Tea Party extremist Ron Johnson wants to drill in the Great Lakes.

[TheBigotBasher]

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson found himself under the political microscope late last week after it was revealed that he owns up to $315,000 in BP stock while he has defended the oil giant against its critics and called for continued offshore drilling.

The Wisconsin businessman -- who is vying, in a closer-than-expected contest, for Sen. Russ Feingold's (D-Wisc.) seat -- has spent the last few weeks trying to temper criticism of BP in the wake of the Gulf spill. Johnson, whom national Democrats like to refer to as the "forgotten Tea Party candidate," has expressed disappointment with the administration's "assault" on BP. At the same time, he's been a vocal advocate for continued and even accelerated oil and gas exploration, going so far as to express an openness to drilling in the Great Lakes.

"The bottom line is we are an oil-based economy," he told the site WisPolitics in mid-June, when asked about drilling in the Great Lakes. "There's nothing we're gonna do to get off of that for many, many years. I think we have to be realistic and recognize that fact and, you know, I, I think we have to, get the oil where it is, but we have to do it where it is."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/12/ron-johnson-gop-senate-ca_n_643138.html

This nut for Russ Feingold? Feingold, the only Senator with the guts to vote no on the disgusting PATRIOT Act?

[WillParkinson]

1. I'm voting for Ron. I'm tired of Russ.

I'm also tired of clean water. Clean air. Healthy children.

Why wouldn't I vote Russ out? C'mon!

:sarcasm: (And seriously, if this is needed you need help!)

[mzteris]

20. me, too...

i want to send the democrats a lesson, you know - 'cause they haven't fixed the problems republicans caused over EIGHT YEARS in just two. tsk tsk tsk - that obama sure is a sell-out to corporate amurkha so russ has to go.

[iamjoy]

2. Maybe They'd Find Edmund Fitzgerald

oh wait, they already did. Nope, don't see much point to it.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Where'd He Get The Idea. . .

. . .that there is any substantial oil reserves in the Great Lakes? Geologists sure aren't promoting this idea, and you'd think they'd know a bit more about the potential for oil than this buffoon.
GAC

[TheBigotBasher]

10. The very high level of stock holding in BP

could be a clue. Got to hard pressed give big oil a little help every now and again.

[ProfessorGAC]

14. Very High Level?

You're kidding right? That kind of equity holding wouldn't get you the time of day by the big shots at BP.

That's probably only about 4,000 shares. They have billions of shares outstanding. He's just another proxy target for the powers that be.

He holds equity of about one four-hundreth of one percent. You don't get special access with that kind of investment.

I think the better answer is that he's a dolt.
GAC

[Terra Alta]

4. Please tell me this guy doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell.

I would hate to see one of our best Senators replaced by this nutcase.

[Scuba]

8. We're working hard for Russ. You can help....

... www.russfeingold.org

[Barack_America]

5. Michigan once went to war with Ohio...

So check yourself, Wisconsin.

[tinymontgomery]

9. Thanks for the history lesson

never heard of this, learn something new about our country every day. This is the town I live in claim to fame:

http://ncccha.blogspot.com/2010/02/murder-in-courthouse.html

[Scuba]

6. Maybe he could apply his tried-and-true business strategy...

...and just marry an oil well.

[butterfly77]

7. Feingold is..

one of the best senators there.

[TheBigotBasher]

13. He has international respect.

He is also a great defender of the interests of not just the "middle class" but the poor as well. He was the only Senator to vote against the very unpatriotic Patriot Act. Yet baggers want to elect some idiot who thinks government subsidy is good for him but bad for everyone else?

[Canuckistanian]

11. Um, I don't think he's noticed who's on the OTHER SIDE of those lakes

This will require MAJOR negotiations with Canada under anti-pollution treaties we've signed.

Besides, where did he get the idea that there's oil under the Great Lakes?

[ProfessorGAC]

16. Um, I Doubt He Cares A Whit About That

Those are pesky details. He probably doesn't even realize Canada is there. He heard about Canada, but isn't sure where it is.

And, you and i are both wondering where he got the hairbrained idea that there are significant oil reserves under the GL's.
GAC

[Drale]

12. Do republicans think

that you can just drill down anywhere and hit oil? I've never heard of any oil reserves under any of the great lakes.

[Barack_America]

15. I've heard if you drill deep enough you can steal Chinese oil.

[ProfessorGAC]

18. Maybe NASA Could Deploy A Big Juice Squeezer

Then we could just squeeze the oil out of the planet and recycle the pulp.
GAC

[Barack_America]

19. We could replace the oil with Tang.

[ProfessorGAC]

17. You're The Third On This Thread That's Said That

While it's obvious this guy is an idiot, i think it equally likely that he just made it up.
GAC

[thelordofhell]

21. There's lots of oil and gas in the Great Lakes

All those sunken ships are full of oil and gas we could be using.

:sarcasm: