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How do we know Terrence Wall's not an alien?
Tue, 02/16/2010 - 1:20pm | xoff
WisPolitics: Stuart Rothenberg of the Rothenberg Report writes about US Senate candidate Terrence Wall:
"When I interviewed Wall recently, he refused to give his date of birth. He only offered the year of his birth (and his age), apparently because he is concerned about identity theft. Wall, in other words, has a long way to go before he is a serious threat to Feingold, even in a bad year for Democrats."
Facebook says it's June 4, 1964.
But it may be time to start a Wall birther movement and demand to see some proof.
Tags: Senate race off to a muddy start; more in forecast
Thu, 02/11/2010 - 7:32pm | xoff
A "misleading" political ad? Whoa, Eddie! What next?
Terrence Wall, who's apparently saved enough money by not paying taxes to be able to fund his own US Senate campaign, is the first political candidate on the air this year, nine months before the general election.
No soft biographical stuff here. A head-on blast at Sen. Russ Feingold for voting in favor of "government takeover of health care."
The Associated Press says it's misleading, prompting Wall to respond with some other factually challenged information.
Lordy, Lordy! It's gonna be a long year.
US Senate and Feingold Defend Doing Nothing
Sat, 02/06/2010 - 9:25am | mal contends
In the United States Senate, doing nothing is protected as a point of historical pride. It is the privilege of a U.S. Senator to do nothing and the do-nothing gang does not want this august legislative body to lose its harrowed privilege.
As Gail Collins puts it this morning: "There is a stupendous lack of real enthusiasm in the Senate for doing anything as dramatic as eliminating the senators’ right to stop things."
“It’s beyond the breaking point,” said Senator Tom Harkin, referring to the U.S. Senate's obstruction-as-usual, holds on nominations, filibusters, the whole paralysis of a sick legislative body. Harkin will introduce a bill to eliminate the Senate filibuster next week.
Even reformers like Sen. Russ Feingold defend the filibuster. Maybe Feingold and the Senate will have a change a heart, feeling that the problems facing Americans are so serious that a decaying institution's relics and undemocratic rules must change for the good of the citizens of our republic.
As Gail Collins puts it this morning: "There is a stupendous lack of real enthusiasm in the Senate for doing anything as dramatic as eliminating the senators’ right to stop things."
“It’s beyond the breaking point,” said Senator Tom Harkin, referring to the U.S. Senate's obstruction-as-usual, holds on nominations, filibusters, the whole paralysis of a sick legislative body. Harkin will introduce a bill to eliminate the Senate filibuster next week.
Even reformers like Sen. Russ Feingold defend the filibuster. Maybe Feingold and the Senate will have a change a heart, feeling that the problems facing Americans are so serious that a decaying institution's relics and undemocratic rules must change for the good of the citizens of our republic.