Tyne Daly stumps for Obama
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Actress Tyne Daly signs an autograph for Jean Uebelacker of Janesville during a stop in downtown Janesville by the Obama Heartland Tour 2012 on Saturday.
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Actress Tyne Daly is flanked by Democratic State Senator Jon Erpenbach, left, and 1st Congretional District Democratic Candidate Rob Zerban as she talks to a crowd in downtown Janesville on Saturday.
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Actress Tyne Daly thrills a crowd outside the Rock County Democratic Party headquarters in Downtown Janesville on Saturday. She was part of the Obama Heartland Tour 2012.
JANESVILLE — Actress Tyne Daly lent her fame to the effort to re-elect the president with stops in southern Wisconsin on Saturday.
Daly was in Whitewater and Janesville, among other stops, touring in the “Obama for America Heartland Tour” recreational vehicle.
Janesville’s crowd of about 100 outside Democratic Party headquarters on East Milwaukee Street was the biggest in the 37 towns that the RV stopped at around the state, an organizer said.
Daly was on the tour for 17 stops. She was born in Madison, “but, full disclosure, I only stayed 26 days” before her parents moved to New York.
Her family is from Wisconsin Rapids and Superior. One grandfather worked in paper mills. Another was a Methodist minister.
As is typical for such events by both major parties, Daly fired up the friendly crowd and urged them to work harder than before:
“Both sides want exactly the same thing, but there’s two different techniques here. One side says it works from the top down. The other side it works from middle out. … That’s the middle class. We embrace each other, we work very hard together, we mind our own business, but if our neighbors need us, we say OK, I’m coming along,” she said.
“Your neighbors need you now. … to make one more effort, to work a little harder to get President Obama elected because he is a cool-headed, clear-eyed man, an intelligent man, an articulate man, who has held this country together, who has brought it back from the brink of disaster. He’s laid a great deal of wonderful groundwork. He needs four more years to continue that work.”
Daly was introduced by Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, and listened while local Democratic candidates—44th Assembly District candidate Debra Kolste and 1st Congressional District candidate Rob Zerban— gave short speeches.
Erpenbach urged local activists to reach out to the undecideds: “We need to talk to everybody. We need to not so much point our finger at the other side, but just stick to the facts. The facts are on our side.”
No one was there from the other side, whose members, of course, believe the facts are on their side.
Daly accepted hugs, signed autographs and chatted with supporters until all were satisfied.
Asked afterward why anyone should listen to an actress about politics, Daly said:
“They shouldn’t actually be listening to me,” she said, but her decades of work help her draw a crowd, “and if we can make a gathering, and they can hear from the real politicians and the people who do the real work, then we can make a difference, then that’s the service I can provide.”
Sep 3, 2012 at 10:14 p.m.
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Janesvillean, obviously you picked out the same comment. I strongly disagree with your definition, and your attitude.
Sep 2, 2012 at 9:09 p.m.
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Media biased at it's best here folks......
Aug 27, 2012 at 3:20 p.m.
Aug 27, 2012 at 2:04 p.m.
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She'd scare a bulldog out of a meat truck.
Aug 27, 2012 at 1:59 p.m.
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I like her in her shows. She wont change my mind though.
Aug 27, 2012 at 1:56 p.m.
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She doesn't have much "fame" left to lend out. And I love how the whole "lived there for 26 days" makes her some sort of expert about Wisconsin or someone a resident should feel some sort of solidarity with...yawn.
Aug 27, 2012 at 10:22 a.m.
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media bias certainly there were far less than 100 there in an earlier story back when Mitt Romney spoke at Monterey Mills the Gazette had the protesters numbering around 75. Some who actually counted them got only 36. So consider the source and beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I heard she was standing in for Joe Biden who couldn't figure out if Janesville was in Minnesota or Illinois. Seriously Janesville the home of presumtive Republican VP and that was the best the Democrats could muster? Fine actress and a gracious person but really??
Aug 27, 2012 at 9:01 a.m.
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Another D list celebrity drinking the obama koolaid? I wonder what Tyne Dalys' position on income tax reform is? Or education reform? Does she support drilling in ANWAR or does the carbon foot print worry her (and yet she may fly in a private aircraft...)
Aug 27, 2012 at 7:20 a.m.
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I have a young liberal college grad going with me today....he had better behave! He also has NO job and a lot of student loans, I'm thinking he might be getting his eyes opened.
Aug 27, 2012 at 7:17 a.m.
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Who is Tyne Daly?
Aug 27, 2012 at 6:08 a.m.
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After 3 years of Obama failing this country and the people, I suspect there are more Democrats for Romney/Ryan than there are Republicans for Obama.
Aug 27, 2012 at 5:51 a.m.
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poohbah
I was there to videotape and see for myself to see the "crowd", not to listen to pretty boy Jon, or Zerban.
Aug 27, 2012 at 5:29 a.m.
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Time to focus on the issues, but that is what they are trying to avoid.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/...
Aug 27, 2012 at 12:54 a.m.
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It's only "editorial" if you think it was a sarcastic comment, befair. Frankly, I think it was intended to be neutral ... fair, perhaps.
Aug 27, 2012 at 12:03 a.m.
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I hope she can help get dem voters more informed than some were during the last presidential election.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_JJLLfTR...
Aug 26, 2012 at 9:35 p.m.
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I see what clearly appears to be an editorial comment in this story. Not such a good thing.....
Aug 26, 2012 at 8:54 p.m.
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Why is the word 'taxpayer' elevated to a status of honor?
I have paid taxes all my working life and I have yet to find any honor in the title.
Paying ones taxes irregardless of where the monies are utilised is a simple fact of living in an organized society.
I would venture a guess that some feel the title entitles them to an exalted status among their fellow citizens.
Paying taxes is neither honorable or dishonorable...it is simply the source for revenue to operate societies social governance mechanism, also known as government.
Aug 26, 2012 at 8:50 p.m.
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Obama Signs Tax Cut Bill
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/121...
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In fact, Obama cut payroll taxes again just this year.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/...
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I know, I know, facts are tricksy things. Sometimes they show the opposite of what Republicans want to think, so that makes them suspicious.
Aug 26, 2012 at 8:42 p.m.
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Chickens voting? Sounds like a voter fraud problem for Walker to work on.
Aug 26, 2012 at 8:16 p.m.
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+1 Bond
Aug 26, 2012 at 7:38 p.m.
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A taxpayer voting for Obama is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders...
Aug 26, 2012 at 7 p.m.
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wislady, commenting on the Tyne Daly rally for Obama, said, "I was there."
As I had mentioned earlier, there were many Republicans For Obama at the Tyne Daly rally.
"Republicans for Obama is a grassroots organization of proud party members who all share one important trait— we are Americans first and Republicans second.
Founded in late 2006 as part of the nationwide effort to encourage then-Senator Obama to run for the Presidency, our volunteer-run, grassroots group now includes thousands of members from across the nation. Together, we represent a cross-section of the millions of Republican and conservative independents who support President Obama's reelection in 2012." Republicans For Obama [ http://www.republicansforobama.org/ ]
Aug 26, 2012 at 6:12 p.m.
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Wow, she came all this way to see a crowd of about 100! Incredible.
What? No protests? Amazing. Peace
Aug 26, 2012 at 6:08 p.m.
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"No one was there from the other side, whose members, of course, believe the facts are on their side."
I was there.
Aug 26, 2012 at 5:32 p.m.
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Fitting.
An actress stumping for an actor, which is about ALL of them, really.
Aug 26, 2012 at 4:40 p.m.
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Like Tyne Daly just don't happen to like her particular political party. Only the best for a fine lady.
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