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kpete

(71,996 posts)
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 11:37 AM Feb 2014

Scott Walker admits committing voter fraud

Wisconsin's Republican Gov. Scott Walker is either a liar or he broke the law:

"I remember, I was a teenager, had just become a teenager and voted for Ronald Reagan -- limited government, you know, smaller government, lower taxes, strong national defense. You knew what you were getting. You knew how a Reagan administration, a Reagan presidency was going to be better for you."


Except for one tiny detail: Scott Walker wasn't old enough to vote when Reagan ran for president ... either time.

http://bloggingblue.com/2014/02/why-did-gov-scott-walker-lie-about-voting-for-reagan/http://politicalwire.com/archives/2014/02/10/walker_claims_he_voted_for_reagan.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/10/1276458/-Scott-Walker-admits-committing-voter-fraud-or-he-s-a-liar
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Scott Walker admits committing voter fraud (Original Post) kpete Feb 2014 OP
Just another liar looking to capitalize on dead Ronnie Raygun. VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #1
Just a liar like the alsame Feb 2014 #2
He's either a fucking dumbass too stupid to be governor gopiscrap Feb 2014 #3
Whoops! Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #4
"You knew how a Reagan administration, a Reagan presidency was going to be better for you." SomethingFishy Feb 2014 #5
And the fact that he couldn't differentiate between his movie roles and real life. 11 Bravo Feb 2014 #6
Don't forget about the consulting with psychics thing, too! n/t Ghost in the Machine Feb 2014 #17
This one has circulated in the past, and is really not the stuff of which fraud cases are made. Jackpine Radical Feb 2014 #7
and NO ONE knew what the hell they/we were getting! elleng Feb 2014 #8
Naaah, he just lied. Again. He does that. A lot. DFW Feb 2014 #9
To be fair, this could actually be a slip of the tongue. Arkana Feb 2014 #10
Hey, I voted for McGovern in 1972 Aldo Leopold Feb 2014 #11
Vote early! Blue Owl Feb 2014 #12
Next he will claim to be a Vietnam Vet.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #13
Schools usually have straw polls that let each student cast a ballot Bandit Feb 2014 #14
He is a liar AgingAmerican Feb 2014 #15
He's making it up as he goes. Iggo Feb 2014 #16
If their mouth is open they're lying. nt arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #18
He has gotten away with too much for far too long. nt TheMathieu Feb 2014 #19
His statement, like the Reagan legacy, is a lie. IAmKirak Feb 2014 #20
Walker is an idiot and a liar Gothmog Feb 2014 #21

alsame

(7,784 posts)
2. Just a liar like the
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 11:42 AM
Feb 2014

rest of the GOP. I guess he's also assuming that the rest of us are too stupid to do math.

gopiscrap

(23,761 posts)
3. He's either a fucking dumbass too stupid to be governor
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 11:44 AM
Feb 2014

or he needs to be federally indicted for voter fraud.

SomethingFishy

(4,876 posts)
5. "You knew how a Reagan administration, a Reagan presidency was going to be better for you."
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 11:47 AM
Feb 2014

Yeah.. unless you count that whole Iran/Contra thing.. or the "Ketchup is a vegetable" thing.. or the "trees cause pollution" thing, or the insane tax cuts on the wealthy, the invention of the "Welfare Queen", the invasion of Grenada, the savings and loan scandal, and the Alzheimer's... other than that yeah things were just awesome..

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
7. This one has circulated in the past, and is really not the stuff of which fraud cases are made.
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 11:51 AM
Feb 2014

He says he "had just become a teenager," and the vote may have been cast a little straw poll in school or something. I remember such mock-elections occurring even in my grade school years.

DFW

(54,408 posts)
9. Naaah, he just lied. Again. He does that. A lot.
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 02:11 PM
Feb 2014

Maybe now Wisconsin Republicans will figure it out.

But I doubt it.

Arkana

(24,347 posts)
10. To be fair, this could actually be a slip of the tongue.
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 02:13 PM
Feb 2014

I've said before that I voted for Al Gore when I meant to say I supported him--I was 15 when he ran for President.

Aldo Leopold

(685 posts)
11. Hey, I voted for McGovern in 1972
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 02:20 PM
Feb 2014

and I was only in first grade! By the way, he beat Nixon in our school's election.

Walker's probably referring to a similar experience, but in his case he's dumb enough to believe his vote was actually counted!

Bandit

(21,475 posts)
14. Schools usually have straw polls that let each student cast a ballot
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 02:36 PM
Feb 2014

I am certain that was the voting he was referring to. Even he knows when you first become a teenager you are not old enough to vote officially. We need to start using some common sense so we all don't look like idiots.

Gothmog

(145,321 posts)
21. Walker is an idiot and a liar
Mon Feb 10, 2014, 03:57 PM
Feb 2014

Walker may be the GOP nominee in 2016 unless he is defeated in 2014.

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