FUCK.

[Skinner]

[sufrommich]

1. 61% to 38%

Double fuck.

[TheWraith]

8. That's not likely to be final.

If they're calling it this relatively early, it's likely because they've matched the results so far to the exit polling, so most likely the result will be pretty close to the exit poll. Maybe Walker by 4-7.

[Generic Other]

36. 58-40 now

crap.

[Generic Other]

147. 56-43

gack

[Matariki]

159. 55-44 now

[TheWraith]

206. Looks like the end result is going to be 53-46.

So about 7 points, on the upper end of the 4-7 I'd guessed earlier.

[INdemo]

248. Theres something wrong here

I mean the polls indicated a few points difference before election and I could see 1 or 2 % points but no...There was just too much grass roots effort going forward and with such a high voter turn out for this kind of outcome with such a high margin of vivtory...There is something wrong.. Money buys votes or money destroys votes and just maybe the Koch Bros were playing both ends of the field.
..When the corporate media talks about exit polling,I remember in 2000 and 2004(ohio) that Repukes were saying.."exit polling just doesn't mean much and not accurate"..And now the polls barely close and these right wing hacks report a victory from results of exit polling....Strange.....

[Capt. Obvious]

249. Average of polls was 6 points according to Nate Silver 2 days ago

Pretty close to end result.

[WV Democrat 59]

265. Rigged

No way in hell should Walker have won!! There was a massive Democrat turn out to get a re-election vote on the ballot. There was a massive turn out yesterday at the polls. This outcome was rigged. I believe in the weeks to come there will be a criminal investigates into this matter.

[SylviaD]

280. Don't bet on it.

We've lost...everything.

[gtar100]

204. Sounds like they're getting more brazen and couldn't care less if it looks like they cheated.

All they have to do is deny it and the right-wing media will go along with it (it's not just Fox anymore). It may be time to work on those underground tunnels.

[JDPriestly]

256. Wisconsin has made its bed, and it will lie in it, corporate bedbugs and all.

[Arugula Latte]

2. Really, Wisconsin?

Seriously?

[flpoljunkie]

234. NYT reported 'large majority' told exit pollsters recalls are only acceptable for malfeasance

(Sheesh! When voters feel this way about recalls, Barrett obviously had no chance.)

Six out of 10 voters, or 60 percent, told exit pollsters they think recalls are only acceptable if there’s been a case of malfeasance or improper behavior, CBS News exit polls found.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0612/77106.html

[mopinko]

239. that is the message the media was pounding up there.

as far as i can tell. those big bucks did their job, catapulting the propaganda.

[MH1]

254. Yes, really. (Sigh.) This is who "we" are.

"We" being the society as a whole. Of course not every individual. But the individuals who aren't, were greatly drowned out by those who are exactly that.

What Skinner said. Double.

[Versailles]

3. That was my EXACT word...

Wife kinda looked at me funny...I don't usually curse out loud like that.

[elleng]

4. Yes

[malaise]

5. Those figures make no sense

61%??? WTF???

[sarcasmo]

62. Sounds like the fix is in. There is no way Milwaukee and Madison could have already been counted.

[Rozlee]

101. Not to mention the reputed 50/50 exit polls.

And the polling done before the race. Something doesn't add up and it stinks to high heaven.

[Matariki]

157. Don't worry, the discrepancies will all be explained away to us.

As always.

[bullwinkle428]

6. It's over. The Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.

[JDPriestly]

257. Careful. Some people will actually believe it was the Germans and not know

it was the Japanese that bombed Pearl Harbor. I know you are joking but some of the ignorant trolls and lurkers who haunt this site might take you at your word.

Hope I'm not offending you, bullwinkle428, but there are a lot of ignorant Republicans out there.

[Matariki]

7. what you said.

it almost always sucks doesn't it.

[cry baby]

9. FUCK, indeed! nt

[Ranting_Wacko]

10. This is way too soon...

The polls haven't been closed an hour. There are still people waiting in line to vote in some parts of the urban centers!

[gkhouston]

21. All the more reason to call it. Color me skeptical. n/t

[mvd]

11. Something is fishy

NO ONE had a lead this big. This country is in big, big trouble.

[Matariki]

24. +1

[sarcasmo]

63. +2

[HiPointDem]

77. +1

[snappyturtle]

102. Very interesting point...absolutely right. nt

[a2liberal]

113. This +1 million

they've got the rigging thing down pat

[LibGranny]

132. what you said!

[TxVietVet]

135. The conservanazis have had practice at fixing the vote in Waukesha County.

I'm sure they did it elsewhere. The conservanazi repugs are evil, conniving folks.

[mvd]

143. Exit polls are rarely that far off. Doesn't it feel like a taste of Russia..

came here? What happened to all those big crowds in Milwaukee/Dane?

[HiPointDem]

150. yes. exactly.

[whathehell]

223. Remember how far off they were in the Presidential 2004?

They were at such an unexplained disparity that I thought

they actually "gave up" exit polling.

[gateley]

175. I know. This is the New America. We're doomed. nt

[Zax2me]

12. WHAT?! Already?! SO DEPRESSING.

I'm fucking sick.

[jsmirman]

13. I feel sick

I mean, our democracy has been fucked forever, but man, our democracy is seriously under attack.

