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applegrove

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Mon Sep 2, 2013, 10:05 PM Sep 2013

"Wisconsin's Walker: 'It's really not about jobs...'"

Wisconsin's Walker: 'It's really not about jobs...'

by Steve Benen at MaddowBlog

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/08/30/20259140-wisconsins-walker-its-really-not-about-jobs

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Complicating matters, after a local NBC affiliate ran the story saying, "Walker backs off campaign jobs pledge at Merrill stop," the governor's office urged the station to take the story off its website.

Scott Walker, in other words, hopes the public doesn't remember his 2010 promise, and hopes news organizations won't remind them.

Also note, when asked about his poor record on job creation, the Republican governor has struggled to come up with a defense. In April, he blamed protesters who opposed his union-busting efforts in 2011, as if his policies were their fault.

While serving as governor and running for a second term, Walker is also co-writing a book with Republican pundit Marc Thiessen, a Washington Post columnist and former President George W. Bush speechwriter.


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