Leftist Writer Dupes Wis. Gov. Walker; Poses as Koch Brother During Trick Phone Call
- Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:13pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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A so-called journalist from the liberal website the Buffalo Beast in Buffalo, NY has just released a stunning piece of audio, in which the journalist poses as conservative financier David Koch and tries to bait Wis. Gov. Scott Walker into an embarrassing conversation. In the end, Walker doesn’t bite. The audio, then, may be most stunning not because of what Walkers says, but because of what the writer did.
Below is the call, recorded Tuesday and released today, in two parts:
The reporter, Ian Murphy, details how he got to the governor:
I first called at 11:30 am CST, and eventually got through to a young, male receptionist who, upon hearing the magic name Koch, immediately transferred me to Executive Assistant Governor Dorothy Moore.
“We’ve met before, Dorothy,” I nudged. “I really need to talk to Scott—Governor Walker.” She said that, yes, she thought she had met Koch, and that the name was “familiar.” But she insisted that Walker was detained in a meeting and couldn’t get away. She asked about the nature of my call. I balked, “I just needed to speak with the Governor. He knows what this is about,” I said. She told me to call back at noon, and she’d have a better idea of when he would be free.
I called at noon and was quickly transferred to Moore, who then transferred me to Walker’s Chief of Staff Keith Gilkes. He was “expecting my call.”
“David!” he said with an audible smile.
I politely said hello, not knowing how friendly Gilkes and Koch may be. He was eager to help. “I was really hoping to talk directly to Scott,” I said. He said that could be arranged and that I should just leave my number. I explained to Gilkes, “My goddamn maid, Maria, put my phone in the washer. I’d have her deported, but she works for next to nothing.” Gilkes found this amusing. “I’m calling from the VOID—with the VOID, or whatever it’s called. You know, the Snype!”
“Gotcha,” Gilkes said. “Let me check the schedule here…OK, there’s an opening at 2 o’clock Central Standard Time. Just call this same number and we’ll put you through.”
Could it really be that easy? Yes.
Walker’s spokesman Cullen Werwie confirms the audio is real. But in a statement he says the call verifies Walker is the same person both in public and private:
Throughout this call the Governor maintained his appreciation for and commitment to civil discourse. The phone call shows that the governor says the same thing in private as he does in public and the lengths that others will go to disrupt the civil debate Wisconsin is having.
Democrats, however, used the recording to blast Walker.
“Scott Walker won’t listen to Senate Democrats, or the hundreds of thousands of average Wisconsinites who are speaking up against his divisive power grab. But an oil billionaire from Kansas gets his full attention,” Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chairman Mike Tate told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “It is a damning, embarrassing and possibly illegal admission that Scott Walker has put Wisconsin up for sale.”
“My first reaction, it’s revealing of his true agenda and his character,” State Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca (D-Kenosha) added.
According to the Sentinel, the Koch brothers are supporters of Walker’s. Koch Industries’ political action committee donated $43,000 to Walker’s political fund last fall during his run for governor.
But while Democrats are quick to smear the governor over the audio, Phillip Klein at the American Spectator thinks it isn’t damning at all, and in a post he pokes holes in the accusations flowing from the left.
“Throughout the call, fake Koch makes a series of bizarre and over-the-top comments such as ‘gotta crush that union,’ but Walker generally either changes the subject or treats the remarks politely without cosigning them, as a host or guest would do with a crazy caller on talk radio or C-SPAN,” Klein Writes.
He gos on to pick apart each argument, such as the charges that Walker agreed with the fake Koch about MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski being a “real piece of a**”:
Some liberals are claiming that Walker responded “oh yeah” when fake Koch referred to MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski as a “piece of a–.” But TNR‘s Jon Chait has had to correct his post to acknowledge that the early transcription was “totally misleading.” If you listen to the audio of the exchange (just before the 7 minute mark), you’ll hear that what actually happened is that fake Koch said, “You gotta love that Mika Brzezinski,“ Walker said ”Oh yeah” and started to change the subject, there was cross talk when fake Koch referred to her as a “piece of a–,” and then Walker goes on to tell an unrelated story.
And throughout, Klein writes, Walker is consistent regarding his convictions, even at one point saying, “We’re doing the just and right thing for the right reasons, and it’s all about getting our freedoms back.”
“The worst you can say about the call — aside from the screening bungle by his staffers — is that he took 20 minutes of time to speak with a rich guy from out of state,” Klein says. “But at the same time, the call undermines the conspiracy that Koch is secretly controlling events in Wisconsin, as Walker is clearly explaining the way things are to fake Koch and the decisions he’s making, rather than acting on Koch’s suggestions.”
Editor’s note: An edited transcript of the call can be read here. You can also read Blaze blogger Kevin Balfe’s thoughts on the issue here.
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Comments (400)
WinstonSmith1984
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:41pmMr. Walker comes ou tof this ‘Faux Koch’ ambush sounding like the better man….and I beileve, as this gets more coverage will be a very big asset to the rights of the Wisco tax payers.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:01pmActually he was told that his state could lose MILLION$ in transportation money.
Report Post »SUPPLY_SIDE
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 4:19pmI like Walker even better after this ambush. His honesty and good intentions came across even though he thought his words would not be heard by us.
Report Post »Let us remember a man outside the Wisconsin Capital: Jesse Jackson and his “Hiemy Town” comments!
ares338
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:39pmElected officials talk to backers all of the time. Democrats and Republicans alike. Nothing newsworthy here.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:33pmBut he has no time to talk with any of the tens of thousands of citizens who are there at the capitol building. Money talks…
Report Post »exdem
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 4:56pm@TIFOSA
Report Post »They dont want to talk to Walker. They want to smoke pot ,beat on drums and pass out commie literature. This is about the GREAT UNITER causing global chaos to usher in an Islamic state. Thats what you get when you elect a Muslim in Chief. I used to think we elected a communist but after researching the caliphate and the muslim brotherhood in America I have changed my mind. I think its funny the union leaders believe he is a commie and are happy to use Obamao to their advantage, when in reality he is ushering in Islam. Even the green movement has a whole new meaning.
57states
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:37pmwhat a idiot, i could tell right away that this guy was using a gay liberal voice
Report Post »dawg22
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:33pmCorporate this , corporate that… blah blah blah!!! How you guys feeling about GIVING your union dues to people like Trumka? How bout this knuckleheads, how about giving that $500-$1000 to help pay for your retirement and health care. I think that money serves a better purpose don’t you think? Like I said, blah blah blah to your corporate whining. Unions buy elections, plain and simple. Who are the biggest donors to Obama’s campaigns? You should be worrying how they spend your money. I hate to tell you dipsticks, but there are no jobs without corporations :)
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:41pmYou mean like,
” Marsha Marsha Marsha….”
” Corporate Corporate Corporate….”
Report Post »Dwigt
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 3:23pmI agree, I just laugh when I hear idiots whining about corporations. I know, lets shut all the business down in this country and live off the government. We can all become state employees and unionize to protect ourselves from ourselves. Most of these left wing nuts are probably not working, but the ones who do undoubtedly work for someone.
Report Post »BigPaulie
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:30pmDISTRACTION,… that’s all this is. Keep up the GREAT work Gov. Walker.