[Left Coast2020]

103. Make that Fucking Sick

[CrispyQ]

246. It's no longer a democracy - it's an auction.

I have that bumper sticker somewhere & I think today is a good day to pull it out & stick it in the back window of my truck.

Another DUer asked this morning: Who did Barrett concede to? Walker or the Koch brothers?

Fuck the Roberts Supreme Court & Citizens United. I cried harder last night than I did in 2004. I"m still on the verge of tears today. I feel sick & can't eat a damned thing. I'm pissed & disgusted at the same time.

FUCK.

[one_voice]

14. Yes indeed FUCK

[theaocp]

15. Since the Republicans always project...

I'd say they're up to their eyeballs in their own voter fraud. Just a thought. G'night.

[GarroHorus]

16. This is fucking hard to take

No need to be spending any time in Wisconsin any time soon, that's for sure. On my list of "No Travels" for now.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

17. where the hell is john king with all his district maps? nt

[Baitball Blogger]

18. Wisconsin dems, don't concede!

In Florida the red counties are the first to be counted. They're smaller and easier to count. The urban blue areas take longer.

[AlbertCat]

139. They're smaller and easier to count.

But seriously, it shouldn't be this close to begin with.


America is finished. It died in 2000. You all know why...

Cheating and stupid people more concerned about "America's got Talent".


Thanks WI for reminding us that money talks.... and so does bull shit.

[Baitball Blogger]

154. Still think that the same day registrations should be examined.

[southerncrone]

217. I contend it died in 1980.

The noose just gets tighter every time they regain power. I can hardly breathe.

Should we all request paper ballots in Nov., or vote early?
Or will we just be wasting our time.

[nxylas]

225. I'd say 1980 was when the first pellet of rat poison was slipped into its breakfast

It's been getting progressively worse eince then, and today was the last gasp.

[TBF]

261. Correct. I said the same thing to someone this morning in another

thread and they called me "defeatist". That's not my intention at all, but I'm also not 21 and I'm not going to pretend I haven't watched what's happened since Reagan took office. He is the one who started cutting the capital gains taxes (which help the very wealthiest investors the most) and you can see the results in the past 30 years with the gap between rich and poor growing exponentially. Now the middle is being squarely attacked, and many don't realize it.

To fight back rather than be completely defeated I think we have to acknowledge what has happened in this country. We've allowed the very wealthiest to steal our 401Ks, break our unions, and off-shore our jobs. How much more are we going to take?

[southerncrone]

278. Yes. Graham-Rudman was the beginning of the underhanded stealing of our future.

Unfortunately, those of us who are over 50 (or maybe 55) are the only ones who remember this.....and only those of us who were paying attention!

I remember in the '80's, Wal-mart had a big "Buy USA" campaign, which in reality was a cover while they undermined our towns by closing down the independent stores in small town America & conspiring w/China to produce cheap crap & ship our industry overseas. Nafta & Gatt just paved the road for a smoother ride for them to take over our retail sector.

So much has been orchestrated over the last 3 decades. We have got to stop "funding" these corporations/ 1% by withholding our $ whenever we can. Difficult, but not impossible. Money is the only language this crowd understands. Take away that power & your cut off the head of the serpent.

[TBF]

279. I remember hearing "Graham-Rudman" but not what it meant -

I bet my mom talked about it. She was small town but very much a flower-child type from the 60s and very interested in politics. She explained the Walmart thing to me as it was happening. She and my dad (who worked in a small foundry and belonged to a union) weren't fooled.

I have become very anti-capitalism as a result of watching the events unfold during my lifetime. I agree with your assessment of starving large corporations and would add that we need to significantly revise our tax code and political funding.

[myrna minx]

19. .

[Little Star]

20. Double Fuck!

[redwitch]

22. I am officially depressed.

So sad.

[limpyhobbler]

23. It's a hard loss.

win some / lose some.

Thanks to Wisconsin Dems for all your hard work and for voting today.

[jillan]

25. It's not even close. Fuck fuck fuck fuck!

[DearAbby]

33. Anyone hear anything?

and what is that smell?

[HangOnKids]

45. Stench of an ass sucking freeper

And his Dad's dirty underwear stuck on his face.

[Fawke Em]

44. You won't have money to buy him a beer.

However, he will be taking slave labor.


Good luck.

[Gregorian]

27. John Doe.

It's still hanging over his head.

Until we stop spending money on the war machine, and start putting energy into educating the people of this country, this is what we're going to see, more and more, I predict.

Stupid people vote for stupid politicians.

[dark forest]

114. Stupid people vote for stupid politicians

Ain't it the truth!

[maryellen99]

166. People who vote against their own interests and think they are going to be rich one day

The wannabe 1%ers.

[cyberpj]

28. Exactly. Except --sorry. I don't believe it. I remember 2011 WI fiasco as detailed on Brad blog.

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=8511

snip-
"When the ballot bags were taken out and placed upon the counting table, we were literally stunned," one of the citizen observers, Mary Magnuson, a Kloppenburg volunteer, told The BRAD BLOG this morning. "5 out of the 6 ballot bags were almost literally wide open, and ballots could be clearly seen."

AND - It happened too fast. As if a point was being made to anyone else who dared think they could challenge Repbulicans and The Koch Brothers.


"Money Changes Everything..."

