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Subscribe to RSSA group called State Tea Party Express paid for the ad below, which has been running on FOX, linking Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) and Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), who's running for president. Walker was embroiled in a budget controversy over state-workers’ collective-bargaining rights -- and saw a standoff in which all of the state’s Democratic senators fled Wisconsin.
*** UPDATE *** State Tea Party Express, the group running the ads, is classified as a 501(c)(4) organizations, which are classified as social welfare groups dedicated to charitable or educational purposes. They are different from political action committees because they are not required to disclose donors and less than half of their money must be spent for non-political purposes.
The group appears to be affiliated with the Tea Party Express. The two groups bear a similar masthead and list the same six guiding principles on both of their websites.
Calls to both groups were not immediately returned.
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Now there's a vote of confidence! lol
Talk about the lesser of two evils... lol
Is that the same Scott Walker who will be looking for a new job come Jan. 2012?
The whole thing sounds pretty appropriate, somehow....
Isn't it funny that they are making that sound like a POSITIVE thing?
LOL
Good Gawd...I almost hurled all over my computer when I saw this ad
"Is that the same Scott Walker who will be looking for a new job come Jan. 2012?"
Say- you suppose when Walker is back in the bread line, his wife will go out in front of the reporters and whine on his behalf?
Sometimes I cut and paste articles here from The Obama Diary.
Sooooooo ~
{off topic for one sec, just 1 sec!}
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS ON THE LINE ...
Wonderful news out of the Obama grassroots organization. There was a contest that whoever brought in the most donations/donators, would get a personal telephone call from President Obama. Donna Dem, a commentor over @ The Obama Diary it has turned out -
WON!!!!
This is seriously terrific news for her and all those who donated to Obama 2012.
Here's the scoop -
http://theobamadiary.com/
I think she raised over $10,000!
We have the President's back. And Donna's.
Unbelievable! That statement is like saying "the world is flat", then hoping to give it credence by saying " just as Socrates first thought". These people are total idiots; half-wits if you will.
I am totally incredulous!!!!!
You'll notice how vague the description of Walker's success was. The ad fails to mention that Wisconsin has lost jobs for three straight months, with only sluggish growth in manufacturing jobs. It also fails to mention that most of the job growth Walker talks about occurred in the first three or four months of the year, before Walker's collective bargaining bill and budget were even passed. In May, Walker actually tried to claim credit for all of the first four months of the year, including January, before he had actually done much of anything. The only month since May with any kind of respectable job growth was June, and Walker himself has admitted that most of those jobs were temporary/seasonal jobs in the tourist industry. Wisconsin's unemployment rate has this uncanny habit of growing 1 to 2 tenths of a percent every month lately, notwithstanding all of Walker's promises and tax breaks to the wealthy.
In case you don't believe me, here are some numbers to look at. My understanding is that the September numbers are also not good.
http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dwd/newsreleases/ui_local_default.pdf
http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dwd/newsreleases/2011/unemployment/110616_june_state.pdf
http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dwd/newsreleases/ui_state_default.pdf
http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dwd/newsreleases/2011/unemployment/110818_july_state.pdf
http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dwd/newsreleases/2011/unemployment/110915_august_state.pdf
Could it be that Walker is hoping for a VP nod from Perry? THAT would be some combination--just staggers the imagination!
"We have met the enemy and he is us!" Pogo by Walt Kelly
Looking at Wisconsin's job situation, month to month, since May, we find the following (from the cites above):
May -- added a total of 900 new private sector jobs, no new public sector jobs.
+ 900
June -- added 12,900 private sector jobs, mostly seasonal, lost 3,200 public sector jobs.
+ 8,700
July -- lost 12,500 private sector jobs, gained 3,200 in the public sector.
- 9,300
August -- lost 800 jobs in the private sector, 1,500 in the public sector.
- 1,500
From May through August, therefore, Wisconsin actually LOST 300 private sector jobs, and 1,500 jobs in the public sector.
Total May through August: (minus) - 1,800
Man I want Ten dollars worth of what have been smoking down there.
Riiight, and thus the Occupy Wall Street movement. Get the damn money out of politics, especially undisclosed donors (and the Teapublicans say they are for transparency--my arse).
@ john paul -- Then you'll agree that President Obama "rocks" because he, too, prevented layoffs with the stimulus.
