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Maybe someone should pare down the section on v-chip in this article. (unsigned comment by User:162.129.236.17)
I followed a link to this page that mentioned Tommy Thompson was involved in a controversial line-item veto of a bill that effectively introduce a new passage. I'm curious as to why this isn't actually mentioned anywhere since the preceding page implied the information was here. Does anyone know anything what the line-item veto was about?
-I came here looking for some criticisms of Thompson but found absolutely none--and Thompson is certainly not universally popular. The article as it stands reads more like a campaign ad than an overview of his political career. I flagged it NPOV. - Jarrett
Gah. Probably copyviolations. I'll have a look at 'em myself, too. Since it's not the whole page, the easiest thing to do is just remove everything that looks like its been copied and then just rewrite it, putting references to our sources. See also Wikipedia:Copyrights#If you find a copyright infringement-- Baron Larf 23:37, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
quote from CNN:
GOP Sen. John McCain on Thursday will launch exploratory committee for the 2008 presidential race, CNN learns. AP reports former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson also plans to join the race.
There doesn't seem to be any mention of the ~$3 billion debt Tommy Thompson left Wisconsin with when he went to Washington, even though it was a major point of the successor elections that brought Doyle to power. Personally, I think the massive debt is what Thompson is most remembered for around here. -- 64.24.181.157 23:53, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Hello. Did we find Tommy Thompsons camapign website? If someone finds it, please add it. I can not seem to find it anywhere. Thanks, Asher Heimermann 02:31, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
This section has severe accuracy problems:
Additionally, HHS falsely reported the cost of the Medicare reform by over $150 billion. Thompson’s appointee, Tom Scully, threatened to fire staff if they revealed to Congress the true cost. Investigators determined that the data was improperly hidden from Congress, and that Scully’s threat to fire the actuary was in violation of federal appropriations law. Accordingly, federal money could not be used to pay Scully's salary after he made the threats to the actuary in May 2003 [6]
1. HHS did not falsely report the cost - it was a dispute over estimated costs. If you go back and look at the actual costs, the actuary's costs were far off. In fact, the New England Journal of Medicine has a story this month (no link, as it is a fee service) that says the first year was $13 billion less than those estimates - due to lower drug costs.
2. The New York Times story that is linked to the Scully item does not say that Scully broke the law. The inspector general said she could not determine if laws were broken. Federal money DID pay Scully's salary after May 2003. This is simply wrong.
3. Finally, the title of this section: "Medicare Mismanagement and Conflict of Interest" is highly misleading. Medicare wasn't mismanaged. This was a dispute with Congress over costs of a bill - not an actual program. At the time of the dispute it was still a proposal. As for conflicts of interest, he was not in office at the time he advocated changes to the Medicare law. He was a private citizen working for private companies. He has every right to advocate for changes beneficial to whomever he pleases.
Galloway28 05:38, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
I have just tagged this article for clean-up, since with him announcing presumably there will be more people checking the article. Could somebody do this who despises the man less than I do? This isn't a license to cover up scandals, but as a patriotic citizen of Wisconsin I fear for my ability to avoid NPOV violations on the.... expletive deleted... fellow. -- Orange Mike 01:57, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
Somebody posted this, complete with sourcing in the increasingly-conservative Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; somebody else removed it with snarls of "libel". I'm not just gonna revert it, but seriously, can anybody tell me why we shouldn't restore it to the article? Allegations of cronyism His indicted former aide, P. Nicholas Hurgen, now with Bear Stearns in Illinois [1], is among the many Thompson "friends" whose deals with the state have raise eyebrows in Wisconsin for years. -- Orange Mike 03:09, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Well -- Orange Mike, it seems that this site is being used as a campaign platform for www.tommy2008.com. Why else does it look so glowingly pro Tommy? There lots of articles about Tommy's dealings- but none here. There are also allagations about his personal life written by Jay Rath of the Capital Times and Isthmus but I don't see them here. Or what about the fact that Scott "Scooter" Jensen, also indicted, was Tommy's Campaign manager back in the 90s? Where is that thread? Since when did Wikipedia become a platform for political operatives, with nothing else but paid time on there hands, to sit and delete bonafide threads? Kind of defeats the purpose of an open forum no?
per [2], (source is HuffPo, article is AP), should this recent gaffe, more important in light of previous offenses to other minorities, be added to the article? It even looks like a pattern of behaviors - Say something stupid, blame it on a cold/flu, and should he fail to get the nomination, such repeated behavior can be used as one of the reasons why. ThuranX 00:43, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
A piece in The Cincinnati Post this morning (Aug. 11) misattributed a comment from Gov. Thompson to former Sen. Fred Thompson, who wasn't even at the event in question. 'Cancer touches all of us' McGehee 14:18, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone else find,as I do that this is not a valid criticsm? Here is the crux of the issue; Thomspson (a political appointee) chose not to appoint an opponent of his boss to a governmental board. This was a political and governmental creation. By definition those appointed to it would be political. This was NOT an academic board or 'pure' science foundation board. This was a governmental board created to give advice to politicians. No one should be SHOCKED, SHOCKED to find politics in such an environment.