[EFerrari]

213. I agree. They went too far when they called it while people were still in line to vote. n/t

[undeterred]

29. I think you should chill out for an hour or two

while the votes are being counted.

[spooky3]

30. Citizens United.

[spanone]

31. THE CITIZENS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

the best government corporate money can buy

[glogrrl]

222. Wrong...

I'd say it's the WORST government corporate money can buy.

[Fire Walk With Me]

32. THIS IS NOT OVER.

[sweetapogee]

233. finally

a voice of reason

[rhett o rick]

240. Maybe this will wake up some of the centrists. nm

[mike3121]

263. When is the soonest they can hit Walker with another recall.

Keep hitting the Wisconsin Repug's with Recalls.

[Walk away]

34. So does this mean the Koch brothers will be buying ALL of the states in Novenber?

I wish I could believe they could be stopped.

[bupkus]

48. No, not all, only the ones they need to win the White House, Congress, and Senate nt

[Auntie Bush]

35. Double fuck! Hope he is indited soon. Now we're going to have to look at that face in

the news for months. He make me sick. :puke"

[valerief]

37. David Shuster said on Current he's waiting for the Associated Press to call it before

believing the networks.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

38. My sentiments exactly

I wonder how many of those counties are using Diebold voting machines....?

[jwirr]

39. The way things are going Orly Tatz will win in CA. This is crazy.

[iandhr]

40. I don't know why everyone is shocked.

[limpyhobbler]

66. We all were watching Al Sharpton and Ed Shultz and they had us pumped to win.

So then we crashed?

Maybe? Just a theory.

[HiPointDem]

81. i don't know why you're here.

[iandhr]

140. Because unlike everyone else I am in touch with reality.

[HiPointDem]

146. yeah, i bet.

[Dawgs]

236. You bet what? They were right and you were wrong.

You might want to rethink your response next time.

[FailureToCommunicate]

41. Well, I guess 'Corporations are voters, my friend"

Damn the Rich

[limpyhobbler]

75. We need to do something about out of control corporate influence over govermnent.

Or we not going to recognize our own country.

[notadmblnd]

42. I find it so hard to believe

I have no words to express how I feel about the results.

[gateley]

178. I know. I'm crushed. I feel SO BAD.

[calimary]

43. Yeah. No shit.

What were they saying? June 5th 2004, ronald reagan died.

Well, looks like on June 5th 2012, democracy died. Buried under a shitload of money in Wisconsin.

[bupkus]

52. You forgot one

June 5, Robert Kennedy was assassinated.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002770823

[Mayflower1]

55. Wasn't Robert Kennedy assasinated on June 5th?

[DesertRat]

67. No, it was June 6

[bupkus]

84. That's weird. My newspaper this morning said June 5. nt

[WillowTree]

90. Shot on the fifth, died on the sixth.

[bupkus]

97. Yep. June 6. But maybe this is why there's some confusion on the date

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Robert_F._Kennedy

The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, a United States Senator and brother of assassinated President John F. Kennedy, took place shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968, in Los Angeles, California.

[TomClash]

46. It's a braced game

The fix was in. I told everyone that a while ago.

It may be worse in November.

[lunasun]

89. I agree, but no one will listen

people give me the evil eye look when I talk about it
like not mentioning it will make it go away
I hope they prove me wrong

[zeemike]

100. Me too

And I was sure of it when I saw the polls a week before the election...they made it close to legitimize it all.

[ManyShadesOf]

47. ut oh

[Bjorn Against]

49. I still say this is too close to call

Once Madison and Milwaukee's votes are in I will concede if it is still showing Walker with a big lead, but I am not giving up until the strong Barrett areas have been counted.

[mzteris]

50. NOOO NOOO NOO NOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Grantuspeace]

51. The outside money has demonized all unions.

We needed more national help. They left us to fight all of corporate America alone. We brought a knife to a gun fight. The NRA spent bundles. Barrett never had a chance. Yes, fuck!!!!

[deaniac21]

53. Who could have forseen this?

[Ninga]

54. I don't understand this one bit. Why Wisconsin?

[AzDar]

56. Goddamnit...Didn't I just see exit polls @ 50/50?

[The Doctor.]

64. Wow, You're a moron.

Your solution to people having financially secure jobs in this economy is to screw them.

This will harm the economy, but you're not educated enough to understand how or why.

[tabatha]

69. Are you not supposed to treat others as you would treat yourself.

Btw, Walker is going to jail. Just watch.

[laundry_queen]

74. LOL

You're so stupid you don't even realize you signed your death warrant. I'll gladly tell you I told you so when you're eating shit to survive and Walker is a billionaire. You are seriously TSTL.

[Jamaal510]

58. It's not over yet. Less than 40% of precincts have been counted.

But this is an ominous sign of how much a financial disadvantage can hurt a candidate in a heated election. This election has put more emphasis on how vital it is to keep Republicans from regaining the WH this fall so the Democrats can appoint more liberal SC justices. That way, we can have Citizens United overturned once and for all.

[NRaleighLiberal]

59. Citizens United. Period.

Double Fuck.

[Rhiannon12866]

60. Couldn't have said it better!!!

[april]

61. ditto !!

