Comments on: Vote for Greer and Michels (Wisconsin only)

By: HarryF

HarryF — Thu, 16 Sep 2004 17:45:25 +0000

Isn’t it great how you can switch parties at the primaries in Wisconsin regardless of your party affiliation? I consistently do just that when I see a weak Democrat and will vote for him in hopes that he will be defeated by the challenging Republican. I honestly believe that is the reason Wisconsin is slipping into the Republican mode over the last 4 years. Now in some states, my home state for example, your party affiliation and ticket must be the same, but in Wisconsin, it’s up for grabs. Whaty a state…you gotta love it!

By: aspen

aspen — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:47:27 +0000

Well, looking at this morning’s Appleton Post-Crescent (http://www.postcrescent.com), it appears that Michels won pretty handily (43% to Darrow’s 30%). I must admit to feeling a little skeevy when I went in and voted Republican, but then I felt better when I went into the local KE04 office to work on the phone bank and found just about everyone wearing an “I Voted” sticker.

By: Mrs Tilton

Mrs Tilton — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:24:15 +0000

I have a good deal of respect for Thomas Sowell’s personal achievements, if not for his ideas. But I just loved the title of one of his books: Pink People and Brown People. Spot on (bad jim’s belly notwithstanding).

By: bad Jim

bad Jim — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 08:34:45 +0000

A Latino employee, rather dark, once jokingly challenged me, saying that I wasn’t actually “white”, but more like pink. My face and arms may be assortedly pink, freckled and tan, but I pulled up my shirt and refuted him. This belly was paper white.

By: harry

harry — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:27:37 +0000

Good grief, I was being flip, suggesting, for effect, that he was even more prohibitionist than Keyes about homsoexuality. He may not be: but virulent anti-gay activism of a particularly unpleasant sort (as opposed to the particuarly pleasant sort? I hear you say) is how he has made his name.

By: Mrs Tilton

Mrs Tilton — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:06:01 +0000

This is a serious question: what are both senses of the word “pinko”? I’m assuming the second has something to do with seeming gay. But are you really trying to say that Greer makes Alan Keyes look gay? Perhaps the second has nothing to do with seeming gay. Like Mr Keyes, Mr Greer is that rara avis, a conservative black Republican. Perhaps Mr Greer is darker-skinned than Mr Keyes (who would then, by contrast, be more white, and after all white people are really pink); though I’ve never seen either in the flesh, and have no basis to judge. Needless to say there’s nothing wrong with looking black or (for that matter) white. But that too (with all due respect to Harry) seems like a pretty bizarre thing to say.

By: harry

harry — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 23:55:59 +0000

Calculated risk, Sebastian. I think its very unlikely that Michels could beat Feingold, or I’d be more cautious. Have you noticed me railing on those evils by the way? I’m immoderate myself.

By: Steve Carr

Steve Carr — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 22:19:23 +0000

By: Sebastian Holsclaw

Sebastian Holsclaw — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 22:13:49 +0000

“Michels is not (quite) as wealthy, has worse name recognition, and is more immoderate: I think Feingold would find it easier to beat Michels, so I’d like to see him win the primary. ” And if he wins the primary AND the general election I’m sure you will feel free to rail on the evils of Republicanism and Republicans rejection of moderation.

By: mhbrigho@wisc.edu

mhbrigho@wisc.edu — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 21:10:54 +0000

Thanks Tom—pass the word along. Yes, the published reference is in Anne Alstott’s book ‘No Exit’. ALthough the book is about family policy, she is mainly an academic tax lawyer. Did you notice, incidentally, that my accuser in fact didn’t contradict any of my claims. I said ‘People do X in considerable numbers’ and he siad ‘People can do Y if they want’. I thought of pointing this out in another letter, but then the university and elementary school years grabbed hold of me!

By: Tom Bozzo

Tom Bozzo — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 21:04:44 +0000

Fantastic! This was almost exactly our (Dudgeon-Monroe) breakfast table conversation this morning. Your rendition improves upon it by suggesting Michels vs. Anybody-But-Darrow. My wife did recover once it became clear that there was no particular reason to vote in the Democratic primary. OT —I caught the exchange in the State Journal letters over the increased minimum wage vs. expanded EITC. I was curious as to the source for your claim that employers can capture the EITC. Is there a published reference?