Report Post »Bigliardi
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 3:03pmYou are right Bigpaulie…When I saw your name, figured you were a union big shot….
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:29pmWhat an ass. Why would you even post the video. It proves the exact opposite of what you were hoping to prove with the failed ambush.
And his explanation of how easy it was to get to talk to him because he used the name Koch is idiotic. If Koch was really that big a player and that important then they would have known immediately that it wasn’t really him. People don’t check their schedules and tell people to call back on appointment when they are supposedly best pals and partners in crime.
It’s also great how he constantly uses idiotic stereotypes that liberals push about conservatives, and editorializes that the people he spoke to thought it was all hilarious even though none of them reacted whatsoever on the audio.
Liberals please get your **** straight. I can‘t even get angry about this because it’s just too pathetically sad. Does every tool with a blog fancy themselves as investigative journalists now?
Report Post »THENEWMCCARTHY
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:29pmHow is this different from Lila Rose/James O’Keefe courageous investigative journalism????????
Things that make ya go hmmmmm……
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:36pmI bet a $5 bill would make you hhmmmmmmmmmm
desertkid
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:16pmThey were roll playing. Ian Murphy was impersonating a real person. That‘s a difference don’t ya think?
Report Post »exdem
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:51pm@THENEWMCARTHY
Report Post »Was he trying to get him to be complicit in an illegal sex act?? Planned parenthood was engaging in aiding human trafficking. Walker was answering a phone call from a donor.
doncorleone
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 3:56pmUnless the daily beast is now part of fed. law enforcement, working for comrade general holder, wiretapping, recording a telephone conversation, or rebroadcasting it w/o the permission of the other party is illegal, unless, like I said, the daily beast falls under the joe biden written patriot act. Most teenagers who prank call are smart enough not to let anyone else know who they are.
Report Post »WAR PIGS CRAWLING
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:28pmDamn opposable thumbs…premature posts
Report Post »THENEWMCCARTHY
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:27pmWhy does a so-called journalistic website like the Blaze start out it’s, ahem, “reporting”, with this incredibly biased description:
A so-called journalist from the liberal website….
So-called journalist. Takes one to know one, I guess.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:35pmHe’s not an undercover cop. Real journalists don’t pose as somebody else to try to entrap somebody. And it’s also illegal not to mention unethical journalistically to record a private phone conversation without permission.
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:35pmDude
You are not going to tell me that
THE DAILY BEAST
is serious journalism
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:36pmSee a doctor.
Report Post »watt
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:50pm@DashRipRock –
DUDE
YOU CAN’T READ
IT SAYS “THE BEAST” NOT “THE DAILY BEAST”
ALTHOUGH, YOU FIT RIGHT IN WITH MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO VIEW THIS WEBSITE.
Report Post »Koolaiders
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:57pm@Rouge
“Real journalists don’t pose as somebody else to try to entrap somebody. And it’s also illegal not to mention unethical journalistically to record a private phone conversation without permission.”
Agreed. So its also off to JAIL for the far right wing ambush “journalists” who illegally video record others, and who continually appear on Fox & Blaze.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:25pmNo moron. Videotaping somebody in public is not illegal, there is no expectation of privacy. Recording a PRIVATE phone conversation without permission is illegal. The operative word is PRIVATE.
How about a list of all these so called ambush journalists on the far right just for arguments sake. If you can come up with one legitimate name you get a gold star. Good thing you‘re a moron since I’m all out of gold stars.
Report Post »ProgessiveFail
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:34pmYou can’t argue with a troll.
troll : In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into a desired emotional response[
Report Post »AKMIIKEUS
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 3:22pmThe Blaze is not even journalism.
The Blaze takes stories from other news sites and tries to make them their own. There is not one reporter on Beck’s payroll.
Report Post »Koolaiders
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 5:11pm@ROWGUE
For a overview of the covert taping activities in an office without consent [NOT PUBLIC] please Google (even though googleing is now banned in Beckworld) or Bing:
James O’Keefe, 25, and his 20-year-old partner Hannah Giles
and for Fox news using their material as “journalists”
– http://www.foxnews.com/us/2009/09/16/fourth-videotape-reveals-acorn-advising-pimp-prostitute-california#ixzz1Ep3TE4Kn
Report Post »LiberalSlayer
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:26pmI heard nothing incriminating in this phone call. Talk about desperate measures by the Left. This is what they resort to? High school shenanigans?
Report Post »fightback
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:23pmYour exactly right and I imagine Obama would take a call from the Koch brothers.
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:26pmThe Gov. has stated in public that he refuses to talk to anyone, except apparently his Corporate Master. Just more government of the rich, by the rich, for the rich.
Report Post »SGT. Kurz
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:42pmLMFAO!
So the “rich” have no say in the Democratic party?
So I guess never in history have the rich ever had power until now? Its how it has always been, You can tax the crap out of them, but they will always remain rich.
The only thing America ever “had” was that anyone in this country could be rich. Nothing was ever holding you down. But if this regieme gets their way, that will have been the past.
Report Post »FreedomFighter2006
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 3:21pm@SGT. – Preach it brotha! : )
Report Post »WAR PIGS CRAWLING
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:26pmIf I wanted to listen to twenty minutes of progressive propaganda, I’d tune in NPR
Report Post »THENEWMCCARTHY
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:25pmThat so-called “9th most powerful Muslim” glenn keeps talking about is the Muslim version of Beck. Two sides of the same coin.
If you haven’t read American Taliban yet, it’s a great book. Check it out.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:47pmhey,
are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the communist party?
Report Post »FreedomFighter2006
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:00pmThe guy who wrote that book also founded this ridiculous site:
http://www.dailykos.com/
Wanna be news stories based on lies… Hey McCarthy, sounds like you got a lot of time on your hands in order to read books written by idiots who have no idea what “TRUTH” is. What do you do as a profession? Where are they hiring trolls these days?
Report Post »Kathleen
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:25pmCan someone ring the Unions, pretending to be Obama?
Report Post »SGT. Kurz
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:36pmWhere can we find someone so stupid to be able to impersonate Obama?
Paris Hilton maybe?
Report Post »Kathleen
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:24pmI think it would be much more interesting and profitable if this were done to someone on the left.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:02pmThe right would need to take lessons in deceit from the left to get good at this.
Report Post »THENEWMCCARTHY
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:24pmThat so-called “9th most powerful Muslim” glenn keeps talking about is just the Muslim version of Beck. Two sides of the same co
Report Post »davuf
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:32pmKind of like good vs evil, war vs peace, light vs dark etc? I could go with, the Imam sounds like a evil warmonger.
Report Post »bandi9
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:23pmis there any leagal recourse by Koch? I would think impersonating him would violate some sort of law.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:41pmOh yes, there is legal recourse to this. The dummy not only admits to the act, but describes how he did it. Not a mark of intelligence.
They need to press charges on this knucklehead just to cease any future acts of this kind.
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:47pmTo me, this proves that Walker is the real deal. A standup honest patriotic American. He did not buy into any of the attempts to draw him into name calling or violent behavior. I am truly impressed with the integrity of the man.
