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Scuba

(53,475 posts)
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 05:09 PM Mar 2015

Wisconsin Republicans abandoning Scott Walker

http://wcmcoop.com/2015/03/29/wisconsin-republicans-abandoning-scott-walker/

On March 25, 2015, former editor of the Waukesha Freeman and conservative Pete Kennedy published an opinion piece in the paper urging Wisconsin conservatives to not only reject Scott Walker, but to hold him accountable for the damage he has done to the state.

cantstandusKennedy is not the only Wisconsin Republican abandoning Scott Walker. Recently extremists in the party, including Rep. Robin Vos (R-63) and Sen. Tom Tiffany (R-12), began questioning Walker’s latest budget, which drastically cuts money for public education, eliminates essential programs for the disabled and elderly that allow them to stay in their homes, increases bonding for transportation and roads, and slashes $300 million from the UW System.

Even Walker’s staunch defender Wisconsin Reporter is remaining silent about recent information that has emerged about Walker’s alleged $1.5 million pay-to-play scheme involving Menards’ president John Menard Jr.

Kennedy’s piece vividly describes how Walker has indeed betrayed even his loyal extremists. Kennedy appears to understand that Walker has been lying to them (and the rest of the state) all along. “Given recent events, I’m not convinced he ever really loved you,” he opines, “but if believing so makes you feel better, then by all means do so.”



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Wisconsin Republicans abandoning Scott Walker (Original Post) Scuba Mar 2015 OP
funny --little scotty becomes a psychopath and mom and dad say-not our fault dembotoz Mar 2015 #1
Hmm, climate change? Could spring bring the winter of our discontent? HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #2
Good to hear. elleng Mar 2015 #3
Even the extremist pretenders can not pretend they were also not betrayed by Walker's lust for power. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #4
Not of much use after the election bluestateguy Mar 2015 #5
Or we are stuck with Becky--the news reader--Kleefisch HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #6
Wouldn't that imply a President Walker? n2doc Mar 2015 #9
ideally a resignation to run fulltime for VP...in a losing effort HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #11
He won't resign. Hell Paul Ryan didn't resign and ran for both vp and his house seat n/t n2doc Mar 2015 #14
Without fantasies, what is life in WI??????????? HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #15
Mordor hue Mar 2015 #28
It seems all that is good has sailed from the Grey Havens. HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #40
Notice that the Rethugs that are squeeling are from Wellstone ruled Mar 2015 #7
And kicking a bunch off of Badgercare n/t n2doc Mar 2015 #16
Which includes most of the folks in Nursing Homes or Wellstone ruled Mar 2015 #23
These GOPers agreed with everything Walker has done. Iliyah Mar 2015 #8
Walker is a sociopath. Faryn Balyncd Mar 2015 #10
Kick MoreGOPoop Mar 2015 #12
I can only hope and pray this is true. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #13
They just can't help themselves, can they? Lifelong Protester Mar 2015 #17
K & R Thespian2 Mar 2015 #18
So they'll just elect a NEW asshole that will fuck them over. valerief Mar 2015 #19
Walker is a bad governor Gothmog Mar 2015 #20
Did Scott Walker use election fraud to become governor? red dog 1 Mar 2015 #21
Short answer: YES hue Mar 2015 #30
ditto Iliyah Mar 2015 #39
K&R...Thanks for posting, Scuba red dog 1 Mar 2015 #22
Huge K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Mar 2015 #24
They own this and all he has done and its way to late for them to back peddle imo. nt cstanleytech Mar 2015 #25
+1 Scuba Mar 2015 #26
I'm not getting too excited. old guy Mar 2015 #27
Generally speaking I'm with You in this opinion. hue Mar 2015 #29
Taking on the UW-Madison was NOT bright on his part - TBF Mar 2015 #31
They made there turbinetree Mar 2015 #32
This man is a crook like the Koch brothers he serves cascadiance Mar 2015 #33
All the failed Republican Governors want to be President, Jindal, Walker, Christie, Perry, etc. rladdi Mar 2015 #34
They didn't during the recall.... AlbertCat Mar 2015 #35
Recent revelations & his conduct since being reelected just confirm evey one of Mary Burke's points Half-Century Man Mar 2015 #36
Eggzaklee! Scuba Mar 2015 #37
Scott Walker cares about people, including those of the Republican persuasion Still In Wisconsin Mar 2015 #38
One by one, each will be abandoned until only Jeb is left. nt silvershadow Mar 2015 #41
And yet Don Siegelman is in prison. SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2015 #42
extremists question walker's policies? he's not extreme enough, or what? ND-Dem Mar 2015 #43
To those former supporters ejbr Mar 2015 #44
SMH Mr Dixon Mar 2015 #45
Headline is quite the overstatement. Orsino Mar 2015 #46

