Pic Of The Moment: Scott Walker: Not Ready For Prime Time, Or Just A Coward?

[EarlG]

Scott Walker intimidated by press in London

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[Roy Rolling]

1. NRFPT or Coward?

For him, those two terms are not mutually exclusive.

With all the Koch money, he should just bring along his own fake reporters to ask him questions about how great Wisconsin is doing under his watch.

[DetlefK]

2. Afraid of stepping out of the bubble.

[hollysmom]

3. come on - he knows the odds of saying something stupid - look at all the other contenders.

it is like candidates go to England and say something stupid.
............^
.........Republican


huh, I never realized you can't use color here until I tried to make the dots white

[GeorgeGist]

28. what

[font color = white] the fuck are you talking about?[/font color] highlight back

[hollysmom]

34. he knew the odds of being a Republican presidential candidate in England and saying soething stupid

it appears to be 100% - and look he talked to a reporter and said something stupid - the record is perfect!

[LeftishBrit]

4. SCOTT WALKER is in the UK???

I was mercifully unaware of this until now.

Please take him back; we have enough twerps of our own!

[Jim Lane]

42. Maybe we can work out a deal.

You write: "Please take him back; we have enough twerps of our own!"

Suppose you agreed to keep him, if in return we took somebody you want to offload. (At least each country would get some novelty value.) Whom would you suggest as a fair trade for Scott Walker?

[underpants]

5. I saw what happened to Christie - he is smarter and way more charismatic than me

You realize they don't have a Fox News over here?

[virgogal]

9. They have Sky News----almost the same.

[Autumn]

6. A common politician of the chicken shit class.

Rec

[onehandle]

7. It's that funny language they speak in London.

Walker would take questions if they spoke American.

[blm]

8. They are all just auditioning for Bush's VP, at this point.

They know who they have been working for the last 3 decades.

[emulatorloo]

10. This strategy is how Koch Bros won BIG in 2014. Their puppets not allowed to talk to press

Because then people would know their views. Instead the focus is packaging biography ("mom" "farmgirl" "combat vet&quot and hiding extremist views,

[alterfurz]

11. After his "boots on the ground" gaffe on ABC...

...the Koch Brothers realized that Walker’s MS-DOS 1.0 foreign policy software would need extensive revisions, to work around the severe limitations imposed by the ScottBot's single 64K memory module. Until further testing is complete, Scottie has been temporarily re-programmed to deny access to any and all foreign policy queries.

[CrispyQ]

12. LOL

"...would need extensive revisions, to work around the severe limitations imposed by the ScottBot's single 64K memory module..."

[lark]

13. Koch sucker

It appears his masters and idols, the Koch brothers, didn't get his script ready in time so he's not allowed to talk. They realize how limited in intelligence he is and can't risk him freelancing. He might accidentally tell the truth and then he'd never get elected!

[Botany]

14. The British Press will see him as "low hanging fruit"

and they will go after him big time.

[Bettie]

15. He is really good at avoiding questions

He doesn't answer them unless they are previously approved.

Wonder how that will work in debates when he runs for the Rep nomination...

[herding cats]

16. Does it have to be either/or?

I don't think we're talking about things which are mutually exclusive here.

[NewJeffCT]

17. This seems to be the Republican M.O. in recent years

refuse to answer any questions from any media except guaranteed friendlies and just hope nobody notices. (After her first few disasters with heavy hitters like Katie Couric, Sarah Palin didn't do interviews outside of Fox News until the debate, if I recall)

They need to actually be called out on this strategy. "IF you can't face (the lightweight media in the US), how can you stand up to Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping or Kim Jong Un?"

[valerief]

18. Both!

[Half-Century Man]

19. He is under orders not to talk.

His handlers keep him on a strict schedule.

He does get an hour of free time however, he may wander about in a Welsh moor between 3:45 am until 4:45am on his second day.

[George II]

20. Does it have to be either/or? How about BOTH?!

[JDDavis]

21. Is Wisconsin going to sell more of their cheese to the

land of the original Cheddar?

[jwirr]

22. Just a coward.

[lutefisk]

23. He took questions today, but refused to respond to foreign policy questions

The Chatham House event just ended, with Walker taking questions for more than 30 minutes. He laughed off any question related to foreign policy, saying "it wouldn't be polite" to talk about foreign policy in another country because he's "old fashioned". That knocked out about half the questions. He responded to most questions with his stock speech talking points- I don't think anyone was impressed.

The best question of all was the last one, asked by the host. Walker was asked if he believed in evolution. He refused to answer, to the shock of everyone in attendance.

[Fred Sanders]

26. ^^^^^Journalists, real reporters, got some questions in....Walker punted on the 'tough' questions.