And, truthfully, no one was. The Union of Concerned Scientists expessed outrage. It was the pro forma press release of what is admittedly a liberal pressure-group.
This hardly merits being allowed in the criticism secction at all,much less the FIRST listed criticsm.
Where is the discussion of "Vanna White" Vetos, massive deficits, profligate spending etc...? Those are valid criticisms. This 'controversy' seems more like the personal grudge of someone who didn't get appointed. 70.226.139.69 00:58, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
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Is "Tommy" his given first name? Surely he is "Thomas"? john k ( talk) 04:19, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
This article seems thin. We have one line indicating Thompson was Sec. of HHS. Did nothing happen in the four years he was there? I seem to recall the prescription drug bill passing. This is not my area of expertise but, the article seems very light. Those who follow that area (HHS) might consider adding some content. Capitalismojo ( talk) 22:54, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Thompson was on the Amtrack board when he was Governor not when he began his business career. He was appointed to the board by President Clinton and served as Chairman until he became Sec of Health. This should be moved into his time as Governor. Capitalismojo ( talk) 14:20, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
I came here to add his recent Medicare statement to the "Political positions" section, but to my surprise there was none. I'll begin it, but it obviously needs a lot of fleshing out to cover other major issues. JamesMLane t c 08:22, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
The ALEC addition is undue. Moreover using Bill Moyers as the source is interesting. Moyers has come under whithering criticism for improperly paying the people and organizations that appeared in this very piece. He is a prominent Democrat engaging in what is percieved as partisan opinion efforts. There are undoubtedly other sources to use than Moyers. Capitalismojo ( talk) 18:40, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
Reading through the article and then talk page, it seems to me that there is a clear bias undertone here. I am NOT a fan of his nor am I from anywhere near Wisconsin, so there is no bias on my side. The intro about his controversies and gaffes has no source, and I can't find one indicating people feel it is relevant to the the Governor in any way. George Bush and Joe Biden are well known for gaffes, yet neither have it mentioned in their intros. In addition, this article contains an entire section headed "Criticisms" with no balanced section of Achievements. Almost every comment is made by persons of the opposing political party of this subject or magazines and newspapers well-known to be politically slanted. The discussion page is another indicator. It is so obvious it is embarrassing for this Wiki editor to read, even by an Independent with little to no interest in politics. This article should be heavily revised or deleted altogether. Again, it is potentially libelous and in violation of Wiki's policies on maintaining a neutral viewpoint. MavsFan28 ( talk) 05:42, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
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During the election season a criticism section sprung up. Wikipedia frowns on such sections. We should take the information in those sections and insert them into relevant chronological sections rather than have a stand-alone "criticism" section. Capitalismojo ( talk) 22:02, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
...is a polite way to describe this bio. Is it a Wikipedia article or an Attack ad? I have no personal interest in this person, I only came across this page while looking up the 2001 anthrax attacks. This bio is nothing more than a blatent Smear campaign by a person(s) with some sort of personal grudge. This article needs to be completely re-written, and perhaps an attempt should be made to weed out the unneccessary negative additions and have the rest basically summarized in a Controvesy section. (This bio presently does not have a controversy section - the entire article is a controversy section) - thewolfchild 03:44, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
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Was trying to add this information to his profile but I was getting an error message. His start date is July 1th: https://fox6now.com/2020/06/19/former-governor-tommy-thompson-to-serve-as-uw-system-interim-president/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:401:100:2165:B06B:1BEF:B1BC:3634 ( talk) 20:56, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
Just wanted to send a note to Tommy Thompson. First of all thank you for all you have done for our state. I live in wilton wi neighboring town from your hometown lol I wanted to reach out to you and was hoping that you could give a voice to the committee that governor Evers has developed to help our veterans. There is an up coming meeting in May I believe to set up an adjenda to start helping our veterans. It seems at times it is a disgrace that our veterans cannot get the help that is needed and quickly. I have an uncle that was diagnosed one year ago with dementia and is only 65 he dedicated his whole life to protect us and now cant get any help!! Thank you for your time 184.100.231.62 ( talk) 01:22, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
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Maybe someone should pare down the section on v-chip in this article. (unsigned comment by User:162.129.236.17)
I followed a link to this page that mentioned Tommy Thompson was involved in a controversial line-item veto of a bill that effectively introduce a new passage. I'm curious as to why this isn't actually mentioned anywhere since the preceding page implied the information was here. Does anyone know anything what the line-item veto was about?
