State Senator Lena Taylor is trying to connect to young voters, a worthy goal, by having a personal Myspace page. If you go to her campaign homepage, on the right hand side there is a Facebook and Myspace button. Click on the black Myspace button, and then under her photo, “Pics.” (You need a Myspace account to access the pics).
Do so, and you’ll find the following image among her “Pics.”
You can see the full screen shot here.
Senator Taylor’s description of the image: “My favorite part is Africa”
The tag on Mexico says, “They do our laundry”
The tag line on India and China says “They make our stuff”
It shocking that Senator Taylor wants to lead a racially diverse community like Milwaukee County, yet at the same time displays such incredible bad judgment as to post such an image on her website.
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So….Irish folk are a bunch of “pussies”, eh…hmmmmm…….
Nice, Lena…real nice. She’s such a class act. (and she’s a State Senator???)
Wow. That is cringe-worthy. It is embarrassing when politicians (and it obviously occurs on both sides of the aisle) behave in such a manner.
Nice (?) find.
Wait a minute…Santa doesn’t come from Greenland. That’s just crazy talk.
Remember the cries of outrage and indignation after Secretary Rumsfeld labeled Germany and France “Old Europe.” Oh, the wailing and gnashing of teeth that followed that comment …
I wonder how the French foreign minister would respond if he knew that a Wisconsin State Senator had reposted a picture labeling his continent “pussies.”
So is this how they now teach Geography in MPS?
Wait! I can’t find it. Help me out?
Wow, this must have touched a nerve with Ms. Taylor. There is exactly one picture left on her “myspace” page. Everything else was removed, it seems. It is interesting to see her biggest myspace friend is Russ Feingold.
Her Myspace profile is now set to PRIVATE
Dugg
http://digg.com/politics/The_W.....American_s
WOW. I had *no idea* anyone could be so obtuse as you, Daniel! Do you really not get the concept of a political cartoon? See, there’s this thing called “humor” and some people have a “sense” of it, and sometimes these people draw things such as the map on Lena’s page, and these things are called “political cartoons”. You should really read up on the subject.
Hermes-
I think that the source of a political cartoon matters. For an elected official to denigrate Americans in this manner is embarrassing. If a liberal cartoonist posted it, it might be more acceptable commentary.
Hermes…if Scott Walker had this on his website…you would have been one of the first hypocrites to demand his resignation. AND the Journal Sentinel would have run a front page story accusing him of racism.
It shows Lena Taylor’s COMPLETE lack of thought, her maturity level and total unprofessionalism.
And then there is this…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WPqDupiG_c
The dialog thread [BELOW] is an account of Ms. Lena’s receptiveness re. the transparency of her positions as a candidate for Milw.County Exec……………
Hi Bill!
I was looking for my message to her. It was over a month ago and it’s now somewhere in cyber space.
From what I recall, I wanted to know her position on the declining conditions within the Sheriff”s Dept…..reduction in staffing through attrition that deteriorates our security [also that of the Deputy's] on the streets, the freeways, the courtrooms, and the jail. The evidence is obvious and continues to irritate county and city officials, along with law enforcement branches.
I also asked her how she would address the rhetoric and the actions of the Sheriff who blames everything on his staff for the shortcomings. They, in fact, are HIS shortcomings as a manager. In hopes of self aggrandizement by portraying himself as a “budget hawk and win the praise of Walker and the good image of county voters, he has lost the respect and the “vote of confidence” from his staff by not striving for state of the art improvements and being the sophomoric martinet in his efforts to fill in for his failures as a responsible administrator.
My motive was to draw out her proclivities concerning partisanship vs. the encouragement of reclamation.
My original may have been less acidic, but that does not warrant her ignoring a constituent because she does not feel like answering or is afraid to.
There were a few more minor points as well that were not as volatile.
Is she another McGee?
Why don’t you send this to her in your name and see what happens. I will try again…will you?
Uncle Melly
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Uncle
What did you ask her?
Bill
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At 11:19 PM 3/20/2008, you wrote:
A suggestion for Ms. Lena.
I believe the first thing that is required before a person can ask for cooperation, is that they show themselves willing to do the same for others.
I contacted Ms. Taylor asking for a clarification of her position on some issues. I never received a reply…not even an acknowledgement. That’s like a huddle where the quarterback refuses to reveal the signal when the ball will be hiked.
Let’s start from the beginning again.
Uncle Melly
Nice, Lena…real nice. She’s such a class act.