Scott Walker smuggles ringers into the capital for the legislative session

[Liberal In Texas]

The Awl's Abe Sauer is at the Wisconsin state house with press credentials, and he describes the scene after rogue governor Scott Walker defied a court order and violated state law by locking the public out of the capitol. But then something even weirder and creepier happened: a cadre of out-of-town ringers in suits were smuggled into the gallery through the civil defense tunnels to bleat their approval for Walker's budget proposal:

http://www.boingboing.net/2011/03/02/scott-walker-smuggle.html

[madmax]

1. I sincerely hope Wisconsinites re-call

this sorry bastards ass and quickly.

The people of Wisconsin have a lot of guts and heart. It's been freaking COLD out there and yet they come, they stay, they make their voices heard. People like them help me keep the faith that we are still a majority of good people who will fight for each other.


:loveya: Wisconsin

[ProfessionalLeftist]

8. By the time they do, the desired damage will be done though. n/t

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[rurallib]

3. they all have the republican uniform on

all the way down to the wrinkled white skin.

[Hubert Flottz]

4. Scott wants to be a showman like Bush.

Scott laid his cards on the table in that prank call. The man is a piece of shit!(like Bush)

[Lasher]

9. Yep, got the free speech zones all set up.

SSDD

[Hubert Flottz]

16. Scott wants to be Der Decider!

Thinks it's time to lower working, tax paying, American's "Standard Of Living" so he can give gifts to the wealthy by way of his tax trix.

The jobs will come back when, OSHA, EPA, the clean water act, the clean air act, "collective bargaining," child welfare act, pensions, social security, and last but not least, the minimum wage laws, are all history. Scott thinks our standard of living is too high. Scottie and old "Kompassionate" Koch want to be Ole Massa Scott/Der Decider. Scott is a crusader like Das Bush.

[Canuckistanian]

5. Trained seals would have been cheaper

Imagine all the money that has been promised to each and every one of those people.

I'd like to see a list of those names.

[siligut]

6. Theater for Faux news?

Why do this? Some of the truth has actually been broadcast by the M$M and the capitol was supposed to be locked. If this really happened, the blatancy is phenomenal, even for Walker. This says he thinks he is invincible.

[elocs]

7. So I've heard, so I've heard. n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. A very good local news article about this is here:

VERY good piece:

http://www.theawl.com/2011/03/in-madison-scott-walker-packed-his-budget-address-with-ringers?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAwl+%28The+Awl%29

to add: one of several great sentences from the above:

"In a red suit that screamed "Look at me, fuckers" Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch worked the Republican side of the assembly like a brothel's madam."

:rofl:

[Blue Owl]

11. Could that shill gallery look any more staged?

Utterly pathetic.

[sarcasmo]

12. Recall the man who thinks he is king.

[Liberal In Texas]

14. To me they're just missing the armbands.

If you know what I mean.

[sarcasmo]

17. I know what you mean and I agree.

[Poboy]

13. R'd

[Lasher]

15. I had to come back to this thread, it's so bizarre.

Applausebots smuggled in through the civil defense tunnels. What a circus.



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