Friday, April 6, 2012

Holy Parodies!

When I first saw that the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article about Scott Walker and an interview he did with Christian Broadcasting News, I thought maybe they had been tricked by the Twitter parody account, @ScooterChrist.

But as I read the article, my jaw literally dropped at the brazenness Walker was showing, telling one lie after another.  I was in greater disbelief that the news continues to swallow his lies without questioning or independent thought.

Here are some of the more blatant lies that he told in the article:

  • "Any human being, if we're honest about it, you don't want to be hated by anybody, you want everybody to love you," he said. "But I was asked last December, somebody asked me, a supporter, asked me a very interesting question at dinner. He said, 'Did you ever stop and think that maybe if you hadn't gone so far, that you wouldn't be facing a recall?' I said, 'Yeah, sure, but if I hadn't taken the steps I took, we wouldn't have fixed things.' And I said, 'For my kids and their generation I don't want them to inherit a Wisconsin that is not at least as great if not greater than the one I inherited. And you don't get that by not fixing things.' " [Yeah, first of all, he inherited nothing in Wisconsin. He was born in Colorado. And he fixed things alright, as long as when you say fixed, you mean rigged.]
  • "And, to me, that's one of our problems. You can't be afraid to lose," Walker said. "You shouldn't plan on it, but you should make decisions that are ultimately about what's right and what's just and what's best - not just for yourself but for the next wave of young people who are going to inherit our states and our country and not be afraid to lose along the way."  [Hello! Paging John Doe! If he wasn't afraid of losing, why did he set up the county executive's suite to be a campaign/fund raising headquarters?]
  • "Why?" he asked. "Because their guys are back to work, they're working again. Unlike my predecessor, who made it very difficult for people building infrastructure, building roads and bridges and rail and things of that nature, we put money back in that had been raided there."  [Yeah, that stimulus money Doyle brought in to the state did absolutely nothing.  Just ignore all those new roads.]
  • Walker told Brody that he had heard his opponents would spend $70 million to $80 million in the recall race. [What? He thinks we're the Koch Brothers or the Bradley Foundation now?]
Walker is making a mockery of having faith and being a Christian, just like he did when he kept touting that he was supposedly some sort of Eagle Scout.  (Maybe we've all been not hearing him correctly and all this time he's been bragging about being an Evil Scott?)

Think about it for a minute.

This man who is a preacher's son and claims to be a man of faith who upholds Christian values has broken about half of the Ten Commandments.

He breaks the first Commandment by virtue that he worships money and power more than anything else.  

He breaks the third Commandment simply with the pretense that he is a religious man.  Pretending to be a God-fearing man for self-glorious reasons not only takes the Lord's name in vain, it makes him a religious sociopath.


Some would argue that he's broken the sixth Commandment by allowing people to needlessly die, just in order to allow his already rich campaign donors to become even richer.

He's definitely broken the eight Commandment - thou shall not steal - many times over, as evidenced by robbing workers either through Act 10 or through illegal furlough days.

Likewise, I don't think there's been a day in which he hasn't violated the ninth Commandment.  Does anyone really remember a day in which he hasn't been lying?

Walker's whole campaign, both last year and this, is based on his desire to take money, especially the pension fund, from the working men and women of the state.  Just look at his repeated lies - Whoops, there goes the ninth one again!- about the haves and the have-nots to prove my point.

While a lot of the article is subject to cynicism, sarcasm and scoffing, there is one part that should scare the daylights out of anyone (emphasis mine):
"We realize that all this is just a temporary thing and God's got a plan for us that, who knows where it might be, beyond just serving as governor of this state, but if we stay true to that, there's always comfort," he said. "And God's grace is always abundant no matter what you do."
Yup, he's doing what his doing not to fix anything, but to give the appearance of fixing things in order to develop a launching pad for what he thinks is his inevitable goal, the Presidency of the United States.

So  you see, we're not recalling Walker just for the sake of saving Wisconsin, but we are doing it for protect every man, woman and child in the country.

23 comments:

  1. No one inherits THE state of Wisconsin. It's no one's property and belongs to everyone. But of course Walker flaunts the word "inherit" like WI is his birth right. Walker's religiousness is so hypocritical as you wrote. What makes him think that the population wants to guided by his version of religion or religion at all?

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  2. He says "God's grace is always abundant no matter what you do", and I thought maybe that was an admission of guilt that slipped out. But I guess the word "do" could mean "what you do for a career", not "how much you sin".