[madinmaryland]

65. Election fraud. Plain and simple. And it was legalized by SCOTUS.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

68. America voted for a strong liberal in 2008.

What they got was a moderate. People vote for a LEADER. It's Machiavelli 101. (And for whatever reason he refuses to see this. [Or doesn't care to because he agrees with conservatives on so many issues.])

This was predictable.

Edit: This is what really pissed me off the last few years. I finally had to let it go. And it KILLS ME because I had such high hopes for this man.

Oh well... On we go to November...

[Marrah_G]

70. Ugh...how does this happen?

[Voice for Peace]

71. No going back, never despair, and don't forget

[Voice for Peace]

80. The fun will go on.

Here's to John Doe's Demise

[zeemike]

112. And no looking back

cause if you look back at how easy it was for them to steal other elections you might despair...better to pin your hopes on the new solution....the law....which will perter out slowly and will be less stresfull.

[findrskeep]

72. This is unbelievable and more

than a little fishy. How could he be winning by a margin that wide after the massive protests for months, the recall, the huge voter turn out today AND this early?? The only good I see coming out of this is that hopefully NO ONE will just assume that Obama has the 2012 election won hands down and more funds will be raised and contributed and everyone will know for sure that they MUST vote.

[bupkus]

161. How? Here's how:

Mr. Walker, who raised millions of dollars from conservative donors outside the state, had a strong financial advantage, in part because a quirk in Wisconsin law allowed him months of unlimited fund-raising, from the time the recall challenge was mounted to when the election was officially called. As of late last month, about $45.6 million had been spent on behalf of Mr. Walker, compared with about $17.9 million for Mr. Barrett, according to data from the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, a nonpartisan group that tracks spending.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/us/politics/walker-survives-wisconsin-recall-effort.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

[southerncrone]

218. The money is just a cover for

the real crime. Just MHO.
We need to look at percentages. The new R math.

[young_at_heart]

73. The Supreme Court '5' are very happy tonight

Their objective of creating a one-party country has been achieved!

[William769]

76. Simple, short, concise.

[HereSince1628]

78. Jah, that sums it up.

[Flatpicker]

79. yup

I don't think anything we can do will change what is going to happen to this country come November.
It's bought and paid for...

[Lone_Star_Dem]

82. What you said.

I've worked hard for Barrett. I'm devistated, along with so many others tonight.

[bupkus]

83. In California in 2003 money made all the difference too

Gray Davis was ousted by Republican money in a recall led by Darrell Issa and Ted Costa with plenty of money from millionaires interested in wresting state government control from Democrats. Tonight it's different. Republicans in control destroying the middle class, education, workers' rights, lives, families, but the money is still on the Republican side.

I hope for once money loses but it isn't looking good right now.

I can't believe this asshole Walker is going to win by the numbers they're talking about right now. What the fuck is wrong with this country? Do voters actually think Walker and the Koch brothers have their best interests at heart? Don't they remember what the Bush years brought us? Why do voters vote against their own interests time and time again? Is it just hatred of "liberals"? Are Americans that brainwashed that they'd vote for people who wreck the entire world because they're good at using wedge issues and lies?

This is all just too depressing to contemplate.

[still_one]

85. I guess Wisconsin wants to be the right wing expement. What a fucking shame /nt

[TBF]

86. sadly K&R nt

[shcrane71]

87. Fucking kicked, and fukity fuck fuck fuck

[nvme]

88. If it weren't NBC calling it

FUCK!

[frogmarch]

91. If it's on the up and up

Never mind. It can't be! Something is terribly wrong here.

I agree. FUCK.

[greytdemocrat]

92. Unbelievable...n/t

[The Wizard]

93. walker owns

the vote tabulators

[snappyturtle]

94. I feel sick to my stomach....we are so

fucked. (That's my first time to ever use the word online.)
I don't use it lightly.And you know what? To me, 'hope' is
becoming another four letter word.

I don't believe the numbers at all and I am also surprised
by the jovial attitude of MSNBC this evening. I know Rachel
and Lawrence and Ed want to project themselves as good
losers but where's the angst we've been hearing from them
about this particular race for ? months? That's what bothers me.

We'll never be able to fight the corporations paying for the
election 2012. This is no longer a democratic republic.

[kestrel91316]

105. Take your bible and shove it where the lord won't go.

[TBF]

111. +1 nt

[SylviaD]

127. Was that really necessary? n/t

[kestrel91316]

131. It sure as hell was. Did you not read that fundie troll's post??

[kestrel91316]

134. FUCK YOU. GO AWAY.

[rhett o rick]

241. Did you notice that piece of crap got one jury vote to leave it? nm

[kestrel91316]

259. Yes, I did. Apparently trolls can get jury privileges.

[Fozzledick]

96. Fucking BULLSHIT!!

The numbers just don't add up!

[marlakay]

98. Fuck fuck...

[MADem]

99. Joey Stalin and his acolyte Ahmed Ahmadinejad are in charge of counting, perhaps? nt

[harun]

104. RIP Democracy

[Canuckistanian]

106. No.

I refuse to believe this.

Either:
A.) There's been some massive fraud on a scale we can't imagine yet...

Or (and this I fear more)

B.) Whoever has the most MONEY can buy election results

Because I refuse to believe that Wisconsin voters, when given ALL the information possible, could do this.

No.