Report Post »Koolaiders
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:52pmYes! Also then prosecute the far right wing ambush “journalists” who continually flout eavesdropping laws with their illegal video recordings!!
Report Post »exdem
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:15pmThey honestly feel like they are above the law because its in the best interest of the “people”.
Report Post »The ends justify the means.
songofsongs63
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 4:15pmIsn’t this wiretapping? I did not hear permission to record. Oh wait that is a federal offense so it doesn’t apply to democrats. Sorry. I forgot.
Report Post »HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:03pmKoolaid must still be licking his ACORN, Planned Parenthood wounds. WAH!! Listen you ain‘t got nothin’ here, and I for one will back Walker if it takes 16 months of smelly flea infested hippies smoking pot and unrinating in the Rotunda. Wait em out…….I simply LOVE how he’s piece by piece dismantling the entire left wing……bring it on fist pumping Commies!
Report Post »benditlikebeck
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:21pmHow much more proof do you need that corporate greed runs the right wing?
Ziplock
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:26pmHow much more proof do you need that the right loves freedom! He did not say anything shameful.
Report Post »IAMMADDOG
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:27pmA lot more.
Report Post »davuf
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:28pmHow much more proof do you need that politicians fund raise… Again the question, this is news?
Report Post »exdem
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:32pmNo its Capitalism . We like capitalism. You like communism. We know the diffrence and will not change each others minds — so go away trolls. Get off the Blaze and go riot somewhere already.
Report Post »SGT. Kurz
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:33pmLMFAO!
Are you too stupid to see that Democrats prefer to do as the union bosses tell them, than to uphold their oath?
They would rather run away like rats, than try to represent their constituents.
Report Post »mankai
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:34pmWhat goes on at those regular meetings Obama has with Labor leaders? Not concerned about that, eh?
Not worried about regular, secret meetings, but you‘re all upset about a short phone call in which Walker says nothing he hasn’t said publicly for weeks. You leftists are so gullible.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:41pmOh yes, we are all helplessly repressed by big business, help us, help us! We need the union to save us! You’re pathetic benditlikebeck.
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:48pmHow much proof is proof?
Didnt Warren Buffet campaign for Obama?
Isnt George Soros on Obama’s saide?
Isnt Bill Gates part owner of MSNBC — Thats :
MICROSOFT -NBC
Doesnt Disney still own ABC
How much money did Eisner raise for Obama?
Lets get into G.E.
No company in hisotory has done more for
a Presidency than GE
Lets talk about G.M.
Obama owns that one I guess that makes Obama and Evil corporate shill
and this list goes on and on and on
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:57pmWhat was that? Gov. Walker was busy at his job, put off a phone call from a billionaire for over 2 hours, then was at his office to take the phone call and said nothing he wouldn’t say in public? Good thing the impostor Koch wasn’t trying to get a hold of one of the chicken crap Wisconsin Democrat Senators.
Report Post »Don
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:00pmLooks like corrupt union greed and organized crime controls the left wing. Cool heads control the right wing. If the cowardly democrats don’t come back to vote they should be relieved of duty, and replacements appointed. You folks who are against Walker on this and think the taxes should be raised on other working folks to pay your way are on your way out.
Report Post »moreteaplease
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:02pmRiiight. And the gold winged saints on the left are in no way influenced by corporations? Use some common sense. It’s part of politics on all sides.
Report Post »ProgessiveFail
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:33pmGuys, the trolls are not here for conversation, they do not want to listen to your views, ignore them! Stop giving them the satifaction. Ignore like you would an unruly child. C’mon people is this the first board you have ever been on? IGNORE THE TROLLS
for those that don’t know.
troll : In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into a desired emotional response.
Report Post »ENTITLEMENTSBLOW
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 4:28pmI wonder how many Joints Benditlikebeck has smoked today while complaining about corporations. “Yeah man, the corporations are evil man” haha hippies are funny!
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 5:34pmDid you even read the story,or listen to the audio? What is the atmosphere like on your planet? Gotta be mostly nitrous oxide. Pretending this is something when it is clearly nothing makes you appear foolish. That and your avatar. Go drink more kool-aid
Report Post »HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 5:56pmListen Benditlikedick – The democrats are owned and run by unions and BIG oils and BANKS and if you’d bother for fifteen seconds to do the math, WALL STREET OWNS the Democratic party as well. READ a freaking little would ya? And I ‘m not talking the PuffHo’s trash or the NY-wipe your bum-Times. So you get one smoking gun (and this ain’t no secret where the Koch money goes) and you flipping fall off your soapbox? Sheets if I had to defend a murderer using Leftist stupidity and logic, there wouldn’t be a prison big enough!
Arguing with IDIOTS…….
Report Post »mhills51
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 10:04pmYou know before the 70′s at a car manufacturer the tire guy made the minimum and the engine man made five times that. Then the unions started pushing for equal pay and benefits. The engine guys saw the tire men making the same and said what the hell!!! Quality in American cars went to crap! can you say the end of the American car started there. The only thing that saved the USA car were tariffs. Today we have replaced the engine builder with robots and almost all the jobs are tire installer quality job, but yet they are making the same wage as lower executives and you think we have a problem with that??
Report Post »henryKnox
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 10:24pmThe amazing greed being displayed in Wisconsin by the unions is disgusting. They are showing that they are only interested in their personal gain and have absolutely no compassion for the students that they are betraying. It is sickening to see. The only way to explain their behavior is GREED.
Report Post »hstdal
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 10:16amThe obvious is that BendItLikeBeck is a Moron. You stated this earlier, ‘why was he (Gov) even talking to Koch.’ Hmm, why would a politician be talking to a major contributor? Why do most of your LIBERAL NUTJOBS talk to George Soros if he snaps his fingers? Why does President NObama speak with Unions EVERYDAY? Both sides speak with influential people from there party & belief system, as well as contributors to their campaigns. Some things are just reality and common sense. The double standard & hypocrisy only occurs from the Left. By the way, have you seen a picture of the leftist who made the prank call? As with most LEFTIST NUTJOBS – he looks like a weird perv. Why is it that leftists are all Gay, weird, insecure, and are just overall strange looking? BendItLikeBeck…. are you sure you don’t mean BendMeOver. You could prove me wrong, post your photo so we can all see your handsome normal looking self…
Report Post »SGT. Kurz
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:21pmHmm, from running away to faking who they really are.
Pathetic little beings.
Can’t wait for them to start thier so-called “revolution” they are planning…….
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:51pmand all without wearing a pimp costume… go figure
Report Post »ProgessiveFail
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:29pmlowlifes, every last one. I’ll bet their mommys are real proud.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:20pmThe Koch brother who he pretended to be OUGHT TO SUE for impersonating him!
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:49pmThe prankster should not have done that – a Governor’s office is NOT a Planned Parenthood office! This behavior is borderline entrapment is not what I consider moral or ethical.
Report Post »beekeeper
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:20pmPoliticians acting the same in private as they do in public? To the Left this is news?
Report Post »HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:18pmOh, Oh pick me Scott, Pick ME!!!
Report Post »anniebelle
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:17pmWow, is that all???? I thought there was going to be a recording of the Governor offering state tax payer funded abortions to underage prostitution rings….
