Poor Crazy Stewart, he is a loon without a country. Public employee unions need to be crushed. They have no business holding up the taxpayers. If they don’t like their jobs quit. These folks are just used to launder taxpayer money to the democrats.
Democrat elected officials hand out the goodies to the unions and they just give back the bribe with contributions.

If you want an example of the poison of the mind that partisanship is (well, other than the above poster), it’s Republicans now slamming WI Union workers for protesting and Democrats now extolling the virtues of said protests. If you’re a Democrat or Republican, or you only vote for one even if you don’t want to identify, you’re pretty much an idiot.

gordonbloyershow said:
Poor Crazy Stewart, he is a loon without a country. Public employee unions need to be crushed. They have no business holding up the taxpayers. If they don’t like their jobs quit. These folks are just used to launder taxpayer money to the democrats.
Democrat elected officials hand out the goodies to the unions and they just give back the bribe with contributions.

And how exactly do the Republicans get so much money from big oil, insurance companies, the cigarette lobby and defense contractors?

gordonbloyershow said:
Poor Crazy Stewart, he is a loon without a country. Public employee unions need to be crushed. They have no business holding up the taxpayers. If they don’t like their jobs quit. These folks are just used to launder taxpayer money to the democrats.
Democrat elected officials hand out the goodies to the unions and they just give back the bribe with contributions.

Why bother watching the video, right? I mean, the drudge report already told you how to think so.. just… WHY BOTHER?!

You’re correct Gordon.
But give Jon some credit. He can make me laugh, and anyone who does that is easy to appreciate.

The only thing he got wrong was the Santelli comparison. Rick was making a limited point which Stewart missed entirely.

Stewart should be a good celeb to impersonate. Somewhere there must be a good conservative who could humor all of us. The only sad thing about him is his need for an audience of lemmings for laughter on demand.

Arkansas Steve said:
You’re correct Gordon.
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hahahahahahahahahahaha

Publius219 said:
If you want an example of the poison of the mind that partisanship is (well, other than the above poster), it’s Republicans now slamming WI Union workers for protesting and Democrats now extolling the virtues of said protests. If you’re a Democrat or Republican, or you only vote for one even if you don’t want to identify, you’re pretty much an idiot.

There is nothing more comical than a self admitted , so called , “independent ” like ‘ Publius ‘ , who has never found a thread he/she hasn’t mocked and slammed conservatives/republicans , then act like he/she is some how neutral or non -identified …absolutely hilarious ! You-are-a-moonbat-leftist.

gordonbloyershow said:
Poor Crazy Stewart, he is a loon without a country. Public employee unions need to be crushed. They have no business holding up the taxpayers. If they don’t like their jobs quit. These folks are just used to launder taxpayer money to the democrats.Democrat elected officials hand out the goodies to the unions and they just give back the bribe with contributions.

To an extent I agree with you. Just a shame you couldn’t make your point without gross generalizations or calling somebody a loon.

I thought liberals cared about the mistreatment of animals:

http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=32394

I tried clicking on that link but it made my browser crash.

The hell are you talking about anyway. What have liberal opinions on the treatment of animals got to do with it. This article was about the WI protests.

damien said:
I tried clicking on that link but it made my browser crash.

The hell are you talking about anyway. What have liberal opinions on the treatment of animals got to do with it. This article was about the WI protests.

It shows the mistreatment of a camel, by the Daily Show, in Madison.

Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out.

WCinWI said:
It shows the mistreatment of a camel, by the Daily Show, in Madison. Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out.

Right, I figured it was another attempt to deflect from the main point with some “liberals think this/conservatives think that” nonsense. Couldn’t be sure, though.

murf said:
There is nothing more comical than a self admitted , so called , “independent ” like ‘ Publius ‘ , who has never found a thread he/she hasn’t mocked and slammed conservatives/republicans , then act like he/she is some how neutral or non -identified …absolutely hilarious ! You-are-a-moonbat-leftist.

