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Nearly half of sigs collected for recall of Wisconsin GOP state senators, Dems say

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The idea that these union demonstrators are passing around petitions to recall legislators at their demonstrations is absurd. They must not be very well organized. The signatures gathered must be from the district of the person they're attempting to recall. Wait for the court battles on that detail.
 
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Why are unions so upset with Walker? Hmmm, looks like a very poor return on their investment

WALKER, SCOTT | Follow The Money

BARRETT, TOM | Follow The Money

Imagine Barrett in the office owing the unions?
Very revealing, Walker was supported by big business including Koch Industries. Barrett was supported by the people. The Republican party of Big Business and the wealthy.
 
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Very revealing, Walker was supported by big business including Koch Industries. Barrett was supported by the people. The Republican party of Big Business and the wealthy.

Very reveaking comments by you, PB. Can you show me proof that 'the people' didn't support Walker? The vote tally would tend to disagree with your lie, er, misrepresentation.
 
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The idea that these union demonstrators are passing around petitions to recall legislators at their demonstrations is absurd. They must not be very well organized. The signatures gathered must be from the district of the person they're attempting to recall. Wait for the court battles on that detail.

I'd wager most of the recall petitions get thrown out for various technicalities or errors like that.
 
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Priceless, the Dems run out of the State and YOU say the GOP wasn't doing it's job....you can't make this stuff up :)


In only two weeks, Democrats have collected almost half the petitions they need to recall ALL EIGHT Republican State Senators who are eligible for recall, and the anger of Wisconsinites isn't diminishing. There is no doubt that Governor Walker will also be recalled, as soon as he becomes eligible next January.

There is a moral to this story as well. If you are elected to do a job, do your job instead of waging an ideological war, and employing a slash and burn strategy in the process. Governor Walker is going to learn this lesson the hard way. He political future is toast, as well as Republican hopes of keeping Wisconsin in their column. You can also count on the fact that Democrats are going to make this a major issue in 2012.

But it didn't have to be this way. Walker could have just implemented the cuts, as he promised in his campaign, and all would have been well. Instead, he is going to pay the political price for his political conniving with the Koch Brothers, as a recall even more historic than the one that send California's Governor Davis packing becomes a juggernaut that will not be stopped. Not until the wreckage of Wisconsin's GOP, seen by all, lays bare the lies, hypocrisy, backroom deals, and dirty tricks that led to it's destruction in that state.

Article is here.
 
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Very revealing, Walker was supported by big business including Koch Industries. Barrett was supported by the people. The Republican party of Big Business and the wealthy.

Right, very revealing, taxpayers funding union employees spending some of the state's tax dollars on political operatives that support the union agenda. you don't have a problem with that? You do understand that private sector employees don't get taxpayer funding and are employed by those hated businesses?
 
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Thanx for getting that out of the way. Now others can relax. LOL.

Well since you bring it up, the topic is not trolling.

I do find it a fascinating study of one "coming out". It doesn't matter the type of OUT, you are now out, and with that there is evident some very strange need to prove how balanced the new you is, by taking every opportunity to slam the side you once sided with.

Curious, it is.
 
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Democracy in action is a beautiful thing.

We will never need a violent revolution in this country as long as the people can show the government who really is in charge.
 
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Well since you bring it up, the topic is not trolling.

I do find it a fascinating study of one "coming out". It doesn't matter the type of OUT, you are now out, and with that there is evident some very strange need to prove how balanced the new you is, by taking every opportunity to slam the side you once sided with.

Curious, it is.


Thanks for the churlish comment, we don't get enough of those.
 
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Corrupt government -vs- corrupt unions.

Grats to Walker for sticking it to the unions, and grats to the unions if they can stick it to Walker. Hopefully we can keep these 2 fighting long and hard enough they they'll take each other out, and finally the people can get some representation and deal with real world issues.
 
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This is probably why bold measures in this country usually fail.

Not knowing Wisconsin politics, I beg an honest question, however. Did Walker campaign on this issue or similar?
 
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Thanks for the churlish comment, we don't get enough of those.

Churlish, oh my, I feel so low now.

You do not get enough reality in places like this. I believe that is what you meant. Twas not Ed who started the ball rolling with a self-indulgent "look at me" thread about changing affiliation. No, that was Danarreah. And once that very personal decision became Forum Newz the whole kit and kaboodle became open for debate.

