Democracy to negative, overwhelming to voters!!! Recalls threw our “political system into utter turmoil!” Are they kidding?!!

Thank you New Richmond News, for your pathetic call for recall reform. No shallower words were ever written. For some this whole democracy things is just too troublesome.

And supposedly the loser’s in this whole democratic experience were...the voters? Jaw dropping in its misguided understanding of our government, the New Richmond News editorial spelled out the Republican position well:

Now that election is done, we vote for recall reform: The recently completed recall elections … were an interesting exercise in the democratic process. No matter what side … the loser in the whole situation was the voter.

Because of big money negative ad campaigns, we’re supposed to give up on democracy:

Elections continue to bombard voters on a regular basis. As the debate rages, and the negative campaign tactics mount, voters tend to become disenfranchised with the whole democratic process. People become overwhelmed by the onslaught of political messages. And, with the recent recalls, the campaign messages were even more negative than your typical election battle. Even though large numbers of voters cast their ballot in the recent local election, one has to wonder if the battle was all worth it.

So the weary public turned out in droves to “ cast their ballot? For the sake of “stability,” we need to protect politicians from the voters.

Wisconsin needs to return some sense of stability to its political system. Elected officials … should be left alone to complete their appointed terms without the threat of such political reprisals … limited to those people who have broken the law, those who have been found guilty of ethics violations or those who have generally proven themselves unfit for public office.

The New Richmond News’ closing statement is not only scary, but profoundly wrong on so many levels:

The ability to recall elected officials at any time for any reason throws our political system into utter turmoil. Such uncertainty in the political landscape harms our state, and it harms the state’s election process.

I’m breathless.