No no. I’ve been quite clear. I can’t stand the current iteration of the GOP. That, however, does not make me a Democrat, except in your falsely dichotomous world.

Undercover, before the election.

SEIU Union rep says that the Media helps them SMEAR Wisconsin Walker;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_o-w2OfFn4&feature=player_embedded

damien said:
Right, I figured it was another attempt to deflect from the main point with some “liberals think this/conservatives think that” nonsense. Couldn’t be sure, though.

I’ve never talked to you before, therefore there was no main point between us.

I’d call you dunce, but I respect the President’s wish for civility. I just wish the WI protestors did too.

Oh and I live in WI so I can comment on this. :)

WCinWI said:
Oh and I live in WI so I can comment on this. :)

Yes, you can. I’d like you to, as I don’t live in WI and I’d like go get an local perspective. I just grow weary of Mediaite commenters’ short attention spans and deflections with partisan bull.

damien said:
Yes, you can. I’d like you to, as I don’t live in WI and I’d like go get an local perspective. I just grow weary of Mediaite commenters’ short attention spans and deflections with partisan bull.

Well, I voted for Walker and think he’s Presidential material. Before he was even Governor, I knew he was Presidential material. You can just get a general feeling about someone and their political shelf life. WI brings smart conservatives. Paul Ryan, Scott Walker, Ron Johnson.

Oh and most folks that have a leftist bent and post on these comment threads….are loons. Just thought you should know that. That’s not being partisan, you can see/read that for yourself.

WCinWI said:
Well, I voted for Walker and think he’s Presidential material. Before he was even Governor, I knew he was Presidential material. You can just get a general feeling about someone and their political shelf life. WI brings smart conservatives. Paul Ryan, Scott Walker, Ron Johnson.

Oh and most folks that have a leftist bent and post on these comment threads….are loons. Just thought you should know that. That’s not being partisan, you can see/read that for yourself.

This my friend gave him too much baggage. He showed his hand too soon. If your going to play a stunt like this you have to wait towards end of your term. Rule #9 in the Republican playbook. He will be recalled and like Grey Davis will be left in the history books.
You can print this out and frame it because you know this to be true.

WCinWI said:
Well, I voted for Walker and think he’s Presidential material. Before he was even Governor, I knew he was Presidential material. You can just get a general feeling about someone and their political shelf life. WI brings smart conservatives. Paul Ryan, Scott Walker, Ron Johnson.

Yep the man is overflowing with what passes for charisma in WI. Just because he made you a little moist, doesn’t mean he is ready to lead the country.

However, I have found his interviews to be a better sleep aid than Ambien.

Scott Walker was voted into office by Wisconsin to save Wisconsin and that is precisely what he is doing. Bless you Mr. Governor and God speed!  

Yoda002 said:
He will be recalled and like Grey Davis will be left in the history books.

Without taking any position on the question, I thought that I’d point out that my reading of the Wisconsin Constitution says that a recall petition can’t be filed until after a state officer’s first year in office. So, if that’s what the Governor’s opponents are banking on, they’ll have a pretty long wait.

FYI…WCinWI…The party of Beck and Palin calling any one a loon is hysterical…and Walker is nothing but a Wall Street Whore ;) LMAO!

“They are not the same in any fucking way, shape, or form, at all.”

Thank you, Jon Stewart, for that. Regardless what anyone thinks about the governor, the protesters, the unions — it is really dismissive of people struggling for the most basic of human rights in Libya, Bahrain, Egypt, Tunisia, etc., to equate their situation and suffering to that of those in WI. So sick of that ridiculous comparison.

It is quite satisfying to see Libs everywhere in such an apoplectic state. WI pols running to another state to escape their responsibility, most of them hiding in bars; media hacks everywhere dripping with rabies. Recall that all of them were masturbating the moment Obama became president. Since then? Not so much fun. Oh, and ‘ObamaCare’ is the noose that’ll keep tightening on all of them.