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:54pmReally, another Republican bought and paid for. No news here…
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 5:29pmAnd instead you got a guy who didn’t take ANY of the bait! He is the same guy we saw on TV last night and all the way through the campaign. His cheif of staff fails miserably, but Scott looks great!
Report Post »henryKnox
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 7:09pm@tifosa
Really, if you think only politicians from one political party can be bought and paid for then you are extremely naive. That is one reason that we need to repeal the 17th amendment. We need more representatives for the states than for the lobbyists.
Wdawg
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:17pmScott Walker should resign for this!
Report Post »IAMMADDOG
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:27pmyeah….ok.
Report Post »BigPaulie
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:29pmSerioously? Or are you being sarcastic? If you’re serious, you’re an idiot. Obama does worse EVERY day.
Report Post »Wdawg
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:33pmUhh, was it not Glenn Beck who complained about how close Google and the Government are? What is the difference here? They are obviously close and Gov Walker wants to impress the Koch Brothers!
Report Post »Rightsofman
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:33pmHow about BHO resigning for daily talks with AFL/ CIO and SEIU and ignoring his own Cabinet.
Report Post »What did Walker say to warrant his resignation?
benditlikebeck
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:35pmAgreed
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:35pmFor what, dummy? Answering the phone?
Report Post »Goobergregory
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:37pm@WDAWG For speaking with a man??? I didn’t hear one thing that was bad. He was basically the same with this imposter as he would be with you and I! You are a MORON!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:38pmWhatever.
Report Post »Steverino
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:40pmWDAWG-
Report Post »You are funny!
IAMMADDOG
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:44pmWhy do liberals think that every gotcha moment they spring on somebody is successful? I have NEVER seen them successful at catching somebody in a compromising position yet, still they call for resignations for….what…. the hell of it?
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:45pmWdawg
Report Post »Are the Koch brothers organizing revolutions in U.S. friendly countries? I guess I missed that.
Blackhawk1
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:48pmYup, Walker should resign for talking to a **** right after Obama resigns for talking to Soros, Trumpka, Rev Wright, and all the other radical lefties he takes orders from.
Report Post »Wdawg
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:48pmListen again, Walker is kissing David Koch’s throne!
Report Post »Dstarr55
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:51pmTrumka talks to Obama daily – should Obama resign? Koch is a supporter of Republicans, why not talk to the man. I wonder how much Obama says in private sounds the same as what he says in public? I would submit he speaks very differently as we have heard from his unguarded moments. One thing I got from this is Gov. Walker is the real deal!
Report Post »Don
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:51pmQuite frankly my dear we need more like Scott Walker and Chris Christie. Looks like we may have another good man in Ohio! There are more to follow just wait and see!! Turn out the lights democrats the party’s over.
Report Post »Wdawg
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:00pmTea Party is owned by the **** Brothers! Hahaha…. Losers!
Report Post »ConstitutionalPatriot
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:04pmRight after Obama, Pelosi, Frank, Reid, Biden et al. Start calling your teammates and have them follow your rule‘s and then we’ll follow them, not before. Step on the field little one.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:06pmto WDAWG,,,
you sound like you are about 14. Come back with some intelligent conversation and you wouldn’t get hammered so much.
Report Post »moreteaplease
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:09pmOnly if Obooboo resigns for meeting with Trumka more than he does his own cabinet. Walker said nothing in that conversation even remotely damaging to himself. It just ****** you Libs off to see a Republican be just as honest and upstanding in private as he is in public. You people are really groping around in the dark with this one.
Report Post »ConstitutionalPatriot
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:12pmDepends on YOUR definition of close WDAWG, you know is it close if you have to go through the switch board three times, or is it close to having sit down’s a few times a week and direct lines to call everyday. Hmm, now that is a tough decision FOR A SCUM S*CKING LIAR maybe. You choose which is close dip stick
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:22pmAnd thought Obama shouild have dropped out of the race after his wife point blank said she had never been proud to be American untilo her husband was nominated. Or after hearing he spend almost half of his life under teaching of black liberation theology(a racist socialist religion)
Report Post »ProgessiveFail
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:28pmdon’t feed the idiot troll…not worth your time.
Report Post »joesample
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:29pmSeriously??? By your pathetic logic, Obama and his entire staff should resign too. He and his administration speak to Trumka, the head of the AFL-CIO, everyday and meet with him at the White House 2-3 times a week. Hmmmm… sounds and looks like there is collusion between the unions and Obama.
Report Post »Wdawg
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:52pm@EXDEM
I`d like to see things from your point of view but I can`t seem to get my head that far up my ass.
I can be mean too!
decendentof56
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 3:35pmFor what?? Walker sounded like the same guy I’ve seen on TV. Yep, same exact guy. That faker just proved Walker’s point FOR HIM. Way to go, Scott!
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 3:44pmWDAWG,
Report Post »You’re hilarious! I’m rolling on the floor! Oh..Oh..Oh! Stop it! You’re killing me! HaHaHaHa! I thought Sam Kinneson was funny, but you’re the greatest!. What a clown! Oh, stop it, please! Ha Ha! I‘m dy’in! Quit your day job your day job if you have one. Be a comedian! You’re great. OhOhOOOOOOOOOO! I can’t stand any more!!
skinnydipinacid
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 4:31pmIt’s laughable how the left gets on these kicks… first it was Halliburton, then it was the Banks, then Insurance companies and now its… :: insert horror movie music :: … the KOCH BROS.!! AAAAaaaaaarrgh!!
Walker shouldn’t budge at all… the longer it goes on, the more twisted, pathetic and desperate they become. For all I care the holdouts can last until the next elections.
Report Post »RN MOM
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 5:08pmThat would be a dream come true for the left. Too bad this “gotcha” moment fizzled. You got him for talking to someone who contributed to his campaign- oh the humanity!!!! I heard the clips, the one who should resign is the Buffalo reporter. Take your outrage to the WH and Obama, who relies on union influence to push his astroturf agenda.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 5:13pmHaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAheheheheheheheeheeheeheehee!!!!
Report Post »You kill me.
exdem
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:06pm@WDAWG
A mean wittle dawgie!!! Oh!!! I am soooo hurt. You weally fight dirty wittle dawgie!!
Media Matters called lookin for their wittle dawgie. He should go home with his wittle tail between his wittle legs.
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:09pm“He should resign” – LOL That‘s the most moronic thing I’ve ever seen posted. Of course I’ve never heard an intelligent idea from a liberal. When I see a liberal I see a pathetic ignorant loser that if it’s a he, it’s usually gay and definitely a sissy. If it’s a she, it’s angry and selfish. Liberalism is where the dregs go because they want to hang with fellow morally fallacious scum.
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:19pmWDAWG,
If they were “so close” as you assert, would it not be safe to assume that Gov. Walker would recognize a difference in Koch’s voice from the “real” one? Would it not beg him to question, “David, are you sick? Are you coming down with a cold? You sound much different.”
Or would you care to continue the smear campaign with ridiculous assumptions and baseless charges?
Report Post »Wdawg
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:23pm@EXDEM
State your name and city and i will be there ASAP! Of course you are too much of a coward to do that!
