Posted on 06/02/2012 5:02:41 PM PDT by Kaslin
Friday evening, Madison, Wisconsin blogger Ann Althouse reported receiving (HT Instapundit) an "Incredibly creepy mail today from the Greater Wisconsin Political Fund." She has a put up an image of what she received with names and addresses redacted (except for her name). It's a list which includes Althouse and many of her neighbors indicating who has and hasn't voted in the last two elections.
Unsurprisingly, the Greater Wisconsin Political Fund is the political fundraising arm of the Greater Wisconsin Committee, both of which lean very left. Both support the effort to recall Badger State Governor Scott Walker. Both appear likely to get a virtually free pass from the establishment press. Althouse's reaction follows the jump:
... be assured, this was a list of real names and addresses of people who live near me, with the information about whether they voted in the last 2 elections. This is an effort to shame and pressure people about voting, and it is truly despicable. Your vote is private, you have a right not to vote, and anyone who tries to shame and an harass you about it is violating your privacy, and the assumption that I will become active in shaming and pressuring my neighbors is repugnant.
Not voting is a valid choice. If you don't have a preference in the election, don't vote. If you think no one deserves your vote, don't vote.
This may be the most disgusting thing I have ever received in the mail.
Two obvious observations:
One never knows in a election such as this with no real precedent, but the mailing appears to be a desperation tactic by leftists who sense that they're likely to lose on Tuesday and are trying to shore up a resigned, apathetic base.
So will Tom Barrett repudiate this tactic?
Chances are that I will NEVER receive such an email. Living in a small town and having political signs in my yard as to whom I favor leaves no doubt of where I stand.
I have nothing to hide and they all know it.
Vote Walker!!!!!!!
A friend of mine wrote this piece after his family received the mailing:
http://wisconsin912project.org/index.php/articles/newsarticles/66-a-glimpse-into-our-orwellian-future.html
A friend of mine wrote this piece after his family received the mailing:
http://wisconsin912project.org/index.php/articles/newsarticles/66-a-glimpse-into-our-orwellian-future.html
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