“He’s not one of us.”

[kpete]

“He’s not one of us.”

That phrase, uttered in the fourth minute of what Scott Walker believed to be a private phone conversation, tells you everything you need to know about the rookie governor of Wisconsin…

In the recorded call, Walker praised a centrist state senator, Tim Cullen, as “about the only reasonable one” among the 14 Democratic legislators who fled the state to deny Walker the quorum he needs to destroy Wisconsin’s public-sector unions. But when the fake Koch offered to call Cullen, Walker discouraged him:

“He’s pretty reasonable, but he’s not one of us. . . . He’s not there for political reasons. He’s just trying to get something done. . . . He’s not a conservative. He’s just a pragmatist.”

“Just a pragmatist” – as if it were an epithet. “Just trying to get something done” – as if this were evidence of a character defect…

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of all places:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/25/AR2011022503021.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

[elocs]

1. I just read this in my local paper. A good assessment.

On edit: I almost posted it here and would have used that exact same quote.

[HopeHoops]

2. Hopefully the restaurant incident won't be isolated. Walker should get booed everywhere he goes.

[Botany]

3. Walker is gonna be gone as Governor .... it is just a matter of time

Just remember every passing day brings the State of Wisconsin one day closer to being
able to recall Walker. He has been in about 2 months and he can't be recalled till
he has served 1 year and because of that phone call Walker is now a pariah and the
people of Wisconsin are pissed off at him and they will get their pound of flesh when
he is removed from office.

I wish we could do the same thing in Ohio w/ Kasich.

<"I don't budge," Walker promised the fake Koch. He explained that he would increase pressure on
state workers by threatening thousands of them with layoffs. He considered planting instigators in
the crowd, he said, and he might offer to talk to Democrats - but only as a ruse to get them to
return. "I'm not negotiating," he said.

These are not the words of a statesman. These are the words of a hooligan.>

[Jokinomx]

4. These words will be the downfall of many republicans in Wisconsin....

It's not hard to look at all republicans in this light considering they are following walker blindly.

If I were a Democratic strategist... I would find many ways to incorporate this in any Dem campaign to make sure people don't forget it.

The call phrase labeled on all republicans.

[The Backlash Cometh]

5. This guy just gave Cullen his campaign slogan for the next election.

A pragmatist that just wants to get things done--even the Republicans agree.

[seafan]

6. 'These are not the words of a statesman. These are the words of a hooligan. '

Wow, what's happened to Dana Milbank?


Is he defecting from the tribe?

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In the recorded call, Walker praised a centrist state senator, Tim Cullen, as "about the only reasonable one" among the 14 Democratic legislators who fled the state to deny Walker the quorum he needs to destroy Wisconsin's public-sector unions. But when the fake Koch offered to call Cullen, Walker discouraged him:

"He's pretty reasonable, but he's not one of us. . . . He's not there for political reasons. He's just trying to get something done. . . . He's not a conservative. He's just a pragmatist."

"Just a pragmatist" - as if it were an epithet. "Just trying to get something done" - as if this were evidence of a character defect.

.....

Under Walker's tribal political theory, governing is a never-ending cycle of revenge killings.

"I don't budge," Walker promised the fake Koch. He explained that he would increase pressure on state workers by threatening thousands of them with layoffs. He considered planting instigators in the crowd, he said, and he might offer to talk to Democrats - but only as a ruse to get them to return. "I'm not negotiating," he said.

These are not the words of a statesman. These are the words of a hooligan.

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[Ellipsis]

7. Just who is us? K&R