Today begins the latest saga in the messed up world of our state’s political struggle between Republicans and Democrats. 16 groups filed papers to recall state senators as a result of the melee that ensued after Scott Walker was elected governor last year and everyone started fighting over the budget bill in Madison earlier this year. 8 Republicans and 8 Democrats are being recalled. Only 9 districts are having actual recall elections, however, with today being the primary for those districts. The general elections will occur on August 9 in those 9 districts, and then there’s 1 district that only has a general election later this month. Of those 9 districts, 6 Republicans are being recalled and 3 Democrats.
Now here’s the new idiocy of it all – the Republican Party has chosen Republicans to run as fake Democrats in today’s primary elections against the real Democrats who are challenging the 6 Republicans who are being recalled and having elections. Follow that? Basically if a Republican is the target of a recall election today, there will be 2 people running against him/her – 1 real Democrat and 1 fake Democrat planted by the Republicans.
Seriously?? I have freely admitted that I am by no means a political expert, but how is that even legal? I mean, I know there are write-in candidates in practically every election, but planting fake members of one party to try and take votes away from your opposing party? Sounds like a bunch of crybaby bullshit to me. Have the balls to run fair and square – if you lose, you lose, I don’t care which party carries your allegiance. So go vote! Just make sure you’re really voting for who you think you’re voting for, not an imposter.
See, politicians are stupid. Maybe I’d actually enjoy paying attention to the government of our state, our country, and possibly even other countries if it just wasn’t so goddamn annoying.