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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 01:34 PM
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I think that after that prank phone call, Walker's career is done.
Edited on Wed Feb-23-11 01:37 PM by Lyric
He'll be left hanging out in the wind by himself after this. Even the Koch brothers can see now that he's too incredibly STUPID to be a useful tool anymore. Right-wingers usually WANT stupidity--in their voter base, anyway. But they expect their chosen "leaders" to have at least some degree of common sense and intelligence. This one has officially gone past his expiration date.

Edit: links to the phone call

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBnSv3a6Nh4

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3a2pYGr7-k
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vaberella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 01:35 PM
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1. What happened in the crank call...is there a link to it? n/t
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 01:37 PM
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4. Check out the greatest page.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/23/scott-walker-buffalo-beast-phone-prank_n_827058.html
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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 01:36 PM
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2. Just another stupid overreaching Repub.
Hope you are right.
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lob1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 01:36 PM
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3. Lets hope you're right.
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 01:41 PM
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5. Well he did admit to thinking about doing criminal acts
Taking a baseball bat to protesters and planting "trouble makers" into
the crowd to stir up problems.

People in Wisconsin should be starting to collect signatures to recall his ass
in one year. Although I never thought an alcoholic coke head who went
AWOL and drove 2 or 3 businesses into the ground could become President.
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 01:42 PM
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8. Unclear whether he talked about ethics violations or committed them
This is a matter for attorneys to consider.
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 01:48 PM
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11. How about admitting to looking forward to getting a bribe?
Koch: Well, I tell you what, Scott: once you crush these bastards I’ll fly you out to Cali and really show you a good time.

Walker: All right, that would be outstanding.


http://www.vanityfair.com/online/wolcott/2011/02/great-white-hope-gets-rope-a-doped.html

no wiggle room here .... a payment was offered and he responded in a positive way
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 01:52 PM
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14. You're exactly on point...but whether that rose to a crime
is the question.

Criteria must be met. Lawyers know that stuff.

As a Wisconsin citizen, with familiarity of how my neighbors react, I think Walker has committed a MORAL atrocity in the eyes of Wisconsinites.
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 01:58 PM
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16. We got our own problems here in Ohio
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x488736


This is a national program to kill the Unions.

Scott Walker, "I talk to Kasich every day."

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/116737394.html

"I talk to Kasich every day. John's going to stand firm in Ohio. I think we do the same thing with Rick Scott in
Florida. I think (Rick) Snyder, if he got a little support, could do the same thing in Michigan. I think if you go
down the list, a lot of us new governors got elected to something big."

Now are they still gonna say this is not a coordinated national attack on labor and the middle class by the Koch
Brothers and the right wing.
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:03 PM
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19. Yes, this is a nationwide campaign by the activist rich.
This IS class war.

And some very big battles are taking shape outside of Wisconsin.

SOLIDARITY!!!!!!!
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jeremyfive Donating Member (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 01:58 PM
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15. I agree with you 100%
The GOP lie factory can turn false into true. They are busy at work white-washing Ronald Reagan's career now. Iran-contra? Arms sales to enemy nations? No action whatsoever on the leading health crisis of our time? Pesky details, details. . .
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 01:41 PM
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6. I think most Wisconsinites will not view this favorably.
There are going to be die-hard supporters, but just like Nixon, he has lost the majority.

No one denied Walker won. And, Wisconsinites from every political persuasion expect their Gov to govern in the best interest of the state not his political legacy.

As I have written in other places on DU, Walker can be made to be his own worst enemy. The BEAST prank caught out the cocky little S-O-Baptist Minister.
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global1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 01:42 PM
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7. Remember Some Of The Things Blago Said On The Telephone Have Gotten Him.....
in trouble. Maybe some of the things Walker said will sink him.
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Codeine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 01:44 PM
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9. Let's not forget the IOKIYAR rule. nt
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 01:48 PM
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10. Indeed
Corruption and thuggery aren't bugs for a Republican, they're features! Walker should have no trouble brazening this out, if the usual script is followed. It will take the active connivance of the popular media, but they're doing pretty good work for Boehner, Bachmann and Palin; one more won't be that big a deal for them.
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steve2470 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 01:59 PM
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17. definition for those like me
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=IOKIYAR

It's Ok If You Are a Republican
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IDemo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:23 PM
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24. Exactly
The comments on MSNBC.com seem to be running pretty strongly in favor of Walker.
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FredStembottom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 01:49 PM
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12. I, of course, have no hopes of justice being done... but....
Him being tossed under the bus by his off-stage managers? I think you've got something there, Lyric!
:hi: :popcorn:
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arbusto_baboso Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 01:51 PM
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13. I hope you are right. But I fear you underestimate how "teflon" they all are.
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Wilms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:01 PM
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18. His marriage may be history, too. n/t
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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:24 PM
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25. Now that WOULD be funny.
Yet another Family Values right-winger, proven to be a lecherous old sleazeball at heart.
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:05 PM
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20. I hope you're right, but won't hold my breath.
Considering that right wingers believe Palin has enough common sense and intelligence to be president, I'm not convinced that Scotty Boy has expired. RWers are more likely to rally around him at this point than to throw him overboard. The end always justifies the means with this crowd.
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:05 PM
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21. Thanx for youtube links but don't be surprised if M$M doesn't carry the story so keep spreading it..
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OneGrassRoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 03:18 PM
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32. CNN just said he's giving a presser soon...
and posed the question, "Will he discuss the prank call that's making the rounds online?"

:thumbsup:
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thereismore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:16 PM
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22. He is a stubborn asshole full of himself. He will not go away. nt
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alterfurz Donating Member (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-11 11:02 AM
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34. exactly, 100% absolutely correct...
...compromise is absolutely NOT in Walker's nature, his self-perceived strength is never to yield. Take it from one who witnessed his autocratic 8-yr misrule of Milwaukee County, now teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.

He won't bend, he'll have to be broken. Past successes make him smugly confident he can control and ride out the storm he has conjured up, but this one isn't just a tempest in a county teapot anymore. He has sown the wind here in Wisconsin, but can he remain standing in the whirlwind he will reap? Prediction: If/when he goes down, he'll try to take the whole state with him.
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steve2470 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:20 PM
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23. 757 comments on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story about the prank
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/116737394.html?page=1

Looks like most are negative.
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dorkulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:25 PM
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26. 119,000 on Yahoo.com
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110223/ap_on_re_us/us_wisconsin_budget_unions#mwpphu-container
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steve2470 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 03:08 PM
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31. what a cesspool for the ignorant and stupid.. but ty for the link, sincerely nt
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senseandsensibility Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:25 PM
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27. Love the comments
kick
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:26 PM
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28. If all of the MSM fail to report this story you'll know Scott Walker gets the last laugh...
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dorkulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 02:32 PM
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29. Already seen it on Fox and MSNBC,
This thing is happening.
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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 03:03 PM
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30. Gov. Scott Walker needs to resign NOW! Admitting felonies on tape.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x490151
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 03:19 PM
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33. Scott Walker to release statement of fake David Koch comments flooding the internet
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