Report Post »henryKnox
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 7:02pmIf they were close then the Governor would have known that he wasn’t speaking to the real Koch. He probably had never talked to him before and was just being polite. Unfortunately for you, the Governor didn’t do anything wrong in the conversation and behaved in private the same way that he does in public. That doesn’t look good for the people that are trying to smear the Governor. One thing we know is that the truth has no agenda and the Governor is just trying to balance the books in Wisconsin.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 7:19pmGov. Scott Walker, don’t talk so much to people who might be fooling you. Thank goodness you didn‘t say anything that isn’t public already. But this azzwhole who was foolin ya needs a good lesson and should be reported to whomever can file charges as this seems like a criminal offense. He made sure you did all the talking, with idiot responses like “beautiful” just to keep you talking. Glad you didn;t bite too much, as he did try to squeeze things out of you. Chalk it up to idiot liberals.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 7:44pmI found it rather interesting after this fraud tried to lead him into making a crude statement a couple of times, Gov. Walker just moved on without comment. Like a comment about Mica, he just moved on. Yes, he acts the same with whom he thinks is a friend as he does with the Press. Honest.
Report Post »exdem
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 8:48pm@WDAWG
Report Post »How is an angry wittle 13 year old going to get to my state and city?? Does mommy know your on the computer, son?
exdem
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 8:55pm@WDAWG
Report Post »Oh by the way come to Newton Mass and look up EXDEM. After suffering Barney Frank for so long theres alot of exdems up here, so good luck wittle dawgie!
exdem
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 9:38pmNo he likes them young like you. You did say your 13??
Report Post »exdem
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 10:23pmBut I’m not a wittle commie dawgie!!
Report Post »exdem
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 11:21pm@ the Blazers
Report Post »WDAWG had a meltdown. His responses were so vulgar that they were removed from the site. That made him more than a wittle angry, HAhahaha
Wdawg
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 11:48pm@EXDEM
leave me alone! I had to unlink my username cause of the messages you kept sending me. I really think that you should seek some help…… i really might have to tell the authorities about what you wanted to do to me. you said you have done it to other kids and that description seemed too real. Im just 13 years old. i will not be back on here again. get some help!
Report Post »exdem
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 7:19am@WDAWG
Report Post »Oh Pleaseeee!!! I never said I would do anything to you! You threatened me in such a vulgar way with such vulgar language they removed what you said from the site. All my messages are still here and everyone can judge for themselves if I threatened you. Teased you YES!! Threatened?NO! I don’t believe for one minute that you are 13 years old. A child doesnt think like that. You need some help. Go join one of the commie union riots. It will be a better outlet for you and your anger.
GdaddyTejas
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:16pmSo What?
Report Post »benditlikebeck
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:23pmSo what?! Why is he even speaking to Koch?! Walker and the rest of the right wing are just puppets for corporate america. How much more proof do you need?
Ziplock
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:24pmExactly!
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:25pmSo a leftist demonstrates how much of an idiot he can make of himself, and verifies there is a Gov who means what he says and is consistant in these ways. This man sought out to trap the Gov and in turn only got his own tushie handed back to him in a large sling.
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:28pmGLENN
You have to get Pat Gray to Call Obama
and pretend to be “ Sppoky Dude”
Ill pay ya…..
Report Post »Ill even buy you directors cut “8/28″ dvd
exdem
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:29pmSeriously,is that all you got?? Lame commies , LAME!!!
Report Post »SGT. Kurz
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:29pmRepublicans standing up for private businesses, Democrats standing up for unions.
Hmmmmm, which side would America rather support?
17% of American employees are members of unions- looks like 83% support the private employers……
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:29pmSo what?
This is a thwarting of “gotcha journalism.”
Read the article on Mother Jones http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/02/scott-walker-koch-brother-crank-call-wisconsin
read the responses to it.
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Good on Walker.
Report Post »anniebelle
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:30pm@bendit: Maybe it‘s the same reason Trumka has the POTUS’s ear on a daily basis…
Report Post »mankai
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:32pmUnion leaders are regularly in and out of the White House having secret meetings with the President of the United States and the Left gets hot and bothered about an innocuous phone call. I’m sure Walker would have taken a call from any relatively well-known name.
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:33pmWonder how often Soros calls his puppet Obama? Just to let him know the agenda for the day.
Report Post »Steverino
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:36pmBENDITLIKEBECKHAM-
Report Post »Okay. Walker talks to Koch. Obama talks to Trumka. I’d rather have a “puppet” Governor ( A stretch…) Than a puppet President.
Politicians talk to people that support them. STOP THE PRESSES!
Steve
http://stephencharles-poppin-off.blogspot.com/
Gonzo
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:37pmbenditlikebeck
Report Post »Obama speaks to people we don’t like every day. Just because you have inaugurated the Koch brothers as the new offical lefty boogeyman to replace Haliburton is your problem, not ours.
BSdetector
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:52pmSo what?
Report Post »Dstarr55
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:54pmI listened to the whole conversation – Gov. Walker is an honest man and his public rhetoric matches his private – I don’t know of too many politicians that are able to say that. On the legal side I think Wisconsin should enact all party consent to taping phone conversations, instead of the one party state it is currently. I find what this so called journalist did was despicable and dishonest. I wonder how he feels, actually talking to his complete opposite.
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:55pmDASH, At least you understand and acknowledge how to get Glenn Beck’s attention. That’s a start.
Report Post »HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:01pmIf Trumka calls the WH daily, this is NEWS?
Report Post »ConstitutionalPatriot
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:02pmHey “Bendit” he might have talked to ‘fake’ Koch after three calls but who talk’s to the socialist Trumpka everyday? Suck‘s being smacked with your our statement doesn’t weak knee.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:03pmOnly confirms that the unhonorable Gov. Walker is the Koch Brother’s trained monkey. He does not represent the people of WI, but the special interests that financed his campaign. His budget is a gift to the Koch brothers.
Unbelievable
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:09pmbenditlikebeck
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 1:23pm
So what?! Why is he even speaking to Koch?! Walker and the rest of the right wing are just puppets for corporate america. How much more proof do you need?
On the same front why is Obama even speaking to Head Thug Trumka? Why is Head Thug Trumka spending two or three days a week at the White House and talking to this Administration every day? Obama and the rest of the left-wing are just puppets for the union thugs.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:11pm@benditlikebeck – So, do you have an issue with the nearly unlimited access people like Trumka have with President Obama? Or is this a double standard for you that it is wrong for the right to have access to politicians but not the left?
I listened all 20 minutes of the phone conversation. There is nothing that the Wisconsin governor said that we haven’t already seen in the media. I think things that the left wing caller said were more damning than what Walker said.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:21pmSGT. Kurz, you should read more than this website for your news. The American public is against the Governor’s actions by a wide margin. And this video won’t help. It shows that billionaires have his ear, but not people like you and me. In any case, here’s the latest nationwide poll:
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/robert-schlesinger/2011/02/23/public-dislikes-wisconsin-gov-scott-walkers-union-busting
Report Post »GOPsaver
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:26pmOK, so Obama and his Dumbocrat pals come in and can not Gift our Tax Dollars to Wallstreet, The Banks, GM, GE, G. Soros and the Unions fast enough and it is the Republicans who are working for the Rich? Go figure.
