Should Walker resign?

[unkachuck]

Should Scott Walker resign?

[bluestate10]

1. Walker is a disgrace to democracy. His actions are both mean and transparent. nt

[cliffordu]

2. NOOOOOO _

I haven't had this much fun watching someone set themselves on fire since Mooselini ran the AK frontier....

[Tx4obama]

3. He should resign ASAP! n/t

[polichick]

4. Republicans don't do "shoulds."

[Tx4obama]

5. The letter from State Senator Carpenter to Gov Walker - text below

Dear Governor Walker,
I am informed that a tape recording has been released in which you apparently held an
extensive discussion with someone you believed to be your campaign supporter, David
Koch. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel states that the caller was actually a reporter,
pretending to be David Koch, and it has posted a transcript of the recording. It appears
that you admit the call occurred, and have not contested the authenticity of transcript.
David Koch is the billionaire businessman who reportedly contributed thousands to your
campaign and who the media claims is a key source of funding for shadowy political
groups that spend hundreds of thousands of dollars attacking your political adversaries in
our state.

At a historic moment in our State’s history, brought on by your refusal to compromise
with elected officials regarding the elimination of worker’s rights, you still refuse to talk
with Democratic legislators. However, you apparently have no problem taking a phone
call from “Mr. Koch” and to:

• Discuss your strategy to lay off public workers to seek partisan advantage to pass
your agenda;
• Discuss your plan to lure Democratic legislators to the Capitol on the pretext of
negotiation, but then state that you would never actually negotiate;
• Discuss your plan to use the pretext of negotiation to get a quorum for legislative
fiscal action that Republicans so far have not been able to do;
• Discuss that you considered the “planting” of paid troublemakers into the
peaceful protests at our Capitol; and to
• Give your enthusiastic acceptance to an offer from “Koch” to fly you out on a
vacation to show you a “good time” once you “crush these bastards.” Your
response was “That would be outstanding…” Given that Koch’s businesses could
reap vast rewards with the ‘no bid’ sale of the Wisconsin’s power plants that you
propose in your budget repair bill, this response is severely troubling.

Governor Walker, this tape would make Richard Nixon blush. If the recording and the
items discussed by you are indeed your plans, you have no business being in public office
in our State, and should resign.

Sincerely,
Tim Carpenter
State Senator

http://wispolitics.com/1006/large/110223_Carpenter_letter.pdf

[elocs]

6. If you're going to fantasize about something that will never happen, aim bigger than that.

The list of politicians who should resign or should have resigned is very, very large.

[ThomCat]

7. Hell Yes.

The sooner he leaves office, and preferably leaves politics entirely, the better everyone will be.

He is a blight on everything he touches. He wants to enrich himself and a few friends, supporters and cronies, while openly and actively hurting and devastating everyone else throughout his entire state.

He blatantly created a problem where it didn't exist before just so he could exaggerate how severe it is and then use its existence and severity as an excuse to bludgeon others until all those others are defenseless and desperately poor.

That isn't public service, that's mugging, done on a massive scale. And he's doing it with the backing of billionaires, not because any of them gives a damn about the good of the state or the public, but because they all see opportunities for personal wealth, and selling off the state assets.

He is very open about wanting to do harm to the people of the state, especially the unionized people and the weakest and most vulnerable people of his state. And he is very open about wanting to sell of the valuable resources of his state, which would make his state much poorer in the long run. Any politician who who would do any of this should never be allowed to stay in office.

[ncteechur]

8. I think he should go to jail.

[Angry Dragon]

9. He shows true Baptist family values that he learned at his

daddy's knee