    Walker's actions don't make me think of a religious person, so it sort of funny that he responds to Kleefisch's query about living his faith by saying, "It is not just quoting scripture, it is your actions." (My paraphrasing)

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  3. Good title, by the way.

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  4. Was he referring to himself as "we" as in royalty?

    "We realize that all this is a temporary thing and God's got a plan for us..."

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  5. I can tell Capper is deeply religous by his writing. Thus giving him the ability to judge Walker on his religoue beliefs.
    Well....OK, maybe Cap worships large pensions and free "cadillac" healthcare, but it still gives him the right to judge others. Right?

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    1. Judge not lest you be judged, and that goes for you too, Imustberacist.

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    2. A) Funny how you're upset with me standing up for Christianity, but defend Walker's abusing it.

      B) I pay for it all and then some now, thank you. Why don't you complain about the lobbyists' sons getting jobs that they're not qualified for with a big pay increase added in? Hypocrisy much?

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    3. OK, maybe he abused by using it to justify his actions. I agree, if we had a politician that solely used religous principals to govern we would be screwed. But apparently your without sin (or structured religion) allowing you to throw stones.
      I still say you should be thankful for the benefits you have, I heard that benefits in WI for public employees are still better than all our neighboring states, so your welcome. Sometimes its not who you are, but who you know. I could tell you story after story of how so and so got so and so so's kid a job when somebody else was more qualified, and it would be just in my small circle. Tell me it never happens on the Dem side and I'll come up with some faux outrage for you.

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    4. Come now. The religious feel quite qualified to judge the non-religious. You're suggesting that one precludes the other?

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    5. I've never complained about my benefits. What I am complaining about is the lie that I don't pay for them. Public sector workers make less than their private sector counterparts because we traded higher pay for better benefits. Why should I suffer because the private sector chose to give up his unions and his benefits for higher pay?

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    6. Just keep in mind that when the private sector employee works for an employer who is not making profit margins or downsizing that they feel the same squeeze that you are right now. My employees have, as have I. I hope for all of us that the economy (and in turn tax revenue) increases sooner than later and that both of our compensations increase at the same rate.

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  6. Megalomania is not being religious or Christ-like. Walker is too far gone to understand the difference.

    I don't think Jesus got crucified on this day to allow unrampant greed to flower and to injure the lesser-incomes and the sick. Maybe that's just me.

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  7. "Cadillac Healthcare" - Republicans need to work on some new buzz words, they're just wearing the old ones out. Be sure to keep up the war on birth control because it's working great!

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    1. Your right, GM has gone down the tubes with government interference and union ownership. Please replace that with "Rolls Royce" type healthcare. I had it, My wife and mother both worked for the schools at some point.
      I just had to post on this because it gets sickening to see Liberals mocking religion. And then talk about their rights getting leaned on. its a double standard.

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    2. Liberals mocking religion? Maybe some atheist liberals and conservatives mock religion. What liberal Christians are mocking is Walker's hypocrisy and use of religion now to help him look like a good guy after all the wrong he has done to the state.

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    3. He's the son of a preacher isnt he? Its not as if its Bill Clinton telling us of his "deeply" religous beliefs. after numerous affairs. But its a good point, if you loathe him you wont see him as rightous no matter what his ideals are.

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    4. What does his father's job have to do with anything? Does that mean Walker can't be an out of control thug?

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    5. You don't know many sons of preachers, do you? I am sure there's an ax murderer out there somewhere with that background but generally its not like they came from a broken, or abusive home. You should know this, your a social worker, right?

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    6. Actually, I've known quite a few. One of them is in jail for drug charges. And yes, I am a social worker, thus I know that generalization isn't true. Screwed up people come from all different backgrounds.

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    7. IMUSTBERACIST:
      Please learn the difference between YOUR and YOU'RE.

      -HU

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    8. Your describes possession and you're is shortened for you are. Harder to spell check when I comment from a phone or tablet. I'll try harder for your respect.

      Capper, so its your contention there are no patterns in human behavior? I've noticed some distinct patterns.

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    9. True patterns or merely perceived patterns to reinforce your already biased opinion?

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    10. Its why I constantly challenge my own opinions, to ensure I am not forming them due to greed, racism or media bias. As I drove through Chicago last weekend to visit my Indiana school teacher, sister. I listened to 820, progressive talk radio. Boy they sure are hard on Obama down there. They made him sound almost conservative. It was interesting. My sister said her health insurance is not very good in comparison to what it was here as a teacher. But that is where we are all headed unless the supreme court saves us. Sorry, too many tangents. No need to reply.

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