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
2. Hmm, climate change? Could spring bring the winter of our discontent?
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 05:27 PM
Mar 2015

.....NAH!

The Fitz bros will get all the toes back on the line!

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
6. Or we are stuck with Becky--the news reader--Kleefisch
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 05:54 PM
Mar 2015

Last edited Sun Mar 29, 2015, 06:52 PM - Edit history (1)

Frankly the only thing as scary as Walker for the next 3 1/2 years is Becky as governor for the final 2.

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
9. Wouldn't that imply a President Walker?
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 06:51 PM
Mar 2015

If that becomes reality, we have far greater problems than just Wisconsin's Governor....

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
7. Notice that the Rethugs that are squeeling are from
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 06:02 PM
Mar 2015

districts with high unemployment and voters living at or below the poverty line. You think maybe the feedback might be a bit hot especially after Snoty Scotty wiped out their low income heating allowances. That and SNAP cuts as well as the new Real Estate Tax increases that are on the way. One of our Bagger Rellies up North was bitching and complaining about not getting his Gobment Heating Money and he blames it on Obama. Yah right. Got a hunch the Tribes are a bit pissed at these folks. Don't think any Rethug will get Tribal Money again.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
23. Which includes most of the folks in Nursing Homes or
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 10:02 PM
Mar 2015

Community Adult Care Facilities. Only going to get worse.

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
13. I can only hope and pray this is true.
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 06:57 PM
Mar 2015

We thought he would be thrown out of office with the recall.

Unlimited pockets and possible vote manipulation.

valerief

(53,235 posts)
19. So they'll just elect a NEW asshole that will fuck them over.
Sun Mar 29, 2015, 08:11 PM
Mar 2015

Cuz that's what the FREEDUMB and LIBERTEA crowd does. They're dedicated to Teh Stoooooopid.

old guy

(3,281 posts)
27. I'm not getting too excited.
Mon Mar 30, 2015, 11:23 AM
Mar 2015

The right wing Koch addicts have not completed the ALEC agenda yet by a long ways. There is still a lot of public land to sell and a lot of mining regulations to eliminate. No, my friends, we still have a lot of crap to absorb before this ends. In my red area the people I have talked to have never heard of the Menard deal. Ignorance is bliss.

hue

(4,949 posts)
29. Generally speaking I'm with You in this opinion.
Mon Mar 30, 2015, 11:41 AM
Mar 2015

Yet there is some hope. Feingold is back in WI. The John everlasting Doe investigation is continuing. Some info supposed to be secret is coming out--->like the Menards pay to play deal. Gogebic Taconite Mine Co. closed their office in Hurley WI. Some folks are waking up. Spring brings some hope.

Still Wisconsin is in such bad shape that we def need more than this.

