Dialogues on the Elephant Graveyard: Letters to the Wisconsin GOP

Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Mark M., Dave S., Mark O., Dennis C., Paul C., and Geoff Carter VIGNA christian, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Couldn’t help but think: Earlier this week, some “super smart” liberal cyclists I know…said they might vote Republican yesterday, in hopes of getting the candidate for governor–least likely to beat Evers elected …
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Kickass and the Money Lenders

Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, supports the keeper in efforts to free the populace from enslavement by the money lenders, and cheers for the removal of lifetime financial shackles from young college grads. That it is impossible to own a house or a car without paying outrageous …
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Kickass and Wisconsin Governorship

Svgalbertian, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, notes that political things build up for the keeper, and to avoid serious indigestion he must sort through the laxatives of truth:  * Allowing an out-of-state billionaire who lives in East coast mansions to buy his way into the Wisconsin governor’s office …
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Kickass and Mar-A-Lago Documents

Mwinog2777, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that among the documents confiscated at Mar-a-lago was one that began: “Four score and seven years ago,” and which had been labeled by Mar-a-lago occupants as nothing more than an old sports story having no current relevance. Investigation reveals that the …
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Kickass and Republican Governor Candidate

I. W. Taber, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, joins the keeper in noting that the Wisconsin Repubs have chosen a millionaire candidate for governor who spent $12 million of his own money to get on the ballot and whose construction company has 8,000 employees, and who holds such narcissistic …
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Kickass and NYT Anti-Johnson Questions

Lisacheese at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the Monday edition of the NYT devoted the better part of an inside page to a column by Michelle Cottle headlined: “Why Is Ron Johnson Still a Competitive Candidate?” After a lengthy run-down of Johnson’s “MAGA-crazy” brand, …
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Kickass and Mar-a-Lago Pie Safe

Mbrickn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that through his unfailing source of inside information, the keeper has learned that upon opening the safe at Mar-a-Lago, FBI agents found a piece of apple pie. Several bites had been taken from the piece of pie, and an accompanying slice …
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Kickass and Wisconsin Inventory

Richard Hurd from Green Bay, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, assists the keeper in a partial Monday morning inventory of Wisconsin:          *Minority-representative government firmly controlled by narcissistic, gerrymandered Repub Legislators who preach that there is a pony buried under all their horse—-!          *An out-of-state bear hunters group …
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Kickass and News Dumpster

Justus Hayes from Vancouver, Canada, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, agrees with the keeper that the real negative aspect of someone like Alex Jones being thrown into the daily news dumpster is that it is already full of the denial/conspiracy crowd garbage, and it is really beginning to smell …
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