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Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 06:35 PM Jun 2017

Please consider helping Wisconsin...

We're all not stupid in this beautiful state! Help us take down Ryan...Koch $ owns a lot in my state, he's going to need the help of the resistance.....thank you from the vast lot of good people from the frozen tundra.

https://randybryceforcongress.com/

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Please consider helping Wisconsin... (Original Post) Heartstrings Jun 2017 OP
I can't focus JustAnotherGen Jun 2017 #1
Thank you and I'm watching your state as well! Heartstrings Jun 2017 #3
My husband threatened JustAnotherGen Jul 2017 #49
Thank you so much! Heartstrings Jul 2017 #50
What exactly is a rec, and how to give them MiddleClass Jun 2017 #13
Welcome to DU MiddleClass. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #29
Thanks, nice place you got here, I will look for that MiddleClass Jul 2017 #48
Randy Brice is who we are talking about.. LakeArenal Jun 2017 #2
Yes it should! Heartstrings Jun 2017 #5
You have one Gerrymandered mess my friend. Wellstone ruled Jun 2017 #4
No doubt! Heartstrings Jun 2017 #6
Grew up in the North Western part of your State. Wellstone ruled Jun 2017 #7
Watched it develop as well... Heartstrings Jun 2017 #8
Know your town well. Wellstone ruled Jun 2017 #18
sorry - need to keep scott away from Bill Nelson's seat and DrDan Jun 2017 #9
And we can help each other out Heartstrings Jun 2017 #10
deal DrDan Jul 2017 #36
I've read through this a couple of times.. LakeArenal Jun 2017 #20
read the OP carefully DrDan Jul 2017 #35
Why did you choose Scott Walker, right to work, Johnson, and a bunch of Republican congressmen MiddleClass Jun 2017 #11
I, personally, chose none of those... Heartstrings Jun 2017 #12
Never assigning blame, isolated problem, take corrective action MiddleClass Jun 2017 #16
Everyone underestimates the roll of gerrymandering... LakeArenal Jun 2017 #17
I love Wiscaaahnsinites. But good Lord. Tatiana Jun 2017 #14
Wondering also tazmaniac Jun 2017 #23
Many of us think the recall was rigged. Greybnk48 Jul 2017 #43
I feel this way too! Tatiana Jul 2017 #46
The progressive media had it wrong too lordsummerisle Jul 2017 #51
happy to report barbtries Jun 2017 #15
Thanks! Heartstrings Jun 2017 #21
Recommended. H2O Man Jun 2017 #19
Thank you! Heartstrings Jun 2017 #22
Kicking. GallopingGhost Jun 2017 #24
Thank you! Heartstrings Jun 2017 #25
. GallopingGhost Jun 2017 #27
I would love to see that smirky little fucker gone gopiscrap Jun 2017 #26
That's our goal! Heartstrings Jun 2017 #31
My son works with him Go Vols Jun 2017 #28
Your son is a lucky man.... Heartstrings Jun 2017 #30
Some of us have Wisconsin fatigue. Sneederbunk Jun 2017 #32
Understandable..... Heartstrings Jul 2017 #33
Get over it. SMC22307 Jul 2017 #41
I'm all over it... SMC22307 Jul 2017 #34
Thank you! Heartstrings Jul 2017 #38
She's a retired OR nurse and her husband worked in the auto industry... SMC22307 Jul 2017 #40
I'm with you.. Randy seems like a good man. mountain grammy Jul 2017 #37
Thank you so much! Heartstrings Jul 2017 #39
Heartstrings is right! We need help Greybnk48 Jul 2017 #42
Thank you, I will keep posting info on him..... Heartstrings Jul 2017 #44
Frankly, outside help is not going to be how Paul Ryan loses MineralMan Jul 2017 #45
Unfortunately, I agree with you. smirkymonkey Jul 2017 #47
Yes, there are some stupid people here, on the Left as well. elocs Jul 2017 #52
We need to show up to the polls....exactly spot on! Heartstrings Jul 2017 #55
Just gave $100 DBoon Jul 2017 #53
So many thanks! Heartstrings Jul 2017 #54

JustAnotherGen

(31,681 posts)
1. I can't focus
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 06:38 PM
Jun 2017

On anything outside of NJ until after November - but I gave you a rec! It takes this guy's brass and early start to get it done.

JustAnotherGen

(31,681 posts)
49. My husband threatened
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 04:14 PM
Jul 2017

To cut off the PayPal credit from me - then he saw him on MSMBC. . . yeah - he's getting a donation from us!

