| The Legislature convened yesterday, and to no one's surprise Jase Bolger -- the electioneering, tax cheating Jase Bolger -- was easily re-elected to the House Speakership. If you get a chance to read his speech, don't do it shortly after eating. It was the equivalent of a husband saying to his wife, "I know I slept with your sister, but what say we let bygones be bygones." And, how did liberals/progressives/labor respond? Wednesday morning, about 200 protesters formed a "Wall of Shame" outside the statehouse holding pictures of Republican lawmakers who voted for right to work with the word "shame" printed over their image. "We are going to continue to do this so that people are aware that we're watching what our legislators do," said DeAndrea Foisy, 51, of Livonia, a union representative for the United Food and Commercial Workers. Foisy was holding a picture of her representative, House Speaker Pro Tem John Walsh, R-Livonia.
Can we all just agree by now that if they didn't listen during the Lame Duck, they're not going to listen now. They aren't going to care if you hold photos or deliver cookies or make clever speeches, because they don't care. What do they care about? Winning elections. The more time people spend standing in front of the Capitol, shouting, the less time they're spending organizing and fielding good candidates. Our good friend Joe D. actually says that down in the article, which is good since it means someone's thinking that the status quo has to change. |
