Walker Mocked Regional Job Effort - - But Now He Wants Credit

I was surprised to hear Scott Walker in Friday's debate claim credit for job creation, when he stood in front of the Downtown Rotary in 2005 and mocked the new seven-county business and government collaborative designed to bring and keep jobs in the region.


Remember "Lipstick on a pig?"


Glad Tom Barrett remembered.

Here's what I wrote about it back then.

Doesn't Walker know that the Internet has memory? Even if he doesn't?

You can read the Journal Sentinel's reaction at the time - - "exceedingly unhelpful" - - here.