How the Heck Did Scott Walker Get Elected Wisconsin Governor?
- Posted on February 23, 2011 at 5:45pm by
Mike Opelka
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That’s the million dollar question that must be vexing more than just the hosts at MSNBC. In the state that gave birth to the Progressive political movement, how did a conservative Republican get elected to the Governor’s office? Perhaps the answer is hiding in some of campaign ads that featured Scott Walker and his story. The “Brown Bag Movement” was an eye-catcher:
Plain speaking Scott was a hit and people noticed something different about this candidate. But did a Republican REALLY give back hundreds of thousands of dollars in salary when he was a County Exec? Yes he did.
Perhaps the ad that clinched it for Scott Walker was also the commercial that featured President Obama and earned kudos from CNN:





















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GLOBAL_TEA_PARTY
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:46pmThe union are spouting off “workers unite”… It should be “drones unite”. These people have lost the ability to think for themselves.
notreally
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 7:30amMaybe they can‘t help themselves because there’s something wrong with their brains?
10/28/10, NBC: A joint University of California and Harvard University research project reveals the presence of a “Liberal Gene.”
joeelectro
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:42pmWould one of the Wisconsin legislators be willing to change parties (to a blue dog DEMOCRAT) to allow this historic vote to take place??
Report Post »axel@25
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:53pmParty isn’t the catch…they need 1 more body for a quorum. It’s just coincidence that the cowardcrats happen to have the exact number needed to mess up the quorum requirement and dis-enfranchise the voters.
Report Post »axel@25
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:37pmGotta love those high speed trains…huge amount of money so union bosses can kick back to campaigns for the dem that supports them. Massive cost overruns so union bosses can kick back even more to campaigns for the dem that supports them. Unionized operaters so union bosses can kick back to campaigns for the dem that supports them AND use work stopages to show who‘d REALLY in charge if anyone voices a political opinion the Union doesn’t like.
The trains ALWAYS run empty because you can’t get around without a car or cab at the other end.
The trains ALWAYS run empty because if there’s a problem EVERYONE on the train is left late or stranded…so you can’t trust them.
The trains ALWAYS run empty because they can’t take you to pick up the kids, go to soccer practise, and pick up groceries with one.
The trains ALWAYS run empty because you have to run your life according to THEIR schedule, not yours.
The trains ALWAYS run empty because after your car is vandalized/robbed/stolen the second time (they know you won’t be back “till the schedule says you will) You say “never again”.
The trains ALWAYS run empty because evrytime there’s nasty weather the high-speed becomes regular speed..late again.
The trains ALWAYS run empty because if you try to ride during “off peak” hours you get to converse with roving bands of thugs and watch the homeless guy puke in the aisle…before he asks for your “extra change”.
And after all the joys of having a high speed rail system have eaten all available cash in subsidies you still need to use the roads as much as you ever did…but the roads are even worse because there’s no money left for repairs.
Report Post »Shrugged
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 7:55pmAmen
Report Post »TehFreedomist
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 8:03pmBecause the unions stole it all and laundered it back to the democrats who blew it all throwing parties for everyone on earth who hates us. Thus the vacuum is opened. Let the sucking begin.
Report Post »spikehof01
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 11:15pmAxel – you are so accurate one would think that you have been inside a Union office and seen how it works…. I don’t care as loong as I see the TRUTH like you have written here – Great Job!!!
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:32pmWE the PEOPLE Will Restore Our Great Republic to it’s former GLORY!! Thanks mr “O” for bringing WE the PEOPLE together.
Report Post »QuantumVerp
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:30pmCharacter-probe complete: Humble with respect for Truth. Probably NOT ‘crazed for power’ enough to desire to be POTUS… move subject to within 25′ of Romney for exposure of 15 minutes at 70% and probably rub some of that off on him…
Come on Scotty… the ship… it’s … uh… is that a fan?