The teacher who was on F&F this morning said a mouthful – of course, said teacher will not be appearing on CNN or MSNBC for fear that the truth will be put out there. MSNBCCNN, plus ABCCBSNBCNYTIMESETAL are truly pathetic…how embarrassing for them that they can only spew DNC talking points and don’t have the talent or wherewithall to eek out some facts and report the truth to the (ever smaller and smaller) viewing public.

You would think these idiots would grow a brain and recognize that the public is a lot smarter than Wolf, Rachel, Katie, Brian and Dianne and they won’t just suck up the team Obama talking points any longer. They really need to grow up and expand their horizons.

The general public knows that people in unions deserve more than the rest of the population. Their special.

Please Check out song called teapartiers I can’t hear you at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJfboOindCo

Here’s a verse

Doctors are retiring earlier but we’re getting 17000 new IRS
This is how Obama creates health care jobs I guess
For 234 years this country’s been God’s blessing.
Now he’s following Cloward and Piven’s to bankrupt the country I’m guessing
If Obamacare gives Grandma and Grandpa a scare
Think how when their rationed and die earlier we’ll save on healthcare

Hey guys if you fought at Iwo or the Chosen
when they stop giving your wife her meds and her last breath comes over her face
you’ll find comfort knowing Nancy’d gladly take her place.

Joe Astroturf said:
The general public knows that people in unions deserve more than the rest of the population. Their special.

Please Check out song called teapartiers I can’t hear you at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJfboOindCo

Here’s a verse

Doctors are retiring earlier but we’re getting 17000 new IRS
This is how Obama creates health care jobs I guess
For 234 years this country’s been God’s blessing.
Now he’s following Cloward and Piven’s to bankrupt the country I’m guessing
If Obamacare gives Grandma and Grandpa a scare
Think how when their rationed and die earlier we’ll save on healthcare

Hey guys if you fought at Iwo or the Chosen
when they stop giving your wife her meds and her last breath comes over her face
you’ll find comfort knowing Nancy’d gladly take her place.

You really ought to use quotation marks. You’ve done nothing but copy and paste the idiot Beck.

WCinWI said:
Well, I voted for Walker and think he’s Presidential material. Before he was even Governor, I knew he was Presidential material. You can just get a general feeling about someone and their political shelf life. WI brings smart conservatives. Paul Ryan, Scott Walker, Ron Johnson.

Oh and most folks that have a leftist bent and post on these comment threads….are loons. Just thought you should know that. That’s not being partisan, you can see/read that for yourself.

Wait. Weren’t you living in Texas last week?

If you want fairness and balance in the media, not necessarily pure news media, go to Stewart. He did a marvelous job skewering the insufferable Wisconsin gouvernor, FOX “News” and MSNBC. Deservedly so. Vile hypocrites all.

WCinWI said:
It shows the mistreatment of a camel, by the Daily Show, in Madison.

Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out.

I’m going to assume you’re joking, since it shows no such thing.

Yoda002 said:
This my friend gave him too much baggage. He showed his hand too soon. If your going to play a stunt like this you have to wait toward end of your term.

I think his cause would have been better served if he had also advocated some other spending cuts – either simultaneously or beforehand.

As it stands now he comes across as mean and vindictive toward a single class of hard working Americans who have already clearly indicated they are willing to make some sacrifices.

Once he gets the reputation of being a Governor Jan Brewer wannabe it will be hard to shake. He’s not there yet, but had least one high profile conservative has referred to him as mean-spirited. Not good!

The time line is crucial here:

The gouvernor’s first program is a tax cut for corporations.

The gouvernor then and only then, with less tax revenue declares a full blown budget crisis.

The gouvernor insists that teachers and other public employees must forfeit their negotiated contractual rights and begin making health insurance and pension contributions. In his argument, the gouvernor makes gross misrepresentations as to salary and benefit levels.