TBF

(31,922 posts)
31. Taking on the UW-Madison was NOT bright on his part -
Mon Mar 30, 2015, 11:45 AM
Mar 2015

he went straight up against the best brains in the state & they fired back. Basically they responded with "Fine - cut the budget and we will close all the small campuses around the state" (and there go all those support jobs - small cities would be devastated). The people of Wisconsin heard that and knew it was correct. UW-Madison is an amazing institution and it will be around far longer than Scott Walker.

turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
32. They made there
Mon Mar 30, 2015, 12:07 PM
Mar 2015

bed and now they are back tracking ---to late------your are going to be voted out in two years, and as for this conservative, yeah right he and all them (republicans---can't be empathized enough) did not say anything in the last 6 years , none of them, they were watching the corruption band wagon go on its merry way ----and said nothing----to bad you made your bed-------- and now he and the rest of them are making comments saying what Walker and his band of right wing conservative hypocrites are doing what to the state is wrong ---boo hoo cry me a god damn tear----its to late---you made it, you were attacking every social value in the state and getting money from outside groups to corrupt the process -----go to jail-----resign
You are just like a typical republican, when the chickens come home to roost they look like they had no part of the shenanigans---- to late -----you supported this agenda from the beginning now lie in the proverbial crap

 

cascadiance

(19,537 posts)
33. This man is a crook like the Koch brothers he serves
Mon Mar 30, 2015, 01:17 PM
Mar 2015

... and Wisconsin voters are discovering that he really only serves himself and those who have bought him!

rladdi

(581 posts)
34. All the failed Republican Governors want to be President, Jindal, Walker, Christie, Perry, etc.
Mon Mar 30, 2015, 02:30 PM
Mar 2015

They all have bankrupt the state treasuries. None are fit to be even a Governor, let alone President. If voters elect a Republican has President in 2016, this nation will be a complete failure in jobs, economics, massive wars, etc. The Republicans just want power to say NAY to anything. The 2016 election is most critical for the survival of the United States. People and those that can vote must get real smart and say NO to the Republicans both state wide and federal.

so called Leaders McConnell and Speaker Boehner has shown this nation and the people how incompetent the Republicans are. Withholding the vote on next AG Lynch shows they will trash this country before they will help it. Republicans are for total destruction.

Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)
36. Recent revelations & his conduct since being reelected just confirm evey one of Mary Burke's points
Mon Mar 30, 2015, 03:15 PM
Mar 2015

From the debates.
Scotty denied having an overwhelming compulsion to be POTUS. He claimed he would serve Wi faithfully for his term.
He is clutching at the presidency like a final stage heroin addict rifles his dead friends pockets. His concept of faithfulness, hidden agendas, willingness to bend the truth, and obsessive selfishness, would cause me great concern were I married to him.

Mary pointed out our budget would have a gaping hole in it (1.2 bil); Scotty denied. We have a 1.8b hole in it and Scotty wants to reward his masters with new tax cuts. He guts state governmental programs (except the payback mechanisms).
Side note: This year my city didn't plow secondary streets until the end of the year. They usually only plowed main streets after the snowstorm had passed or it was nearing it's end. Very little salt was spread. Before snowstorms (2 or3 days), occasionally trucks would spray a liquid on the roads. considering the effect it had during the snowfall, I suspect it was Mt Dew.

 

Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)
38. Scott Walker cares about people, including those of the Republican persuasion
Mon Mar 30, 2015, 04:14 PM
Mar 2015

for exactly as long as he needs them. After that point, they become worthless.

I used to be very skeptical of the assertions some have made that SKW is a sociopath. However, when you see all of the former aides and confidants that he has thrown under the bus after they ceased to be useful (I'm thinking here of people like Tim Russell, Rindfleisch, and whoever was blamed for his little Wisconsin Idea "drafting error&quot it's a hard concept to dismiss. Indeed he seems to show little or no loyalty to even his own staff. I think Republicans in this state are finally waking up to this.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
46. Headline is quite the overstatement.
Tue Mar 31, 2015, 09:59 AM
Mar 2015

Story focuses mainly on one ex-Republican, and fails to mention specific GOPers willing to take down Walker.

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