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2011-03-10 Home Front: Politix

Althouse on creative captioning and other shenanigans in Madison

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Posted by mom 2011-03-10 13:13|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 I noticed there was nothing reported about the death threats made to Republican legislators in Wisconsin.

Posted by JohnQC 2011-03-10 13:33|| 2011-03-10 13:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Only Dems get death threats. Everybody knows that.

Posted by Fred 2011-03-10 16:09|| 2011-03-10 16:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Only "teabaggers" make Death Threats too. Everybody knows that.

Posted by CrazyFool 2011-03-10 16:51|| 2011-03-10 16:51|| Front Page Top

#4 OK, if the Capitol Police (if they exist in WI), the Madison City police, the Dane County Sheriff's Department, and the State Police are unwilling and/or unable to uphold the law and stop these protesters from interfering with elected officials doing their job, why doesn't the governor call out the National Guard?

Any Guardsman who refuses a direct order to clear the Capitol building because he is a member of a union can and should be court-martialed.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2011-03-10 18:46|| 2011-03-10 18:46|| Front Page Top

#5 If Walker had called out the National Guard, Obama could have federalized the Guard and trumped him. I don't think Walker wanted to run that risk unless it was clear that the police were completely unwilling to do their jobs.

Posted by Steve White 2011-03-10 19:21|| 2011-03-10 19:21|| Front Page Top

#6 The Bolsheviks storming the Duma once again. Well, at least the first one's were armed.

The governor can call out the militia, which is every able bodied male 17 to 45 in the state which can not be federalized. The unions really don't want a repeat of that.

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-03-10 19:29|| 2011-03-10 19:29|| Front Page Top

#7 This wouldn't have happened in Virginia (and not just because we don't have public unions).

I know some Capitol Police officers. If a mob had tried to do anything like this here, every Capitol police officer, state trooper, city and county police officer and deputy within a hundred square miles would have shown up to put a stop to it - and not very politely either.

I'm surprised the Capitol police there hadn't planned for something like this happening, considering what has gone on up until now.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2011-03-10 19:44|| 2011-03-10 19:44|| Front Page Top

#8 I'm surprised the Capitol police there hadn't planned for something like this happening, considering what has gone on up until now.

It's MADison. What makes you think it didn't go according to the police plan?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2011-03-10 20:00|| 2011-03-10 20:00|| Front Page Top

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