Is Senator Fitzgerald too caustic for the Republican Party?

The exciting part about getting beyond next Tuesdays recall primary in Senate District 13, will be the fact that Senator Scott Fitzgerald will have to stop hiding behind the fake Democrat candidate that he supports.  He will actually have to start campaigning or run even greater risk of losing to Democrat candidate Lori Compas, who is building momentum as a very formable opponent.

After next Tuesday Senator Fitzgerald will only have four short weeks to trump up some reason why people should not boot him out of office.  He is already trying to throw around the notion that he is looking forward to running on his political track record.   As a Republican who used to vote for the senator (but never again), I am also looking forward to him attempting to run on his track record as well, because he has a lot of explaining to do.

I would love for nothing more than to see him actually have to debate on the supposed merits of his track record.  It is then that voters will get a glimpse of just how caustic and divisive this guy is to our great state.  Through genuine debate with a good moderator, the Senator Fitzgerald will surely expose some his true colors to the voters on how bad he is for our state and even to the GOP party.  I feel that way because the senator is so arrogant that he cannot help but to be flippant and cocky in situations like this.  I hear from more and more Republicans everyday who are turned off from the Republican party because of him over the last fifteen months. 

I have found personally that the senator is not a very skilled presenter, much less a strong debater.  I have asked him questions myself and I have listened to others ask him question, only to have him spew out some nonsensical response that was not an answer to the questions at all.  Instead his so-called responses typically included a ton of rhetoric and political spinning that would make the Tilt-o-Whirl dizzy and nauseous.   

I believe that the senator intentionally spins the question into a knot by responding with something that sounds really good but does nothing for answering the actual question.  But when that approach does not work, he seems to intentionally try to confuse or frustrate the person asking the question to the point where they stop asking and simply walk away.  This is where I enjoy watching Senator Fitzgerald turn red and cock his head to the side with a look of frustration and annoyance when constituents ask him legitimate questions and then hold him to an answer.   

I am not a mean spirited person, but this wait until he gets done trying to confuse, or frustrate you with his bogus response filled with unfounded claims, then ask him for clarification on some of his comments.   Better yet, the other entertaining approach is to let him finish with his response to your question, then simply thank him for that explanation, but remind him what your original question was and tell him that you would appreciate an actual answer to your question.  That drives him up the wall and makes him turn even redder in the face, because he seems to be annoyed by anyone who holds him accountable to an actual answer where he cannot get away with half-truths or deception.

After next Tuesday’s primary, Senator Fitzgerald will have to make a decision on whether or not to debate Lori Compas.  Either way is not a good situation for the senator to be in because he cannot afford to lose any votes going into the June 5^th election. 

Regardless of the debates, it is going to be rather interesting to see how strong the public educators, along with other public employees and their friends and family members come out to vote.  Can you imagine what the impact will be on the elections if just the educators alone get out and vote?  I would not want to be Governor Walker or Senator Fitzgerald if that ever happened. The educators’ sheer size in votes alone will play a very interesting role in the outcome of the recalls. 

Then add in the many women, environmentalists, educational supporters, and etc and etc who are being impacted by these guys or just plain fed up with these guys.  Did I mention the number of Republicans like myself who are not voting for them?  Collectively there are a lot (and I mean a lot) of dissatisfied people who can make a huge difference just by simply getting out and voting. 

I believe that voters are going to show that Senator Scott Fitzgerald just might be too extreme and too caustic for even the Republican Party.

Sincerely,

Gary