[backpages]

141. I think the way the demonstrations were portrayed, by the media,

turned a lot of people off to the recall effort. If the unions had just laid low and worked the recall as a regular election, they might have succeeded.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

151. The media is at it again

we must do something about the media

[dgl]

181. Reports of union activists in Michigan

bringing in busloads of voters spurred the GOP voters to fight back.

[Canuckistanian]

184. That makes no sense, mr. 1-post

At the LAST MINUTE, they organized a GOP GOTV effort because they saw some buses?

Please.

[Bjorn Against]

186. Fight back against something that never happened?

Can you point me to a single piece of solid evidence that even one out of state person voted tonight? And no a report from Rush Limbaugh is not evidence of anything.

[Canuckistanian]

247. I never said anything about out-of-state voters

And it was the poster I responded to that was trying to make a point that the sight of buses made pro-Walker people angry enough to vote.

[Bjorn Against]

267. I wasn't responding to you, I was responding to the person who claimed they were busing people in

[Canuckistanian]

182. The unions' fault?

Um, wasn't Walker's attack on the unions what started all this? In a state that pioneered union rights?

Why should the unions "lay low" after being devastated?

I thought Americans admired the underdog FIGHTING BACK.

No. Something else is going on here.

[iemitsu]

107. how can this be?

it is hard to believe.

[Tx4obama]

108. Paper ballots should be used in ALL elections !!! n/t

[sunnystarr]

232. They did use paper ballots

But they're run through a tabulator. It's a simple matter then of flipping the results of the two candidates. This has been done before. I'm not saying it's what happened yesterday since it's also possible that the majority of voters don't know the issues and were bought by the continuous ads running all year. Citizens United or election fraud? That is the question.

[FBaggins]

109. Pure poetry

You have a knack for efficiency of language Skinner.

Sucks that it can't be put to better use this evening.

[Tx4obama]

110. Barrett campaign says it won't concede Wisconsin recall race to Walker yet, citing ongoing voting

Barrett campaign says it won't concede Wisconsin recall race to Walker yet, citing ongoing voting

Tom Barrett campaign says it won't concede Wisconsin recall race to Scott Walker yet, citing ongoing voting - @AP http://apne.ws/KDzBCW

http://twitter.com/breakingpol/status/210197782726848515

[Odin2005]

115. And the DLC idiots in control of the DNC just sat by twiddling thier thumbs.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

116. The results were less surprising...

...after watching a few of the "polling place interviews" on cable news today.

There were a few "Wisconsinites" who expressed pretty sharp anti-union sentiments, who were saying that Walker did "what he had to, for the state."

It just drives home the "red state / blue state" frames of mind. You would have thought that the "divide and conquer" video would have been the smoking gun, the thing that tipped the scales in favor of Walker's ass being thrown out of office.

I live in California, grew up in Massachusetts, and other than that, have spent no time in between other than moving here in a cross-country drive as a teen. I can't even pretend to understand Wisconsin, and the sad part is that there are some voters in Wisconsin tonight who can't either.

[sweetloukillbot]

156. Midwestern moderate Dems are a sometimes contradictory breed...

My in-laws in Iowa hate illegals for taking their jobs and they think gays are an abomination before God - and they are staunch Democrats who voted for Obama and will again in November. I've run into others who hate the unions for their outrageous salaries and Cadillac insurance plans and also vote straight Democratic. And they're all members of the NRA who hate gun control laws.

[HangOnKids]

187. All The KOCH $$$$ Didn't Just Go Into Ads/Campaigning

I believe R voters were paid as well.

[shcrane71]

117. Fuck it. Kick.

[Melissa G]

118. Fucking Bullshit

and I don't believe it!

[lunatica]

119. That's what money gets you

3 times more lying drowns out the truth

[pink-o]

120. The only thing that will make me feel better

Is an indictment. But in a perfect world, Bush, Cheney, rummy and Rove would be imprisoned for life in Leavenworth, so I'm not holding my breath.

So sorry, Wisconsin! As one who survived a recall where the other side used dirty tricks and out of state corporate money only to foist an unfit moron on us, I totally sympathize

[RiffRandell]

121. So heartbreaking.

I am so sorry to all of the members of DU and Wisconsin residents who put in so much time and effort to get that fucker recalled. Also, to everyone who has and will suffer from his horrific agenda.

[citizen blues]

122. BULLSHIT!!!!

I'm calling bullshit on the results. For there to be a clean Republican sweep with the type of turn out Wisconsin has had. There's no way. All that money and robo-calling and all the other dirty tricks, I think we know who the FRAUDSTERS are.

Wonder just how big the fucking red shift is gonna be?

Good for Barrett for not conceding!!!!!

[crunch60]

123. This site giving updates every minute. It ain't over yet.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/06/wisconsin-recall-election-results-live

[pinto]

124. Citizens United

FUCK.

[caseymoz]

125. Definitely not the end I wrote.

I say it's not the end. Does Wisconsin let us bring him up for another recall? Spend more of the Kochs' money? Bring it into the Wisconsin economy?

[yoyossarian]

126. Nah, that ain't FUCK...

That's BULLSHIT.
I wonder if they're using those "smart" voting machines from Diebold. They're so smart, if you vote for the wrong candidate, they just switch it over for ya!
Bullshit bullshit BULLSHIT!
GodDAMN!!!!!!

