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These people are insane.
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Scott Walker is running for President even if he has to leave Wisconsin in a smoking ruins to do it. Gut the university system, gut the unions and mock those elitist jerks with their college degrees.
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You had your chance Wisconsin, but you voted for this weasel. 3 Times. I Wonder how many Union members voted for this guy.
Have fun being the Mississippi of the north.
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âUntil recently, it was unclear whether Walker would actually support the right-to-work pushâ
Maybe if you are a 3rd grader in the remedial course track.
âWalker had said signing this kind of bill into law would be a distraction.â
Translation: âI donât need that political capital with my base yet. Iâm waiting for my POTUS run.â
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Congratulations, Wisconsin, youâre one step closer to becoming Mississippi.
@Sniffit - Amazing the level of credulity a supposedly Liberal site will give to this shithead by couching stuff in such terms, innit?
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Yep. About 50% of union households voted for Walker, similar to average union household support for Republicans across the country. Apparently they believed him when he promised that he only had to go after public-employee unions in order to save private-sector unions.
(Fun fact: At the height of the 2011 labor protests at the Wisconsin State Capitol building, Sarah Palin showed up, in a leather mini-skirt and low-cut blouse, of course, with the message: âMy union brothers and sisters, now is not the time to fight.â Thatâs a direct quote. And yes, she was wearing a mini-skirt even though it was about negative ten degrees outside with the windchill. This was also the rally where Andrew Breitbart gave a lecture on civility that ended with him screeching âGO TO HELLâ at random passers-by. Fun times!)
Anyway, this news is also going to be shocking to the mainstream journalists in Wisconsin that took Walker at his word when he said that âright-to-workâ (for less) legislation would never reach his desk and that Democrats warning about anti-union legistlation were just being âextremistâ and âimpolite.â
Funny thing is, is that up until now Walker appeared to realize that signing right-to-work legislation would be disastrous for his Presidential ambitions, as it would make it even more difficult for him to compete in rust-belt swing states during the general.
Either Walker saw his poll numbers dropping in Iowa and decided he needed to remind caucus goers that he is extreme enough for their tastes, or the Wisconsin Republicans saw Walker losing his grasp on Wisconsin and decided they could go ahead with âright-to-workâ legislation without Boss Walkerâs approval, even if that meant putting Walker in a tough spot nationally. Alternately, Walker and Wisconsin Republicans realized that his budget is not playing well even among Walker supporters, locally and nationally (either because the cuts are too extreme or because it relies too much on new borrowing), so they decided âright-to-workâ legislation would be a good distraction to rile up their base and potentially distract Democrats from everything else going on. The olâ gish gallop strategy.
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⌠unionsâa transmorgrification aided and abetted the Koch-infected states.
Or he saw who the rust belt elected and reelected in 2014 and decided that he could just do whatever he wanted without any real repercussion.
Trying to turn this into some sort of victory for Wisconsin and America is the same stuff weâve been hearing out of Wisconsin since it went from âweâre gonna recall himâ to âpeople were against the concept of a recall, thatâs why we lost, but it wonât matter because he wonât win reelectionâ combined with a side of âeven if he survives the recall there will be major indictments any day nowâ.
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Walker is the darling of the Fascists. Not Nazis (not yet) but the classic Mussolini black shirt kind.
Expect Koch-funded Black Shirts to support him in the streets if protests occur.
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Huh? My comment was about Walker looking toward the general presidential election in the rust-belt swing states (specifically Ohio and Pennsylvania) in 2016, where having signed âright-to-workâ legislation would be seen as a liability for a Presidential candidate. Thatâs different than what happened in 2014 during specific House and Senate races. I shouldnât need to explain why.
It was not my intent to turn this into a victory for Wisconsin or America. Iâm just spelling out the facts on the ground here in Wisconsin and what Walker has said previously on-the-record and what politicos are saying behind the scenes. My focus was intended to be on Walkerâs shifting political calculation as he looks ahead to both the primary and the general, and the Wisconsin GOPs shifting political calculation as they either continue to march lockstep in line with Walkerâs political ambitions or they realize that Walkerâs political ambitions could become a liability for them personally. This isnât exactly controversial stuff.
In other words, I donât think my comment is what you think my comment is. My apologies if I somehow wasnât clear.
Walker wants to divide and conquer us. Please donât let yourself be divided.
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Welcome to Michigan, Wisconsinites. Like our Governor, Walker waited until right after reelection to put the screws on you, pretending he had no interest in doing something he had planned all along.
On a positive note WisconsinâŚjust so youâre not forced to cry yourself to sleep tonight:
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At this rate the dairy cows will get better treatment than the people.
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Sam Brownback should be his running mate.
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I thought Santorum was from Pennsylvania.
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Because you said this:
"Funny thing is, is that up until now Walker appeared to realize that signing right-to-work legislation would be disastrous for his Presidential ambitions, as it would make it even more difficult for him to compete in rust-belt swing states during the general.
Either Walker saw his poll numbers dropping in Iowa and decided he needed to reminded caucus goers that he is extreme enough for their tastes, or the Wisconsin Republicans saw Walker losing his grasp on Wisconsin and decided they could go ahead with âright-to-workâ legislation without Boss Walkerâs approval, even if that meant putting Walker in a tough spot nationally."
Which, to me, seems like youâre trying to turn this into a âthis shows Walker in troubleâ when it could very well be (as it has been every other time so far) more of a âWalker wins againâ moment.
Your conclusion is that this means that Walker is in trouble in Iowa or Walker is losing his grip on Wisconsin. No third option where itâs just Walker getting away with it. Again.
ETA: And thatâs why I bought up all the other âWell sure, but NEXT time Walker is totally screwed!â when, so far, that hasnât happened yet.
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Ugh. Wisconsin â the Kansas of the North. Good luck, my Cheeseheads, and may those of you who voted against your economic interests especially enjoy your new Kochtopia.
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33rd in the country in job creation and these num nuts think that right-to-work legislation is going to have a positive economic affect.
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Someone asked George Bush about the budget mess he left in Texas and he replied âIâm glad I donât have to deal with it.â
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No, honey, just google âSantorumâ and youâll know all about him.
âBTW, those pics are remarkably similar, but even Santorumâs eyes show a spark of life behind them. I honestly think Walker is one of the undead.
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