He was addressing a national audience in "shorthand" and it doesn't need to hear the facts.
We asked Walker campaign spokeswoman Ciara Matthews about the governor’s characterization of the law.
She acknowledged Walker did not mention the police and firefighter exemptions and said the governor was speaking in generalities for a national audience and didn’t have time to be more specific.
"He was attempting to give the viewers outside of the state of Wisconsin an idea of how things shaped up here," Matthews said.
Matthews added that Walker might have given a shorthand answer because he felt rushed: "I think from a contextural standpoint, Greta tends to be a quick interviewer."
"We gave every public employee in the state the freedom to choose whether or not they want to be in a union."
That's shorthand for inveterate lying.
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Yeah okay, I understand the point you're making here, but reading this I can't help but wonder one thing...have you ever met a man? If not, go out and try to find a woman, they'll be able to put this in perspective for ya. Men brag. They brag a lot. They brag big, they brag small. They brag when they feel good about themselves, the brag when they feel stupid. They brag dressed, undressed, drunk, sober, on-the-job and off, they brag to Bros and to Hos and the voices in their heads. They brag in utero, they brag when they're dead.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is there's no females in the Secret Deciding Room of Politico (shocking, I know) If there was any, they'd instantly understand that Scott was up there mentally body-surfing across naked Swedish Virgins on a pure Podium High, and so saying "I dropped a bomb that took away all bargaining right for Public Parasites except those ones over there cuz I was afraid they might strike, and some back behind that curtain, oh yeah and sure as F. I was not touching the guys who work for Fitz brother's dad...LOL, I know, right? So, yeah...those kindergarten teachers, I got 'em good"
That kind of talk does not get you laid IN YOUR OWN MIND by the Swedish Virgins of Invisible Admiration.
Politics and punditry would all be very different if women were more involved and if they said what they really are thinking. Probably the reason behind a lot of recent legislation.
Anyways, as a personal footnote, when I, still aglow with youthful charm, met a guy who DID NOT act like those gentlemen (including Scott Walker) described above, I married him ASAP. props 2 me! Unfortunately this sets the bar really high for the offspring but what kin ya do..