[SylviaD]

128. What has happened?

I can't really process this right now. I'm closing my computer and going to bed early. Something is wrong with the world, this is like a bad movie.

[calimary]

188. I know. I keep wondering - WHY, Wisconsin? You LIKE this? You approve of walker?

Seriously? You support what he's done? You're okay with this ruthless agenda of his? Really?????

I can't believe this shit is okay with so many of you.

I actually turned the TV off. Couldn't watch or listen, or even have it on in the background while I'm doing something else. Hopefully we can put on a marathon of "Star Trek" DVDs tonight...

[shcrane71]

130. Election was rigged.

This is bullshit. 50/50 going into it, yet Walker wins by landslide with unprecedented voter turn-out? Voter turn-out ALWAYS helps Dems. It's bullshit.

[totodeinhere]

133. It's a sad day that's for sure. But this should make us all the more determined to

work our butts off to make sure that something like this doesn't happen in November as well. I'm sick and tired of losing elections like this. 2010 was bad enough and now this. Excuse me while I go and throw up.

[PeaceNikki]

136. I give up. They've broken me.

[hue]

148. I'm sooo sorry---You've worked so hard!! This must be rigged!!

I don't know what to say to console You!! Walker will be in prison some day Nikki!!!

[think]

152. Thank you for all you do. I respect and applaud all your efforts.

We don''t always agree but my respect is huge.

[pacalo]

160. Here's a hug...

I'm drinking wine tonight. This is very disappointing. I'm still very proud of Wisconsinites!

[hue]

137. WTF??? I'm checking out of reality....

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

138. Gap is closing

56% to 43.4%. Probably not enough however.

[stuart68]

144. Uh, yeah - it's getting real close...

[proud patriot]

142. it was called too quickly I smell a rat

[12ZTR]

145. Options

It doesn't matter if Barrett wins, the Dems, liberals & progressives have absolute power.
Make a list of Rep businesses & Rep donors. Do not spend any money in any of these establishments. Spend your money in DEM,LIB & PROG businesses. Get into their wallets & purses & the REPs will start to pay attention.Show the KOCHS the power of money.This needs to be done whether BARRETT wins or loses.

As for family members who vote REP, turn George Bush on their asses.

"Your either with us or against us."

I,ve been doing this for quit a while

If one is not willing to do something this simple, then they might think about sitting down & shutting up.

[DiverDave]

228. +1000000, and welcome aboard, wish it was a happier place for you

Well, welcome anyway.
Dave

[williesgirl]

149. Exactly what I said when I heard

[SparkyOR]

153. Fuck indeed, I'm going to vote Republican from now on...

Let's all just throw everything into one end of the pool and crash the system sooner rather than later. Maybe then all the dumbsh**s getting their social programs ended, their infrastructure ignored, their kids uneducated, maybe then... they'll finally realize that the 1% didn't care about them, they just wanted to suck em in with flag waving and deficit reduction bullshit. I'm angry

[Jigs]

167. Nope

You are not angry... Just stupid.

[Douglas Carpenter]

158. this is indeed sad and depressing. Sometimes evil prevails especially when evil has a lot more money

[blkmusclmachine]

162. Tonight in WI, 1 + 1 = 11

No way those numbers are right. No way.

[Mkap]

163. Koch Bros and Rove bought the election

This is not what democracy looks like

[ProfessionalLeftist]

171. Youbetcha they did. And this was just a beta

for what they plan to do nationally from now on. 2000 was the alpha version. No one stopped them then, so they went to the next level. That's what we've seen since and tonight in Wisconsin.

This, and Michigan with their "financial managers". It's all beta testing. If they get away with it and thus far they have, it's coming to the whole country. Count on it.

[Beringia]

164. ditto

[WestWisconsinDem]

168. I am embarrassed to be a Badger.

For the first time in my 48 years, 47 of which have been spent in this formerly great state, I am truly ashamed of this place I'm from.

[PufPuf23]

169. 11.11pm: Milwaukee mayor and Democratic candidate Tom Barrett is now making his concession speech

11.11pm: Milwaukee mayor and Democratic candidate Tom Barrett is now making his concession speech: "I just got off the phone with Governor Walker and congratulated him on his victory," he says, to scattered boos from the crowd.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/06/wisconsin-recall-election-results-live

Fucking unbelievable and unacceptable.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

170. Exactly.

[gateley]

173. I know. Fuck. nt

[lonestarnot]

174. Roger that.

[Flatulo]

176. I would say that 30 years of union bashing

has had the desired effect.

Most people just believe that unions are bad.

[TBF]

185. Now they will find out what it's like without them -

very sad.

[Zorra]

177. Doublefuck nt

[Initech]

179. I almost threw up when I saw the headline.

God fucking damn it. Fuck the teabaggers.

[babylonsister]

180. That's all you have to say? Yea, I hear you. nt

[blackspade]

183. FUCK indeed.

I didn't think that there were that many fools in WI.

I'm just disgusted.

[happerbolic]

189. State Precinct Graphic interactive by PBS

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2012/map/other_votes.html

damn, and just called my mah today to hear 'but the national news had said he did such a wonderful job balancing the state's budget'...

http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2012/may/31/tom-barrett/barrett-says-walker-used-credit-card-approach-bala/

really odd and disappointing to see on the fence or disconcerned individuals glaze over when you tell them anything contradictory to what they hear on their vaunted news networks. I try to explain over and over again that now days, like a malignancy one may have, seek out other advice and weigh out.

