Scott Walker says he voted for Reagan... but he was 13 & 17 when Reagan ran for president

[Omaha Steve]

https://twitter.com/American_Bridge/status/432928710535045120

[Scuba]

1. Squatty also dropped out of Marquette to care for his newborn three years before the birth.

If Wanker said it, it's a lie.

[ck4829]

2. I know it, you know, DU knows it, there are fish in the sea that know it

But do the tea-addled know it?

[Thinkingabout]

3. Aw, he didnt think you could figure out he wasn't telling the truth.

I am not really sure Reagan would really need the support of Scott Walker. As bad if a job Reagan gave us, it is not as bad as Walker would do.

[louis-t]

4. "He's a lyin' sack of crap...

He's a lyin' sack of crap.....he's a stinkin', rotten, lyin', putrid, stupid piece of crap."

[LiberalElite]

5. VOTER FRAUD!! nt

[rurallib]

7. Agreed - arrest his ass and throw him out of the country.

[grahamhgreen]

12. Yeeeeeehawwwww!!!!! lol

[riversedge]

6. Blogger now ways he misquoted Walker...

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/244774101.html


Blogger apologizes for misquoting Scott Walker on Reagan vote
By Daniel Bice of the Journal Sentinel
Feb. 10, 2014 4:33 p.m.

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It took a little while, but lefty bloggers pounced on a January interview in which Gov. Scott Walker supposedly told a conservative website that he recalled voting for Ronald Reagan for president.

John Hawkins of RightWing News quoted Walker as saying:

"I remember, I was a teenager, had just become a teenager and voted for Ronald Reagan — limited government, you know, smaller government, lower taxes, strong national defense. You knew what you were getting. You knew how a Reagan administration, a Reagan presidency was going to be better for you."


Of course, Walker had just turned 13 when Reagan defeated then-President Jimmy Carter in 1980. Walker was still too young to vote when Reagan won re-election four years later.

That prompted sharp criticism this weekend from liberal Wisconsin bloggers, such as The Political Environment and Blogging Blue, By noon on Monday, the story had gained traction with such national sites as Huffington Post and Talking Points Memo, which took shots at Walker for alleged voter fraud. .....

[jsr]

11. He needs to release the whole audio

not just a selected portion to fit his apology.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

8. he meant Voted Reagan as best president ever in a meaningless 1986 internet poll

before the web existed.

[Liberal_Dog]

9. You Mean He Lied???

I am shocked--shocked I say-- that a Republican would lie like that. They're usually so honest.

[Gothmog]

10. Juanita Jean had some fun mocking Walker's math skills

http://www.juanitajean.com/2014/02/10/when-math-attacks/

[spanone]

13. hey, so he lied. lying to the american people is just fine in 2014...if you're a republican.

[former9thward]

16. Not that it matters but the blogger got it wrong.

He made up the quote. http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/244774101.html

[bobclark86]

14. I voted for president in '92...

admittedly, I was in first grade, but I did.

http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/5913-weekly-reader-poll-has-predicted-12-of-last-13-elections-and-this-year-obama-wins-in-electoral-landslide

Coincidentally, that was the only year I ever voted for a Republican for president (I just voted for the president who sent my sister a picture of him, his wife, and their dog). And that was the only year the poll was wrong.

[Bandit]

15. If he voted during a school trial election is he still Lying on this issue?

I think he voted in the school election that almost every school holds right before a real election to sort of get a feel for things. To a child this is a vote cast..

[former9thward]

17. He didn't lie.

It turns out it was an internet made up quote. http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/244774101.html