Scott Walker Closes The Capitol

By Jeff Simpson

Wisconsin's Capitol was closed for a big chunk of the day.  Apparently Chief Erwin finally heard the Walker/Koch Phone call.

On Feb. 11, 2011, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, in his own words, "dropped the bomb" 

All went back to normal when they realized that Scott Walker never follows through on any of his promises.  

 

Will The Real Scott Walker Please Stand Up

By Jeff Simpson

We keep getting shown various versions of Scott Walker.

There is the Scott Walker who told us that he wanted to work with the unions:



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Then there is the Scott Walker that "dropped a bomb" on WI by ending the unions:

There is the Scott Walker who swore in front of the State of WI that he "stood before you, not as the Governor of one political party or another, not as the Governor of one part of the state or another, today, I stand before you as the Governor of all of the people in the great state of WI(approx 8:15 in)."




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Today, I stand before you - not as the governor of one party or another; or the governor of one part of the state or another.  Today, I stand before you as the Governor for all of the people in this State of Wisconsin.

Then there is the Scott Walker who had yet another secret plan:

The Scott Walker who was so disappointed in Ryan Braun for lying to the fans!

Then there is the Scott Walker who leads all politicians in false, mostly false and "pants on fire"  statements on Politifact.  


There is the Scott Walker who shows up at the a Boys and Girl's club event:



Then there is the Scott Walker who allows many in his staff to say and share racist emails, tweets, stories and jokes at will.

I find it disturbing that Walker consistently seems to surround himself with people who hold racist, homophobic and classist beliefs. In such a short amount of time and with only the smallest peek behind the curtain, we have discovered more than a handful of morally repugnant individuals whom Walker not only associated with but pulled into his inner circle. And because of all of this, I have to ask: Is the governor racist? Is he disdainful of the poor and needy? Is he homophobic? Does he hate immigrants?

That Palmisano and Krieser were fired after their social media comments came to light only serves to demonstrate Walker's discomfort with being publicly associated with people who hold repugnant opinions. When those same opinions were expressed privately, there appears to have been no repercussion. And ultimately, the firings do nothing to explain how a discriminatory culture has been allowed to flourish under Walker's administrations over the years.

As a Wisconsinite deeply disturbed by these events, I deserve answers. Walker cannot try to claim that this is "old news" or settled history. It's not.

There appears to be two very very different Scott Walker's.  The public one and the private one.

To Tell The Truth Mr. Governor.  Will the real Scott Walker, Please Stand up?

 

Republican Hypocrisy!

By Jeff Simpson

Remember a couple of years ago when Scott Walker, "dropped the bomb" and a bunch of teachers called in sick to head to the Capitol to protest?  

Remember how the right wing lunatics in our state went crazy when schools had to be cancelled because the teachers were protesting their government? 

If you "inappropriately" called in sick the day of to miss work, many were even disciplined!

 In Racine, district spokeswoman Stacy Tapp also said that any of the 400 teachers absent on Thursday who called in sick inappropriately or took an unannounced personal day would be disciplined.

Apparently that doesn't apply to every public worker in this state as this was just posted on facebook:

Governor Scott Walker

16 minutes ago

Tonette wants me to continue my tradition of taking Matt and Alex to opening day. Her dad would love it.

I guess unlike the public education teachers in our state, this Scott Walker guy does not have a very important job (completely paid for by the taxpayers) and so there is no need for him to head to the office or even plan ahead when he wants to have a day off.  

Lucky him, because the rest of us are fighting to improve our state from the dismal ratings and job reports we keep getting!  

Seriously though:  

I hope all of the people who were so vile towards teachers for missing a day to protest flood the Governors office telling him he needs to be at his job and that his kids need to be in the classroom learning! Phone. (608) 266-1212.

Play Ball!