-I came here looking for some criticisms of Thompson but found absolutely none--and Thompson is certainly not universally popular. The article as it stands reads more like a campaign ad than an overview of his political career. I flagged it NPOV. - Jarrett
Gah. Probably copyviolations. I'll have a look at 'em myself, too. Since it's not the whole page, the easiest thing to do is just remove everything that looks like its been copied and then just rewrite it, putting references to our sources. See also Wikipedia:Copyrights#If you find a copyright infringement-- Baron Larf 23:37, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
quote from CNN:
GOP Sen. John McCain on Thursday will launch exploratory committee for the 2008 presidential race, CNN learns. AP reports former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson also plans to join the race.
There doesn't seem to be any mention of the ~$3 billion debt Tommy Thompson left Wisconsin with when he went to Washington, even though it was a major point of the successor elections that brought Doyle to power. Personally, I think the massive debt is what Thompson is most remembered for around here. -- 64.24.181.157 23:53, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Hello. Did we find Tommy Thompsons camapign website? If someone finds it, please add it. I can not seem to find it anywhere. Thanks, Asher Heimermann 02:31, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
This section has severe accuracy problems:
Additionally, HHS falsely reported the cost of the Medicare reform by over $150 billion. Thompson’s appointee, Tom Scully, threatened to fire staff if they revealed to Congress the true cost. Investigators determined that the data was improperly hidden from Congress, and that Scully’s threat to fire the actuary was in violation of federal appropriations law. Accordingly, federal money could not be used to pay Scully's salary after he made the threats to the actuary in May 2003 [6]
1. HHS did not falsely report the cost - it was a dispute over estimated costs. If you go back and look at the actual costs, the actuary's costs were far off. In fact, the New England Journal of Medicine has a story this month (no link, as it is a fee service) that says the first year was $13 billion less than those estimates - due to lower drug costs.
2. The New York Times story that is linked to the Scully item does not say that Scully broke the law. The inspector general said she could not determine if laws were broken. Federal money DID pay Scully's salary after May 2003. This is simply wrong.
3. Finally, the title of this section: "Medicare Mismanagement and Conflict of Interest" is highly misleading. Medicare wasn't mismanaged. This was a dispute with Congress over costs of a bill - not an actual program. At the time of the dispute it was still a proposal. As for conflicts of interest, he was not in office at the time he advocated changes to the Medicare law. He was a private citizen working for private companies. He has every right to advocate for changes beneficial to whomever he pleases.
Galloway28 05:38, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
I have just tagged this article for clean-up, since with him announcing presumably there will be more people checking the article. Could somebody do this who despises the man less than I do? This isn't a license to cover up scandals, but as a patriotic citizen of Wisconsin I fear for my ability to avoid NPOV violations on the.... expletive deleted... fellow. -- Orange Mike 01:57, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
Somebody posted this, complete with sourcing in the increasingly-conservative Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; somebody else removed it with snarls of "libel". I'm not just gonna revert it, but seriously, can anybody tell me why we shouldn't restore it to the article? Allegations of cronyism His indicted former aide, P. Nicholas Hurgen, now with Bear Stearns in Illinois [1], is among the many Thompson "friends" whose deals with the state have raise eyebrows in Wisconsin for years. -- Orange Mike 03:09, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Well -- Orange Mike, it seems that this site is being used as a campaign platform for www.tommy2008.com. Why else does it look so glowingly pro Tommy? There lots of articles about Tommy's dealings- but none here. There are also allagations about his personal life written by Jay Rath of the Capital Times and Isthmus but I don't see them here. Or what about the fact that Scott "Scooter" Jensen, also indicted, was Tommy's Campaign manager back in the 90s? Where is that thread? Since when did Wikipedia become a platform for political operatives, with nothing else but paid time on there hands, to sit and delete bonafide threads? Kind of defeats the purpose of an open forum no?
per [2], (source is HuffPo, article is AP), should this recent gaffe, more important in light of previous offenses to other minorities, be added to the article? It even looks like a pattern of behaviors - Say something stupid, blame it on a cold/flu, and should he fail to get the nomination, such repeated behavior can be used as one of the reasons why. ThuranX 00:43, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
A piece in The Cincinnati Post this morning (Aug. 11) misattributed a comment from Gov. Thompson to former Sen. Fred Thompson, who wasn't even at the event in question. 'Cancer touches all of us' McGehee 14:18, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
Does anyone else find,as I do that this is not a valid criticsm? Here is the crux of the issue; Thomspson (a political appointee) chose not to appoint an opponent of his boss to a governmental board. This was a political and governmental creation. By definition those appointed to it would be political. This was NOT an academic board or 'pure' science foundation board. This was a governmental board created to give advice to politicians. No one should be SHOCKED, SHOCKED to find politics in such an environment.
