Did I mention that the bumper sticker appears to be bloody?
A top state Republican is taking offense at a Democratic bumper sticker that he claims shows a train slamming into Governor-elect Scott Walker’s head in a bloody crash.
The bumper sticker is available on the Wisconsin Democratic Party’s Web site. It depicts a train hitting Walker’s head with jagged red impact marks flying out. The sticker is emblazoned with the words “High Speed Fail.”
Rep. Robin Vos (R-Racine) said the red marks imply blood. He said the sticker is indecent and Democrats should stop offering it.
Democrats are outraged that Walker, a Republican, refused federal aid for high-speed rail between Madison and Milwaukee. Democratic Party spokesman Graeme Zielinski called Vos a partisan hack who clearly understands political rhetoric. He says Vos’ complaints are laughable.
Oh, wait, sorry, I meant that the train was hitting a Republican’s head, and the sticker is being not only hosted on the Wisconsin Democrat Party’s website, but being offered for free. Obviously, were this a Democrat on the bumper sticker, the national media would be in the act of creating an outrageously outraged firestorm, calling for heads to roll, huffing and puffing in high dudgeon.
Question for Wisconsin Dems: why, exactly, do you need a high speed train from Madison to Milwaukee? Are there really that many commuters who drive an hour and a half or more daily (I wonder how long it takes in all that snow?) Or is it that you just want yet another Big Government project that will give low paying, low brainpower jobs to the people who vote for you? Or that you simply want to spend someone else’s money for the hell of it?
Screen capture for when Dems scrub their website
Hey, California is gonna build one from Bakerfield to Barstow or some such insane shit.
Mojo, that is insane. At least they can run the train on all that extra windmill power they generate there. RIGHT??!?!?
Teach, that Madison to Milwaukee trip is only 75-80 miles. Seriously? People need a train to go 80 miles?
Local university used to run a daily bus from the school to our second largest city 70 miles away and bypassing the TOLL road. After a year it was shut down due to limited riders. People like their own vehicles.
Here is one of my fears, they are pushing to get this infrastructure built because they know that their plan to make fuel and vehicle operation too expensive. Once that happens, they will have trains and buses there waiting for us.
The funny part is, consider that most, if not all, of the above ground trains in the NY and Philly areas were shut down due to snow. Imagine what would happen in Wisconsin. It would be out of service a good chunk of the winter.
And, doesn’t a train use….electricity? Isn’t electricity bad for globull warming?
Of course there is still plenty of room on the highway and airports !