The unions representing the teachers and other public employees, joined by the firefighters, police officers and industrial union members, agree to the contract revision.

The gouvernor then says that’s not enough. The teachers and public employees must give up their hard-won and long-held right to collective bargaining.

A moderate Republican senator proposes a compromise suggesting suspension of collective bargaining for two years.

The gouvernor rejects this as not going far enough.

The gouvernor has exposed himself. His goal from the outset was to pay due homage to the Koch Brothers and others similarly situated, to further enrich the wealthy on the backs of hard-working American men and women and to bust the union.

With this time line in mind, reactionaries can still argue that the burden of deficit reduction must fall squarely on the backs of hard-working American men and women, that these same hard-working American men and women are scum, the very dregs of our society, and that unions must be suppressed by any and all means, however draconian, repressive and brutal, but these same reactionaries can no longer argue with even a modicum of credibility that the gouvernor is anything but an abject liar and ideological zealot.

Ave Fratres Koch!

Independent-Lady-2012 said:
FYI…WCinWI…The party of Beck and Palin calling any one a loon is hysterical…and Walker is nothing but a Wall Street Whore ;) LMAO!

The fact that his second largest donor for his gubernatorial race was the Koch brothers certainly gives some credence to your claim.

And any aspirations for national office may be undermined by some of the extreme positions taken by this son of a Baptist minister. For example, he’s against abortion even for victims of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother.

He also supports the right of pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions for contraceptives on the religious or moral grounds. Some that post here probably agree with him. But these positions are clearly out of the mainstream.

Joe Astroturf said:
The general public knows that people in unions deserve more than the rest of the population. They’re special.

Another way to look at it. In a perfect world we’d all be better off if we still had the retirement plans (that public employess have) before they started to disappear from the private sector in the 1980s.

“Retiring Baby Boomers’ 401(k) Plans Come Up Short”
http://tinyurl.com/5t7uqqt

The situation in Texas has some parallels. To be sure, unlike Wisconsin, Texas has long been hostile to unions except for small enclaves along the middle and upper coast with significant petro-chemical industries and the local gouvernments in that area, including Beaumont-Port Arthur, Houston-Galveston, Freeport-Brazoria. Also, unlike Wisconsin, Texas has suffered under a Republican Reign of Terror since the moment W was sworn in as gouvernor. Again, unlike Wisconsin, our Republican leaders, unburdened by labour unions or any concern for working Texans, ran up a budget shortfall in the US $27B – US $34B. Odd as it may seem, our inept Republican Comptroller cannot get any closer than -US $7B, here or there. We are, of course, in area and population, significantly larger than Wisconsin, but the deficit is even more staggering. How did this deficit come about?

A series of glitzy property tax “reforms” in 2006 and 2008 which, instead of providing true tax relief, reduced property taxes by something akin to US $2.50/month for a couple of years, then seemed to be engulfed in rising appraisals and rates.

The property tax “reform” whilst offering little to individual tax payers, resulted in huge budget shortfalls.

The budget shortfalls were to be made up by a series of business tax “reforms”.

On paper, these business tax “reforms” never made up the shortfall, and, in practice, the W Recession/Depression led to declining business tax revenues.

The shortfall, despite its obvious reality and its foretelling by all of the state’s leading economists and financial analysts, was long denied by the gouvernor, the lieutenant gouvernor and the comptroller. To a greater or lesser extent, all still deny the shortfall, and the gouvernor is steadfast in his denial.

Local gouvernments, health and mental health agencies, programs for the elderly, the state’s insurance program for children and school districts are in the process of making draconian cuts. For schools, teachers are being fired, libraries are being closed and classroom sizes are soaring.

So, how is state gouvernment addressing these issues?

Remember that crunch time for school districts is 1 April. Budgets have to be finalized by then, decision as to teacher retention must be made.

The senate eduction chairman, Frances Shapiro (R-Plano) has told districts not to expect anything before the end of March.