Here is a recent poll by Republican-leaning organizations that shows Walker is hardly in "landslide" territory. He may survive recall, but re-election is a long time from now.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/130173963.html
Beware of the Trojan Horse. Just like the stimulus money has now run out, most of the school districts in Wisconsin will still have long-term problems after whatever initial help they received from Walker's legislation. It's nothing but a short-term fix that kills the patient to cure the disease.
Your ignorance about unions and bargaining is also showing. There was nothing stopping school districts from negotiating for different health insurance plans if they wanted to. You blame unions for doing their jobs, rather than blaming the weak school boards that acquiesce to the teacher's requests, which, by the way, were probably bargained for at the expense of something else, like higher salaries.
And finally ... technically, it's "fewer layoffs," not "less layoffs." Probably should have paid more attention in school.
Scott Walker came into office without telling voters what his plans were. Once in office, Walker became a politician that no one recognized from the campaign.
Let this be a lesson to GOP Romney, Perry, Paul and Cain supporters. Just when you think you've got a fiscal Conservative yet social moderate candidate, they can turn on you like a rabid dog and start pushing the Koch Bros agenda for the wealthy and corporations.
Wow! How has the table turned on Perry! They need to add Mitt Rommey to the Ad!!
"If you like Scott Walker, you’ll love Rick Perry"
Well that explains why I don't like Rick Perry.
I can't STAND that f**ing dirt bag Scott Walker.
Amen, Brother Buzz, Amen!
oh, darn. looks like rickster was a re-reg. some kids never learn.
Has any of Perry's advisers seen the OWS protestsor the recalls in WI, why not just tie yourself to Charles Manson while your at it Rick.
[...why not just tie yourself to Charles Manson...]
...or a boat anchor...
Ummm...Wow. Just wow. I can't even think after watching that video. Notice in the video the text said 984000 jobs, but then said 1 million jobs? Did anyone else catch that?
And i thought a month ago it was only 400000+ jobs. So how the hell did he create the remaining 500000+ jobs in a month? If it were true, we'd be CRAZY not to vote for perry.
Unfortunately--most of those were minimum wage jobs. How many "working people" in Texas have minimum wage jobs that require public assistance?
"We have met the enemy and he is us!" Pogo by Walt Kelly
If you think those oil and gas jobs are minimum wage you better just think again.
Nurse - Minimum wage, full time = 15,080.
Poverty Line & Federal Programs:
Family of 1, poverty line is 10,890
family of 2, poverty line is 14,710
family of 3, poverty line is 18,530
family of 4 is 23,250.
Food stamp eligibility in Texas
Family of 2 is 14,388
Family of 3 is 18,048
Family of 4 is 21,720
So however many of the 550,000 workers in Texas who are only paid minimum wage and are the only household income, the answer is each and every one qualifies for assistance of some kind, because the percentage of poverty threshold is greater than the Food Stamp eligibility guidelines for Medicaid and energy assitance.
That is why I keep repeating - the major problem with public assistance is the employers who do not pay a wage based on the actual regional cost of basic living, but instead, shove part of their cost of doing business onto the taxpayer.
Rick Perry, apparently, encourages employment in his state that will add to the Federal deficit and debt as the number of people in his state that are paid that wage has grown to 9.5%, tied with Mississippi for the highest percentage.
of the 550k making minimum wage how many are students from well off families?
How many are the sole support of a family?
My guess is the number of sole supporters is very very small. Texas is a big state with a large illegal population. They do not make a lot of money but even at the day labor sites they will cost $10 an hour. That is of course cash no tax deducts.
Texas is not a poor state!
Rick Perry has faded form the national stage faster than a fart in a tornado and Walker will be recalled as soon as legally possible. They are nothing but a couple of duds going nowhere.
I have to say pretty good ad for Perry even though I'm not a supporter of his.
It speaks to Perry's successful record on job creation while pointing out Obama's complete failure without any personal attacks.
I'm looking forward to Obama ads. His will be much different I'm sure. He certainly can't point to any accomplishments. And you know how dirty the chicago style can be. It will in the end turn against him.
Negative ads have worked in the past but I have a feeling they won't this time around.
"I'm looking forward to Obama ads"
So are we.
But- I am a little confused here. You seemed to be an ANTI Obama guy in most of your other posts......
"It speaks to Perry's successful record on job creation while pointing out Obama's complete failure without any personal attacks."