Report Post »hbear
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:29pmLove the Governor. He makes everything perfectly clear. Many ears just refuse to hear. Hope he sticks it out to some kind of meaningful solution.
Report Post »May Clark
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:17pmScott Walker for President! Running mate – Mike Pence, Bobby Jindal, Michelle Bachman.
Let’s get something positive moving!
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:29pmYou just named several of my favorites. I like Chris Christie, Col. West and also Jim DeMint. Mike Pence is my first choice, but he has already said he won’t run. :( I think we can do this with the right team!
Report Post »fan-of-glenn
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:09pmThank GOD the good people are coming out of the wood work to fight the crap pushed on us by demoncrats, rhinos, progressives and this administration. Where have you been?
Report Post »skimmer57
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:09pmI live in W.I. and Scotty will be recalled in Jan. 2012! We already are close to enough signatures and it will happen.
Report Post »etetetet
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:17pmSo how many legitimate signatures does it take to recall this Great Man, and from what part(s) of WI., and who gets to validate the signatures?, we know you have a bunch of unethical doctors in your state, you think you’re going to get Scott out legally – you’re so freakn predictable – and an halfasslaugh
Report Post »HonorNTruth
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:37pmNow there’s an idea. Wonder how many signatures it would take to recall the unions!??
Report Post »Saxindacity
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:48pmHow many signatures will it take to recall Obama, Pelosi and Reid?
Report Post »icediva
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 7:15pmScott Walker for President!! AMERICA WILL THRIVE UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP!!!!!
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 7:30pmHAAHAAHAAHAAHAA(snort)HEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEE…….you go little skimmer!!!!!
Report Post »Back to the basement, Star Trek is on!!
BWAAAAAAAAAHHHAAAAAHHHAAAA
icediva
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 7:34pmYea right having delusions again??
Report Post »Paul
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 8:50pmI live in Wisconsin as well, and there is no way that he will be recalled, and per the state’s laws he cannot even have a recall initiated until he completes 12 months in office. Once the papers get circulated and the signatures collected, there would have to be a primary (assuming more than one candidate would oppose Walker), and then a minimum 6-week campaigning session before the general election. In other words, Walker cannot possibly be removed for at least 15-18 months. And even if removed, with the Republicans holding both houses in the state legislature, a democratic governor would be stonewalled and have his vetoes overturned. I believe that those of you who are rooting for this to happen are grossly overestimating your chances. If you believe you have power because of the recent demonstrations in Madison, here is some news for you. The union freeloaders are a minority in this state and only appear to have a majority in Madison due to the massive influx of union hacks and thugs being orchestrated by the White House and Obama’s community organizations. Walker won the state by 5 points after leading throughout the entire race very handily. In others words, and to paraphrase a quote from your spineless leader in Washington, “our side won”. The winds of change are blowing and you’d better batten down your hatches or get swept aside as the storm of reform comes ashore by Lake Mendota.
Report Post »spikehof01
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 11:14pmBetter hurry while you’re still getting the Union Dues money to support your Dems – Just think how hard it will be to try to get your Union Menbers to voluntarily donate the same amount if they have to write out their own checks to the Union… Oh Oh they won’t send in much now will they – Holy Mackeral Dems you won’t have a 900 Billion war chest for this upcoming election – then let’s see how good you do…
Report Post »Volsense
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:08pmThere has to be a way to determine how many of the protestors are from Wisconsin. If the Wisconsin teachers are a minute minority and the vast majority are out-of-town union thugs on the dough to demonstrate, then it should be known. I think Walker will hold his ground, but RINOs are known to fold like cheap suits when compromise to the liberals will suffice any outside presssures.
Report Post »ibanrfknm
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:07pmWisconsin also gave birth to the Republican Party.
Report Post »Devil Dog 7175
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:06pmPeople that THINK and WORK for a living voted for him… thats how.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 7:23pmAnd all the groupthinkers scratch their heads…….
Report Post »WHITE LOTUS2x
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 7:26pmDevil Dog: Are you referring to all those protesters?