Instead of working on the budget, the legislature has solely addressed a series of social conservative issues, a Voter ID bill (voter suppression of Hispanic citizens), removing the prohibition of guns on campuses, requiring individuals who exercise their right to chose to pay for, view, listen to sonograms whilst consulting with a doctor …. In other words, the legislature is doing everything to throw raw meat at the extreme right before the inevitable deluge.

Wisconsin, unions, budget deficits. Texas, no unions, budget deficits.

It’s not the unions, folks, and if we keep looking for strawmen, we’re never going to address the core problem.

WCinWI said:
It shows the mistreatment of a camel, by the Daily Show, in Madison.

Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out.

I’m no fan of the Daily Show, but come on. That’s a bogus accusation. That was no camel. That was clearly Lizz Winstead.

It’s another false comparison. Fox News hasn’t been calling the WI protesters (whom I support on the issue of collective bargaining) “racists,” “idiots,” “haters,” and of course there were the puerile vulgarities, to say nothing of the lies (e.g., the crowd chanted the n-word, spat on congressmen etc.) the way MSNBC did show after show, night after night.

The Real Royal King said:
The time line is crucial here:

During the campaign the governor said what he was going to do and now he is doing it. No other time line needed.
Doing what you said you were going to do is something new for democrats to understand. Unlike Obama, Walker did not lie about what he was going to do.

gordonbloyershow said:
During the campaign the governor said what he was going to do and now he is doing it. No other time line needed.Doing what you said you were going to do is something new for democrats to understand. Unlike Obama, Walker did not lie about what he was going to do.

That’s funny. I remeber Obama campaigning on health care reform. Then he get elected, enacts that promise and what happens?

Wait, I get it now. People in the States hate it when their politicians do what they promise they’re going to do.

They actually showed this clip on today’s Morning Joe.

TangledThorns said:
They actually showed this clip on today’s Morning Joe.

Stewart kind of pusses out here, though. The only example he uses from MSNBC was Schultz, when Matthews and Olbermann (and Shuster and O’Donnell, et. many als.) were just as derisive/effusive. Why? I suspect it’s because Schultz has dismissed Stewart (after Stewart had dismissed him), but the others still kiss Stewart’s ass and he still knows which side his ideological bread is buttered on, so to speak.

gordonbloyershow said:
The Real Royal King said:
The time line is crucial here:
During the campaign the governor said what he was going to do and now he is doing it. No other time line needed.
Doing what you said you were going to do is something new for democrats to understand. Unlike Obama, Walker did not lie about what he was going to do.

You’re lying, as usual. The gouvernor never said he was out to destroy unions or that he was going to balance the budget solely on the backs of hardworking American men and women trying to support themselves and their families whilst the wealthiest take a walk. He lied. You both lied. You’re both peas in a pod.

“Keep telling the inconvenient truths [Jon]!”

moriarty70 said:
That’s funny. I remeber Obama campaigning on health care reform. Then he get elected, enacts that promise and what happens?

Wait, I get it now. People in the States hate it when their politicians do what they promise they’re going to do.

Maybe because Obama portrayed himself as a bipartisan guy during the campaign? Maybe because he explicitly stated that you don’t pass something as sweeping as health care reform along strict party lines, only to go and do just that?

I know, I know… what a joke, right? Who could possibly buy the idea that one of the most reliably party line voters in the entire Senate would actually be able to (or care to, for that matter) reach across party lines and build a bipartisan consensus? Well, no one ever accused Obama voters of being smart… except for other Obama voters who, of course, aren’t very smart.

kvon said:
And how exactly do the Republicans get so much money from big oil, insurance companies, the cigarette lobby and defense contractors?

Your IQ is showing again. You might want to check who got the MOST oil money in the last presidential election (2008). *hint- is was Obama*

Yoda002 said:
This my friend gave him too much baggage. He showed his hand too soon. If your going to play a stunt like this you have to wait towards end of your term. Rule #9 in the Republican playbook. He will be recalled and like Grey Davis will be left in the history books.
You can print this out and frame it because you know this to be true.