And, truthfully, no one was. The Union of Concerned Scientists expessed outrage. It was the pro forma press release of what is admittedly a liberal pressure-group.
This hardly merits being allowed in the criticism secction at all,much less the FIRST listed criticsm.
Where is the discussion of "Vanna White" Vetos, massive deficits, profligate spending etc...? Those are valid criticisms. This 'controversy' seems more like the personal grudge of someone who didn't get appointed. 70.226.139.69 00:58, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
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Please go to any of these three pages, and add a question.
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Thanks, Nick
Is "Tommy" his given first name? Surely he is "Thomas"? john k ( talk) 04:19, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
This article seems thin. We have one line indicating Thompson was Sec. of HHS. Did nothing happen in the four years he was there? I seem to recall the prescription drug bill passing. This is not my area of expertise but, the article seems very light. Those who follow that area (HHS) might consider adding some content. Capitalismojo ( talk) 22:54, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Thompson was on the Amtrack board when he was Governor not when he began his business career. He was appointed to the board by President Clinton and served as Chairman until he became Sec of Health. This should be moved into his time as Governor. Capitalismojo ( talk) 14:20, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
I came here to add his recent Medicare statement to the "Political positions" section, but to my surprise there was none. I'll begin it, but it obviously needs a lot of fleshing out to cover other major issues. JamesMLane t c 08:22, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
The ALEC addition is undue. Moreover using Bill Moyers as the source is interesting. Moyers has come under whithering criticism for improperly paying the people and organizations that appeared in this very piece. He is a prominent Democrat engaging in what is percieved as partisan opinion efforts. There are undoubtedly other sources to use than Moyers. Capitalismojo ( talk) 18:40, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
Reading through the article and then talk page, it seems to me that there is a clear bias undertone here. I am NOT a fan of his nor am I from anywhere near Wisconsin, so there is no bias on my side. The intro about his controversies and gaffes has no source, and I can't find one indicating people feel it is relevant to the the Governor in any way. George Bush and Joe Biden are well known for gaffes, yet neither have it mentioned in their intros. In addition, this article contains an entire section headed "Criticisms" with no balanced section of Achievements. Almost every comment is made by persons of the opposing political party of this subject or magazines and newspapers well-known to be politically slanted. The discussion page is another indicator. It is so obvious it is embarrassing for this Wiki editor to read, even by an Independent with little to no interest in politics. This article should be heavily revised or deleted altogether. Again, it is potentially libelous and in violation of Wiki's policies on maintaining a neutral viewpoint. MavsFan28 ( talk) 05:42, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for your
good faith edits, MavsFan28, which I've reverted. As
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1b. If you believe that important information is missing from the introductory paragraphs of other articles, specifically on George Bush and Joe Biden, you should WP:BEBOLD and add it.
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then you should inline-tag each source cited with your relevant concern or add another reliable source which offers an opposing viewpoint.
Again, I appreciate your efforts. In this case, you should harness your efforts to add additional information and citations that you think will benefit the article.
You also reverted the article image to a 2001 portrait. In this case, the image is more than a decade out of date. Recent images are a more faithful representation of the subject.
Infoman99 ( talk) 17:55, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
During the election season a criticism section sprung up. Wikipedia frowns on such sections. We should take the information in those sections and insert them into relevant chronological sections rather than have a stand-alone "criticism" section. Capitalismojo ( talk) 22:02, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
...is a polite way to describe this bio. Is it a Wikipedia article or an Attack ad? I have no personal interest in this person, I only came across this page while looking up the 2001 anthrax attacks. This bio is nothing more than a blatent Smear campaign by a person(s) with some sort of personal grudge. This article needs to be completely re-written, and perhaps an attempt should be made to weed out the unneccessary negative additions and have the rest basically summarized in a Controvesy section. (This bio presently does not have a controversy section - the entire article is a controversy section) - thewolfchild 03:44, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
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Was trying to add this information to his profile but I was getting an error message. His start date is July 1th: https://fox6now.com/2020/06/19/former-governor-tommy-thompson-to-serve-as-uw-system-interim-president/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:401:100:2165:B06B:1BEF:B1BC:3634 ( talk) 20:56, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
Just wanted to send a note to Tommy Thompson. First of all thank you for all you have done for our state. I live in wilton wi neighboring town from your hometown lol I wanted to reach out to you and was hoping that you could give a voice to the committee that governor Evers has developed to help our veterans. There is an up coming meeting in May I believe to set up an adjenda to start helping our veterans. It seems at times it is a disgrace that our veterans cannot get the help that is needed and quickly. I have an uncle that was diagnosed one year ago with dementia and is only 65 he dedicated his whole life to protect us and now cant get any help!! Thank you for your time 184.100.231.62 ( talk) 01:22, 26 April 2022 (UTC)