What??? If Perry's job creation record is so good, why is the unemployment rate in Texas not even 1% lower than the national average? I live in Colorado and we're 2% under the national average with a Democrat governor. They said Bush was all hat and no cowboy. This Perry clown makes Bush look like a rodeo champion.
Charlie, rob gets a little confused from time to time. I hear his meds have not even out yet, still hears those voices now and again. Besides Perry creating jobs is like Walker supporting unions.
Rob, I think Obama has some very good positives! Very interesting that anything he can get done with out Republicans in Congress, come out pretty good! In fact some stellar. So I do wonder why we all blame the president when it is plain as day where the problem lies...it is not with Obama
I am really sorry to disagree with everyone, but Walker is doing what has to be done to save the state of Wisconsin, not only now, but for the future. You are the same people who gripe and moan about golden parachutes and bonuses as it pertains to big business, but it is OK for workers who are paid for by their neighbors taxes to have the same???? We have examples in our own state, and I would only hope that at some point somebody has the guts to address it....Example: retired Dean of a community college has been retired for 7 years and between their benefits and pension, they have already received $1.7 million dollars from the state, and during the course of their entire career with state education, their total contribution to this pension fund was less than $200K......I don't know about you, but I think that is about as obscene as the bigwigs on Wall Street. This man is actually earning more in retirement than he did when working for the education system of the state, and I get to pay for it with increasing tax dollars and increasing tuition and fees which means I have less to put away for my own retirement or save for my children's education. I guess that makes me a nut job, because I really understand that this sort of stuff cannot continue or we are all going to be bankrupt, the states, the cities, the nation, and every single one of us.
"You are the same people who gripe and moan about golden parachutes and bonuses as it pertains to big business, but it is OK for workers who are paid for by their neighbors taxes to have the same????
WHAT? You mean to tell me those union folks- teachers, firemen, cops- were getting MILLIONS each, like the 'golden parachute' recipients, whose schemes brought down the economy in the first place??
Hell, Sue- I had no idea!
Sue, I do not think you can compare 150,000.00 a year for both retirement pay and benefits to the billions these CEO get for golden parachutes. And Walker is not hurting this guy he is hurting the working class teacher, firefighter, city worker, maintenance worker. The ones making less than 60,000 a year. Besides how much should the city worker make according to you, how much are they worth when they patch the street in front of your house. I suppose it would be cheaper to just fire them all and do the work yourself. You are sitting is a dark room with the drapes pulled watching faux news, Hanity and when they are not on I suppose you listen to good old Rush. Go outside and talk to a city worker, talk to a teacher volunteer to help a teacher and find out what there job is like. Then tell them they are worthless.
How much should a CEO make according to you?
"How much should a CEO make according to you?"
Depends. Did he take gubmint bail out dough?
If he didn't, I would say something less than 400 TIMES what his hired help makes. Remember the hired help? The ones that make HIS success possible??
am really sorry to disagree with everyone, but Walker is doing what has to be done to save the state of Wisconsin, not only now, but for the future.
Yep -- it those greedy teachers, firemen, nurses and policemen that FUBAR everything. It's NEVER cause by giving tax breaks to billionaires.
Sue You are dead wrong! Walker is not doing what Needs to be done...He is doing what His Masters Want done...stop whining about what someone else makes...For the love of god don't you know that is what The Wall street protesters are supposedly doing...That is a supposed liberal trait the right wing makes!
Hey drive by. If you have access try reading the Chicago Tribune about these union clowns and their annual pensions that are $500,000 and $387,000 respectively. It has taken place in Chicago as we speak. One clown took leave from his union job to work for the city and reap another fat pension.
Walker campaigned on what he said he would do. Notice the recall vote didn't do much in Wisconsin. That's because most people who griped in public couldn't pull the lever when it counted. Most realized they would be endorsing pissing away their own money on a rigged system between the Dems and public unions.
So now the media gets it right! Well tomorrow they will disagree with you and be wrong again. So go knock off the clown but don't close the circus.
Tis the season.
Nothing personal but what the f are you talking about?
Notice the recall vote didn't do much in Wisconsin.
It didn't?? Recall elections almost always fail yet the one in Wisconsin knocked out two Republicans bur no Democrats.
What if you love Scott Walker?
I bet there are 4 guys sitting on an upside down barstool that think he's pretty fab.
Hurtful, dbo,
Just plain hurtful.
And a crack up.
THIS IS A 501(c)3 CHARITY????
Why O why aren't these despicable people in jail for abuse of charity designations?