Report Post »noagenda
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 7:44pmAmen.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:33amMake that People that THOUGHT and WORKED for a living voted for him.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:38amSorry, did not say I was talking about Obama, NOT WALKER.
Report Post »welovetheUSA
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:06pmIts by the vote of the Ameican people who your news media ignor……there are over 80 million of us out here who know what is going on and we the people are not going to allow this nightmare to take place….reguardless of Obamas blackness….we will take our White House back, period.
Report Post »mrlogan3
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:05pmEven as a liberal I was really impressed by him. Very likable. I only didn‘t like the last ad so much because if you have high speed trains connecting towns you can spend less on fixing the roads and bridges because they won’t be needed.
Report Post »etetetet
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:08pmI’ve been to many Asian countries that have high speed trains. They ALL still have many, many roads. You can not move society’s whole logistics footprint with high speed trains. :)
Report Post »Sconny Bob
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:15pmYeah, cause Cow Speed Rail has a magical effect on Asphalt and Concrete roads.
Pure magic
Report Post »Honcho
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:16pm>>>I only didn‘t like the last ad so much because if you have high speed trains connecting towns you can spend less on fixing the roads and bridges because they won’t be needed.<<<
ROTFL
Report Post »Holy Shiite
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:17pmHere‘s where you’re wrong:
Report Post »In the United States of America, we like to drive ourselves,
therefore we need the roads and bridges to be in optimum condition.
We don’t, for the most part, want to ride on mass/public transportation systems.
We like to be in control of where we go, when we go, which route we take,
and whether or not to stop along the way, and if so, where we stop and for what.
Mirimichi
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:35pm” if you have high speed trains connecting towns you can spend less on fixing the roads and bridges because they won’t be needed.”
Nobody is this stupid. Are they? How do you think you get your goods and food? It all comes to your stores by trains? Good grief. Non-thinkers.
Report Post »TehFreedomist
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 7:55pmHOLY SHIITE, I couldn’t have said it better myself. ♥ ur name too. lol
Report Post »red1
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 7:56pmWhy high-speed rail is Reckless Spending by Dr. Sowell…
http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2011/02/22/reckless_spending
Report Post »Shrugged
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 8:05pmSo we get a hit with some high-speed train construction for short time (like 2012). What happens to the millions of dollars and jobs for road building and earth moving and iron workers and etc etc. Be very careful what you wish for. If we NEEDED high-speed rail, an private enterprise would have built it already. Leave it to the government (with our money) to invest in losing propositions.
Report Post »moojuiceexpress
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 8:21pmYeah, Its not like we transport 89% of our goods exclusively by truck. Crap that’s right, we do.
Report Post »pudssweetie
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 8:27pmMr. Logan, one thing you seem to forget, High Speed train will not drop you off in front of your destination and will still need to take a bus or cab. Furthermore, not everyone lives in a large city and would still have to travel to get there, so Yes we do need our roads and bridges repaired.
Report Post »adastra2005
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 9:38pmAlthough not high-speed, I used Amtrak all the time between Boston, NY, Phila, Baltimore and DC. I loved the fact that is was so cheap . . . because the taxpayers were paying for half the cost.
Report Post »oldmanrallee
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:05pmWOW! I like this man.Scott Walker for Prez. Maybe make Dave Ramsey Treasury Sec.That should get this country heading in the right direction.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:38pmI do like David Ramsey!!! He is so cool, so wise with money. And, I love to listen to him on the radio.
Report Post »moojuiceexpress
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 8:20pmDon’t forget, maybe Clark Howard
Report Post »bopper
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:05pmThis guy is exactly what is needed .. Never will americans vote again for barry types…..
Report Post »BellaMia7
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:03pmSome of the best political commercials I’ve ever seen. What a cool guy. Smart with money, unlike most liberals. We want things smaller, cheaper, better.
Report Post »Honcho
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:02pmYeah, the math is real mystery for MSNBC, kinda like their ratings.
