Wisconsin Dairy Industry Manipulated

[StClone]

Bush tried buttering up the Dairy Industry vote only to have them start to sour on the him.

A senior economist in the U.S. Department of Agriculture has come under fire
from Democrats and government watchdogs for suggesting that the Bush
administration could maximize votes in key dairy states by keeping milk prices high through the election.

http://www.organicconsumers.org/corp/milkvotes092804.cfm

Wisconsinites are now hearing about the scam to hold the dairy price supports only to drop them after the election. It is starting to get traction. Bush may have just blundered into making Wisconsin a non-swing state.

In Wausau, WI yesterday Bush announced support for MILC (A major price support system). While at the same time his Republican buddies called a vote that eliminated an amendment to keep the system in place in the next fiscal year. They are not wooing dairy farmers except Bush's mouthing of support yesterday. This may tip the scale for the Dairy vote, not big but another chip off the stone.

[ewagner]

1. Even worse than that

Terry McAulliffe was in Wausau at the same time Dubya was making his speech yesterday. Terry was there to announce a new Kerry ad which exposes this scam........

but......

Dubya's team apparently knew about this and Bush voiced his SUPPORT for the program during the speech.......therefore, anybody who heard Dubya's speech will brand the ad as a lie by Kerry.....

actually Dubya is the one who is lying and this was a cynical manipulation of the media by him and his team.

I'm so pissed I can't stand it.

[madrchsod]

2. so what?

i doubt he drinks milk and more to the point he`s got millions so he doesn`t care what the price is..but don`t worry walmart will be selling milk products made in india soon...seems that every year that i drive thru southern wisconsin there is fewer herds in the fields. i guess the people can do without milk according to the republicans....