly glad we can keep him in Wisconsin, Gov. Ron Kind has a nauseating ring to it.
Ben D:
If Rick Perry and Scott Walker are the first two candidates to exit the 2016 stakes, it would mean that Republican voters have discarded two of the most successful Republican governors in this century, two men elected governor a total of six times between them, who represent a clear approach to public policy, a broad appeal across multiple ideological factions of the GOP, and have established resumes of executive leadership. Both Perry and Walker have their defects, but they also have the capacity to appeal to the concerns of both the insider and the outsider. But that’s not what Republican voters want in a nominee, and it’s not what they’re going to get.Although not my candidate, the fact that Walker sank so low (despite major success) really does show that it's not just the politicians who bolster the Party of Stupid. The GOP primary process just seems broken.
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5 Reasons Serious TV Debates Are Impossible
Scott Walker: How Pro-Life is He?
continue at The StreamDid you remember to mark Ronald Reagan’s birthday? I did, by taking another look at his landmark Abortion and the Conscience of a Nation — the first time a sitting president published a book on such a crucial moral issue. The book was a brave and principled assertion of the rights of unborn children, by the president who brought pro-lifers in from the cold.
I also remembered, ruefully, how Reagan wasted a “gimme” open Supreme Court appointment on the pro-choice mediocrity Sandra Day O’Connor — a slot which came up in 1981, while Republicans still ran the U.S. Senate and could easily have confirmed a brilliant constitutional purist such as Robert Bork. That decision, few now remember, was the result of a hasty campaign promise Reagan had made to appoint a woman to the Supreme Court.
Pro-Life President, Pro-Choice Staffers
Who was it that, behind the scenes, convinced Ronald Reagan to make such a politically useless promise? Who conned him into picking O’Connor, instead of a solidly pro-life woman jurist?
We will never know which suited shark from K Street whispered in Reagan’s ear, but we do know one thing: O’Connor was and remained a deciding vote in favor of keeping the killing of unborn children legal. And she made it to the court because someone convinced Ronald Reagan that she was pro-life, when she wasn’t.
I had started volunteering for candidate Reagan in 1976, when I was just 12 years old, and he was still just a California governor. I had already been ringing doorbells for New York’s once vibrant Right to Life Party, and it filled me with hope that a serious contender for the Republican nomination was challenging the party’s dominant pro-choice establishment.
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Paul Ryan not running for president in 2016
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan is passing on a run for the presidency in 2016, saying his work as Ways and Means chair deserves his undivided attention.continue at WisPolitics
Insiders have speculated for weeks that Ryan would not run after taking over as chair of the Ways and Means Committee, where he will have the opportunity to shape national debate on issues that range from the tax code to Social Security.
"It's clear our country needs a change in direction. And our party has a responsibility to offer a real alternative," Ryan said in a statement. "So I'm going to do what I can to lay out conservative solutions and to help our nominee lead us to victory."
Ryan told NBC News that he made the decision weeks ago and was at peace with it. Ryan, who turns 45 later this month, did not rule out a future bid in the interview and declined to endorse anyone.
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