Report Post »123gone
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:01pmGov. Walker,
Report Post »If half of the other State Governors had your outlook, the US wouldn’t be in the fiscal mess that it is.
Good For You !!!
etetetet
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:01pmScott Walker – He’s the Man!!!
Report Post »Mackerel
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:01pmScott Walker for president!!
Report Post »supermailbag
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 7:56pmForget that!! We are keeping him!
Report Post »Mare
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 5:59pmWhat they have to do is before they get into the building have them check all Wisconsin ID no one with out that can enter the building have Police or security check all ID this is all very evil, its a shame that all these teachers are being duped:
Report Post »May Clark
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:19pmMare,
Agree completely. Excellent idea.
Report Post »SGT. Kurz
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:32pmNo what is sad, is that families have to change their lives around because pathetic teachers ar more loyal to unions than their occupation!
They have closed schools for days, requiring parents to take time off work to watch the children that would normaly be in school. Taking income away form “working families”.
So the truth is, UNIONS ARE HURTING FAMILIES, as usual.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:35pmThey check ID and search women’s purses before they will let you inside the State Capitol in Georgia. And, they have done that for many years.
Report Post »npbreakthrough
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 5:58pm……….if you have to ask, youll never know
Report Post »QuantumVerp
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:23pmI know.
Report Post »Commander and Thief
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 5:57pmCC & Walker in 2012 !
Report Post »Buck_Ofama
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:08pmI like it!
Report Post »Koolaiders
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:08pmPalin/Bachman for 2012 to get O relected!!!
Go Sarah!!!
Report Post »Non-sequitur
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:10pmIf I could somehow get Palin elected I would just to see how fast the place would come down.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:23pmIs that Canadian Club and Johnny Walker? Do we have to wait ’til 2012?
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:30pmHow about Allen West and Gov. Walker for 2012?
I am so in awe of them both that I get a tingle up my leg, and I don’t even have a “third leg!”
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:33pm@grandmaof5
Report Post »Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:23pm
Is that Canadian Club and Johnny Walker? Do we have to wait ’til 2012?
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I tried to warn y’all about this lady! She is sharp, she is smart, and thank goodness she‘s up and at ’em again! (Good one, Grandma!)
TehFreedomist
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 7:36pm@KOOLAIDERS – don’t be so sure a palin/bachmann ticket wouldn’t still annihilate an Obama/whoever ticket. There has been no “triangulation to the center”. The American public is keenly aware of how Billy Ho got re-elected. The media has been hoping to present that image and have it stick but to no avail. It’s not going to be remotely the same and the more this country takes large lurches to the left the more people get buyers remorse if they were Obama supporters to begin with. Regular America rejects socialism and its tenets and the other bad models as well. It will be a landslide so long as the Reps don’t run Bernie Madoff… I like the colonel West suggestion someone made upthread. He is ready to mitigate the coming wave of muslim stealth aggression . Christie makes me wonder about him sometimes. If i had my choice at a dream ticket it would be Jindal/Rubio.
Report Post »MoonPie
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 7:42pmGreat Idea!
Report Post »TexOkie
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 9:29pmAnybody other than Obama in 2012.
The devil himself could run against Obama in 2012 and I would have a hard time not voting for the devil.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 5:57pmAll kinds of awsomely awsome in awsomeness
Report Post »Venom
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:01pmYou left out some awesome.
Report Post »Koolaiders
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:07pmAfter this fiasco, Walker and his far right wing tea party cohorts will be one-termer’s.
Coffee for me!
cheezwhiz
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:07pmIn the state that gave birth to the Progressive political movement, how did a conservative Republican get elected to the Governor’s office?
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because the MFMedia still does not know the difference between
hard-working people
and
“ workers”
and the numerical differences between the 2
CatB
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:08pmBecause the PEOPLE are not the Unions and even many who were traditional Dems see the Progressives as way to far to the left …. and he is awesome.
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:11pmLeft a couple of eeee’s out of your awesome.
