Washington -- When you're a politician, it's tough enough to pick songs to play at your campaign events that send the right message and rev up a crowd. But if you're a Republican, that task is more difficult, since there are so few conservative musicians who will let you use their music.
Wisconsin State Assembly Leader Jeff Fitzgerald (R-Horicon), a U.S. Senate candidate, ran into this problem on Saturday, when he decided to walk onstage to "Shipping Up To Boston" by the Dropkick Murphys at the Wisconsin Republican Party convention.
The punk rock band is a strong backer of the labor movement in Wisconsin and even recorded a song supporting the protests last year against Gov. Scott Walker (R).
On Sunday, the Dropkick Murphys put up a Facebook message, mocking and condemning Fitzgerald for using the song.
"The stupidity and irony of this is laughable," the band wrote. "A Wisconsin Republican U.
Wisconsin State Assembly Leader Jeff Fitzgerald (R-Horicon), a U.S. Senate candidate, ran into this problem on Saturday, when he decided to walk onstage to "Shipping Up To Boston" by the Dropkick Murphys at the Wisconsin Republican Party convention.
The punk rock band is a strong backer of the labor movement in Wisconsin and even recorded a song supporting the protests last year against Gov. Scott Walker (R).
On Sunday, the Dropkick Murphys put up a Facebook message, mocking and condemning Fitzgerald for using the song.
"The stupidity and irony of this is laughable," the band wrote. "A Wisconsin Republican U.
- 5/14/2012
- by Amanda Terkel
- Huffington Post
As Gov. Walker escalates his budget showdown with unions, he's got help from the Fitzgerald family, which runs both houses of the legislature and, lately, the state troopers. Dirk Johnson reports.
To slap down the public unions, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker knew he would need unblinking Republican loyalty, especially from the bosses in the legislature: Scott Fitzgerald, the leader of the state senate; and Jeff Fitzgerald, the speaker of the state house.
The Wisconsin state troopers, as it happened, needed a new chief this month, and the Walker administration determined the ideal candidate for the job was Stephen Fitzgerald-the 68-year-old father of those very same Fitzgerald brothers, who is now sending his team into the field to hunt down wayward Democrats. The job pays nearly $107,000, and will mean a big boost in pension benefits.
In this state that gave birth to the Progressive Party, critics of the governor have called...
To slap down the public unions, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker knew he would need unblinking Republican loyalty, especially from the bosses in the legislature: Scott Fitzgerald, the leader of the state senate; and Jeff Fitzgerald, the speaker of the state house.
The Wisconsin state troopers, as it happened, needed a new chief this month, and the Walker administration determined the ideal candidate for the job was Stephen Fitzgerald-the 68-year-old father of those very same Fitzgerald brothers, who is now sending his team into the field to hunt down wayward Democrats. The job pays nearly $107,000, and will mean a big boost in pension benefits.
In this state that gave birth to the Progressive Party, critics of the governor have called...
- 2/22/2011
- by Dirk Johnson
- The Daily Beast
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