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Former classmate questions Hovde’s “citizen legislator” image

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By Mark E. Andersen

A few weeks ago Wisconsin Senate Candidate Eric Hovde shot off his mouth about how the press should stop covering the poor and pay more attention to the deficit. Real class this guy is. Of course, what do you expect from a guy who is being mentored by Ron “Businesses should be able to deny health insurance to cancer patients” Johnson?

Little known fact, I attended the same High School as Mr. Hovde. I was a freshman when he was a senior. Madison East High School serves mainly blue collar lower middle-class students with a couple of neighborhoods that are flat out dirt poor. East also serves the Village of Maple Bluff. Maple Bluff is where the rich folks in Madison live.

Continue reading at Mark E. Andersen’s post on Daily Kos

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