Ron Johnson Will Not Show Cards On How To Fix Nation’s Problems
How many folks would buy a car without knowing what was under the hood? How many would venture to put a forkful of food into your mouth without knowing exactly what was about to be tasted?
No one.
Yet I am to pony up to the notion that we should just vote for Ron Johnson because he says he promotes himself as being opposed to federal spending.
Now that is a new, unexpected, eye-opening comment from a candidate wishing to hold a six-year job!
I am old enough, and wise enough to know that NO ONE gets my vote until I have a fairly good idea of what happens once the voting is over, and someone takes the oath of office.
Ron Johnson has failed to treat all of us as valued voters, and until he has there is no reason to think he has any of our votes. I do not want to be bought with a slick ad. I want to be talked with as an intelligent voter.
Let the conversation begin at once, Ron!
Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold says his opponent is trying to win the election without explaining how he’d solve problems. Republican challenger Ron Johnson says the time to propose solutions would be after he wins.
The candidates made separate appearances Wednesday morning at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. With the election less than two weeks away, a poll released this week found the candidates running about even among likely voters.
Feingold, a Democrat, has frequently accused his opponent of being long on rhetoric and short on substance. Where Feingold offers plans and specifics, he says, Johnson offers vague platitudes.
“This guy’s going to try to become your senator in 12 days without ever telling you where he’d cut spending,” Feingold said.
Feingold was referring to comments Johnson made last month to reporters at the Milwaukee Press Club. Johnson had said he didn’t plan to identify federal programs he would cut because doing so would expose him to attacks.
“I’m not going to get in the game here and, you know, start naming specific things to be attacked about, quite honestly,” Johnson said at the time.
Since then Johnson has said he would cut federal funding for research on embryonic stem cells.
On Wednesday, Johnson said it’s too early to be proposing specific solutions. He said his role as a senate candidate is the same role that any job seeker has _ to impress their potential hirer with their attitude, background and experience.
When Johnson interviews applicants at his manufacturing company in Oshkosh, he said, he doesn’t list problems that need to be solved and ask the applicants to propose solutions. Instead he examines their background to see whether they have the intelligence and ability to be problem-solvers, he said.
So that’s the philosophy for his campaign, he said. He focuses on his accounting and manufacturing expertise now, he said, and he’ll wait until he wins the election before figuring out how to solve the nation’s problems.
