Inconceivable
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Imagine for a minute being personally affirmed by 1,334,450
people. How would that feel? Only those who have served in public office
in positions elected by majority vote can possibly know (or could guess) the answer to that
question.
Line up over one-million-three-hundred-thousand human beings
in a long, long, looong line (505 miles long) ; shake hands with everyone in that line while they tell
you, “good job, keep it up.” At a mere
three seconds each; it would take over 1,112 hours or 46.34 (24-hour) days to
feel that kind of love. (and a whole lot of hand-sanitizer)
That’s an example of the heartfelt and passionate love recently
given to Governor Scott Walker as the final Wisconsin resident votes (to again-elect
him) were tallied on June 5th, 2012.
We can’t even begin to understand the myriad emotions that must
overwhelm Governor Walker when he stops to ponder that nearly unfathomable
fact.
Wisconsin was admitted to the Union on May 29, 1848. Governor Scott Walker is Wisconsin’s 44th
person to follow the first governor of the State, Nelson Dewey who was elected
June 7th 1848. The
longest-serving governor was TommyThompson, who took office on January 5, 1987 and resigned on February
1, 2001, a total of 14 years and 28 days. Arthur MacArthur, Sr. had the
shortest term: he was governor for a total of just 5 days—from March 21, 1856
to March 25, 1856.
The angry Blue Fist was finally DEAD!
As voters, we each know the personal reasons that we drew a
single horizontal pencil line on that historic day; a single 5/8" line of No.2
graphite that spoke volumes. For some it
was an exclamation point that repudiated all the incessant protesting, deafening
hollering, and unhinged gnashing of teeth demonstrated by “their” side. For others it was a solid affirmation of the
direction that the State was heading; but in any case the message was heard
loud and clearly across America...
