Explaining the Failed Recall to My Preteen
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My perceptive and compassionate preteen daughter asked me in the wake of the failed recall of Governor Walker, “Why can’t it be like in the movies where the good guys always win?”
This was essentially my reply to her poignant question.
“Well, dear, unlike in the feel-good movies you watch—where the grassroots efforts of the hard working, less powerful always triumph for a happy ending—in real-life Wisconsin big money can buy the minds of many so the good guys cannot win.
You see, honey, those endless Walker ads on billboards, industrial-size yard signs, television, the Internet, and the radio—you know, the ones that often made me angry because of their lies—convinced enough less-informed Wisconsinites to vote against the good guys.
You must learn now that money matters and greatly influences the real world. Our democracy is becoming a