How low can a Republican/Tea Bagger governor go?

HAHAAAAAAA!!! LMAO!!! Pimped would be a better term.

Walker says he has said the same thing in public but I have never heard him speak of using a baseball bat, trying to deceive the people of WI., selling the public power plants in a no bid deal, bring people in to incite riots, try to trick the Senators into coming back in state, and breaking state laws. I think Walker is better suited to be in the Mexican Mafia than Governor of the great State Of Wisconsin.

Walker needs to step down or start IMPEACHMENT ! He has disgraced the office and the oath he took ! He is a puppet for the KOCH IND ! They control him with bribes just like all the other republicans ! He needs to leave THIS MORNING !!!!

Walker is bought and paid for by the Koch Brothers. Thank God for the internet and and bloggers like Ian Murph, otherwise we would never find out about stuff like this.

Chuck really loves to say "left leaning" when he talks about progressives on his show.

Was it After You Gave Tax Cuts to the Rich

When did Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker decide to force the Middle Working Class to pay for the TAX BREAKS he gave to the Rich, was it before or after Billionaires Funded his Campaign?

Ask the Media to tell the REAL STORY

When did Wisconsin Budget Crisis become a Crisis, was it before or after Republican Governor Scott Walker gave TAX BREAKS to the RICH?

When was the State of Wisconsin, projected to receive a Surplus, was it before or after the Republican, Governor Scott Walker gave TAX BREAKS to the RICH?

When did Wisconsin Two Year Budget find itself with a “Severe Deficit” was it before or after the Republican Governor, Scott Walker gave TAX BREAKS to the Rich?

When did Wisconsin Legislatures decide to pass a Budget Repair Bill was it before or after Republican Governor Scott Walker gave TAX BREAKS to the Rich?

When did Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker manufacture a Budget Repair Bill, was it before or after the TAX BREAKS for the Rich still wasn’t enough to cause a short fall?

When did Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker create a Two Year $3 Billion Deficit Budget Projection, was it before or after, he not only gave TAX BREAKS to the Rich but by also introducing Bills that had nothing to do with creating JOBS?

When did Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker decide to go after the Unions, was it before he campaigned but was advised by the Koch Brother to wait until he was elected or was it after he campaigned or both?

When did Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker decide to BUST the Unions; was it before or after, he gave TAX CUTS to the Rich which cause Wisconsin's State Budget to go from a Projected Surplus to a Deficit, which opened the door for the Republican Governor to manufacture a Short Fall, which opened the door for a manufactured Budget Repair Bill which opened the door for the Republican Governor to place into the Phantom "Budget Repair Bill" a provision that would dismantle the UNIONS, which he is now having trouble manufacturing a reason on how State Employee's Bargaining Rights will "REPAIR" the Deficit, that he created in order to create a CRISIS.

On a Sidebar Note:

On Saturday, CNN Ground Reporter gave the subliminal false equivalency of the Bused in Tea Party Protesters equaling the amount of the Wisconsin Protesters, when the amount was no way hell, equal; and on Sunday Morning, MSNBC Ground Reporter attempted to report the same.

Front Page the Story Don't Give False Equivalency to the Facts

Ed Shultz, TPM and Mother Joness, have been on the job from the very beginning, and since then, other Media Outlets have been playing catch up. A movement to save the Middle Class has been spreading so quickly, that some Pundits, Politicians and Media are stumbling to put together their Talking Points, Manufactured Lies and Fake Outrage.

I love how all the anti-union right-wingers at this site are in denial over the implications of what Walker had to say during this phone call. They are spinning this as: “it’s not news worthy” or “A majority of Americans do not support unions” or “how do we know its really Walker”…….Well guys, as they say, denial is not a river in Egypt and the implications of Walker’s words is a “game changer” in this debate.

First of all, this story is very news worthy as Walker proves with his own words that this was never about a WI state budget crisis and that the plan all along was about taking collective bargaining rights away from unions.

Secondly, to state that a majority of Americans do not support unions, is either a bold face lie or an indication of total ignorance. Several recent polls prove that Americans support union rights to collective bargaining by like a 60-35 margin. Yesterday, Fox news spun the results of the Gallop Poll by restating the question that was actually asked to make it look like the poll was saying the opposite (how’s that for fair and balanced?). They came back later and recanted that report but of course by that time the damage had already been done.