“The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest
Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.”
Cicero – 55 BC
Report Post »ProgessiveFail
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:27pmKoolaiders is a troll.
Report Post »BecksTheMan
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:28pmIf I was David Koch I would sue the Buffalo Beast for defamation of character for taking the Lord’s name in vain and pretending to be him. I do not know if he uses that kind of language or if he is religious but all I know that if it were me there would be one big lawsuit.
Report Post »KTSontag
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:29pmNo, as the article says, Walker isn’t taking any suggestions from Koch and completely ignoring all of his comments. It is proof that Koch is a large campaign donor and that Walker just keeps him filled in on current events.
Report Post »Hobbs57
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:30pmIf anything, this PROVES, the governor obviously doesn‘t even know Koch’s voice or what he is like. He was in tight with this guy, he would know his personality and know it wasn’t him. The Governor clearly has no clue who Koch is other than he is important to supporting his decisions.
Report Post »Actually, the claims that Koch was in bed with the Governor and all the liberal claims that it was Koch behind all this have now been ERASED. I read all their BS and actually wondered if this guy wasn’t the one influencing all this. As they made claims to business interests and son. But now, I know the governor isn’t close with Koch. Not only was he consistent with what he said in public but also he has no idea what Koch sounds like or even knows him.
Just as the if the Unions President called the Democrat leader on that side. Of course they would give them their attention. Only they would not be fooled, because they are in bed with them. I am sure Obama himself had something to do with telling these TRADERS and ANTI-AMERICANS to run and hide. However. let’s say they did get fooled, it would be in their best interest to speak to the President of the Union. For he had their interest in mind. I bet my last dollar they could get the Democrat to be caught supporting illegal actions.
MAJOR FAIL ….. I can‘t wait to see how the Lib’s try to twist this one … Especially MSNBC.. I don’t believe the Governor will have a problem coming out and defending what he said. There is nothing not in line with his actions here. Like I said, actually, it proved the opposite to me. Something that bothered me, as I don’t like those with money influencing law, but I am relieved and even emboldened in that people such as this Governor are the REAL DEAL… God Bless you Governor
exdem
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:30pmOnly proves that the unhonorable ECINOM is a Soros trained monkey. He does not represent the values of the freedom loving people of the Blaze, but the special interests that finance the Communist Takeover of America. He is a gift to tyranny.
See how that works ECINOM now go away.
Report Post »Huffypo called looking for you – they want their trained monkey back
Dwigt
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:33pm@Benditlikebeck, I am curious to know where you work?
Report Post »CaptVideo
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:33pmI agree with GdaddyTejas…So what?
It‘s apparent Walker doesn’t know Koch. Even if he did, SO WHAT? Obama had contact with Stern, has contact with Trumka and early on (if not on the black berry) has or had contact with Soros. What’s a matter “Bend it…” afraid since the Koch’s have more money then Soros?
The only thing the Left Labor bosses manufacture are fake protesters while telling their shop foremen to SLOW the work down. Get rid of the Union bosses and everyone will be better off.
Report Post »Bigliardi
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:36pmSo What…? Why is yomamaobama even speaking with Trumka? Yomamaobama and the rest of the left are just puppets for leftwing zealots and union members…. And why does Trumka MEET with yomamaobama frequently, and visit with others at the White House Weekly…? Hmmmmmm?
Report Post »mill
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:39pmso?? exactly my response.
Lets look at those breaking the law..not trying to build a house of cards against the governor.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:44pm“No, as the article says, Walker isn’t taking any suggestions from Koch and completely ignoring all of his comments. It is proof that Koch is a large campaign donor and that Walker just keeps him filled in on current events.”
@KTSontag – The way Walker talked to the imposter Koch I get the feeling he (Walker) has never talked to Koch in the past. I have no doubt that Koch funds the republican party. There is ample proof to that. However, I think this phone called shoots to hell the conspiracy theory that The Koch brothers are puppetmasters.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:45pmThe prankster should not have done that – a Governor’s office is NOT a Planned Parenthood office! Also there is s strong tradition of Union membership in Communications, which is why Rush, Sean, and Glenn have collective bargaining rights. This behavior is borderline entrapment is not what I consider moral or ethical.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:48pm@Hobbs57
“If anything, this PROVES, the governor obviously doesn‘t even know Koch’s voice or what he is like. He was in tight with this guy, he would know his personality and know it wasn’t him.”
Ding! We have a winner here folks! Precisely correct.
@JVS
Yeah, right. USNews? The same USNews that was utterly speechless and beside itself in the early 1990′s that GenX was turning out to be a bunch of libertarian-conservatives? That USNews? Real impartial polling I’m certain.
Polls in Ohio, across the ideological spectrum, are showing widespread support for SB 5 (our version of what Wisconsin is trying to do). So much for your poll.
Report Post »Hobbs57
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:57pm@ JKS ….. Maybe you need to check you sources and NOT believe everything you read
Let’s try Rasmussen , how about that ..
48% Back the Governor while 38% unions… hmmmm.. Seems your wrong and your poll is slanted, LEFT
Let’s tell the whole truth JKS, remember, Kool-aide’s not for everyone..
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/february_2011/48_back_gop_governor_in_wisconsin_spat_38_side_with_unions
Report Post »Hal
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 3:00pmWalker is my hero! He is looking after the hard working citizens of his state and taking their side against the rich union bosses and big socialist lobby. Go Scott Go! :-)
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 3:10pmlike the democrats and linda tripp, did the faker have permission to record phone call? funny how they live by different standards
Report Post »panzerf
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 3:15pmbenditlikebeck Since Richard Trumka talks to the White House every day, does that mean
Report Post »Obama is owned by the unions?
banjarmon
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 3:17pmHey good people just remember the Trolls, Dems, and Libs have things in their head a dog would not eat and what a cat would cover up.
Report Post »AKMIIKEUS
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 3:18pmI think the Governor of Wisconsin is related to John Walker and the rest of the Walker clan that was convicted of spying 25 years ago.
The Walker spy ring would eventually be called the most damaging Soviet spy ring in U.S. history.
Small world folks, this accusation is not far fetched. I’ve heard far more far fetched stories on President Obama.
Report Post »VerySeniorCitizen
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 3:18pm@SGT KURZ
WORKER’S UNIONS = equals
5 Day work week
8 hour day
Paid vacations
Sick time
Safe working conditions
Child labor laws
Now, if you don’t think that YOU are a beneficiary of any of that – then REFUSE all these benefits from your employer and tell him/her/them that you will work for whatever pay they decide, under whatever conditions they want, 52 weeks a year – and never get sick no matter what your working conditions are.
Oh, and by the way, take your ten year old with you and put him/her to hard labor for ten or twelve hour days. Forget about school because school only makes you want to better yourself!
Hobbs57
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 3:34pm@ VerySeniorCitizen –
Report Post »Yes, Certainly Unions did do this for us. I am well educated on the Homstead Strike and the RailRoad Strike of 1877 … However, we are talking about Public Unions here. We are atlking about Unions who get thier raises and benefits from the very same people of whom they donated MILLIONS of $$$’s to put in office. We are talking about political favors. We are talking about a group who does not produce a profit nor do they work for the EVIL INDUSTRIALIST’s who exploited the workers. These workers can hardly be exploited nor could there be child labor problems being they work for the very body who produces the laws of which protect them.
