During their first three months in power, the legislative brothers Fitzgerald, better known as the rubber stamps for their political soulmate Scott Walker, have succeeded in splitting a once-sanguine state apart at the seams, leading some to rename Wisconsin Fitzwalkerstan.

Ah, but it has just been to get our budgetary house in order without having to raise taxes. It has had nothing to do with waging war against public employee unions, the triumvirate assures us, only getting employees to accept more responsibility for their “lavish” benefits.

So then, what’s with this letter that Scott Fitzgerald, the older of the two legislative leaders, sent on March 22 to Wisconsin folks he hopes will fork over money so he can continue dividing Wisconsin?

“Government employee unions have ruined California and Illinois, but they’re not going to ruin Wisconsin,” his letter begins.

And a P.S. adds, “Weakening the power of the government employee unions is a critical step for Wisconsin’s fiscal health — and has huge consequences for Barack Obama’s 2012 presidential campaign. That is why Obama’s political machine is getting involved in the recall of Republicans who stood up against Big Labor.”