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There's a level to this discussion you're missing by Mischief Maker 02/01/2015, 6:52am PST
Here you are making points, drawing analogies, inviting rebuttals. You're engaging in a good faith argument. Scott Walker did none of these things.

There was no "repeal of public workers' ability to collectively bargain" bill. There was no public comment period. No debate in the legislature. The repeal of Wisconsin public workers' right to publicly bargain was snuck into a budget bill that Walker attempted to pass in the dead of night. The reason it didn't go smoothly was because several democrats left the state to deny Walker the quorum necessary to pass this budget bill.

Huge throngs of protesters descended on the capitol but Walker refused to meet with union leaders to negotiate, saying he was "too busy." This is why the "Koch Whore" phonecall is even more outrageous, because when Walker was too busy to speak to his own constituents, when some dude pretending to be a California Billionaire called up, Walker dropped everything and scampered to the phone to say, "Hi boss! I did a good thing, huh boss?"

But in the end the actual David Koch gave Walker the "help" he asked for, the Democrats once again displayed their superhuman ability to fuck up an opportunity by fielding the guy who had just lost to Walker as their recall candidate, and the rest is history. Speaking of which...



...Obama couldn't find any comfortable shoes.
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Colorado voted out Udall by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/04/2014, 7:10pm PST NEW
    Scott Walker is like MischiefMaker's white whale. by WITTGENSTEIN 11/04/2014, 9:29pm PST NEW
        I hate to say it, but I called it six months ago. by Mischief Maker 11/05/2014, 3:30am PST NEW
            I'd vote for Walker if I had the chance. by blackwater 11/26/2014, 10:06pm PST NEW
                You'll get exactly what you wished for, you poor dumb bastard. by Mischief Maker 11/27/2014, 5:19am PST NEW
                    Come on, this is think-of-the-children-ism of the worst sort. by blackwater 11/28/2014, 8:35am PST NEW
                        "Both parties are just as bad" by fabio 11/28/2014, 9:45am PST NEW
                            Are you saying weapons contractors give more $ than $20/hour firemen? NT by My Monocle!!! 11/28/2014, 10:50am PST NEW
                            Reducing police union bargaining power might have prevented Ferguson riots by WITTGENSTEIN 11/28/2014, 11:35am PST NEW
                            Public sector unions are a conspiracy against the public. by blackwater 02/01/2015, 2:17am PST NEW
                                There's a level to this discussion you're missing by Mischief Maker 02/01/2015, 6:52am PST NEW
                                    Right to Work was passed in almost exactly the same way in Michigan. NT by Fullofkittens 02/01/2015, 9:27am PST NEW
                                    I remember reading that Dems fled the state to try to kill the bill by blackwater 02/01/2015, 10:38pm PST NEW
                                        I can't tell if you're just playing devil's advocate by diehipster.com 02/01/2015, 11:31pm PST NEW
                                            HULK SMASH YOU BEFORE TALK TO INFORMED ADULT AGAIN!!!! NT by AAAAARGH 02/02/2015, 10:54am PST NEW
                                            It's pronounced "Coke" which kind of ruins your pun by WITTGENSTEIN 02/02/2015, 2:11pm PST NEW
                                                Did you mean, "Koch whore?" NT by automated customer service 02/02/2015, 2:55pm PST NEW
                                            u mad, bro? NT by blackwater 02/02/2015, 9:38pm PST NEW
                                                Ever since Reagan, republican politics have been a giant troll on America, yes. NT by Mischief Maker 02/04/2015, 6:00am PST NEW
                        Wait. Is "thinking-of-the-childrenism" a bad thing? NT by Fullofkittens 11/28/2014, 10:17am PST NEW
                            ^Gamer dad NT by Gamer antinatalist 11/28/2014, 4:27pm PST NEW
                            ...he said, as he pulled up to the abortion clinic by drive-through window 02/04/2015, 4:22pm PST NEW
        Re: Scott Walker is like MischiefMaker's white whale. by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/05/2014, 6:37am PST NEW
            It's the 10 year anniversary of Bush jr's re-election! NT by Retards Unite! 11/05/2014, 7:13am PST NEW
                I voted for George P Bush for Land Commissioner :( NT by WITTGENSTEIN 11/05/2014, 4:25pm PST NEW
 
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