Quotes from Madison, WI:
http://host.madison.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/blog/barrett-loss-brings-disbelief-bitterness-to-downtown-madison-gatherings/article_6c67da70-afa8-11e1-bef0-001a4bcf887a.html
Daly got his interview on CNN, then explained that he was distraught because his two daughters, 1 and 4, will never live in a society where corporations don’t run the show.
“For the first time in my life, I don’t want to live here anymore,” he said. “It’s all about the money now.”
“It’s so sad, I’m speechless,” said Brynna Otterson, a 22-year-old Winona State University student who hails from Verona.
“The corporate media doesn’t report the truth or the views of the people,” Ken Klipperstein of Madison said later in explaining the group’s tactic. He pointed to the false reports of weapons of mass destruction that were used by the Bush administration as a pretext for the war in Iraq as an example of the how corporate media is a tool used to distort the truth.
“I’m a state worker. I’m pretty devastated,” said a woman who didn’t want to be named for fear of retribution. “But I don’t think it’s over. I think he’ll be indicted.”
CNN’s Rowlands, who is originally from Madison and is now based in Chicago, said he understood the frustration of the people at the rally. “They poured their hearts and souls into this for 16 months. To come up short is disappointing.”