[lutefisk]

41. Walker was like a middle school student...

...defending a doctoral dissertation he hadn't written.

I enjoyed it, but I don't think he did.

[Still In Wisconsin]

24. Well, it's like this:

Reagan busted the air traffic controller's union, and that scared the shit out of the Soviets and showed that they better not fool with Reagan. So said Walker in an interview a couple weeks ago. Walker busted all of the public employee unions in Wisconsin (except for the two that contributed to his campaign), showing that you had better not fool with Walker.


So, Walker = Reagan. Got it? That should be all the foreign policy creds he needs!

[ThoughtCriminal]

25. I think this says more about the U.S. media

Almost useless.

[Fred Sanders]

27. That is exactly what this says and it was proven again today by Walker. Punted on evolution question

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6212331

Walker Punts and Runs From Evolution Questioner in London

"A Pew Research Center poll last year found that 43 percent of Republicans believe humans have evolved over time, while 48 percent do not. The percentage of Republican voters who believe in evolution has dropped eleven points in four years, according to the survey.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/scott-walker-avoids-evolution-question-115117.html#ixzz3RTI0Nndm

[brooklynite]

29. Update: Walker Won’t Say If He Believes in Evolution

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), speaking in London, “was asked by a British moderator if he believes in evolution. He chose not to answer,” National Journal reports.

Said Walker: “I’m going to punt on that one as well. That’s a question a politician shouldn’t be involved in one way or the other.”

http://politicalwire.com/2015/02/11/walker-wont-say-believes-evolution/

[Cha]

38. Evolution?! It's 2015.. and teabagger candidates are being asked about Evo.. won't see a Dem

candidate being asked if they think they evolved.

[hibbing]

30. haha

While the corporate media get their panties all in a bunch about Brian Williams, but are blind to their own culpability in the Bush cabal invasion and occupation at work, then you have an idiot like Walker afraid to take questions from foreign press. Of course he would never get asked the difficult questions here by the corporate media.

Peace

[Spitfire of ATJ]

31. Are the taxpayers footing the bill for this vacation?

[lutefisk]

46. Taxpayer funded- but worth every penny to see Walker exposed...nt

[SoapBox]

32. He's up to something over there...

Sounds like he's up to no good.

And shouldn't he have his worthless ass in WI working?

Oh ya...worthless.

[BlueEye]

33. When did going to the UK become a pre-requisite for running for Prez?

I can only remember Republicans doing it... It doesn't make much sense. Which country are they planning on fucking up? (both?)

[vankuria]

35. Will this be his foreign policy experience?

[MyOwnPeace]

36. Good one!!!!!

[Cha]

37. Has scott walker learned from sarah palin? ROFL

[TwilightGardener]

39. LOL at these governors going to London.

England is apparently the foreign policy training wheels for these numbnuts. They speak English there, you know, and they're kinda almost related to America, and it's really far-away overseas, not like Canada, so it counts...and they'll be nice and show us around and won't ask too many questions because they know we don't actually know anything.

[yuiyoshida]

40. He is probably researching

How to be a king and England has certainly had their share of kings. But, He wants to be a king with corporations whispering in his ear.

[TeamPooka]

43. He's only there for a photo op. No need to talk because conservatives can't read.

[Scarsdale]

44. Dumb

He has that vacant look in his eyes. Jeb does, too. My nephew in the UK said about W "The lights are on, but nobody is home" Too bad the voters in the US were not so perceptive.

[ProudProg2u]

45. What a piece of work this guy is...

He always reminds me of what a drunk basset hound that just got back from the dentist would look like if god messed up....? And Ya, I'm probably insulting basset hounds but they are not this POS.

[geardaddy]

47. Squatty Wanker n/t

[Hubert Flottz]

48. Stoned and stupid.

[lutefisk]

49. Link to video of Chatham House event

Here's a link to the complete Chatham House event. It begins with Walker's speech and then the questions begin, ending with his now famous refusal to answer the evolution question.

It's quite amazing that his handlers arranged for him to give a speech and take questions at Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, only to instruct him to refuse to answer any questions about international affairs.

[Paladin]

50. Is it unreasonable or elitist to expect a presidential candidate to have a college degree?

Hell, even Sarah Palin eventually secured a degree. Scott Walker never did. I think that fact should be used against him, over and over again.

[Warpy]

51. Other: wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries.

With that kind of money and power backing him, he doesn't have to risk stomping on his tongue in front of the media. How dare they think they can ask him anything?

Thank goodness for phones with cameras in them. It's only a matter of time.

[crim son]

52. Somebody has advised him

he's dumber than a rock.