[Plucketeer]

190. Dear Corporate "citizens"

There's other continents that would welcome your dynasty with glee - GO there.

[taught_me_patience]

192. You win some and lose some

but losing this big really hurts. Unions for state employees will be dismantled state by state now.

[ilikeitthatway]

195. How would unions be dismantled state by state?

All over this recall? Are you alluding to the fact that Big Business can buy seats for Repugs and thus get them to union bust?

[DreamsOfEquality]

193. we're scrooooowed.

[YOHABLO]

194. I Just Don't Get It

Wisconsin use to be such a liberal state .. what happened? It's all very depressing that we can't over-throw these Republican Governors .. Perhaps if he is indicted on corruption charges .. Dems have their work cut out for them. But it is disturbing that so many people in that State and others vote against their own best interests .. are they that stupid? I guess so. I think I'm moving to another country.

[turtlerescue1]

196. Yawn, oh good, tempers flare and

disappointment reigns.

You would have loved those sixties! Don't look at the losses. Look at what is needed to win the next battle.

Don't give up on poetic justice either. When Reagan was King in the land of Calafia, he closed the State Mental Hospitals, two years later I started working in locked psych. Learned the FIRST persons kicked out on the street were what we then called the Mentally Retarded/IQ functioning level. I couldn't believe it. "The least among us"!
I still am amazed to this day Ronny was diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

Seven times the $upport-ya think someone wants $omething in in return?

I've got to go, have to tear my sackcloth in grief. And wouldn't it figure, its in pretty good shape?

[Kali]

197. goddammit

[Phlem]

198. We don't get fooled again! No!

oh wait......

-p

[Bozita]

199. Money trumps all else! ... That's the moral of this WI fable. Money trumps EVERYTHING!

Thanks, SCOTUS.

[Loudly]

200. The wheel needs to turn just a little more.

And some reaping from what's been sown needs to happen.

[snot]

201. Exit polls have been off by increasing margins since 2000 or before,

despite efforts to "correct" them.

I hope folks in the Elections Group look into this (http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1091).

[gkhouston]

209. Exit polls were pretty good predictors in the days before election equipment

was easily accessible via the internet...

[snot]

250. Exactly!

[Smilo]

202. I really thought we had a chance

but I guess this really does show America has been bought and the morons that just sit and watch tv and never bother to get off their arses and find out the truth don't realize what they have just done.

Money + fear + lies = GOPT campaigning and it's only going to get worse. So much for caring for each other and ensuring that we remain a democracy - what has happened to America?

[vietnam_war_vet]

203. I couldn't have said it any better. United v. Citizens was the death knell of our democracy. :-(

[donheld]

205. Wake up and smell the Fascism.

I'm sure you smelled it before, but tonight it's insanely strong.

[Phlem]

211. Nooooooooooooooooo!

shit.



-p

[alittlelark]

207. I threw up in my mouth a little... but then said WTF

Seriously. I have possibly not taken the right pill.

Cuz this CitizensUnitedStates preached it.............................


Throw me in the dungeon and throw away the key.....

\Calling
BULLLSHIT.

[PatrynXX]

208. no real surprises but...

the senate thing is having me like unable to sleep , get with it Racine....

NBC did slip up by declaring they are owned by the Koch Brothers but other than that. I would have been surprised if he lost. He knows how to cheat, he had the money now we have a talking point. WI took one to the gut, so now we can say how the Koch Brothers can buy an election. Which is why I really didn't want Obama in the state. Didn't want Clinton in either but couldn't be helped.

[solarman350]

210. gov snot locker will look good in orange...

[Aerows]

212. You got the Democracy

That Republicans paid for via Citizens United.

[Vanje]

214. I . do. not. understand. what . happened. nt

[carlos3k]

215. Its all in the game, unfortunately.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/barrett-campaign-sounds-warning-on-vote-suppression-calls

I'm not whining... but I guess its all in the game these days.

[The Traveler]

221. Good night, troll

The backlash cometh. Conservatives really need to review "A Tale of Two Cities". You are working hard to re-create the conditions that make that kind of horror likely again. Fools.

[lillypaddle]

224. Yep, pretty depressing

I know this feeling. I've had it before.

[abelenkpe]

226. Bummer

Ayn Rand selfishness wins the day.

[DLevine]

227. What you said times a million. n/t

[a la izquierda]

229. I am not violent, but almost threw a beer

At my TV screen.

And then I burst into tears.

[JNelson6563]

230. Brevity is the soul of wit.

[rrHeretic]

231. One word said it all!

Couldn't have voiced it any better - thanks.

[Dawgs]

235. Really? There is no way anyone, especially a political junkie, should be surprised by the result.

I'm shocked that anyone on our side thought Walker was going to lose.

[1000 Words]

237. 19

[shcrane71]

252. Thanks for Goddammit. May I request Asshat as your next word?

[barbtries]

238. it's the next morning, i'm feeling quite sad.

do you think that justice just runs out til there isn't anymore?