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NickDeringer
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:13pmThe man has testicles of titanium.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:14pm“After this fiasco, Walker and his far right wing tea party cohorts will be one-termer’s.”
@Koolaiders – Please define fiasco.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:21pmKOOLAIDERS, if this goes south you won’t be able to afford coffee, or koolaid, so get used to water now.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:24pmI was just thinking, “That man is some kinda awesome!”
Report Post »LVMerrily
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:25pmHe says what he means, and does what he says. No secrets here. WI left are not used to politicians being people of their word. Boo Hoo for them. If Walker was elected, guess what the people want.
Report Post »Conserving Ink
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:26pmThe real question should be, how could any true conservative follow this pattern and NOT get elected? This is how its done, folks. Take notes – there’ll be a quiz in 2012.
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http://conserving-ink.blogspot.com/2011/02/you-have-been-adjusted.html
Showtime
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:26pm@Koolaiders
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:07pm
After this fiasco, Walker and his far right wing tea party cohorts will be one-termer’s.
Coffee for me!
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After this fiasco, Koolaid Brain, you will be run out of town on a rail!
Uh, I think they’re calling your ride now. Better hurry. Don’t want to be late. Bye-bye!
ilovethiscountry
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:27pmAs I have said before, This why we elected him.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:45pmKeep it simple stupid…
And thus Scott Walker did!
Report Post »Progessives=Fail
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 7:17pmWalker/Palin 2012!!!!!
912828Buckeye
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 7:17pmI hope Gov. Walker stands by his word.
Seems like a good one. Time will tell.
Report Post »Progessives=Fail
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 7:23pmI hope he won’t cave, and I hope he stays safe, I’d hate to have the unions after me.
This whole thing has really exposed the insanity of the left. I think Obama is done for 2012, if not the whole democratic party.
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 7:39pmThat does describe it very nice; imagine now we have not only a tea party but a brown bag movement as well; only in America, and loving it.
Report Post »jmckean
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 7:44pmWhy is that the progressives do not understand simple math?
Report Post »solaveritas
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 7:47pmWhoever came up with the “brown bag” campaign has a real future in Presidential politics!
Wisconsin and other states are like the alcoholic that has run out of money and “hit bottom”. Well, good. Now real “recovery” can begin, though it is sad that too often thats how it has to happen.
Report Post »moonpeace
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 7:55pmI hate the word “awesome.” People definitely overuse it and it makes me want to vomit.
Report Post »Shrugged
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 7:57pmGet ready to get whacked cheezheadvenomkoolaid drinkers
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 8:00pmI agree with Cheezwhiz, he is awesome, I love to see a man stand on principles and do what he said he would do. I know the left or even us for that matter are not use to politicians doing that, they usually run on one thing and do another, just look at Obama and the hopeyy changeyy thing, Go get um Scott we are all behind you.
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 8:11pmKoolaiders
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:07pm
“After this fiasco, Walker and his far right wing tea party cohorts will be one-termer’s.
Coffee for me!”
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You ain’t seen nothing yet! Americans are finally waking up and realizing what the left has done to us in the last 40 years… and Americans don’t like what they are seeing. Thank God for the Tea Party movement!
http://tinyurl.com/4rv8xsm
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 8:36pmby George Soros
Report Post »dawg of gawd
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 8:57pmAsk not how Walker got elected in Wisconsin, ask yourselves how you’ll feel when he gets recalled.
Report Post »jedi.kep
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 8:27amThose adds were great. I like him already.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 2:52pmYes, awesome Testies of IRON! Ole steel balls is gonna smack ‘em in the face with those things!
Report Post »Lousy Liberal Union Marxist morons!
skiyryder77
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 11:40pmHey Koolaid….You don’t get it do you? we are not going away. 2012 will show the media and all you lefties that America is a cener right country that has finally awakened to what progressives are doing to this country. The shift will be just a great as it was in November. Drink coffee while you ca because soon you’ll be drinking TEA
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 8:54am…he got elected by lying to his constituents, then did whatever the hell he wanted to. What’s new?
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