Barrett Slapped In Face After Conceding Recall To Walker

[WilliamPitt]

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“I just got off the phone with Gov. Walker and congratulated him on his victory tonight,” Barrett said, prompting boos from the crowd. “We agreed that it is important for us to work together.”

“No!” shouted the crowd.

Afterwards, as Barrett greeted his supporters, a woman approached him and reportedly asked, “Can I slap you?” Barrett replied that he would prefer that she hugged him, so he leaned down, anticipating a hug but instead got the slap that she had requested. In the video of the incident, Barrett’s head jerks back from the slap.

No one reacts very strongly to the slap and Barrett continued on greeting his disappointed supporters.

The rest: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/06/barrett-slapped-in-face-after-conceding-recall-to-walker/

[derby378]

1. Is it true that Barrett conceded while some votes were still being cast?

You have to want to win, and too many WI Dems - including Barrett - apparently didn't want to win bad enough. They didn't have the hunger. They allowed dirty tricks and big out-of-state donors to take over what should have been a slam-dunk election.

Yes, I am pissed.

[kestrel91316]

2. I would have slapped him, too - for conceding before

every voter standing in line had had a chance to vote.

It showed a fundamental lack of respect for his supporters. What a jackass.