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Monday, June 19, 2017
He's In! Randy Bryce To Take On And Take Out Lyin' Ryan!
Well, we did it, my friends!
We called upon Randy Bryce to step up and serve his country one more time by running to repeal and replace Lyin' Ryan, and he heard us.
Not only did he hear us, he heeded our words and has entered the race!
It will be the hard hat versus the silk stockings, the working man against the corporate puppet.
If one goes to Randy's website and read his bio, the gentle reader will see what I have been saying is true. He's a strong advocate for veterans, for kids and for the working class.
But let me tell you two personal stories on why I support Randy.
I have known Randy for years and have gotten to know him fairly well. We both were delegates to the Milwaukee Area Labor Council and we were both fortunate enough to have served on the executive board of that esteemed group.
A banquet hall/restaurant in Milwaukee, Serb Hall, was famous for their Friday fish fries. The Labor Council would hold their monthly meetings there because it was also a union shop.
Five years ago, they went through a management change and the new management was most definitely anti-union. They were bound and determined to bust the union there, no matter how many labor laws they had to violate in doing so.
Randy and I then came up with one of the most unique ways ever heard of to take a stand for our union brothers and sisters that worked there. Instead of what one might have expected, we did not hold protests outside the building. We did not carry picket signs or yelled chants.
Instead, we encouraged people to go to Serb Hall every Friday for the fish fry. But when they did, we asked people to ask for a table served by union waitstaff. Every Friday for months and months, Randy was there to support his brothers and sisters. And every Friday, when he went to pay his bill, he would make sure to write on the bill that it was paid for with union dollars in support of union workers.
But that is who Randy is in a nutshell. He is a generous, giving man who doesn't hesitate to take any action needed to fight for what is right, regardless of what union or even if it's not union related.
Then, two years ago, my father passed away after a long illness. The problem was that my dad was a hoarder and we faced a daunting, Herculean task of cleaning the house out. This task was made even more challenging by the fact that I had broke my arm on the first day of cleaning. Randy did not hesitate to drive the 25 miles from his house to my dad's and help us work on cleaning the house out.
Again, that is who Randy is. And that is exactly the kind of person we need in Washington, DC, to represent us. Someone who will listen, someone who genuinely cares, and someone who will not rest until the job is done.
And that is why I am proud as hell to support Randy and endorse him for Congress.
If you wish to follow Randy in the social media, you can follow him on Twitter at @IronStache or on Facebook at his official page.
If you are able and willing to support Randy financially, his donation page can be found here.
Salviati
(6,008 posts)Sounds like a great guy to replace ̶E̶d̶d̶i̶e̶ ̶M̶u̶n̶s̶t̶e̶r̶ paul ryan with.
WhiteTara
(29,703 posts)Ly'n Ryan needs to be kicked to the curb.
DinahMoeHum
(21,783 posts)Wawannabe
(5,641 posts)Good news!
Unions saved us back in the day. We NEED unions! Stupid right to work assholes gerrymandered the ignorant!
Good news!
Recommended!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Good News! I would give anything to see Ryan's career over!
Wounded Bear
(58,642 posts)barbtries
(28,787 posts)who's going after McConnell?
cp
(6,623 posts)Go Randy! Thank you for running.
Initech
(100,062 posts)He can lift weights and do P90X in jail!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)This union member will be happy to back Randy Bryce all the way from California! Has he already officially declared?
I just donated to ACTBlue and to Randy Bryce.
bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)certainot
(9,090 posts)it broadcasts sports on 5 limbaugh stations and they will all attack randy if not already
the school is shooting itself in the foot supporting ryan and walker while they defund it and deny global warming. pretty fucking stupid. no excuse not to look for apolitical alts.
randy could get a lot of students behind him by making it an issue.
wisc pro teams doing same...
33taw
(2,439 posts)What do we need to do to make sure we get folks out to vote and that they have the voting credentials that they need? Is there a list of individuals who were denied voting in Nov.?
dragonlady
(3,577 posts)To answer your questions, there probably is no significant list of people who lacked an acceptable photo ID or an acceptable document to prove residence for registration. (Most who knew they had no ID did not bother going to the polls.) The way to help with this is to find a group that tries to assist people in getting their state IDs and other paperwork. Now is a good time while the next election is not until the February primary next year. I would suggest contacting the Democratic Party in your county (http://www.wisdems.org/county-parties), the League of Women Voters (http://www.lwvwi.org/LocalLeagues/FindaLocalLeague.aspx) or the excellent Citizen Action with organizers who might be able to connect you with voting rights groups in your area (http://www.citizenactionwi.org/coop) .