Newly elected Senate Majority Leader Dianne Hesselbein could barely contain herself Tuesday.
“We know that this is a monumentous day,” she proudly proclaimed, apparently not realizing that “monumentous” is not actually a word. Who cares, though? She was rolling. “It’s a beginning of unfinished work that we know we have to do.”
Ummmmmmm, okay? That was sort of a coherent sentence, but again, she was excited about the monumentous task in front of her.
So was Governor-elect David Crowley, who told the Associated Press that he would absolutely sign on to the aggressively unconstitutional National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
“This is an opportunity for us to get with it to the times of where we are,” he said, turning a phrase as eloqently as Oscar Wilde and providing a theme of sorts for the new Democratic Trifecta.
Monumentous changes are ahead, and these bold intellectuals will get Wisconsin with it to the times of where we are.
There is a powerful metaphor in there for what the upcoming legislative session will look like. Legislative leaders like Hesselbein will just kind of make things up (even new words!) and deliver them to a Governor who doesn’t quite know what he’s signing.
Crowley’s explanation of how the Electoral College tends to prove this point.
“if you win the popular vote, if you win the majority of those votes, it should go towards that individual who won that state,” he said.
Mr. Governor, sir, that uh is kind of how the Electoral College currently works: If you win the majority of the votes in the state, you win that state.
Perhaps judging Democrats on their malapropisms is a bit too harsh; after all, they should be judged on their actual policy proposals, but they aren’t actually making any.
That silence speaks volumes. Neither Crowley nor his legislative allies want Wisconsin knowing what they have in store.
And that’s the reality of the monumentous times of where we are right now.
