Meet Michael S. Murphy: Architect of GOP upheaval

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To understand the secession and nullification resolution and the anti-Common Core proposals being voted on at the state GOP's convention this weekend, you need to know Michael S. Murphy.

He's a prominent party official, a leader of the libertarian faction within the state Republican Party and a Milwaukee cop.

The guy also is completely outrageous.

Murphy — unrelated to the Milwaukee alderman — has called secession "as American as apple pie" and spoke at a pro-nullification conference in Waukesha earlier this year.

Also, he has suggested that someone send U.S. Sen. John McCain, a former POW, "back to Vietnam."

As for prominent state Republicans, he has referred to Gov. Scott Walker as "Pontius Walker" on a job-creation effort, called on U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson to resign, and described U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan as "lying Ryan," a "progressive" and a "RINO," or Republican In Name Only.

"I have only two words for Ryan," Murphy wrote on Facebook. "(Expletive) him!"

Many Republican officials have had enough of the self-appointed guardian of what Murphy considers conservative orthodoxy.

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And as if Wisconsin wasn't a hideous wreck....
It's like the gift that keeps on giving. Although, I do find it entertaining watching them eat their own.