Scott Walker won't take questions from reporters during London trip following Chris Christie's disas

[riversedge]

Source: dailymail

I would bet the farm that his pic with Cameron will be used in his campaign!



By David Martosko, Us Political Editor For Dailymail.com

Published: 09:12 EST, 10 February 2015 | Updated: 11:33 EST, 10 February 2015




Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will carefully avoid the media during his trip to the United Kingdom, on the heels of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's disastrous London swing a week ago.

He is scheduled to have a private meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday, but unlike Christie he will not take questions from the media while he's overseas.


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'This is an official trip and the purpose of the trade mission is to promote foreign direct investment in Wisconsin, so it is vital that we keep the Governor's planned schedule.'

She said before Walker left that the journey would be 'a business trip, not a photo op.'







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[louis-t]

1. Dork.

The entire UK thinks we're insane for even considering one of these assholes for president .

[elleng]

2. 'Cause he doesn't speak the language?

[rurallib]

3. might get asked a real question by a real reporter

you're not in the US any more, Scotty

[Fred Sanders]

9. The precisely correct truth. Pretend truth is just getting silly and boring in the GOP lately.

[project_bluebook]

4. Stupid is as stupid does, and that goes for republican voters

who keep putting these pricks in office. or dumb and dumber goes to England.

[msanthrope]

5. I hope the Brit media savages him. nt

[jehop61]

6. I seem to remember

Barack Obama spoke before thousands when he went on a similar European trip in 08.

[riversedge]

14. +1...

In solidarity

[jehop61]

18. thank you so very much

[Ed Suspicious]

7. Not a photo op my ass. Governors running for president make international trips to talk trade with

world leaders for a reason. It ain't about trade with Wisconsin. It's about optics, plain and simple.

[riversedge]

12. yes, Walker likes to pretend we do not.

[movonne]

8. These dead eyes could be president...

[Fred Sanders]

10. My Siamese cat has a better chance of being President. More pretending.

[Scuba]

22. Do not underestimate this guy. He's very dangerous.

[Laxman]

11. There's An Odd Resemblence....

Just what the doctor ordered-a half-witted, college dropout, Koch owned idiot for President. What could possibly go wrong?

[First Speaker]

16. Thanks--you just made me wipe coffee from my computer screen...

...hope you're happy...LOL

[riversedge]

13. More Walker Twitter photos from 'no-photo-op' junket (Walker sending out his own pics)...

Tuesday, February 10, 2015
More Walker Twitter photos from 'no-photo-op' junket

http://thepoliticalenvironment.blogspot.com/2015/02/more-walker-twitter-photos-from-no.html

As I noted earlier, Walker has told British media he will not do interviews because his trip there is not a photo op. But his Twitter account keeps giving the lie to the statement. How is this photo op not a photo op?

[Thor_MN]

15. Can't reveal to the world the intelligence of High School Graduate Walker.

He must have done well enough on the SAT or ACT, but he didn't make it through college. Anyone know what year he was when asked to leave? Did he even finish his Freshman year to be able to say "Some College" on a job application? Personally I wouldn't hire that nitwit to sweep a warehouse, but...

[freshwest]

17. Every time I see him I need a dose of:

That smug shit eating grin makes it all the worse...

[Snarkoleptic]

19. Maybe he can drop by Spain on his "trade mission" in order to visit

the manufacturer that cancelled plans to build rail cars in Wisconsin. This was immediately after he killed high speed rail plans to connect Madison and Milwaukee.

This is why we can't have nice things- Walker proving he's as Teabaggy as they get by "Shunning the $810 million for the long-planned Wisconsin rail project"

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2010/12/13/134830/tea-party-job-loss/

Even before taking office, Republican Govs.-elect John Kasich (OH) and Scott Walker (WI) swiftly delivered on their “promises to kill America’s future” by rebuking a total of $1.2 billion in stimulus funding for high-speed rail projects in their states. Shunning the $810 million for the long-planned Wisconsin rail project, Walker promised to kill the Milwaukee-Madison link if President Obama tried “to force this down the throats of the taxpayers.”

But campaign rhetoric has very real consequences. Last Thursday — on the same day the World Congress for High Speed Rail announced the next HSR Congress will be held in America for the first time — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood pulled the funding from Ohio and Wisconsin, offering it instead to states more eager to spur economic development. What’s more, because of Walker’s narrow-minded politics, the Spanish train manufacturing company Talgo, which moved into Wisconsin for this project, is closing its Milwaukee plant and taking the much-needed jobs with it:

[lutefisk]

20. Walker's new handlers have no confidence in him

His Wisconsin handlers had gotten overconfident; the big guns they have brought in obviously believe he's not ready. But how long can they hide him from the press? Can't win an election only talking to hand picked audiences and reporters. Well, he did in Wisconsin, but this is different, I hope.

[riversedge]

21. and remember his meetups in Wisconsin did not have reporters for the most part.

It will not be that way on the national stump.

[yellowcanine]

23. So don't the citizens of Wisconsin have a right to know what he is doing there since they are paying

for the trip? 'This is an official trip and the purpose of the trade mission is to promote foreign direct investment in Wisconsin, so it is vital that we keep the Governor's planned schedule.'