Madison Protesters the same as ISIS
I lived in Mad City for 12 years, a place I had wished I could of lived as a child. Instead, I was able to raise my children there. Flying back to Madison after a consulting gig and seeing lakes Mendota, Monona, Wingra, the Capital on the Isthmus between Mendota and Monona nestled in the woodlands was akin to returning to sanctuary. It was safe haven for those of us who lived there and returned there after working elsewhere.
Madison always had a different way about it. While running for election, Gov. Dreyfuss called it “30 square miles (1978) surrounded by reality.” We were different and we made it different as we paid higher taxes to ensure better schools and services for those who lived there. We bought Dreyfuss daughter’s home on the west side. Given my knowledge of Mad City and knowing it is illegal by state law for public workers to strike in Wisconsin, it is interesting to read Scott Walker’s comments about protesters there:
“‘We will have somebody who leads and ultimately will send a message that not only will we protect American soil, but do not take this upon freedom-loving people anywhere else in the world.’
Here comes the zinger.
‘We need a leader with that kind of confidence. If I could take on 100,000 protesters (in Madison, Wisconsin), I can do the same across the world.’
So that we’re clear here, Scott Walker just compared American citizens exercising their right to free speech to violent, homicidal extremists in the Middle East.
What did Walker do to ‘take on’ the Madison protesters? Well, he locked them out of the Capitol, threatened to call out the National Guard, had them arrested, and exposed himself as the corrupt Kochhead that he is.'”
I knew we were tough; but, we were not extremists by any stretch of Walker’s imagination. Let us be sure, Walker is no leader and has pretty much ruined the state of Wisconsin with his governance of it which will carry on for years to come. Walker did catch flak for his comments comparing Wisconsin protesters to extremists as Senator Warren took Scottie-boy Walker to the wood shed:
“If Scott Walker sees 100,000 teachers & firemen as his enemies; maybe it is time we take a closer look at his friends,” Senator Elizabeth Warren . . . One could only hope she would run for president.
Scott Walker’s friends are the ultra conservatives such as the Koch Brothers, Sheldon Adelson, etc. It is no secret the Koch Brothers spent far more on the 2012 election than the top ten unions (which they are trying to bust) spent. Furthermore by Federal law, those unions have to report what they have spent on elections.
2016 will be an interesting election.
“We need a leader with that kind of confidence. If I could take on 100,000 protesters (in Madison, Wisconsin), I can do the same across the world.’”
Priceless.
And around the world, he will lock ISIS out of the Capitol, threaten to call out the National Guard, and have them arrested.
I caught my first fish in Tenney Park way back in 1954. It led to a lifelong obsession;-)
Tonu:
I liked Wingra to fish in as there were no motorized boats. It was quiet. A canoe and a six pack was all you needed.
I think that a Scott Walker presidential campaign would keep him busy for a while.
President Nixon had his enemies list, but he did understand that it might put off the electorate.
President Reagan had the depth of a persimmon. His restructuring of the federal income tax was disastrous. But I give him credit for ramping up spending for the Strategic Defense Initiative. It presented the Soviet Union with an unsolvable problem. Their population was already giving as much as they could give.
Scott is a joke. I fear more Illinois governor Rauner who has the same evil intentions but has enough of a brain to be dangerous about it: restarting the fight over whether unions can constitutionally collect dues from non-joiner, right-to-work “zones.” Luckily here in Illinois we have a much broader progressive and union base to resist with. The rural half of our state isn’t Tea Party Ozarks.
As someone who has lived in Wisconsin for over 60 years–the last 37 in Milwaukee County where Scotty boy was County Exec for awhile–I can assure you that he is not ready for prime time. The tea baggers adore him, but if he somehow was the GOP nominee he would not carry the State of Wisconsin. He only got elected County Executive because his predecessor was a crook. He has won 3 elections for governor in non presidential years against modest opposition in the case of Tom Barrett and a complete novice with few redeeming features other than a big pocketbook in Mary Burke. he is not ready for prime time and while he may have his week in the sun like so many did 4 years ago, ultimately he will say even more stupid things that the national media will enjoy publicizing. I would love for him to be the GOP nominee, but it just isn’t going to happen. The GOP wants to recapture the White House and it isn’t going to happen with a moron like Walker.
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i really hate to do this, because i agree with you about the subject of your post, and many other things. and it sounds so petty of me.
but since you took the liberty of rewriting one of my posts to satisfy your sixth grade conception of grammar while making it meaningless, i will take the liberty of pointing out that
““If Scott Walker sees 100,000 teachers & firemen as his enemies; maybe it is time we take a closer look at his friends. Senator Elizabeth Warren” One could only hope she would run for president.
is… uh… somewhat awkwardly constructed, or punctuated.
looking forward to further pot shots from you.
Coberly:
It is alright. I forgot a period. Appreciate it and I fired my editor.
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i have to get back to work. but at a glance i couldn’t see how a period either way would fix it. or the bigger problem.