Now in charge of Wisconsin, these "Stand with Walker" voters are speaking out....

We know Wisconsin Public Radio isn't exactly the most popular radio station on dial for Republican voters, so anytime a few of the more moderate ones decide to call in and drool on and on about their dictatorial leader Scott Walker, it's an eye opener.


Take for instance reelected Secretary of State Doug La Follette, who talked about how Walker divided Wisconsinites; from booing opponent Mary Burke's Vince Lombardi quote, to the perception that Walker is succeeding where Obama is failing.

That prompted a few typical "stand with Walker" voters to call-in. Take note, these are the people who are now deciding who will be running our state government. I never thought the so-so dystopian film "Ideocracy" would turn out to be a brilliant foretelling of our current political environment:

The callers didn't mention La Follette's Republican challenger, Julian Bradley, for some odd reason. He wanted to restore the powers his own party took away from that "do nothing" office.

Democrats need to change the way they frame their successes. For instance, why do they always throw out "qualifiers" when they bring up their accomplishments. Like "things could be better," "we're not there yet," "there's still a lot of work to be done." That kind of goes without saying, you know? While on the Republican side, utter economic failure is touted as "the Wisconsin Comeback" and "moving forward," which is nothing even close to reality.

More on Republican/Ideocracy: In a misguided critique of the movie "Ideocracy," the reviewer still made some nice observations that apply today. Check out the comments section too. Here's the link.

"Idiocracy is now our point of reference for the dumbing down of society. Whereas previous generations had movies like Network (1976) that challenged our understanding of possible media-driven futures, millennials have Idiocracy. And while the film expresses an arguably legitimate frustration with our current cultural landscape, it also leads us down a strange and illogical path for creating a better future."

Republican runs to restore office destroyed by Republicans. Dizzy yet?

Republicans hate the office of the Secretary of State so much they stripped it of almost every duty, without going through the trouble of changing the state constitution.

The remaining duties include publishing bills into law and keeping the state seal. Democratic Secretary of State Doug La Follette has served as secretary of state since 1975.

GOP candidate Julian Bradley is all about taking back the office his party spent so much time destroying, mostly because a Democrat has held it so long. Bradley also went on a "Shattering Stereotypes Tour" to prove Republicans aren't the maniacal closeted racists most people think they are because well, he's black. Wow, I'm convinced now. It looks like he caught on to the old liberal trick; we leave racist signs on the ground, and when a conservative picks one up, we take a picture of them waving it around proudly. It works all the time too.

Bradley also wants to pull the GAB under his wing, kind of politicizing it a just little, because that's what other states do. Hey, is that plagiarism (hot word now)? Those independent retired judges need a guy like Bradley to keep them in line with the party philosophy.

Bradley wants to "rebuild" the bridges La Follette burned with Republicans.  Mike Gousha asked Bradley if that didn't just make government bigger again, by adding more duties to the office. Bradley's said his new powers would make the office more efficient. That makes perfect sense.

This whole interview is surreal and an amazing example of having it both ways, but only if you're a Republican. From Upfront with Mike Gousha, this slide show (not a video clip):



Note: Democratic Mayor Tom Barrett also floated plans to retire the office, but not out of retaliation for delaying the publication of Act 10.