Aside from being an artist . . . My husband who is now just doing art and small shop jobs in his studio is a:
Blacksmith
HVAC and Plumbing guy - had his own business and sold it.
Metal works - turned it to an employee Co-Op
UNESCO Certified metal restoration specialist


He came here in 2001 to pursue prosperity. This guy "gets" him. He gets the people in his metal shop. He's getting money - but we have a lot going to my Indivisible group, our Council candidate since I opted not to run, Murphy, Wiecek, and blue assembly candidates right now.

We are going to support Peter Jacob in the 7th District Primary but I have a green light to "go big" with your candidate. He's "bello".

MiddleClass

(888 posts)
13. What exactly is a rec, and how to give them
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 08:08 PM
Jun 2017

I believe they are a type of recommendation/scorecard

don't have a clue how you give them and see if you got any?

That said, I like threads like this,

we all need to gather together to beat the Koch brothers, local government takeover and the gerrymandering. It has done this country

sheshe2

(83,319 posts)
29. Welcome to DU MiddleClass.
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 11:34 PM
Jun 2017

To Rec (Recommend an OP) Bottom left corner in the OP there is a number with REC under it. Hit the button if you want toe Rec the OP.

LakeArenal

(28,713 posts)
2. Randy Brice is who we are talking about..
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 06:49 PM
Jun 2017

If you can't contribute talk about him and get the word out. We can stop speaker Ryan.. That should be every state's concern.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
4. You have one Gerrymandered mess my friend.
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 06:55 PM
Jun 2017

Here is how your win,get your Democratic Register People to get their asses to the polls. Your Democratic Party seems to stay home on election day.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
7. Grew up in the North Western part of your State.
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 07:04 PM
Jun 2017

Watched this take over start in the late 70's. And after each Census the District Boundaries were fudged more and more until the Koch Brothers People gained power in 2000,know some of the players by name. You wonderful folks got duped big time. Congressman Obe warned the State that this was coming and people stayed home from the polls believing what Hate Radio and the Right Wing Milwaukee Papers were printing.

Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)
8. Watched it develop as well...
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 07:37 PM
Jun 2017

I'm fortunate to now live in a blue county in which my town, Sun Prairie, surpassed Madison in voter turnout.
The rural areas need loads of butt kicking, tho!

Resist!

DrDan

(20,411 posts)
9. sorry - need to keep scott away from Bill Nelson's seat and
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 07:40 PM
Jun 2017

and pam bondi away from the gov mansion

We are not all stupid here in Florida, either.

Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)
10. And we can help each other out
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 07:56 PM
Jun 2017

by helping get the word out for all crucial seats. We're in this together....

Resist!

LakeArenal

(28,713 posts)
20. I've read through this a couple of times..
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 08:38 PM
Jun 2017

Who said who is stupid? Did someone say it?

Anyway Dr., if you just say the name Randy Bryce anytime you run up with someone from Wisconsin and post the name of your candidates in Florida and I'll talk about them to the snowbirds from Wisconsin. There are tons of them...

Every time we say a good candidate's name, an angel gets her wings....

DrDan

(20,411 posts)
35. read the OP carefully
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 08:08 AM
Jul 2017

Last edited Sat Jul 1, 2017, 08:44 AM - Edit history (1)

My point was, as was the point of the OP, we are saddled with RW cretins in seats of power in our respective states. That does NOT mean there are not progressive/liberals in each state that are working and contributing to a change in the power structure.

Florida is a common target for many here regardless of the many fighting for change.

MiddleClass

(888 posts)
11. Why did you choose Scott Walker, right to work, Johnson, and a bunch of Republican congressmen
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 07:57 PM
Jun 2017

Honest question from me concerned sideliner

really want to know, right now I don't.

Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)
12. I, personally, chose none of those...
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 08:04 PM
Jun 2017

We can try to place blame till the cows come home but what does that accomplish? Our focus needs to be voter turnout, learn from our inadequacy's and move forward in this asinine situation...

Resist

MiddleClass

(888 posts)
16. Never assigning blame, isolated problem, take corrective action
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 08:14 PM
Jun 2017

Sometimes it takes a while, organize, organize, organize

cast a wide net, not just Democrats, the Way independents vote, with the Democratic base, you win

LakeArenal

(28,713 posts)
17. Everyone underestimates the roll of gerrymandering...
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 08:31 PM
Jun 2017

I live in very rural Wisconsin. Before gerrymandering ours and the three counties around us were blue.. After gerrymandering....one. Same voters as before....same ones after.

Tatiana

(14,167 posts)
14. I love Wiscaaahnsinites. But good Lord.
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 08:11 PM
Jun 2017

Worked with the campaign to recall Walker. I really thought we had it. But too many wingnuts wanted to keep him. I don't understand it. Wisconsin has a fairly good public education system. Why has it gone so Republican -- is it really just the Koch $$$?

tazmaniac

(114 posts)
23. Wondering also
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 09:24 PM
Jun 2017

I always had a nagging feeling that somehow someway voter tampering had/has taken place & will continue to take place.

