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Ron Weisflog, a City
of
Pewaukee
native who received national media attention for statements
made at Thursday’s visit by Republican presidential
candidate John McCain, poses for a photo on the sideline of
Schneider Stadium in
Waukesha
prior to the Catholic Memorial-Kettle Moraine high school
football game. Weisflog's grandson Chris Schrubbe is a
senior defensive tackle for Catholic Memorial.
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CITY OF PEWAUKEE
- America met Ron Weisflog on Thursday, and though he didn’t plan
it, his impassioned pleas for John McCain to step up campaign
efforts have taken the City of Pewaukee native’s beliefs to every
corner of the world.
For 24 hours, he
was known primarily as “Angry Man,” the guy at the McCain rally
in Waukesha who was “really mad” and urged the Republican
presidential candidate to “go get ‘em” on the campaign trail.
Audio and video clips of his comments - which included telling
McCain “Let me finish, please,” when the senator tried agreeing
with him - were played on numerous television broadcasts, the Rush
Limbaugh radio show and referenced
on countless Web sites.
By Friday
afternoon, Weisflog guessed he had received about 50 phone calls,
some from people he knew, others from people he didn’t. Everyone
wanted to talk about what he told McCain and how it has proved to
represent a change in the way America talks about the campaign as it
enters the final weeks.
“It has been
astounding,” said Weisflog, 64, the former owner of Weisflog Home
Design & Remodeling Show Room in City of Pewaukee whose primary
residence is now in Naples, Fla. “It’s just unbelievable.”
For
full story, go to the electronic version of The Freeman. Click
here to access the electronic version.
James
Kogutkiewicz can be reached at jkogutkiewicz@conleynet.com
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