My column for the Washington County Daily News is online and in print. Here’s a part.
When candidate Ron Johnson left his relative obscurity as a successful businessman to become one of thousands of impassioned patriots who were compelled to run for office in response to President Barack Obama’s leftist governance, many people underestimated the impact he would have on Wisconsin. Now, 12 years later, Johnson is asking the voters to send him back to Washington again to continue to work on behalf of Wisconsin. The fact that so many liberals hate Johnson so much is reason enough for conservatives to come out in force to support him, but he has also earned another term on the merits.
Despite being new to elected office and a rookie in the U.S. Senate, Senator Johnson quickly rose to prominence during his first term. As an outspoken critic of government and the swamp in Washington, he was a steadfast opponent of President Obama’s destructive policies. Johnson fought against Obamacare, open borders, and runaway government spending. He drew the ire of leftists, but also upset the entrenched Republican establishment in Washington because he was not one to go along to get along.
Perhaps Johnson stood out a little more because he was so different than the kind of Republican senators that the country had become accustomed to over the past several decades. Wisconsin’s senators had been so beige that they were often indistinguishable from the plush chairs. Then here comes Johnson and he is immediately in the thick of everything.
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As Johnson runs for his third term, he is still looking forward. Two terms in the Senate have not diminished his energy or his willingness to challenge the status quo. Johnson is continuing his fight against the immense government deficit spending that has now caused the worst inflation since IBM introduced its first personal computer with DOS 1.0. He is hearing the concerns of parents and advocating for more choice in education. Johnson is seeking to correct the worst abuses of government during the pandemic.
The Biden administration is a rolling disaster for the country and the only way to slow it is to elect Republican majorities in the House and Senate. Although it is a presidential off year where the opposition party normally does well, the quirk of the maps favors the Democrats in the Senate this year. While the House looks likely, not certain, to swing to the Republicans, the Senate is still a tossup. It will take an overwhelming voice from the people for the Republicans to take control of the Senate and Senator Johnson is one of the 51 people that Americans must elect to make that happen.
Finally, it is worth noting that after two terms and a record of action, Senator Johnson matters. He is not the stolid backbencher who harrumphs on cue when called upon by his caucus leadership. Indeed, Johnson is a case study for the maxim that not all leaders have a title. He is his own man with his own voice, and he uses it voraciously on behalf of Wisconsin and the issues in which he believes. We must send him back to Washington not because he wants it, but because Wisconsin needs it.
Of course, there was his promise to serve to only serve 2 terms.
That’s before the Election Fraud brought Biden and the WarWar/Invasion/Inflation/Destroy America crowd into power.
As Brit PM MacMillan once said: “Events, my man. Events.”
I’m glad Johnson hasn’t used that two term pledge as an excuse to walk away from the fight.
So, the end justifies the means?
Umm, ok.
He is a pretty good senator but perhaps the GOP could have found an even better one.
Mar, I don’t know what’s the matter with you lately. You apparently pine for good old LeeeeeeeeRoy so much that you’re now imitating him in your posts.
To replace RoJo, the WI GOP would have to find someone who is conservative, has or can rapidly gain support of conservative/Trumpian voters here, AND who is approved by McConnell. Without the latter, there would be no money sent up here for the election effort.
RoJo and McConnell are ………..not………..close. But the Turtle is stuck with him, so to speak.
But I’m sure everyone on this thread will be very interested in YOUR potential nominee.
(Let’s not get into the fallacious premise of your ‘moral’ ends/means argument, shall we?)
Mar, would you have wanted Patton to step down in 1943 because he had promised he would retire (Hypothetical scenario)? I feel like Johnson is just about the only conservative standing up for what Republicans say, but never do. I am thankful that this conservative still sees feels that he can do good. If he served his original stated purposes and was just staying on to fight ‘new’ fights, I would agree with you. However, the current ‘conservatives’ are just 3 steps behind the far left. They pretend horror at the Biden administration, while behind closed doors they are rubbing their hands, just waiting to use the new power gains Dems go out and get with their idiot ‘please rule me’ base. Johnson is about the only Senator that opens the closed doors.
>I feel like Johnson is just about the only conservative standing up for what Republicans say, but never do. I am thankful that this conservative still sees feels that he can do good. If he served his original stated purposes and was just staying on to fight ‘new’ fights, I would agree with you. However, the current ‘conservatives’ are just 3 steps behind the far left. They pretend horror at the Biden administration, while behind closed doors they are rubbing their hands, just waiting to use the new power gains Dems go out and get with their idiot ‘please rule me’ base. Johnson is about the only Senator that opens the closed doors.
I also would like to point out…. that RoJo is probably the most hated and vilified person besides DJT from the foaming vile Far Left. There is a reason for that, and it’s not because he’s a Republican. It’s because he’s calling them out on their bullshit, questioning them and their motives, and standing up for the Nation as a whole. They hate that type of person.
I agree that Johnson is a good senator, but having McConnell as friend is about the dumbest why to run, even if that is 3rd or 4th on the list.
We will never know who would have stepped forward and run for the Senate.
People complain when politicians who break promises but then make excuses for the politician if they like them.