Wise you are not, I think…

ChickaBOOMer: Land of Milk and Funny
http://chickaboomer.blogspot.com/2011/02/land-of-milk-and-funny.html

WCinWI said:
Well, I voted for Walker and think he’s Presidential material. Before he was even Governor, I knew he was Presidential material. You can just get a general feeling about someone and their political shelf life. WI brings smart conservatives. Paul Ryan, Scott Walker, Ron Johnson.

Oh and most folks that have a leftist bent and post on these comment threads….are loons. Just thought you should know that. That’s not being partisan, you can see/read that for yourself.

That’s actually pretty much the definition of partisanship, actually.

gordonbloyershow said:
During the campaign the governor said what he was going to do and now he is doing it. No other time line needed.
Doing what you said you were going to do is something new for democrats to understand. Unlike Obama, Walker did not lie about what he was going to do.

Any links where he said he was going to try and take collective bargaining away? Other than like, a mailer. Him actually saying those words out loud on record.

tatboy said:
Your IQ is showing again. You might want to check who got the MOST oil money in the last presidential election (2008). *hint- is was Obama*

Companies tend to side with who is going to win. I’ll bet whoever wins in 2012 gets more $ from oil than Obama in 08, even if it’s Obama.

Publius219 said:
Companies tend to side with who is going to win. I’ll bet whoever wins in 2012 gets more $ from oil than Obama in 08, even if it’s Obama.

You are 100% correct. The person I was responding to was lying by stating Repubs received more oil money. This poster is someone that makes a habit of attacking people with slurs and hateful comments, so I unfortunately respond to him in kind. But you are correct in your assessment.

The King’s tin foil hat is made of aluminium foil.

moriarty70 said:
Wait, I get it now. People in the States hate it when their politicians do what they promise they’re going to do.

No you don’t get it. He didn’t pass healthcare reform, he passed ObamaCare and the PEOPLE said they did not want it. Brown was elected in Mass. to stop it. The Tea Party represented the people.
The polls show that the people want what Walker is doing. The unions DON’T represent what the people want. Now do you get it.

On tonight’s Daily Show, Stewart tried and failed to see Walker’s side of the story,

As a WI resident, I can attest to that. But, in the spirit of comedy I am willing to cut Stewart some slack. Walker can take it, just like Chris Christie has.

It’s not very hard to notice the stark contrast between the Tea Party and the anti-Walker groups protesting in Madison. The decent union workers, who went to work instead, have got to be cringing.

The attention this brings is good for Wisconsin and the nation. It is helping to expose exactly what is wrong with the Union leadership, corrupt politicians, and the bad segment of the union membership. I wish the good union workers had the ability to clean up their own house, because the thugs within are not helping them.

http://althouse.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-receive-at-threat-whoever-video-taped.html

Obama’s organizing for America is unraveling at an incredible pace.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/shocking-level-of-influence-exposed-union-boss-trumka-talks-to-white-house-every-day-and-visits-a-couple-times-a-week/

My hats off to the responsible union workers that went to work last week. Thank You.

Wisconsin Worker protection laws are the best in the country. The fair reforms being proposed are not to be feared. You are still protected despite the efforts to remove collective bargaining on benefits. Collective bargaining on wages remain. FDR had foresight into this problem we are now experiencing. That was why he rejected collective bargaining for Govt workers.

The Real Royal King said:
You’re lying, as usual. The gouvernor never said he was out to destroy unions or that he was going to balance the budget solely on the backs of hardworking American men and women trying to support themselves and their families whilst the wealthiest take a walk. He lied. You both lied. You’re both peas in a pod.

LOL the entire paragraph above is ONE BIG LIE.

Gouvernor?

The comments at the althouse link are revealing. Instead of condemning the threat of violence “should be shot in the head” by a Union member, and possibly one of the reprimanded drivers, the Union supporters are excusing the remark and even blaming it on the messenger.

