Politics in Wisconsin these days is like watching a car wreck. You can't look away from the wreckage but you get sickened by it none the less. I make no bones about the fact that I am not a Gov. Scott Walker fan. I think he is up to his elbows in stupidity and has attempted to do some of the most damaging things while in office.
One thing I will give him is he has at once united and divided the State of Wisconsin. Divided - because the line between Democrat and Republican could not be any clearer right now and, united - because both Pro-Walker and Against Walker factions have come together in a most exciting democratic way. We are hot, angered and not going to take it anymore. And that sentiment lies on both sides of the fence too.
Still, I am amazed on an almost daily basis but Walker's continued march into oblivion. Recently, I read that he managed to quickly pass legislation through that now prohibits attorneys from accessing any state reports in incidents of nursing home abuse and neglect cases. It also prohibits the states own disability rights advocates from obtaining valuable information when there are charges of abuse or neglect in a nursing home. Now what would he do that? Why wouldn't he want this information to be available to those who would need it in order to ensure people are safe in the state's nursing homes? Because he got a whopping campaign contribution from the nursing home and care giver organizations. Not the Union organizations, mind you. No, the private sector. So, if granny is abused, bruised, raped, or even just lying in her own piss...don't even think of suing. No one can get the records.
Thank you, Gov. Walker. You must sleep well at night.
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