As a lifelong student of the mind, I find the exercise of intellectual divorce and the subsequent disdain for one's former love, akin to hating an ex girlfriend and taking every possible chance to call her a slut in public. It's sincerely very fascinating to witness the behavior.
 
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This is probably why bold measures in this country usually fail.

Not knowing Wisconsin politics, I beg an honest question, however. Did Walker campaign on this issue or similar?

He campaigned on reducing the budget. So yeah. Though there are some people that try to claim he didn't because he didn't state it exactly. What politician EVER states exactly what they are going to do?
 
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Very revealing, Walker was supported by big business including Koch Industries. Barrett was supported by the people. The Republican party of Big Business and the wealthy.

Very revealing that 8 of the 10 top donors were from Unions for Barrett. One Union by itself gave twice as much as the 43,000 given by Koch to Walker.
 
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He campaigned on reducing the budget. So yeah. Though there are some people that try to claim he didn't because he didn't state it exactly. What politician EVER states exactly what they are going to do?

Obama did :ninja:

He lied.
 
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Very revealing that 8 of the 10 top donors were from Unions for Barrett. One Union by itself gave twice as much as the 43,000 given by Koch to Walker.

truth and PB went to different schools together.
 
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What if they get the signatures, hold additional elections, and all eight Republicans retain their seats?

How funny would that be?

Talk about voter fraud. The union thugs will be out in force to stuff those boxes. It'll be like ACORN on steroids.
 
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He campaigned on reducing the budget. So yeah. Though there are some people that try to claim he didn't because he didn't state it exactly. What politician EVER states exactly what they are going to do?

Usually, the ones who lose the election.
 
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What if they get the signatures, hold additional elections, and all eight Republicans retain their seats?

How funny would that be?

Talk about voter fraud. The union thugs will be out in force to stuff those boxes. It'll be like ACORN on steroids.

i'd actually pay to see that! :rofl:
 
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What if they get the signatures, hold additional elections, and all eight Republicans retain their seats?

How funny would that be?

Talk about voter fraud. The union thugs will be out in force to stuff those boxes. It'll be like ACORN on steroids.



The unionistas will go ****ing nuts. There one guarantee: it'll be a cluster ****, no matter what. If the Republicans lose to Democrats, or if they win and retain their seats, it'll be a cluster ****.
 
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What if they get the signatures, hold additional elections, and all eight Republicans retain their seats?

How funny would that be?

Talk about voter fraud. The union thugs will be out in force to stuff those boxes. It'll be like ACORN on steroids.

Not likely to happen, considering that the overwhelming majority of the state is against what the dictator Governor and the GOP pushed through. This wouldn't even be close if it gets on the ballot.
 
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Not likely to happen, considering that the overwhelming majority of the state is against what the dictator Governor and the GOP pushed through. This wouldn't even be close if it gets on the ballot.

as usual, you speak of things you know nothing about...

Wisconsin voters split on governor's union plan: poll | Reuters
Wisconsin voters are split evenly in their views of Republican Walker's proposal and of the protesters demonstrating against his plans, said the poll sponsored by WisconsinReporter.com, a news organization operated by the nonprofit Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity based in Alexandria, Virginia.

Half of the 500 people polled had a favorable view of Walker's proposal, and half had an unfavorable view, it found.
 
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Not likely to happen, considering that the overwhelming majority of the state is against what the dictator Governor and the GOP pushed through. This wouldn't even be close if it gets on the ballot.

Again, what platform are the challengers going to run on? :rofl
 
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He campaigned on reducing the budget. So yeah. Though there are some people that try to claim he didn't because he didn't state it exactly. What politician EVER states exactly what they are going to do?

Yeah, not usually. It is always interesting that if one wants to reduce the budget, you have to target someone's money. However, once you obviously target someone's money, it's going to be a tough fight.
 
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as usual, you speak of things you know nothing about...

Wisconsin voters split on governor's union plan: poll | Reuters
Wisconsin voters are split evenly in their views of Republican Walker's proposal and of the protesters demonstrating against his plans, said the poll sponsored by WisconsinReporter.com, a news organization operated by the nonprofit Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity based in Alexandria, Virginia.

Half of the 500 people polled had a favorable view of Walker's proposal, and half had an unfavorable view, it found.

Stop it. You're ruining their Re-live Woodstock Festival.
 
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