“Nobody likes a snitch”

So, thank you very much for being the animals that you are. You are exposing yourselves incredibly and only strengthening the case against you.

I find incredible irony that the beginning of the end of Progressivism is happening right in the place that it was born. Fitting.

writer said:
Gouvernor?

Should be Gouvernour, no?

I think sou.

Checkmate.

http://biggovernment.com/mikeflynn/2011/02/22/of-course-indiana-democrat-legislators-flee-state-to-avoid-votes/

“A source said Democrats are headed to Illinois, though it was possible some also might go to Kentucky. They need to go to a state with a Democratic governor to avoid being taken into police custody and returned to Indiana.”

Huh. Remember when using the Senate filibuster was “thwarting democracy”? Going on the lam seems to be just hunky-dory, though.

The Real Royal King said to El Gordo:
You’re both peas in a pod.

No respectable pea in its right mind would EVER agree to share a pod with Gordo, dude.

Gov. Walker is sure being hurt by his stand. LOL.

Meet the GOP’s Newest Rising Star
Presidential hopefuls already clamoring to grab a piece of his coattails
by Beth Reinhard

A head-on collision with the labor movement has turned the rookie Republican governor of a Midwestern state into an overnight superstar.
Barely a month after his inauguration, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker already has prospective presidential candidates stampeding to help him. In today’s turbocharged political climate, fueled by constant chatter on cable television and the Internet, can talk of a vice presidential bid be far behind for the man who two months ago was a little-known county executive?
“If you had suggested that about Scott Walker 10 days [ago] it would have seemed incomprehensible,’’ Byron Shafer, political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told National Journal. “Stay tuned and ask me again in another 10 days.”
Walker was the lead guest on Fox News Sunday; on Monday, MSNBC boasted of a “cable exclusive’’ with him. He’s become one of the most sought-after politicians in the country ever since his plan to balance Wisconsin’s budget by slashing labor costs sparked days of protests by tens of thousands of union workers in the state capitol.
Likely presidential candidates from Rick Santorum to Tim Pawlenty to Mitt Romney have clamored to offer support. Organized labor is a favorite target of the right, making Walker’s fight a popular rallying point. Not to mention that budget balancing has become sacred political ground for the Republican Party.
Enhancing Walker’s potential as a kingmaker: His state’s potentially pivotal role in 2012. Wisconsin hasn’t voted for a Republican presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan in 1984, but close elections in 2000 and 2004 have made it a battleground state.

Why is it that if a group of workers form a union it’s an act of unmitigated evil, but if a group of businesses “unionize” and call themselves the Chamber of Commerce that’s just terrific?

On her show, Rachel Maddow read a letter from WI state law enforcement, commending the protesters for their peaceful conduct. Not a single arrest had to be made over the weekend. i doubt that you heard about this on Fakes “News.”

An extremist – and evidently corrupted – Supreme Court majority came to the absurd conclusion that corporations are people. They thus encouraged wealthy corporations and their owners – who don’t care about anyone or anything other than their own profit and power – to continue deceiving, impoverishing and ultimately enslaving us.

Don’t think it will happen? That’s probably what Italians thought before Mussolini and his Fascists took over. The results were not promising.

Michelle Malkin has an idea for the name of the Democratic reality show: Flee.

http://twitter.com/#!/michellemalkin/status/40122142913855488

gordonbloyershow said:
Gov. Walker is sure being hurt by his stand. LOL.

Meet the GOP’s Newest Rising Star
What follows is not worth repeating .

At this point the GOP would go nuts over a good looking dogcatcher as a possible POTUS or Veep candidate. All the real candidates are keeping their cards close to their vest in hopes that A) Obama makes a major misstep (in the eyes of voters. Blogosphere doomsayers at their basement computers don’t count) or B) some other sacrificial lamb is brave enough to step into the ring with The Thin Man. Christie? a few pounds over the line. Walker? too bland for words, almost to the point of being a Simpsons parody. Scott Brown? Sinking fast, shoulda worn a life vest.

