Here's the new internet meme: "The people of WI didn't want the recall...

[Javaman]

that's why Barrett lost."

Honestly? Who would benefit the most from this BS being spread far and wide?

It certainly wouldn't be the people.

we are so much smarter than this.

[cthulu2016]

1. What is your preferred explanation?

[Javaman]

4. He lost because he was out spent. nt

[snooper2]

10. It couldn't have been multiple factors could it?

[EFerrari]

12. Well, if you have unlimited money, that buys a lot of issue framing

for the public. You can convince them that recalls are dishonorable, that the governor is a strong leader, that unions are run by thugs.

I have to go with, yeah, it was the money.

[GarroHorus]

2. It might have something to do with the fact that the people of WI oerwhelmingly didn't want it.

60% said it should not be used over policy.

[IndyPragmatist123]

14. I think that's the truth, and ignoring it is damaging to the party

np

[TheWraith]

3. It's not a "meme," it's what exit poll responders said.

It's also what the votes show.

[virgogal]

5. Then why are you spreading it far and wide?

[Javaman]

9. What an odd responce...

I'm pointing out that various people here on DU are continuing this message and, if you read my entire post, that we are smarter than this to believe it.

money buys a lot of things such as pounding ridiculous messages into peoples brains. Like them believing that the recall was useless thus distracting us from doing it in the future.

See how it works?

[virgogal]

13. It wasn't an odd response as far as I was concerned.I heard nothing

about it until you posted it.

[Blue_Tires]

6. The more they can deflect attention from the actual issues

and Walker's stunts that pissed off so many to begin with, the better...


"The people of WI didn't want the recall" is subconscious code for "There was no legit reason to recall Walker"

(never forget the power of language)

[1StrongBlackMan]

15. While I understand that message ...

there ARE plenty of people that believe recalling a duly elected official because you don't like what he/she is doing politically, is NOT a legitimate reason to use the recall. Especially since we have a time honored mechanism, i.e., voting him/her out at the end of his/her term.

For example, would you see it legitimate to initiate a recall of President Obama (if there were such a tool) because he established single-payer healthcare via Executive Order?

Probably not. Right? How would that be any different?

[Blue_Tires]

16. Obama would need to break a law or do something way out of constitutional bounds

to get impeached (and although the GOP likes to toss the word around with their base, they know it's a political impossibility to act on)...Recalls and impeachment all have their criteria...The funny part is I was on DU during the Cali recall, and nobody in the media nor even our side ever made a peep of the "You can't recall someone for political differences" -meme

And this just didn't start on a whim -- If the law says you don't *need* a reason as long as you get the petition signatures and deal with the other hurdles, then that's what you work with...One of the many reasons a recall (in theory) is preferable is because you don't want to let some incompetent jaggoff burn the state to the ground while waiting for his term to run out...Walker is no innocent victim in this, although he plays one on TV...

[1StrongBlackMan]

18. Point Made ...

But I, personally, think it's bad practice to initiate a recall over political differences because that's what election cycles are for.

But that's not to say I would have message voted here, as many independents and Wisconsin Democrats did.

I will (almost) always vote my short-time interests, i.e., voted for Barrett, because "in the long-run, we're all dead."

[mazzarro]

17. Didn't rePIGs recall Gray Davis for policy issues too? -- n/t

[DoBotherMe]

7. 24/7 the GOP ran ads that said a recall was undemocratic

that's why voters listed it as a reason to vote for walker. The election was bought and paid for by corporate, outside money. The candidate with the most money always wins. Dana ; )

[Javaman]

8. +1 nt

[EFerrari]

11. You bet they did. n/t