What is the deal with these Democrats?
Well the Democrat strategy to win elective office seems to be coming into focus.
We can win if we pretend we are Republicans.
Tomorrow the voters in Waukesha County will go to the polls to elect a new County Executive to replace Dan Finley. The current county board chair, Jim Dwyer, has done everything he can to convince people he is a conservative. A smart strategy if you think about it. If you confuse just enough conservatives to vote for you and still pull your base, you just may sneak into office.
Dwyer trying to take claim for Finley's fiscal responsibility is just silly, he tried time and again to get increased spending in Waukesha County.
The following comments are from Matt Thomas of New Berlin, who used to serve on the board:
On virtually every conservative reform issue, incumbent County Board Chairman Jim Dwyer is on the liberal side and newcomer to county politics Dan Vrakas is on the conservative side.During my four years of service as a county supervisor from New Berlin, I served with Dwyer. At budget time each year, Dwyer voted for, advocated for, and to be quite frank, twisted arms of his fellow supervisors for a tax levy increase.In contrast, the reform-minded Vrakas supports a tax freeze and has even co-sponsored tax freeze legislation.
So what we have is Dwyer who twisted arms for levy increases running on the fact that he lost those fights as a positive thing? Only one reason to say that, he is pretending to be something he isn't.
Remember the recent special election in Ohio? No? Ok here is a refresher. Paul Hackett, an Iraq war veteran ran for the house, in public he was vocally anti-Bush and anti-war even calling Bush a chicken hawk. But in his TV ads Hackett actually had a quote from George Bush, flags waving, patriotic music in the background, making the appearance that Bush supported his candidacy.
Hackett lost, but somehow the Dem's still tried to claim victory saying how well they ran in the district. Ran well they did, in a conservative district with a candidate who pretended to be a Republican, and still they lost. By the way, Hackett is going to give it a try on a state level and run against Senator DeWine. I'll be curious to see he if pretends to be a Republican again.
So here is the question. All we hear out of Democratic leaders of late is how bad Republican policies are. However, when a Democrat wants to be elected why do they pretend to be a Republican?
My guess is the people in Waukesha County understand who is who and will reject Dwyer in favor of Vrakas, something in the 61-39 range. And I wonder how many votes he will have lost strictly from pretending to be something he was not? Hey Kent Waynescott, there is an interesting question for your exit polling.
We can win if we pretend we are Republicans.
Tomorrow the voters in Waukesha County will go to the polls to elect a new County Executive to replace Dan Finley. The current county board chair, Jim Dwyer, has done everything he can to convince people he is a conservative. A smart strategy if you think about it. If you confuse just enough conservatives to vote for you and still pull your base, you just may sneak into office.
Dwyer trying to take claim for Finley's fiscal responsibility is just silly, he tried time and again to get increased spending in Waukesha County.
The following comments are from Matt Thomas of New Berlin, who used to serve on the board:
On virtually every conservative reform issue, incumbent County Board Chairman Jim Dwyer is on the liberal side and newcomer to county politics Dan Vrakas is on the conservative side.During my four years of service as a county supervisor from New Berlin, I served with Dwyer. At budget time each year, Dwyer voted for, advocated for, and to be quite frank, twisted arms of his fellow supervisors for a tax levy increase.In contrast, the reform-minded Vrakas supports a tax freeze and has even co-sponsored tax freeze legislation.
So what we have is Dwyer who twisted arms for levy increases running on the fact that he lost those fights as a positive thing? Only one reason to say that, he is pretending to be something he isn't.
Remember the recent special election in Ohio? No? Ok here is a refresher. Paul Hackett, an Iraq war veteran ran for the house, in public he was vocally anti-Bush and anti-war even calling Bush a chicken hawk. But in his TV ads Hackett actually had a quote from George Bush, flags waving, patriotic music in the background, making the appearance that Bush supported his candidacy.
Hackett lost, but somehow the Dem's still tried to claim victory saying how well they ran in the district. Ran well they did, in a conservative district with a candidate who pretended to be a Republican, and still they lost. By the way, Hackett is going to give it a try on a state level and run against Senator DeWine. I'll be curious to see he if pretends to be a Republican again.
So here is the question. All we hear out of Democratic leaders of late is how bad Republican policies are. However, when a Democrat wants to be elected why do they pretend to be a Republican?
My guess is the people in Waukesha County understand who is who and will reject Dwyer in favor of Vrakas, something in the 61-39 range. And I wonder how many votes he will have lost strictly from pretending to be something he was not? Hey Kent Waynescott, there is an interesting question for your exit polling.
posted by realdebate @ 11:33 PM
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