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Tommy Thompson: “The Democrats controlled everything, and Republicans could…”

Featuring: Tommy Thompson, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

One-on-one with Tommy Thompson _ Cap Times Idea Fest

Published September 21, 2024 | Video Starts at 31:21

… had to say no all the time, not always with success, but you got to be known as doctor no. Doctor. No. Doctor. No. Tell people about that nickname. Well, The Democrats controlled everything, and Republicans could not get any legislation passed. And so my job was to stop the Democrat legislation. So I read the rule. You became so good at it. I read the rulebook forwards and backwards. I knew everything. (31:21–31:30)

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Asserts that Democrats had complete control and Republicans were unable to pass legislation.

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“I arrived in 1960.”
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“My grandfather Charles Dutton ran for [the assembly], came in 7th out of seven.”
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“I still own the farm that my great grandfather homesteaded in 1869.”
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“I have 1700 acres.”
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“We have 150 head of cattle.”
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“My grapes go into [the little red schoolhouse wine from Ripon].”
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“I started the collegians for Goldwater.”
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“Goldwater came here and I was going to put him on campus, but they wouldn't let him. So I took him to the Capitol and he gave a speech in…”
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“His wife Peggy was the head of planned parenthood in Arizona.”
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“Tommy Thompson has done everything we've asked to do and has been honest with us.”
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“I think I could be a better governor, better leader, a better president of the university if I listen to all sides.”
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“I was 23 years of age. I had one, three credits to graduate from law school.”
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“Louis Romel was this gentleman's name, 16 years from Adams county.”
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“He took a cruise to Alaska in August.”
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“The Juno County Republican party where I grew up endorsed Louis Romello.”
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“My father would give me $10 a day, $5 for gas.”
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“I borrowed $1,000 from the bank of Bellroy and bought a $200 car that had 200,000 miles.”
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“I ran on highway safety.”
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“I went all over, knocked on every door.”
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“I didn't have any money, and I didn't have even a girlfriend.”
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“I knew more about the rules in the assembly than the speaker did.”
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“I was the only Republican to beat an incumbent Democrat governor that year.”
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“I'm going to appoint Tim Cullen, the majority leader in the state senate as my new secretary of health and human services.”
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“Mike Dukakis said that was the smartest and the best healthcare program in the United States.”
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“That was the genesis for Badger care.”
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“We carved out that program and we passed it, and it still today is an outstanding program.”
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“Democrats and Republicans both rally around it and both support it.”
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“70% [of prisoners] have either a drug or alcohol problem.”
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“What I really wanted to do was build one of my prisons into a university.”
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“They are now [teaching courses in prisons].”
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“We have too many individuals in prison that really don't need to be there.”
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“I'd like to set up the judges that have already finished their terms on a panel to go in and try these cases again in prison and see whether…”
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“There's so many that have been put in prison that if they had the opportunity and had evidence that they have restored their integrity and…”
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“Kofi Annan was un secretary, and he came down to see me, and he came down to see Colin Powell.”
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