It also now appears that attached as an amendment to this union busting bill, is legislation that allows Walker to sell state owned power plants to whomever he wants at any price he wants, without putting them up for competitive bidding: Hmmm, what primary business are the Koch brothers in? Oh yea, that would be the power utility business.

It’s quite obvious from Walker’s own words that he lacks integrity, ethics and scruples. His popularity in WI had already fallen before this incident but now his popularity will take tumble right into the gutter (where his mind already lives). I’m betting if Walker is not forced to resign, WI voters will have him recalled by whatever means the WI constitution allows.

Walker needs to step down or start IMPEACHMENT ! He has disgraced the office and the oath he took ! He is a puppet for the KOCH IND ! They control him with bribes just like all the other republicans ! He needs to leave THIS MORNING !!!!

Impeachment or recall Walker! He is destroying the state of Wisconsin!!

There is an enormous difference between entertaining ones supporters and using unethical political grandstanding to force legislation for the sole purposing of infringing on a groups 1st admendment rights (I'm sure most constitutional judges and lawyers will agree that workers collective bargaining rights is protected by the 1st amendment).

As for Walker doing what he was voted to do. He was voted in to balance the WI budget and not to use his office for conducting right-wing gamemenship and grandstanding. WI is a huge pro-union state and the current polls are showing that Walker's support in the state of WI has fallen from about 50% to below 40% since the debacle began.

"Democratic strategists believe their Tea Party moment has arrived"

Interesting how the Dems now pay homage to the Tea Party as a successful political movement, which they must try to emulate.

Problem is, the Party of Government and Public Employee Unions is far removed from real voters. Their 'grassroots' movement will be nothing but media spin and paid agitators .

"(I'm sure most constitutional judges and lawyers will agree that workers collective bargaining rights is protected by the 1st amendment)."

100% wrong. Collective bargaining rights for public employees were provided as a privilege by the Sovereign State, though the elected Governor and State Assembly.

Since this privilege has been shown to be bad policy, the duly elected Governor and Legislature can change the law. Elections have consequences.

I use to think that the Dems were going to lose the Senate in 2012. After this WI union buster /Teabagger has been fully exposed im beginning to think not

The sleeping giant has been awoken

Bev and LouisJ,

I enjoyed both of your comments poking fun at the WI Gov's "Moment of Truth", however I think that now is the time for all of us who are "left-of-center" to turn up the heat on what is clearly an attempt to permanently shift the balance of power in America to the neo/ultra-Conservatives.

I had an opportunity to read several other posts this morning commenting on an article () which stated that the WI State Assembly Democrats were compromising with their Republican counterparts on the number of amendments they would file (38) and the length of debate on each amendment (10 min each max). I was amazed at the number of posters who did not know the difference between the State Assembly and the State Senate, which is the branch of the legislature where the 14 Democrat State Senators belong to. And it was not just opponents, but also supporters who didn't know the difference. It points to the fact that too many of our fellow citizens don't know the make up or organizational structure of their local, county, state or federal government yet they are all so quick to lap up any sound byte which negatively portrays the positions of the opposing political party.

America should be for all Americans not just the well to do, the privileged few or the politically connected. Gov. Walker's "Punk'd" moment should be a wake up call to all of the Middle Class and public workers of this country. This new breed of Republican governors, state and federal legislators are comfortable in their assessment that "the 2010 election provided them with a mandate to Take Back Their Country". We are quickly seeing where they want to take the country "Back" too, and I for one want no part of their nostalgic journey.

While there is some truth to the statement that "Unions have overreached" the same can be said about municipal, state and federal management. The people who are members of any Public Employee's Union, for the most part, make less in actual take home pay than their private sector counterparts. That take home pay short fall is made up through the benefits and retirement packages they negotiate with their employer. Are those compensation packages expensive? Yes. Are they out of line with private sector compensation? Probably by today's standards, but they weren't when they were originally negotiated. The devil is in the details. Public governments typically look at the retirement packages they offer to their workers as deferred payments, long term obligations that effectively lowered their short term operating costs. Well, now that the long term is today they want to skip out on what was promised. Most people would say that qualifies as a breach of contract.

