Here’s why Koch-backed Scott Walker is an American dictator in waiting

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Here’s why Koch-backed Scott Walker is an American dictator in waiting

by Steven Rosenfeld at AlterNet, Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/heres-why-scott-walker-is-an-american-dictator-in-the-waiting/

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“Someday, a novelist with Wisconsin roots will tell the story of Walker’s engagement in squalid politics—and whether it carried him to the White House,” Caplan wrote. “Now, however, it is possible to document the close ties between the national network of major conservative donors backing Walker and the conservative lobbying groups that turned the Wisconsin court into a political tool.”

Whether waging war on his political enemies at home or fantasizing about attacking enemies abroad, Walker arguably is the most toxic authoritarian candidate in the Republican field. It’s insufficient to merely say that Walker likes to punish his enemies, or that he relishes sneak attacks, or that his career has been marked by the politics of fear, blame and divisiveness, and an inability to show restraint. All of these are true.

“I find [him] more Nixonian than even Richard Nixon himself (the authoritarian leader with whom I was, and am, so very familiar,” wrote ex-Nixon White House Counsel John Dean in April 2012, on the eve of a special gubernatorial recall election Walker won. “To me, it is clear that Wisconsin has a double high authoritarian governor, a conservative without conscience.”

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Dean’s summary of what authoritarians do perfectly mirrors Walker’s track record cited by Fischer and others. He wrote, “Social dominators (authoritarian leaders) have the following recurring traits: They’re typically men; they are dominating; they oppose equality; they are desirous of personal power; they are amoral, intimidating and bullying, faintly hedonistic, vengeful, pitiless, exploitive, manipulative, and dishonest; they will cheat to win; they are highly prejudiced (racist, sexist, and/or homophobic), mean-spirited, militant, and nationalistic; they tell others what they want to hear, take advantage of ‘suckers,’ and specialize in creating false images to sell themselves. They may or may not be religious, but usually they are both political and economic conservatives and/or Republicans.”



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[pansypoo53219]

1. knew he was rotten the 1st time he showed up. fucked over milwaukee county. thanks urinal for

pimping him to the state.

[Marie Marie]

2. The Koch money and backing is the only thing that can explain

why this man has any standing higher than a Papa John's delivery guy (of course, no offense to those wonderful people who bring us our pizzas). There is nothing good about this man and he scares me more than any of the other GOP candidates. By no measure of anything that is right or true should this man be a Governor, much less a candidate for President. He is pure slime.

[oberliner]

3. I predict he will get the nomination

Between Trump's inevitable flameout and the general sense of Bush fatigue and none of the others really distinguishing themselves in any way - it seems like Walker will be the last man standing for the Republicans.

[applegrove]

4. I agree.

[glinda]

5. And I suspect extremely full of illegal activities and actions to hope to win.