Taking Back the Real History of the Recall.

Citizen Action of Wisconsin put together a nice piece that dispels many of the right wing distortions about the recall and when it should be used.  It's common sense stuff, which is why conservatives have a built in mental block.  Read the whole thing here.

The Real History of the Recall in Wisconsin

There is a coordinated right-wing effort to rewrite Wisconsin history to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the recall of Governor Walker. The stakes of this revisionist history could not be higher. The transparent objective is to persuade a small but decisive group of voters that they should not recall Governor Walker even if they disapprove of his conduct in office. One of the right’s propaganda mills is disseminating the myth that the original framers of Wisconsin’s recall amendment, the progressive movement led by “Fighting Bob” La Follette, would have opposed its use against Scott Walker. This is a stunning assertion.

Citizen Action of Wisconsin asked one of the leading historians of the Progressive Era in Wisconsin, Professor John Buenker, to analyze the right-wing history of the recall. Buenker finds that the Wisconsin progressives who framed the recall amendment were seeking to create a democratic check against corporate corruption and control of Wisconsin government, and the politicians who do the bidding of wealthy special interests. The recall is being used in 2012 as it was intended by the La Follette era progressives. The progressives of his era who put the recall in the Wisconsin Constitution would have thrilled to see people over 80 years later holding a Governor accountable for misleading the public during his campaign at the behest of billionaires and corporate interests, and once elected perpetrating a sneak attack on rights and the livelihoods of working people.