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(Wisconsin) Sen. Ron Johnson denounces 'mob rule'
Washington Post ^ | 3-11-11 | Jennifer Rubin

Posted on 03/11/2011 4:00:19 PM PST by SJackson

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), a former businessman and now a freshman senator, held a conference call Thursday afternoon with a small group of bloggers. For a freshman, he's entirely fluid on the issues and easily navigates between specifics and larger themes.

I asked him about Wisconsin. Why did Gov. Scott Walker take so long to pull out the "fiscal" elements and pass the legislation without a quorum? Johnson first made clear that he and the governor believe this "is not about individual workers . . . but about rebalancing the equation" so that the taxpayers' interests are being protected. As for the long-in-coming resolution, Johnson explained that the governor wanted the collective bargaining provision and the rest of the cost-cutting measures "tied" because they were all part of the effort to close the state's budget deficit. But it became evident the Democrats weren't budging. He said that one Democratic senator even requested an absentee ballot for the spring election. At that point Walker moved forward on the bill.

But Johnson was clearly disturbed by what he characterized as "mob rule and thuggery." He said that Republicans were being accused of being undemocratic, but "what doesn't look democratic is the mob rule." He argued that the "amount of thuggery, the threats of execution" have not been sufficiently covered by the media. He recalled that a radio show host read an anonymous e-mail sent to all the Wisconsin Republican state senators "threatening to put a bullet" through their heads and asserting that the e-mailer knew where the senators and their families were. Johnson said, "That is so out of bounds."

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Editorial; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: capitol; deaththreats; madison; police; republicans; threats2pubs; thugs; wisconsin; wisconsinshowdown
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To: Hamilcar_Barca

I just saw that 3,000 or more protesters are expected at the Washburn County Lincoln Day dinner with Gov. Scott Walker. Washburn is a very rural county in Northern Wisconsin. No place here is safe: http://www.ashlandwi.com/articles/2011/03/10/news/doc4d79870fe896f594376188.txt


41 posted on 03/11/2011 8:11:32 PM PST by Hamilcar_Barca
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To: BobP

Why are all leftists ugly?


42 posted on 03/11/2011 8:25:12 PM PST by Volunteer (Though I know that the hypnotized never lie, do ya? - The Who)
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To: LaineyDee

thats a man, baby!


43 posted on 03/11/2011 9:39:44 PM PST by rahbert
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To: BobP

Notice the partially obscured,sideways sign that apparently could read “Stop the attack on Wisconsin families.” Or perhaps “working families.”

As if only members of public unions have families.


44 posted on 03/11/2011 11:45:25 PM PST by FreeDeerHawk
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To: SJackson

Subject: Police unions join in bullying and boycotting businesses
To:
Date: Friday, March 11, 2011, 8:53 PM

http://www.thewheelerreport.com/releases/March11/0310/0310wppa.pdf

Please share with everyone you know.


45 posted on 03/12/2011 12:11:09 AM PST by Wisconsinlady (DEFUND NPR, PBS, THE TSA AND THE U.N.)
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To: Volunteer

Leftists are mostly comprised of societies losers, criminals, misfits, drug addicts and lost souls who have nowhere else to turn to better their lives than to the public trough which is why they look more run down than the average person.


46 posted on 03/12/2011 4:03:05 AM PST by eaglestar
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To: rahbert

How can you tell?


47 posted on 03/12/2011 4:06:10 AM PST by LaineyDee (Don't mess with Texas wimmen!)
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To: SJackson

When turn-coat and baby killer Bart Stupak was threatened that was all the media could talk about. They then went after a 74 year old man for a threat that was more vague than those being received by the Wisconsin legislators. The media is outraged only when it is “one of their own” (in other words, a lib) who is being threatened. I’ve wondered many times how many threats “Stupid Stupak” received from the left before becoming an idiot turncoat that the media never took an interest in.


48 posted on 03/12/2011 4:30:51 AM PST by onevoter
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To: Hamilcar_Barca
The police chief seems terribly concerned that his peeps in the mob might fall through thin ice and not have enough conveniently located parking.

Oh, they don't expect any arrests either, so have at it mobsters. Just don't step on the grass.

The only thing missing is a plan to strew rose petals in the path of the commies and an open invitation to them to drop by his house for a beer after the mob action.

49 posted on 03/12/2011 5:12:59 AM PST by Madame Dufarge
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To: Walts Ice Pick

Democracy, by its very nature, IS mob rule! That’s why we are a Republic!


50 posted on 03/12/2011 5:30:59 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (I miss President Bush greatly! Palin in 2012! 2012 - The End Of An Error! (Oathkeeper))
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To: LaineyDee

woman or man?

yes...


51 posted on 03/12/2011 6:22:16 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

okay... that’s settled. Hermaphrodite it is... :)


52 posted on 03/12/2011 7:21:19 AM PST by LaineyDee (Don't mess with Texas wimmen!)
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To: Wisconsinlady

Bump to your #45. That is disturbing—the involvement of police and firefighters. Would they not respond quickly to a call from someone who supported Walker? Calling to boycott businesses who supported him? What will happen when the employees of these businesses lose their jobs if the boycotts are successful....the people who pay the taxes that support the wage and benefit packages of this mob?


53 posted on 03/12/2011 10:15:40 AM PST by Fu-fu2
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To: Fu-fu2

I hope this article detailing the budget deliberations of the last month helps folks realize how difficult it has been to reason with the Senate Democrats.

The extreme leftist faction from Milwaukee and Madison are Very Stubborn and they vastly outnumber the more rational thinking out-state Democrats.

I assure you, none of us conservatives are happy with the fiscal situation our state is in as we are working to get our state back on the right track to prosperity for all hard-working families.

Click on link below:

On Wisconsin! | The Weekly Standard


54 posted on 03/12/2011 2:18:12 PM PST by Wisconsinlady (DEFUND NPR, PBS, THE TSA AND THE U.N.)
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