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geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
5. Gray Davis was hugely unpopular.
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 10:59 PM
Jun 2012

Walker is more of a polarizing figure--we sometimes assume that if we hate a guy with great intensity that others agree.

TheMightyFavog

(13,770 posts)
2. I know the feel.
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 10:06 PM
Jun 2012

One of my good friends is quite liberal and she ended up voting for walker because she thought the idea to recall him was "fucking stupid." (her words, not mine.)

TheMightyFavog

(13,770 posts)
6. Her big thing was the cost of the vote...
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 11:04 PM
Jun 2012

She put it as a waste of money we don't have. and that we werre better off focusing on Assembly and Senate seats in November rather than a recall.

 

otohara

(24,135 posts)
7. Okay, That Makes No Sense
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 11:07 PM
Jun 2012

since the recall went ahead.

Hope she doesn't mind minimum wage jobs for all but the Koch Bros and friends.

TheMightyFavog

(13,770 posts)
8. I guess she was of the mind that if dems got a hold of at least one of the houses...
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 11:09 PM
Jun 2012

Walker couldn't do shit.

 

otohara

(24,135 posts)
12. After Watching The Daily Show Just Now
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 11:15 PM
Jun 2012

it all makes sense.

The Walker heads were all talking about the money, the money it cost the state. I saw none of this on MSNBC, but it was all over WI TV.

Wow, Good thing it was only Walker and not Dick Cheney or Hitler.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
13. None of that makes an iota of logical sense. Not even some five-year-olds I know would be that
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 11:30 PM
Jun 2012

clueless. Are you sure you're not talking about a three-year-old?

So, let me get this straight. She's a Dem/Liberal. Dems recall a crooked Rightwing Governor for attempting to destroy the working class. They succeed. She, rather than join them in order to save the working class, decides to vote for the crooked rightwing Koch Brothers bought-and-paid moron, Scott Walker.

Sounds like a wild story conjured up to make some kind of point. Like maybe, 'you liberals should stop your nastiness towards Republicans'.

And you bought this fairy tale?

jp11

(2,104 posts)
4. Recalling an idiot like Walker is the most awesome thing that can happen when
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 10:13 PM
Jun 2012

the idiot gets elected. It is a shame that recalls aren't more common to get rid of politicians that do really stupid things to the vast majority while serving a very small minority the country would be a lot better for it.

Too bad someone like your friend doesn't see that.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
11. Then she's not a liberal. NO LIBERAL would vote for that Corporate shill who may be about to be
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 11:14 PM
Jun 2012

indicted. Stop fooling yourself and attempting to fool others.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
10. Except when they're bankrolled by repuke million$$$
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 11:13 PM
Jun 2012

or whatever that works out to in Austrian schillings.

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