In particular, they took aim at Sen. Bob Jauch for having the wisdom and foresight to shut down an ill-advised suggestion that could not only compromise the safety and security of our soldiers overseas, it could also cheapen the legislative process here in Wisconsin to nothing more than a second thought decision made possibly under severe duress.
JG Editorial Excerpt:Just what soldiers in a war zone need to be thinking about.
Allow lawmakers who are on military deployment to vote on legislation. We urged the change while endorsing…….
JG Editorial:Jauch was looking at the legislative side of the Gazette’s idea, but there is a far more insidious element to this dim-witted campaign crusaded just to secure votes from one of their endorsed partisans. One that far outweighs the legislative process, at least in my view.
“It’s hard for me to believe that anyone is going to be informed and make and informed decision if they are 300 or 3,000 miles away…..We have not had any discussion, nor do I think we will have a discussion, about changing the procedure if an individual is physically unable to be there.” – Sen. Bob Jauch
JG Editorial Excerpt:Considering the circumstances, that would have been more acceptable. But according to the Gazette, it’s much better to have a soldier in a war zone, under the blistering hot sun in Iraq second guessing whether there is an IED planted under a rotting animal carcass at the side of the road while he is text messaging his position on coal-fired power plants or the need of a sales tax on transit equipment. Much better to endanger the soldier while he legislates from the trench.
That’s too bad. It’s not like Hahn would have been sipping margaritas at some Mexican resort.
JG Editorial Excerpt:Sen. Jauch should be commended for his intelligent decision that helps both legislators and soldiers keep their unequivocal devotion and attention to the important tasks at hand. They must not be permitted to exercise mixing these important duties. It cheapens their honor, is extremely dangerous, and you shouldn’t have to be a Democrat in order to understand that.
When it comes to Democrats in Madison, partisanship apparently trumps military support.
Shame on the Gazette for grandstanding our soldiers military service as a tool to gain political office and demonizing lawmakers as unpatriotic for opposing their polarizing jingoistic rhetoric.
This editorial coming on Veterans Day is indubitably disgraceful.
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I had a problem with the Gazette editorial because it tends to paint all Democrats with the same brush. Traditional values and patriotism are not the property of any particular political party. Indeed, they are the values that protect the two party system. Doyle easily won reelection in 2006bit at the same time, the marriage ammendment won by a much larger margin. It is obvious that Reagan Democrats are still very much alive. The Democratic party would be wise not to ignore them. Both parties have their factions and the resultant risk. On the other side, the editorial does remind me that our current educational system and to a large degree the Democratic party is heavily influenced by leftover attitudes from the 1960's. They are now in positions of power simply due to age and longgevity. They do exhibit a narrowmindedness and intolerance towards diverse views. Political power is always tenuous and the potential for fracture is always present in both parties. It would not take much for the Democrats to once again alienate the former Reagan Democrats and lose that power. The Gazette did point out a potential weakness with Democrats. They need to correct it.
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