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Scott Walker Sacrificed WI Casino Deal on Altar of Iowa ‘Ghost Hunter’

March 2, 2015Marc Belisle Politics

This is the strange story of how Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker cost his own state billions of dollars and tens of thousands of good paying jobs, all to curry favor with Iowa power players, religious zealots, and a self-styled ghostbuster turned anti-gambling activist, in his quest for the Presidency.

After Republican Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker crushed the hopes of the impoverished Menominee tribe to build a casino, Menominee Chairwoman Laurie Boivin blamed Walker’s decision on his presidential ambitions. In the clearest indication that Walker is planning to run for president, he apparently sold out his own state to bow to the religious right in Iowa, simply to bolster his chances in next year’s Iowa caucus..................



.....Who is this Iowa activist who compelled Walker’s decision to reject thousands of jobs for his state? Vander Plaats ran for governor of Iowa three times – in 2002, 2006, and 2010. All three times, Vander Plaats lost. But through Family Leader, he has managed to influence Iowa politics greatly. In 2010, Vander Plaats led a successful campaign to oust three Iowa Supreme Court justices who voted to legalize gay marriage. Following this campaign, according to The Atlantic, he emerged as “The Iowa Caucus Kingmaker,” as GOP candidates courted his endorsement for the first primary of the election season.

In 2011, The Hill described Vander Plaats as one of the top 10 most coveted endorsements for a GOP candidate running for president, because of his influence with churchgoing voters in Iowa. In 2012, he unveiled a pledge that he asked all GOP presidential candidates to sign. The pledge included lines opposing gay marriage, gays in the military, abortion, and “Sharia Islam.” The pledge signer would support “Religious Liberty” and shrinking the federal government, debt, deficit, “unfund

[GusBob]

1. He is using Wisconsin to become president

It's apparent. The guy is a misanthrope driven by his own ambition

He could give 2 shits about the state or it's people

[rurallib]

2. Vader Plaats - don't think he has ever held a real job

Always leading some crusade. But boy his followers vote and jam the caucuses.