Gov. Ham Sandwich at fancy NYC righties' dinner tonight
[Updated from 9:14 p.m. Wednesday] Where's our down-home Governor tonight? Sorry, protesting Menominee, who walked 150 miles through Polar Vortex weather to talk about the casino jobs he blew off. He's not home, that's for sure:
National Review editor Rich Lowry, Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo and several other prominent media personalities attended a private dinner with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in Manhattan on Wednesday night, sources at the event told the On Media blog on Wednesday.
The dinner, which took place at the “21” Club in Manhattan, was hosted by economists Larry Kudlow (of CNBC), Arthur Laffer, and Stephen Moore. The Washington Post's Robert Costa reported on the dinner earlier tonight, citing Walker's effort to court the GOP’s anti-tax wing ahead of the 2016 Republican presidential primary. Kudlow, Laffer and Moore are all advocates for supply-side economics.
Roughly 60 people were in attendance, including: Rich Lowry and John Fund of the National Review; John Stossel and Maria Bartiromo of Fox Business Network, Bill Hemmer of Fox News; James Freeman of The Wall Street Journal editorial page; and Mort Zuckerman, the owner and publisher of the New York Daily News and the U.S. News & World Report. Our colleague Darren Samuelsohn was also in attendance.
Anyone still thinking Walker's number one priority is Wisconsin need only consult this map tracking his travels.
9 comments:
did he give Lowry starbursts?
Yeah, he wasn't elected in order to listen to lousy CONSTITUENTS....
Yeah, he wasn't elected in order to listen to lousy CONSTITUENTS....
sounds pretty elitist to me.
I, for one, would really like to know what it is costing the citizens of Wisconsin to keep him on a nonstop flight all over the U.S. and Europe?
James: The Menominee spokesman says that the $1.5 million analysis that the governor ordered and paid for on the Casino indicates that the Casino would benefit Wisconsin. The Menominee's claim that DOA Secretary Huebsch did not follow the study's conclusions in his recommendation to deny the Casino. Has that study ever been made public and if not how do we get it to the public? Since this was paid for with tax dollars this study should be public information. Is it possible that the analysis was indeed positive towards the Casino but Walker ignored it for political reasons only?
anon 10:51
If this was an important story and what you state is true, then the states watchdog media would be reporting it.
There is no such report in my local paper (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) nor do they publish news that attacks Scott Walker the way this blog does daily.
Obviously, one or the other (MJS or ThePoliticalEnvironment) is publishing lies.
Since the watchdog sees no reason to bark, it is easy to see who is not being truthful.
ANON 59: are you saying because the Journal Sentinel hasn't investigated the conclusions of a $1.5 million study and analysis that taxpayers paid for we are nor entitled to see it and we should take the governor's word for which he has rated the most untrust-worthy governor in the nation. If so you had better go refill your glass of Kool-Aid!Where on earth have you been the last 4 years. Walker and friends have stalemated investigative journalism at every turn and conducted business behind closed doors. Here's Walker speaking on Oct. 17,2014." The next state budget will begin with a surplus of over a half billion dollars....$ 535 million to be exact......This means we can invest in our priorities. Things like.......quality schools, our U W system....." The governor you defend is indefensible; he is a despicable lying bag of wind!
Anon 12:30
Yup -- that's what I am saying. They have a "watchdog" reporter over there and all kinds of state news guys.
It just always seems like the things posted here are from some other state.
If he was a "despicable lying bag of wind", then why would newspapers all over the state, including the largest, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, endorse him over-and-over again.
When you "fact check" this blog with reports at the state's largest newspaper, things just don't check as true.
And if there was a problem with the state's media/news outlets, why wouldn't it be a topic here.
Instead, we just get one contrarian post after another without any agreement from the official Wisconsin news sources.
So who you gonna believe?
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