The new episode of New Fashioned Conservatives opens where half the state opened this week: a Packers blowout and the question of whether the season is already cooked.
They go after Milwaukee’s left-wing mainstream press, citing recent Milwaukee Journal Sentinel coverage of Tom Tiffany as progressive activism with a byline.
From there, the show turns to news that Democrat Trevor Jung’s Senate campaign is under investigation by the Racine County district attorney.
The sharpest political argument is reserved for State Superintendent Jill Underly. Phillips and Vos call her a leading candidate for Wisconsin’s worst politician and worst bureaucrat. After years of DPI failure, skipped hearings, and a habit of asking for money without demanding new results, they ask whether anyone does it worse than Jill Underly.
They also hit the State Fair’s new rule requiring “babysitters” for anyone under 17. After August’s fights turned a family tradition into a security problem, the Fair’s answer is to treat teenagers like they need a handler to walk the Midway. The fellas treat that as what it is: an admission that the adults in charge lost control and now want families to staff the solution.
Then comes the point of the title. The episode argues against the conservative habit of confusing despair with insight. Phillips walks through Wisconsin political history and says recency bias is what sends the right into a spiral. The results, he argues, do not justify the sulk. Tom Tiffany has the money, the message, and the manpower, so don’t complain; get out and knock doors.
The Candy: cats going missing and windows being shattered in Oconomowoc amid the ongoing Homecoming Week toilet-paper wars.
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