Media Attacks Democracy For Self Interests

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Saturday’s Janesville Gazette contained an article by Stan Milam titled, “Why do we elect justices to state’s highest court?” supporting the Wisconsin State Journal’s political agenda to end the process of democratically elected judges.

In his article, Milam also tries to de-emphasize the newspaper's political activism by describing them as Republican in an effort to justify their argument using the pathetic campaign and election of the GOP-supported Annette Ziegler as fodder. These hardcore liberal Republicans have no shame using one of there own as the sacrificial lamb in their quest to usurp the democratic process. They are focused on a much larger prize.

But Milam’s direction here is part of a much wider program being pushed statewide. In Wisconsin, nearly all townships and counties are under siege by third party special interests (not traditional party organizations) to downsize local representation under the smaller government/less taxes banner. This same drive also plans to eventually eliminate offices such as coroner and sheriff from the democratic election process. Chances are, what Milam suggests has the full support of your local newspaper, business organizations and cloaked GOP partisans simply because THEY ARE the third party special interests that want to wrestle away the power of the ballot. They think we’re too naïve and stupid to be trusted to elect our representatives, i.e., Ziegler, and instead some greater power with superior knowledge should be bestowed with that duty.

Ziegler’s campaign was powered by the same special interests that elected Van Hollen proves the process is not perfect. Clearly loopholes exist. Both were chosen over better candidates for their respected offices not because the people’s democratic election process failed, but because an unregulated campaign process corrupted by corporate and media interests succeeded.

JG Excerpt:
Electing Supreme Court justices simply doesn't work anymore. Ziegler is proof of that. How can we justify having a justice on the highest court in this state who could not operate ethically at the lowest court level in the state?

An argument can be undertaken for a lot of people holding elected offices today who don't deserve it either but, right or wrong, the people have spoken. What does a democratic election have to do with this? Nothing!

The question is not why do we elect Supreme Court Justices - but why do we allow third party special interests and private money to interfere in our election process? And more to the point, the people must stop confusing newspapers and the media at-large as some idealistic arm in defense of democracy, when they clearly have become the opposition.