Thursday, April 7, 2011

Chris Larson - TIME's 100 Most Influential People 2011

Does Wisconsin state senator Chris Larson have an inflated ego?

YES.

Larson believes that he is one the most influential people of 2011. And he wants you to believe it, too.

Larson tweets:

Vote here for the Wisconsin 14 in TIME magazine's 100 most influential people of 2011. Thanks for your support!... http://fb.me/VMjSjIzA

"Wisconsin's 'Fab 14' State Senators" are praised by TIME magazine.
They've revolutionized the very concept of the filibuster. Presented with a state budget plan that limited the rights of public employees, 14 Democratic members of the Wisconsin state senate, recognizing that they were outgunned in the chamber, decided their best course of action was to pick up and leave the state with the aim of forcing a compromise. You can't have a vote if you don't have a quorum. When their 22-day adventure came to an end they returned to Madison, they became a flash point for both union rights and austerity in debt-ridden America. Derided as the "most shameful 14 people in the state of Wisconsin" by the Republican state senate majority leader, they also became folk heroes on the left. Pins were printed in their honor, and people even learned their lawmakers' names.

These people would only be considered folk heroes by seriously twisted individuals.

They ran from their responsibilities. They attempted to block the will of the people by overturning the results of the November 2010 elections.

If you don't get what's wrong with that, odds are you live in Madison or you're a union boss or you're a Leftist or you're Obama.

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