An adulterous, home-wrecking “conservative” woman has no standing to lecture people on decorum or principles.
That’s right, I wouldn’t vote for Mike Alfonso on principle because his campaign stands for everything conservatives say they abhor - the swampy money trail, the DC decadence by elites raking it in, the name calling and childish behavior, and the complete lack of merit and achievement.
And this brand of politics may cost Republicans and conservatives everything in this state in a couple short weeks, and I’m furious about that. I hope it doesn’t. Tiffany, Toney and DVO may win. But they are fighting against enormous headwinds caused by this kind of BS out of Washington. And I’m a person who believes Trump’s policies have been more successful than he is getting credit for. But he’s not selling them well, and the grifting and name calling are wearing thin with a lot of voters, not to mention Iran and gas.
I would leave that race blank - if I lived in the district, which I do not. I also stated that I would NEVER vote for Fred Clark because his policies and ideology are too liberal for me and would be very bad for this country.
This conversation ignited because a woman who is a very good long-time conservative announced that she is voting for Clark over the same concerns and people went and called her names. I then stated I wouldn’t vote for Clark ever and might vote for Alfonso. Then, I saw various Turning Point guys and the convicted batterer from Oconto County on that thread calling people names. The TP guy Dixon Wolfe, rather than simply making the case for Alfonso, whom he supports, chose to trash Kevin Hermening and Michael Mikalsen as elitist boomers and called Kevin a sore loser and decided to arrogantly lecture him. He has not earned the right to pompously lecture Kevin Hermening, who has worked in GOP grassroots politics for 40 years, was a hostage in Iran and served his country as a Marine. Get real.
And then I said enough. If I lived in that district, I’d be done with this kind of crap and I would not enable it with my vote.
Why wouldn’t I vote for Alfonso?
-The disgusting swamp around him - the federal lobbyist money funding his campaign tied to the industries his dad regulates. It disgusts me almost as much as the Guilfoyle accusations. The money trail through the shadowy pac based in Alabama. Look into the backgrounds of the people who put money into that. I did but never wrote the story because I got sick of the entire thing. It’s disgusting. It’s the literal swamp.
-The lack of any real accomplishments. Pure nepotism, not merit. It’s a joke. The shifting explanations about work background. He is a part-time church accountant who was a podcast producer. There is zero chance we’d be talking about him if his father-in-law wasn’t a cabinet secretary who convinced Trump to endorse him.
-the fact he’s going to win by a lot anyway. I might change my mind if I thought Fred Clark had a chance of winning. Alfonso will win by a large margin.
-The disgusting juvenile name calling and behavior from the people supporting him, like you, Brady and Ken. I actually had written before that I would consider voting for Alfonso if I lived there until I saw the insults being directed at Kevin and Mike.
-the out of touch decadence of the Duffys personified by Rachel swanning around in a ball gown for a look at me video at the state dinner while people are struggling back home and the poor messaging out of Washington may cost Wisconsin conservatives literally everything.
I’ve previously said that I like some things about Alfonso - he’s personally nice, his wife is brilliant and I think she’s great, he champions fatherhood and marriage.
You guys really need to grow up. I feel sorry for you, Brady, Dixon, etc. You have been taught by society that this is how you are supposed to act to be a man. It’s not. You could learn a thing or two about how Kevin Hermening carries himself in public.
This isn’t the “get” you think it is, Nick. Everything I outlined used to be a conservative principle.
Also, I’m not a neocon.