In just five days .... FIGHTING BOB FEST ... at Madison Alliant Energy Center

[Yon_Yonson]

This will be my first one and it looks exciting!

http://www.fightingbobfest.org/

[Pharaoh]

1. I've been to 3 in Baraboo, great time! Blue grass, beer,brats

and some great speakers up close and personal.

[Yon_Yonson]

2. The Career of Robert M. La Follette

Robert La Follette developed his fierce opposition to corporate power and political corruption as a young man. Affiliated with the Republican Party for almost his entire career, La Follette embarked on a political path that would take him to Congress, the governorship of Wisconsin, and the U.S. Senate. His support for progressive reforms, rousing oratory, and frequent clashes with party leaders earned him the nickname "Fighting Bob."

Born in Primrose township, Dane County, in 1855, La Follette worked as a farm laborer before entering the University of Wisconsin in 1875. After graduating in 1879, La Follette launched his political career as district attorney the following year. Elected to Congress in 1884, La Follette was defeated in 1890 by Democrat Allen Bushnell. While for some people a defeat might have signaled the end of a political career, for La Follette it marked the beginning of a lifelong fight for political reform.

La Follette's career as a reformer began in earnest a few months later when the state Republican leader, Senator Philetus Sawyer, offered him a bribe to fix a court case against several former state officials. Furious that Sawyer would try to use money to influence the legal system, La Follette refused the bribe, angrily denouncing the use of money to shut out the voice of the people. For nearly ten years, La Follette traveled around the state speaking out against the influence of crooked politicians and the powerful lumber barons and railroad interests that dominated his own party. Elected governor in 1900, La Follette pledged to institute his own form of political reform.

http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-035/?action=more_essay

[a kennedy]

3. keeping this kicked......

:patriot:

[Bjorn Against]

4. I am thinking of driving to Madison for this, any DUers want to meet?

PM me if interested.

[undeterred]

5. Parking and Admission are free on Saturday!

There is a charge on Friday night at the theatre. Donations welcome saturday.

[Yon_Yonson]

6. Great way to spend a Saturday

My wife and I went, it was our first one we attended and can’t wait for the next one in May of 2012.

I just loved the kinetic energy you felt and the crowd was sizeable. The speakers were great and informative and the crowd went wild over Bernie Sanders,

[justgamma]

7. The biggest applause line.

Universal health care. So much better that the pubs "let him die"

My first time too. It was fantastic! The one line that stuck in my head was from Greg Palast. You pour beer on his head? I'm from NYC, we'd drink it first. OMG it was great.

[Yon_Yonson]

8. Listerning to Tom Hartman tonight and he says 10,000 were in attendance

The event received no major media coverage! That is down right ironic, just bring 20 tea baggers and one Mother Palin to an event and the frigging media is all over it!

:wtf:

[mojowork_n]

9. Very few stories were written. "Google News" sez...

...there weren't too many news articles published. This is their list, with only one page of results, and
some of them are for stories of other events. (Inaccurate search results.)

Be like Bob: Festival raises sprits of a political kind
‎Janesville Gazette - Frank Schultz - 4 days ago
16, 2011 JANESVILLE — Before electronic media consumed our lives, politics was an in-person, sideshow kind of ... That's what Fighting Bob Fest tries to be. ...
Bob Fest attendees still have fight in them‎ Baraboo News Republic....

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Plain Talk: 10th Bob Fest speaks truth where power lives
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Capital Times (blog) - Sep 14, 2011
The volunteers who work their fingers to the bone to stage Fighting Bob Fest for what this year will be the 10th time were meeting the other day to put the ...
10th Annual 'Fighting Bob' Fest Aims to Honor Workers, Light Fire ...‎ In These Times
all 3 news articles »
In These Times
New vigor for annual progressive event
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Wisconsin Radio Network - Brian Moon - 4 days ago
Fighting Bob Fest has been going every year since 2002 but as organizer Ed Garvey says this year is different. ...
Sanders praises Obama for protecting Social Security
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vtdigger.org - 2 days ago
by Press Release | September 18, 2011 MADISON, Wis., Sept. ... Sanders was in Wisconsin for the Fighting Bob Fest, a gathering of progressives at an annual ...

CTV.ca
Community Calendar: Sept. 19, 2011
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Daily Comet - 3 days ago
The Terrebonne Parish Library System's technology librarian, Bob Cornes, ... The annual Cajun Fest is scheduled is scheduled from 10 am to 3 pm Oct. 1 at ...
Madison eats agenda: Middleton's Largest Coffee Break, Food for ...
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Isthmus - Sep 13, 2011
Screening of The Strange Disappearance of the Bees, a 2011 documentary by Mark Daniels ... Fighting Bob Fest, the tenth annual Chautauqua-style progressive ...

Isthmus
Early Edition: Trio Added to 'Argo,' Almodovar to Guest Curate AFI ...
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Moviefone (blog) - Harley W. Lond - Aug 30, 2011
... Donovan will play Bob Anders, a US embassy consular officer in Tehran; ... artistic director of AFI Fest 2011 -- the organization's annual film festival ...
Long-time Strykersville fireman chosen parade Grand Marshall
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Arcade Herald - Aug 25, 2011
Bob nominee has held the position of fire police captain since the ... for dairy fest for 3 years, and he negotiated fire contracts with the towns. ...
September Calendar: Enjoy the many festivals and outdoor events ...
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Springfield News-Leader - Aug 28, 2011
655-2605; www.higherpowerpromotions.com Nixa Area Community Fest and .... music by Tullamore Celtic Band, Scottish sword fighting demonstrations, games. ...

...I'm really sorry I had to miss -- missed my ride when friend got sick -- but it's good to hear the next one is in the Spring of 2012.