I understand your support for Unions , especially, with the indication of the time period of which you grew up. However, this here with the Public Unions lies a problem of conflict of interest. Many of great minds of the past strongly opposed the Public Sector going Union because of these very problems of corruption. Which seems to be the case now. Yes, a Union has a place and a time, but I am afraid this time is being left in the past.
TakeOurCountryBack
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 3:37pmBendit…
Report Post »Why is the president of the AFL-CIO talking to the president on a weekly basis? Could it be that the highest elected office in the land is bought and paid for by the unions? Seems like you should be looking at your own house before you cast stones. Then again…no one expects an intellectually honest argument from a liberal….lying and knee jerk reactions are more your MO.
cessna152
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 3:42pm@benditlikebeck,
Never mind the union bosses that are raping the workers, taxpayers and children. Never mind the lefties that take billion upon billions of taxpayer money and waste it on corruption… yet they do not pay taxes. Never mind the corrupt administration that continues to steal make, make unconstitutional laws and steal wealth from little kids and our future.. Never mind these protesters that hold signs calling for the death of conservatives… never mind these communists that call for violence and are supported by this administration…, the president and all of his unconstitutional and illegal “laws”, tactics and so forth. Lefties running banks, car companies, cheating stock holders, bowing to the enemy, giving money to terrorists, etc.
Big business can not make laws, can not cause a meltdown of the economy and can not take away your rights… However, a corrupt government like you defend will!
Kool aid drinker….
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 3:43pm@encinom
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:03pm
Only confirms that the unhonorable Gov. Walker is the Koch Brother’s trained monkey. He does not represent the people of WI, but the special interests that financed his campaign. His budget is a gift to the Koch brothers.
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So, is that the reason that Gov. Walker poo-pooed everything the fake suggested? Because Walker is a “trained monkey?”
What are you SMOKING or SNORTING? You make absolutely no sense at all.
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 3:51pm@encinom
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 2:03pm
Only confirms that the unhonorable Gov. Walker is the Koch Brother’s trained monkey. He does not represent the people of WI, but the special interests that financed his campaign. His budget is a gift to the Koch brothers.
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If Walker doesn’t represent the people, as you assert, how did he get elected?
And no–there’s no evidence, even in the hard-core MSM, that he somehow ‘stole’ the election with ‘big money’. You know–as if the record companies are somehow a cottage industry.
You don’t assert. You presume. How about backing up your accusations, for once to the charges you make.
On another thread, some lib (like YOU) dragged up 19th Century crap to ‘prove’ a point somehow ‘relevant to this year of 2011.
Do what you gotta do; we bother to indulge you long as you feel need to go as you do. At the end of the day, YOU are comedy gold.
When you step into the 21st Century (Marx is SO 19th Century), let us know.
Report Post »Non-sequitur
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 4:04pm“So a leftist demonstrates how much of an idiot he can make of himself,”
Actually he proved how much of an idiot he can make of Walker.
Turns out, it’s a pretty big idiot.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 4:05pm“The prankster should not have done that – a Governor’s office is NOT a Planned Parenthood office!”
@sleazyhippo – Hell! If this is the most damning phone call the left can get out of Governor Walker they can call everyday!
Report Post »jzs
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 4:07pmYou seem to love it when O. Keefe, who now has a criminal record, does these stunts. But when the shoe is on the other foot, not so much.
Report Post »Non-sequitur
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 4:08pm“Actually, the claims that Koch was in bed with the Governor and all the liberal claims that it was Koch behind all this have now been ERASED”
The Governor showing that he‘d be willing to do every bidding of Koch shows that he’s not in cahoots with Koch.
Brilliant reasoning there.
Report Post »freeus
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 4:13pmThis incident doesn’t change how I feel about the public employee workers/unions. Scott might want do find a better screener.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 4:24pmWORKER’S UNIONS = equals
5 Day work week
8 hour day
Paid vacations
Sick time
Safe working conditions
Child labor laws
@veryseniorcitizen – Yes, unions served a purpose long ago. We now have laws protecting from unsafe work environments and child labor laws. Businesses have also found that the work force are more productive under a work schedule that is 5 days a week and are afforded vacation and sick time. The issue is not about being fair with the public empoyees. The issue is they have demanded and have been given far more than the system can afford. Now, rather than being reasonable and agreeing to some concessions the unions demand that our taxes be raised rather than they be reasonable and pay more for their retirement and such.
Report Post »skinnydipinacid
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 4:26pmlol, they’ll see this as a victory… good to see the Dems are thrilled by such low standards. I had no idea their propagandists were union employees too.
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 4:43pmSounds like the left wing moron broke federal law. Press charges, then see what the smart ass does next.
Report Post »Conservative Hippy
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 4:43pmSo he takes a call from a political donor and he’s in the wrong for doing that?… yet SEIU’s Stern claims to visit the white house at least once a week (a big Obama political donor) and that’s just fine?… How far can the hypocracy on the left go?…
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 4:49pmBroker10101
Try reading the rest of my posts and not just the
Report Post »ones that make fun of you.
Wdawg
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 5:03pmThe interesting parts of story:
• Walker admits having considered planting provocateurs in the crowd.
• Walker plans to trick state senate dems into meeting so that he can hold the quorum open, even without their presence.
• There’s some bill being presented that forces the absent dems to pick up their checks in person, and if/when they do show up to get them, the checks will be locked in the desks on the house floor.
• ‘Koch’ calls up and gets a 20 minute, in-depth report from the governor; there is very little prodding from ‘Koch’. Simply put, Koch is the boss.
• Walker’s biggest public complaint about the protests is that many protesters are from out of state. Koch is very much from out of state.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 5:04pmIf Scott was really “in bed” with the Koch brothers, would he not know when he ISN”T speaking to one of them? EPIC FAIL!
Report Post »Patriot Z
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 5:18pmBENDIT – AND YOU ARE DUPES OF THE COMMUNISTS AND SOCIALISTS. so what if he speaks to koch once. he didnt say anything that he has not said publicly so your whole sting was for nothing. you proved nothing except that he spoke to the man. hardly the smoking gun you wish. so if you are upset about that then u should be Furious at the POTUS speaking to union bosses in secret meetings daily. so tell me what do you think you prooved?
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 5:34pm@ JZS…….here is the accepted and accurate poll numbers from Rasmussen (a credible source) my friend and America IS most definitely behind Governor Walkers actions your poll is a ruse.
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/02/21/rasmussen-poll-shows-walker-winning-standoff-with-unions-dems/
Report Post »229Mick
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 5:51pm@benditlikebeck
So why is it OK that our so called ‘president’ talks to richard trumpka almost every day? I’d rather my representatives be talking to people who know how to do business and make money, than people who know how to get unions into unrecoverable debt, and promise people things they can never deliver. obama already knows how to do that.
Besides that all I hear is ‘what’s going on’ talk, though i couldn’t listen to that tool for both recordings.
Bottom line is that the guy has to fix his financial problems and the democrats want to pretend that people holding signs make financial problems go away.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 5:58pm@WDAWG
The interesting parts of story:
• Walker admits having considered planting provocateurs in the crowd.