I have worked in both the private and public sectors. My private sector employers paid me a basic rate of pay that was commensurate with the market. But, I also received bonus payments when the company was doing well which served to increase my overall compensation. Yes, I paid more for my benefits package, but that was a choice that I made, as there were less expensive options available to me. But as soon an the economy entered a downturn my job was no longer required (Last hired, first fired). Now, if I compared what I made during the years I worked in the private sector to what I would have been paid in the public sector during that same time, there is no comparison. I definitely would make more in the private sector. The fact is that most public sector positions have wage scales that max out somewhere between 5 and 10 years of employment. After that, the only increases a public sector employee gets are cost-of-living and merit increases. For the past several years these increases average 2.5% annually.

Has the private sector wage rate changed significantly in the past 3-4 years? Yes, definitely. Most workers have seen their pay flat-line and in some cases decrease. Most have seen their benefit co-pays increase significantly as companies pass on more and more of their operational cost increases to the workers and customers. Have the profits in the private sector increased? According to published reports, last year big businesses made the Most Profits Ever. But now Public Employee Unions are the reason why local and state governments have budget deficits?

The real reason for the deficits is as complex as linear algebra, in that there are several factors which go into the equation. Housing foreclosures and the resulting decline in property tax revenue are a major factor; unemployment and the resulting loss of sales tax revenue, payroll tax revenue (less workers), increases in operational costs (gas, water, electricity, wages and benefits) all contribute to the decline in revenues. But does that make it right that the benefits and retirement packages that public employees were promised when they got hired should be forfeited because conditions changed? Does it mean that the right to bargain collectively should be removed because it makes the task of reaching agreement more difficult and/or more expensive? (Gov. Walker's stated reason in his latest Fireside Chat).

Again, I say that it is time for us to wake up from our apathy and realize that the core beliefs of the Democratic Party are under assault, once again. And just like our ancestor's did we must fight to ensure the gains that they made remain available to our children and grandchildren. It is seriously time to educate our less informed fellow Americans about the importance of actively participating in the electoral process, starting with their local governmental entities. Americans must understand that you must vote in every election that is held, otherwise you lose your opportunity to have your voice be heard.

We elect our President once every four years. But in our system of government the President does not make laws, he is simply the policy person. The House and Senate are the bodies which are responsible for what the average citizen deals with everyday. If Democrats don't step up to their responsibility to turn out and vote in every election, then we will continue to see this type of Republican legislative action in the future. Republicans turned out and voted in November 2010, Democrats didn't. Republicans spoke with their vote. Democrats wasted their voice and an opportunity to "Protect The Change" that they supported in 2008. Let us begin now to reverse that trend. Let us remember that our vote is our voice, and no matter how much advertisement money, negative ads, campaign fliers, etc. are printed, bought and distributed it all boils down to whether or not you get off your backside, go to your designated precinct and cast your vote.

If you don't vote, you really have nothing to complain about or anyone to complain to.

yep, walker couldn't identify the callers voice as not being a koch brother. So much for lefties thinking he was in bed with the kochs.

When Mr. Koch calls, you had better the call from your boss.

This Governor Walker needs to be brought up in conspiracy charges, and repealed from governorship. How open and in your face can our democracy be sold, this is a big one, this governor is a crook the worst kind.

This governor said that he deliberately made statements to the media so that it would be words out their to distract his true intent to disrupt a peaceful protest. He said, Mr. Koch, thats why i keep saying to the media outside influences being bused in. He was setting the stage through the media, and i wounder if some of the conservative media was airing his words to get out that message of deception for him. This is huge this is so not right, this Mr. Walker should be removed, and never be able to serve for the interest of the people again, for he is not for the people but advancing his own agenda.

And right now the people of the USA have seen a republican in action in the form of a prank phone call who ..tried to seem like he was doing as ordered by the Koch brothers ! We now see how the republicans tried to take over the USA .. on local levels to keep the people under control ! Strip them of their rights to a decent living and decent benefits...but got busted on tape ! Rather then resign in shame .. what does he say ....i wont let a lil phone call ....... its your call 2012 is right around the corner !

 It doesn't get dumber than this. Bill Mahr, Maddow, Ed Schultz doesn't need to look for comedic material, the rightwinger dishes it up for them every week. I have taught my two year old to use more discretion when using the telephone. This Walker's arrogance and pomp is going to hand another victory to the left