Saturday, March 12, 2011

Walker's Two-Faced Position On Protest "Thuggery"

To the fake David Koch, he said this:


Fake David Koch: But, uh, what we were thinking about the crowds was, uh, was planting some troublemakers.
Walker: You know, the, well, the only problem with that — because we thought about that. The problem — the, my only gut reaction to that is right now the lawmakers I’ve talked to have just completely had it with them, the public is not really fond of this. The teachers union did some polling of focus groups, I think, and found out that the public turned on ’em the minute they closed school down for a couple days. The guys we’ve got left are largely from out of state, and I keep dismissing it in all my press conferences saying, ‘Eh, they’re mostly from out of state.’ My only fear would be is if there was a ruckus caused is that that would scare the public into thinking maybe the governor has gotta settle to avoid all these problems.
 To Sean Hannity, Thursday on Fox News, he said this with regard to protesters: 
Hannity:.."pro-union protesters continually disrupted [legislative efforts] efforts.

Walker: "And, thankfully, again, our lawmakers stood up to those sort of thuggery attacks and we're not going to allow that here in the state of Wisconsin. We could have good, civil debate. The people -- the people who work for state and local government have been decent and I respect them throughout this process. But the people coming from other states that bring these sorts of tactics just don't belong here. And, hopefully, they'll move on to another state where they think those tactics might work because they don't work in Wisconsin."

1 comment:

mal said...

GOP talking point being driven to the hilt.

Recall target, Sen. Randy Hopper (R-Fond du Lac), is using the same pile of BS.

"Citing recent threats during the budget repair bill battle, Republican Senator Randy Hopper says he will not participate in Saturday's St. Patrick's Day Parade in Fond du Lac," reports WBAY TV. "In a written statement, Senator Hopper said, 'I had looked forward to walking the parade route and sharing this celebration with my family, friends, neighbors, and constituents, but I, in no way, want to put the citizens of Fond du Lac in harm's way.'"

See http://malcontends.blogspot.com/2011/03/sen-randy-hoppers-wife-tells-protesters.html

"In harm's way": What a crock.