Governor Walker Courageous? We Beg to Differ

[kpete]

Governor Walker Courageous? We Beg to Differ

June 6, 2012 5:01 PM

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker survived yesterday’s recall attempt. Walker has often been described as courageous by his supporters, like New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and Senator Ron Johnson and by ideological allies like David Denholm and Gary Bauer.

Walker seems to think of himself as courageous, too. In his victory speech he reprised a theme he’s struck before, in which he becomes the bearer of a legacy that dates back to the founding fathers and “men and women of courage” throughout history “who stood up and decided it was more important to look out for the future of their children and their grandchildren than their own political futures.” He stops just short of calling himself one such “leader of courage” but it’s clear that’s what he’s getting at.

And how does he display this courage? By picking on people nowhere near his own size. People like the state’s working poor whose low wages can’t support a family and who rely on the Earned Income Tax Credit to make up some of the difference. Walker cut that. He also cut medical programs and property tax credits that the state’s poor and elderly depend on.

This is courage?

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MORE:
http://ctj.org/taxjusticedigest/archive/2012/06/governor_walker_courageous_we.php

[Blaspherian]

1. It's sickening.

He's a full on scumbag.

[Skinner]

7. Yes he is.

Welcome to DU, Blaspherian.

[Spacer125]

2. It's not over yet.

Democrats took the Senate Majority.

[Skinner]

8. Yes we did.

Welcome to DU, Spacer125.

[hobbit709]

6. Oh really.

[hobbit709]

4. He's got as much courage as any other bully

[libtodeath]

5. He is a coward through and through.