Greybnk48

(10,147 posts)
43. Many of us think the recall was rigged.
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 12:17 PM
Jul 2017

You don't get the number of signatures we got in a short time and then lose. Period. I was also in Madison with over 100,000 people a couple of times in bitter cold weather. The recall was B.S.

Tatiana

(14,167 posts)
46. I feel this way too!
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 02:17 PM
Jul 2017

There was soooo much enthusiasm. I haven't seen anything like it in my life. People, even Republicans, were behind the unions and the teachers. We barely had to knock on doors -- people graciously welcomed us in and volunteered to help as well.

I cannot, for the life of me, see how the recall failed. But somehow it did. And now Walker seems more evil and emboldened than ever.

I have not done much research on Wisconsin voting methods, but do you use a paper ballot? It is clear to me that the biggest threat to American democracy is our broken voting process.

lordsummerisle

(4,649 posts)
51. The progressive media had it wrong too
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 09:15 PM
Jul 2017

I remember seeing John Nichols from the Nation on Ed Schultz and Thom Hartmann and afterwards thinking the recall was a done deal...

Go Vols

(5,902 posts)
28. My son works with him
Fri Jun 30, 2017, 11:29 PM
Jun 2017

Mr Bryce is on the executive board and political advisor at Ironworkers Local 8 in Milwaukee.

He would make an excellent replacement for Ryan.

Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)
38. Thank you!
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 10:51 AM
Jul 2017

Lived in Kenosha for 12 years, 1973-1985....my husband worked for AMC and both my children were born at St. Catherine's.....lotsa good, hard working people in that city!

SMC22307

(8,088 posts)
40. She's a retired OR nurse and her husband worked in the auto industry...
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 12:06 PM
Jul 2017

they are good people! I have neighbors from NY, OH, MN, NC... we're all over Bryce! Every Dem should be in an effort to kick Paul "Kegger" Ryan to the curb.

mountain grammy

(26,568 posts)
37. I'm with you.. Randy seems like a good man.
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 08:13 AM
Jul 2017

He has the guts to do this and I admire him just for that. I'm rooting for you, Wisconsin, and will be happy to donate what I can to get rid of Ryan.

Greybnk48

(10,147 posts)
42. Heartstrings is right! We need help
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 12:14 PM
Jul 2017

to rid ourselves of the corruption the creeped in here and took over our State. We need to rid ourselves of Walker, ROJO, and Ryan to start with.

MineralMan

(146,189 posts)
45. Frankly, outside help is not going to be how Paul Ryan loses
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 12:28 PM
Jul 2017

in 2018. That can only happen if Wisconsinites make it happen, and that's going to be extremely difficult in his district. No amount of outside money or participation will have much impact in his district.

Instead, it will take a concerted effort on the part of Wisconsin voters in that district and a spectacular GOTV effort that finds and delivers enough Democratic voters to do the job. It's going to require individual and group efforts by people living in his district, not money and not outsiders who don't know and understand the issues in that district.

I hope Bryce's campaign does well. I hope you'll be able to participate in the work needed to oust Ryan. I live across the border in Minnesota. I can't help. There are three Republican districts in Minnesota that need my attention. House elections are local elections. The people in Ryan's district are the ones who will have to do that job.

You have my best wishes and hopes. Please hope for our districts in Minnesota, in return. That's where I'll be working.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
47. Unfortunately, I agree with you.
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 02:22 PM
Jul 2017

This is an inside job. I mean, it's not unfortunate that I agree with you, but what you said is the unfortunate truth.

elocs

(22,474 posts)
52. Yes, there are some stupid people here, on the Left as well.
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 11:15 PM
Jul 2017

Remember how in 2010 the Democrats controlled the entire state government here in Wisconsin and then as a result of the 2010 midterm election the state flipped to complete Republican control?
Well that was largely because far too many voters on the Left chose to stay home while Republicans viewed it as their duty to vote. So Scott Walker was first elected governor and Russ Feingold lost his senate seat. And since 2010 was a census year that allowed the Republicans to gerrymander the state when they took power in 2011.
Frankly I don't see Democrats as having a candidate who has a real chance of beating Walker who now has a well-organized and well funded political machine behind him. So to have any chance at all of winning every voter on the Left needs to turn out and vote. No excuses, no whining about how the Democratic candidate is not pure enough or that people are just not excited enough or motivated enough to vote. It's time to grow up and face reality as it exists and do what is right.

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