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Tech

(1,762 posts)
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 12:56 PM Jun 2020

Anyone else not real excited about Tommy Thompson becoming interim uw system president?

Wasn't he the beginning of the Koch takeover of Wisconsin? When are we going to be done with old white Republican men? I'll admit to some bias against old white Republican men. I

Edited once again for auto correct. Happens in my texts as well.

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Anyone else not real excited about Tommy Thompson becoming interim uw system president? (Original Post) Tech Jun 2020 OP
geeeeeeeeeeez Is that old fart still around!! riversedge Jun 2020 #1
I guess so. Tech Jun 2020 #3
I didn't know he was still alive. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #2
I forgot about him after he went to DC. Tech Jun 2020 #4
That will be one total Wellstone ruled Jun 2020 #5
Nooooooooooo Tech Jun 2020 #8
I'm not. Like been there; done that.......over 20 years ago. Prof. P.E. Name Jun 2020 #6
I agree. Tech Jun 2020 #9
Didn't Tommy promote embedded chips in consumers, in lieu of cash and credit cards? Midnight Writer Jun 2020 #7
Was not aware, looked up. Yes. Tech Jun 2020 #10
Ewww. Is that the best they could do? AllyCat Jun 2020 #11
I think it may have been. Tech Jun 2020 #14
My siblings and I all got degrees in the UW system, as did my parents. It used to be something Tech Jun 2020 #12
If you want something to be destroyed, put a old white male republican in charge of it. milestogo Jun 2020 #13
I agree. Tech Jun 2020 #15
Seems so inconsistent-- Lulu KC Jun 2020 #16
damn. Uw-Madison is my alma mater. damn. riversedge Jun 2020 #17
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
5. That will be one total
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 01:44 PM
Jun 2020

disaster. BTW,then he can appoint his buddy Walker and Ryan to sweet heart jobs within the system.

Prof. P.E. Name

(49 posts)
6. I'm not. Like been there; done that.......over 20 years ago.
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 02:06 PM
Jun 2020

Tommy T. is like a well-worn, overused "Welcome" mat. Additionally, his instinct to compromise in politics is now passe since the Teabag GOP ideology is to take no prisoners. Additionally, additionally, his current GOP philosophy is chameleon-like.

He was for high-speed rail while he was Governor (even served as Chair of Amtrak BoD), then against it when Scott Walker made it a keystone to be anti-Obama everything early in his administration including rail. Tommy T. was completely silent on the most recent attempt at hiring new leadership at UW. The Bd of Regents selection committee (Koch selected, Walker appointed) actually secretly chose only one publicly announced candidate as the winner, who was offered the job, but then backed out for unknown reasons. The list is replete with Tommy T.'s hypocrisy since leaving Wisconsin. Tommy T. was completely silent on every significant state issue since he embarked on typical ex-pol career of getting his payback from corporate and donor groups when time in elected office was up.

Better for Tommy T. to continue piling up millions (I use that term advisedly) and keep trying to take it along with him when he departs for the after-life.

Midnight Writer

(21,469 posts)
7. Didn't Tommy promote embedded chips in consumers, in lieu of cash and credit cards?
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 02:51 PM
Jun 2020

I vaguely recall Thompson working with a company that was working on embedded chips that would carry payment info, medical data, tracking, and other information that could be accessed remotely.

Tech

(1,762 posts)
12. My siblings and I all got degrees in the UW system, as did my parents. It used to be something
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 03:56 PM
Jun 2020

to be proud of and actually looked good on a resume. I hope they get back to that.

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