TIme to sit back and wait for some kind of viable candidate that won’t make moderate Republicans (yes, Virginia, they exist) run screaming into Obama’s arms. If the GOP were to run someone with Gordon’s wackoff…er…wacky views, the country would tilt left so fast New York would slide to L.A…..

jrcmi said:
Why is it that if a group of workers form a union it’s an act of unmitigated evil, but if a group of businesses “unionize” and call themselves the Chamber of Commerce that’s just terrific?

How many reasons do you want? Because taxpayers aren’t on the hook for the Chamber of Commerce. Because businesses aren’t coerced into paying dues to the Chamber of Commerce if they don’t want to join. Because the Chamber of Commerce doesn’t represent an infinite loop of corruption whereby said dues are funneled directly to one political party which then lavishes more taxpayer money on the CoC… rinse and repeat. Because your mommy didn’t love you enough.

jrcmi said:
Why is it that if a group of workers form a union it’s an act of unmitigated evil, but if a group of businesses “unionize” and call themselves the Chamber of Commerce that’s just terrific?

On her show, Rachel Maddow read a letter from WI state law enforcement, commending the protesters for their peaceful conduct. Not a single arrest had to be made over the weekend. i doubt that you heard about this on Fakes “News.”

An extremist – and evidently corrupted – Supreme Court majority came to the absurd conclusion that corporations are people. They thus encouraged wealthy corporations and their owners – who don’t care about anyone or anything other than their own profit and power – to continue deceiving, impoverishing and ultimately enslaving us.

Don’t think it will happen? That’s probably what Italians thought before Mussolini and his Fascists took over. The results were not promising.

What a bloodbath of logical fallacies and fearmongering. Please go talk to the media and make your case. I beg you. We can’t do a better job of illustrating what is wrong with your logic than to hear it from your own mouth.

gordonbloyershow said:
Public employee unions need to be crushed. They have no business holding up the taxpayers. If they don’t like their jobs quit. These folks are just used to launder taxpayer money to the democrats.Democrat elected officials hand out the goodies to the unions and they just give back the bribe with contributions.

And Further more I’d like to add that Unions are anti-Freedom – Back before we crushed ‘em good they tried to crush the freedom of great American Corporations: The freedom to work their stupid lib workers 7 days a week, the freedom to pay 4 dollars a day to stupid would-be marxists! The freedom to buy both political parties instead of just the GOP! And, in that these stupid IDIOT Union workers needed to be paid out of state revenues, they infringed on the States ability to offer huge corporate tax rollbacks.

Stupid Union Libs need to be CRUSHED. Because they are IDIOTS who tread on the freedom of corporations!

The issue is public sector unions, not unions in general.

We as taxpayers pay for their benefits and salaries, therefore when they strike they strike against us.

Even FDR said that “It is impossible to bargain collectively with the government.”

The Unions are trying to negotiate with the governor, but his way or no way is not working. When Reagan fire the air traffic controllers they were on strike, these people are not on strike but are willing to give back some of what they already have to help the state save money. The governor is misguided on how to deal with the people’s needs, ($50,000 per year times 8% equals $4,000 divide by 12 equals $333 per month just might not fit the families budget)maybe he needs more training from the Koch brothers on just what to do next. The source of the problem is the cost of benefits, which was brought on by the health care system and health care insurance which has double since the year 2000. (Wake up follow the money trail). If he would negotiate with the health care and health insurance companies on their profits this would help all. Let them move out of state if they do not want to help out the cause, others will replace them, greed has no loyalty. Does not anyone have the backbone to address this problem, the root cause of the benefits is the ever increasing cost, and this adds cost to every company in the state? If the governor would do this then it would make him a hero to all except the health care system, health care insurance and their share holders!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!