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add Cruz v FEC to that list. It transformed the bribery intent of Citizens United into a full-on laundromat of corrupt financial practices.

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Johnson is going to get the Northwoods racist vote against any Democrat, and Democrats up north will vote for any Democrat to rid us of Johnson. What Dems need in a midterm election is heavy turnout in Milwaukee and Madison, including black voters. There's something about Barnes that might appeal to black voters and simultaneously make Charlie Sykes disparage his chances. What could it be? His tattoos? His athleticism?

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I know times have changed and tattoos have become personal expression, but I still believe that even a single tattoo stands as evidence that, at least once in your life, you’ve been “Under the Volcano” drunk.

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The Waukesha parade tragedy happened 5 minutes from where I live. The perpetrator has documented mental health issues and was drunk and high fleeing from a domestic disturbance. This was NOT an act of terrorism. I share your concerns that turnout in Madison and Milwaukee won’t be enough to elect Barnes, but you’re parroting right wing whataboutism talking points that serve to reframe domestic terrorism in a way that obfuscates the fact that it is primarily the product of white xtian fanaticism. Please don’t do that.

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Here is my poem about Ron Johnson, which is mine:My name is Ron Johnson I come from WisconsinThe land of the curds & the whey.I spew out deceit As I trip on my feetAnd do it again the next day!

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Oh, well, then they should have gone with one of the other Democrats instead. I'm assuming there's absolutely nothing the Republican smear machine can do against the other two.

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But does he have "Welcome Aboard" tattooed on his penis?

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Hasn’t Scott Walker done enough damage to Wisconsin?

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What Charlie Sykes means is Barnes is blackety black black black.

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Time to start hoarding mustard? https://www.france24.com/en...

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Common clay of the old west, also too.

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That's what I ask every time I see him on the teevee endorsing Rebecca Kleefisch, another POS from the catalog of Republic#nt women. Go the fuck away, Scott Walker!

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The sad truth of the matter is that Scott Walker knows by now what motivates the racists in this primarily white-populated state.

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This turned out to be one of those instances where procrastination on my part was beneficial, as I just mailed my ballot today.

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I committed to not giving money in primaries this year because I wanted money for the general.I actually gave money to Barnes because I thought he had already won the primary.He was pretty solidly ahead. Unity is awesome.

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