- He also reasoned that it would be ill advised to proceed with such a plan.
- How do you feel about the Unions “planting” people in the crowd that are not from Wisconsin? If you don’t have an issue with that you are a bit of a hypocrit.
• Walker plans to trick state senate dems into meeting so that he can hold the quorum open, even without their presence.
- The democrats shouldn’t need to be tricked. They should be at their job doing their job.
• There’s some bill being presented that forces the absent dems to pick up their checks in person, and if/when they do show up to get them, the checks will be locked in the desks on the house floor.
- Again, the democrats should be on the job site doing their job. Not hiding in another state. C’mon, be honest, if the republicans pulled a stunt like this you would be livid.
• ‘Koch’ calls up and gets a 20 minute, in-depth report from the governor; there is very little prodding from ‘Koch’. Simply put, Koch is the boss.
- The man had to call up multiple times to get to Walker. Doesn’t sound to me like there was an open door for **** or that Walker was waiting by the phone for it to ring.
- You have a problem with a powerful man contacting a representative. Do you have the same problem with Trumka meeting with representatives of the White House three times a week? This is of his own admission. There is video of him saying this to a group.
• Walker’s biggest public complaint about the protests is that many protesters are from out of state. Koch is very much from out of state.
- You are cherry picking. Walker also said let them protest all they want as we are on the side of what is right. Polls are showing that Walker has a majority of Wisconsinites on his side. I believe the number will continue to grow as the people see the behavior that has been shown and continues to be shown.
Report Post »- There is an inherent problem with unions dealing with the very people they help get elected. If that isn‘t corruption then I don’t know what is.
- After the Giffords assasination attempt there was much made of the “vitriol”. We have seen plenty of Vitriol in the past week during the protesting. Again, very hypocritical.
hifi74
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 6:10pmOK so he pretty much said in (what was supposed to be) private what he has been saying in public. Call me a simple man, but isn’t that what people should hope and expect out of their elected officials? Not like the do as a I say and not as I do routine of the Obamas, hello we all need to make sacrifices while I take my (what are we on now?) 15th vacation now, or we all need to make cutbacks with Michelle and her 40 some odd entourage the next largest of which being less then 5.
The only part out of that whole thing that may seem out of order would be the offer to fly Gov. Walker out to California, now I say seem because on the surface it may appear to be a direct conflict of what he was referring to with the 14 AWOL Dems. The very important piece of context that changes the charge that opponents have already placed on him for his acquiescence to the offer is that the 14 Dems are possibly accepting the “donations & help” for in return to not do their jobs. Ostensibly taking a bribe to throw a match. The supposed offer from the fake Koch is not in an attempt to get him to fore-go the tenants of his office. Really, even in his attempt to “gotcha” Gov. Walker the fake Koch framed his offer in a way that would not break any laws.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 9:41pmWalker took a call from his mentors – thats so what!! http://wp.me/pYLB7-H
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 9:45pmWalkwithme,
Bwahahahahaha!!!!! Says the woman who’s entire website is copy and pasted “articles” from media-matters. Bwahahahaha your hypocrisy is astounding oh ignorant one. Go away toad, your ignorance is insufferable.
Report Post »No1YaKnow
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 9:54pmWow–the leftists here are confused. Very confused. So what I am actually saying is, that’s normal.
For you uberpartisans on the left—get a grip and read the bill and check out the budget. This isn’t about who you hate and who you think is a puppet, if you can’t function on basic facts that threaten your freedom and livelihood and instead engage in the usual name-calling, then please disengage yourself from the voting booth. If you don’t have any real clue as to why your vote matters and why it should be used wisely OR you use it to vote in those who will give you goodies, PLEASE don’t ask the rest of us later where it all went wrong. We’ll be busy picking ourselves up and rebuilding. By that time, there will be no union to act as your thugmaster and force us to hand you money. It will be do or die–meaning, you had better learn to be self-sufficient. Though most of us are charitable–not all are worthy of charity. We choose wisely and compassionately. We don’t feed lions expecting them to purr–we just won’t feed them. We know no matter what compassion we show to the lion, its in is very nature to attack. Wake up.
Report Post »IhatewhenIwakeupandObummerisstillPOTUS
Posted on February 23, 2011 at 11:52pmIsn’t recording a phone conversation without consent a Federal Crime?
Report Post »Steve Lindsey
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 7:38am@benditlikebeck
So what again!
It’s illegal to speak to a rich guy? It obviously shows that Koch is NOT involved in any way. But then again only a progressive will confuse actual words over the story.
Report Post »Misty Williams
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 7:41amScott Walker handled a touchy situation with a person he believed to be a heavy weight political backer, but who had some odd things to say, in a very graceful manner. When someone donates in the neighborhood of 43,000 to your campaign, you don’t ignore a call from them. But!! He didn’t sign on to any of the pseudo-Koch’s odd remarks. He did say the same things he has said already in public with the exception of upcoming strategy. That is the only thing I wish Mr. Walker would have kept to himself. But again, a man in his position cannot afford to alienate big dollar backers. It‘s relieving to not hear him say anything about the whole thing he hasn’t already said in public venues. His redirection at the embarrassing comments pseudo-Koch made was skillful.
Report Post »weeblewacker1
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 8:35amoh-well,i guess people can start calling him “1-term walker“ then he can get on that **** plane and fly out to cali for a ”good time!” i think mr.walker and the real kocks needs to investigated by the FBI for influence peddling.
Report Post »jenk99
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 10:30am@ Hobbs
That is exactly what I was thinking. IF Gov Walker is Koch’s puppet and taking direction from him, he would have recognized that the voice was not Koch’s. This proves that he IS NOT in constant communications with Koch. I don’t know about you, but if I have spoken to someone on the phone before even if only once, I would recognize their voice to some degree. He didn‘t catch the difference in voice which leads me to believe he isn’t very familiar with Koch’s voice. If he isn’t familiar with his voice, then he isn’t talking to him regularly.
But of course the left will spin it, like they do EVERYTHING else and the useful idiots will believe it.
Report Post »GodsWarrior
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 10:36amRight on. So what? I cannot believe either the ignorance of the left or their downright lying tirades. Do you mean to tell me that the democrats don’t entertain civil phone calls from multi-billionaires and special interest groups like Obama entertaining visits and calls daily from Union thugs but not cabinet members? Are you kidding me? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
Lying left. Disingenuous buffoons. Are we tired of these people yet? Are we sick to death of their evil, vile manipulative lies?
Report Post »rochrealtor
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 2:51pmYou will see in the near future how accurate Glenn Beck is. We will not let your union corrupt leaders promote a Democracy without knowing who is incharge or how change will be determined that cannot happen. Are you willing to compare your pay to China?
Report Post »You realize these tactics, your unions leaders promote, have all failed miserably….., every time through out history! Do you understand why our founding fathers initiated a Republic, and not a Democracy? You will wake up and someday and see the corruption in your leadership. They will throw you under the bus to attain the power they seek. You will then understand Glenn Beck, has been, all this time LOOKING OUT FOR YOU!
Educate yourself about the history of the world and most importantly your own COUNTRY!