Protests have been going on in Wisconsin for the past several days, mainly in hopes to eliminate collective bargaining for public employees and to force them to contribute more to their health care and pension payments. What caused most of the chaos was a phone call that Governor Scott Walker received, who he thought was a high executive of an oil company, David Koch, but ended up being a prank call. On the phone call, myriad information was revealed about the bill from the republican stance. A television host for a political channel, Rachel Maddow, had the Wisconsin budget cut protest as one of her topics to discuss. Maddow presented the problems between the two political parties and her stance on the situation. Her argument had numerous valid points and was well presented.
Rachel Maddow’s main topic during her television clip was about the havoc between the republican and democratic parties. To sum up the situation, the republican and democrats debated for over sixty hours on how to deal with the budget cut protest. After a prank phone call from a supposed friend, Scott Walker revealed the republicans thought on the bill. Once this information was leaked to the democrats, chaos began. Rachel Maddow’s personal opinion is that the republican became desperate. They realized that their “secret plan” was ruined and had to act fast. The republican’s next step is what led to Maddow and many others to find the republicans in Wisconsin’s capital to be ridiculous. The republicans quickly opened the voting ballad just long enough for the whole party to cast their votes. The voting was closed before the democrats even realized what truly happened. Rachel Maddow’s argument is that the republicans did a ridiculous act of desperation and wants to know how the democrats will respond.
The whole point of having a representative democracy is so both parties represent the views of the people. Having the Democratic Party absent in such a heated topic defies everything our country has been built upon. Rachel Maddow’s opinion on the republican decision to quickly open the voting ballad just long enough for their party to vote is completely valid. That was an act of desperation because the republicans were only thinking about winning the debate, not what could be best for the people of Wisconsin. A representative democracy only works if each party represents the people. Each party cannot represent their followers if the other one sneaks around and pulls stunts like the republicans did. Maddow is also correct about the fact that their stunt was their last straw and they were desperate. Once the republicans plan was leaked they knew debating the democrats would be that much more strenuous. Opening the voting polls and only allowing republicans to vote was probably the only way they really would have won the debate. Calling this act ridiculous perfectly describes what went on in the Wisconsin capital.
Rachel Maddow was not the only one to define the republican’s ridiculous though. In her short clip, she was able to have a guest speaker from the Democratic Party present. I personally enjoyed this addition because he represented the true emotions that every democratic candidate in that room felt that night. The way he talked about the situation with such anger and disgust makes you annoyed at the republicans, whether you are a democrat or not. I also liked the video clip of the democrat’s reaction once they realized what the republicans actually did. They were out of their seats chanting “Shame” at the republicans as they filed out of the courtroom. This video presented the reality of the situation and how drastic the republicans actions truly were. The democratic guest speaker, the video clip of the voting, and Rachel Maddow’s intensity about the Wisconsin budget cut protest made the television clip interesting and easy to watch.
Rachel Maddow’s political television series discussed the protest going on in Wisconsin about the budget cut. Throughout her clip, she presented her argument of how ridiculous the republicans actions were that night. Sneaking behind the democrats back and opening the voting ballad just for the republicans was an act of desperation and under craziness. I agree with her argument and believe that the republican’s actions were extremely wrong. Our country has been built on a representative democracy and when both parties do not get a say in a situation, our government does not properly work. The democrats were outraged with the republican’s actions as were seen in a video clip of the voting ballad and by the emotions of a guest speaker on Maddow’s show. Both additions to Rachel Maddow’s clip were interesting and good evidence to show how annoyed the democrats truly were. The Wisconsin budget cut protest is a major problem in Wisconsin right now and the republicans are not helping to resolve the problem quickly.
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