Union-Busting Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Calls For Return Of Unionized Refs

[Cali_Democrat]

Dave Jamieson
Posted: 09/25/2012 10:37 am EDT

Once NFL owners have lost Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), perhaps it's safe to say they've lost the nation.

After Walker's Green Bay Packers suffered a devastating loss on a controversial last-second play Monday night, the governor whom labor activists consider the most anti-union in the nation took to Twitter on Tuesday morning to call for an end to the lockout of the league's unionized referees.

Walker's brief plea echoed the tweets of thousands of other exasperated fans over the preceding weeks. "After catching a few hours of sleep, the #Packers game is still just as painful," he wrote. The governor, who last year championed a law that stripped most public-sector workers of their collective-bargaining rights, ended his tweet with the hashtag "#Returntherealrefs."

With time expiring in the Monday night matchup, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson hurled a "Hail Mary" that dropped into a scrum in the corner of the endzone; the officiating crew ruled it a catch by receiver Golden Tate, even though Tate was wrestling for the ball with the Packers' M.D. Jennings, who arguably had control. After roughly ten excruciating minutes of review, officials affirmed the call on the field. (This GIF captures the on-filed confusion.)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/25/nfl-referees-lockout-scott-walker_n_1912486.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

What a clown!!

[AndyTiedye]

1. rofl

[KamaAina]

2. So scabs are bad when they hurt his precious Cheeseheads,

but good when they TEACH OUR KIDS?!

[Greybnk48]

3. One of the most reviled men in Wisconsin

trying to act human, instead of like the Koch-whore he is. The Packers were with the protesters/recallers in Wisconsin and think he's a prick, which he is. He probably thinks saying that is a good career move, or the Koch's told him to say that.