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Atman

(31,464 posts)
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 08:22 AM Nov 2013

I think I'm going to be sick...Scott Walker in 2016? Really?

"Liberal" MSNBC has been heavily promoting him lately...today they're actually giving the asshole free air time.

Chris Christie. Scott Walker. Ted Cruz. No wonder the GOP is so depressed.

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Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
1. Deep breaths.
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 08:24 AM
Nov 2013

They promoted Pawlenty for a while in the last election....and Santorum...and Huckleberry...and Palin...and...and....and...

 

Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
13. There's a very good reason for feeding those egos with publicity.
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 02:28 PM
Nov 2013

They will want to run for POTUS...and more importantly think they have a winning chance at surviving the primaries.

Guess what happens next? bwahh haa haaah aaaaaaaa *gasping for air* haaaa haaaaaaaa

PeaceNikki

(27,985 posts)
3. he has skeletons...
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 08:26 AM
Nov 2013

Like poster above me said... It's early.

Maybe he'll be too busy focusing in that to keep fucking us over in Wisconsin.

A girl can dream....

riversedge

(70,299 posts)
4. Scooter is doing his mandated presidental book tour..
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 08:29 AM
Nov 2013

Although he denies it.

He spends more time out of state raising $$ than in state. But he has control of the Koch #teaparty legislature here in Wisconsin.

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
5. Rule No. 1 for campaigns: Don't let the voter know what you really think.
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 08:37 AM
Nov 2013

The earlier the candidate comes out, the more time he will spend talking, the more likely it is that he will say something stupid and the more time he will spend under scrutiny. All of that talk of "X for president in 2016" is ultimately counter-productive.

riversedge

(70,299 posts)
6. @Morning_Joe has @GovWalker on pimping book/distorting record of "success" in WI.
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 08:49 AM
Nov 2013

I missed it but really not sorry. I tire of his boring talking points--over and over.


#MSNBC @Morning_Joe has @GovWalker on pimping book/distorting record of "success" in WI. No questions about lousy jobs//#WarOnWomen #JohnDoe

MADem

(135,425 posts)
8. If the concept invokes strong emotion in you, then the media make money.
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 09:04 AM
Nov 2013

They want to get you riled, so you will watch and shake your fist at the television.

I think the guy has too many negatives. Chris Christie, by contrast, has inoculated himself against many of those negatives. He gets crossover votes and is perceived (not locally but nationally) to be less divisive. Ted Cruz is a lunatic who only owns a corner of his party, though he holds more of 'em hostage.

riversedge

(70,299 posts)
11. Court filings seek to stop Doe probe into recall elections
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 09:13 AM
Nov 2013

These folks want to go straight to the Wisconsin Supreme Court where there is a Walker stamp of approval. whow!

Court filings seek to stop Doe probe into recall elections


http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/court-filings-target-judge-overseeing-probe-into-conservative-groups-b99145927z1-232536631.html


Madison — Three unnamed people have asked the Wisconsin Court of Appeals to temporarily halt a secret investigation of campaign fundraising and spending during Wisconsin's recent recall elections.

Madison attorney Dean Strang filed the five motions Thursday, according to online court records. The filings name special prosecutor Francis Schmitz and initially namedretired Kenosha County Circuit Judge Barbara Kluka, who was originally in charge of the investigation.

The filings were amended this week to reflect that the investigation is now being overseen by retired Appeals Court Judge Gregory Peterson. Kluka has not said why she recused herself.

Copies of the court records were not available because Strang has filed motions to seal the petitions and related records. The filings, called petitions for supervisory writs, are requests that higher courts review how the investigation is being conducted.

Strang is seeking to stay the investigation and also has filed motions suggesting the matter be sent to the state Supreme Court. For now, the cases are before the Madison-based Court of Appeals panel....

Read more from Journal Sentinel: http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/court-filings-target-judge-overseeing-probe-into-conservative-groups-b99145927z1-232536631.html#ixzz2lBuPKqpg
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Gothmog

(145,553 posts)
12. The 2014 race could stop this mess
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 02:25 PM
Nov 2013

I really hope that Walker loses in 2014. That would put an end to his hopes to be POTUS

alp227

(32,048 posts)
14. So has "liberal" NPR
Wed Nov 20, 2013, 02:37 PM
Nov 2013

Morning Edition had a SOFTBALL interview with Snot Wanker today! Look at the comments section ripping Wanker a new one! http://www.npr.org/2013/11/20/246158801/gov-scott-walker-recounts-first-term-battles-in-new-book

As I posted earlier, ABC also served as Walker's promotional vehicle too. Jonathan Karl (an alum of the right wing Leadership Institute) had a softball "will you run in 2016" interview on Sunday's "This Week".

As far as I know, neither "liberal media" outlet asked Walker at all about Walker's campaign being under investigation or challenged his framing of how he governed Wisconsin.

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