[CJCRANE]

243. It's both.

"It's not a democracy" is a RW saying which explains why they're comfortable with vote rigging.

BTW "republic" just means a country that's not ruled by a monarch. China is a republic, for example.

[Lasher]

253. In other words, kinggrain was just another mindless troll

reciting what he's been told to memorize.

[daaron]

244. Ayup. nt

[Hubert Flottz]

245. FUCKED!

The cheese is not the only stinking thing in Wisconsin.

And FUCK is an understatement. I'll bet the filthy five on the SCOTUS are happy with their work. They have brought down democracy in the USA. By the corporation and for the corporation.

[shireen]

251. i could not watch MSNBC last night

I got home from volunteering at an an exhilarating public event on the Venus solar transit to this news. I could not bear to watch the news last night. Now it's morning, and i want to know wtf happened. Not rantings from upset people, but actual analysis. I'm sure some people will post about it today. We need to know what voters were thinking. Calling them idiots is not helpful. They had a reason for their votes and if we want to make further progress, not only in WI but across the country, we need to understand what they were thinking.

[Mrs.Independent]

269. Because Barrett was a terrible choice to represent Dems

He came across as a guy without a plan and a whiner. If he just once, especially during the debates, would have spoken about what he would have done differently in specifics, maybe more Independent voters like me would have voted for him. Walker has a plan Barrett doesn't and he's not doing anything for the city of Milwaukee but running it into the ground. Doyle needs to take part of that blame too.

[FiveGoodMen]

255. I couldn't have said it better.

[PatrynXX]

258. Fuck turned into Fuck Yeah. Go WI Senate :)

thanks to Racine...

[meti57b]

260. Well-said!!

[Horse with no Name]

262. Well said! I kind of feel a new kind of kinship to you

I thought I was one of the few that tends to use extraordinarily foul language to make my point.

[TahitiNut]

264. "Never strike a king unless you are sure you shall kill him." (Emerson)

We're in for it now.

[Clear Blue Sky]

266. Where was the Pres?

I would have like to see the Pres up in Wisconsin pushing this election. Our union brothers and sisters spent a lot of blood, sweat, tears and $$ trying to defeat Walker. Where was the President?

Sorry but a Tweet a day before the election is a weak effort...

[Honeycombe8]

268. Staying out of state government business, is where he was, and rightly so.

It is not the business of a sitting President, who serves the NATION and is part of the federal govt., to interfere with STATE government or elections. It is not his business, is inappropriate, is unethical, and is just an all around bad idea. It is NONE of a President's busness what a state does within its own government, which is what a recall is.

That's why Bush didn't interfere with the California David recall.

Obama did all he could do, which was to endorse the Democrat. Then he went about the business he was elected to do: run the nation.

[Leopolds Ghost]

271. When the air seems to go out of Occupy efforts (that began in Wisconsin), it is a warning sign

You could see coming.

It is a symptom of a larger problem.

(Not to suggest the Occupy movement is dying, I certainly hope not. I want to remain involved. But it is part of the same momentum that motivated the recall, so lack of momentum for one = lack of momentum for the other -- in the popular consciousness.)

I'd love to see a reversal of the trend, but it is a disturbing trend.

Statistics matter, and in this age of mass media, people operate increasingly as a homogeneous, sheep-like herd. You can tell which way the wind is blowing long before the storm hits.

[red dog 1]

272. K & R!! + John Nichols on Walker

Last edited Fri Jun 8, 2012, 11:17 PM - Edit history (2)

From: Democracy Now.org
June 6, 2012

Amy Goodman:
"John Nichols, what about the Democratic National Committee, President Obama not going to Wisconsin, the DNC not putting in the kind of money that people were calling for, although Walker had tens of millions of dollars poured into his campaign from outside the state?"

John Nichols:
"Absolutely. It was a stark contrast. What you see is a Republican Party that is activist and engaged, not just at the national level, but down into the state and local levels. The Republican National Committee chairman, Reince Priebus, who is a Wisconsinite and who's actually a member of the law firm that is representing Governor Walker in many of his current legal troubles, said from the start of the race that the Republicans were, "all in" this contest, meaning that they would be there for whatever was necessary. The Republican Governors Association began attacking Democrat Tom Barrett before he had announced his candidacy. So it was just an overwhelming level of Republican engagement.

In contrast to that, the Democratic National Committee really was in a bit of a wrangle with state Democrats about whether they would give $500,000 for some get-out-the-vote efforts.
And President Obama meticulously avoided visiting the state and made his final contribution to the campaign, which was a tweet on Monday night.
The comparison between tens of millions of dollars and an all-in effort by the RNC and by national Republicans, and a tweet from President Obama, I think, sums it up a little painfully."

Watch/ Hear entire interview:
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/6/6/walker_survives_wisconsin_recall/

[Stuart G]

273. I agree completely..

[warrprayer]

274. DISMAYED is what I am

... but remember... Tom Delay was once thought to be invincible... don't fight 'em, indict 'em!

[MADem]

276. Welcome to DU! That's an amusing catch-phrase! nt

[shcrane71]

277. Welcome to DU! Yes, keep on fighting.

[11 Bravo]

275. This has GOT to be the most highly recommended one-word post in DU history!

(By the way, K&R!)

[madinmaryland]

281. Kicked and fucking DU Recommended!!