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Related: About this forumIn Speech to Alabama GOP, Walker Claims Protesters Spit Upon His Son and 76 Year Old Mother
http://www.uppitywis.org/blogarticle/speech-alabama-gop-walker-claims-protesters-spit-upon-his-son-anThis past Saturday, Scott Walker chose to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's legendary March on Washington by going to the original capital of the confederacy: Montgomery, Alabama. In fact, the hotel he spoke-at was once the spot of the Confederate government's offices-- there was even a historical marker near the hotel with a Confederate rebel flag displayed prominenty!
And even though Montgomery was also the epicenter of the civil rights stuggle and where Rosa Parks famously stood her ground, Walker chose to ignore that and instead talk about his own struggle, claiming that his mother and and son were spit-upon in 2011 when Walker took away public workers' right to collectively bargain:
"He said he received death threats, and his mother and son were shouted at and spit upon during a trip to the grocery store."
Hmmm... this doesn't pass the smell test. This is the first time Walker has claimed that anyone in his family were spit upon and I find it hard to believe that Walker, who is perhaps the most opportunistic victim in Wisconsin history, would have waited for nearly two years to tell anyone about it.
And even though Montgomery was also the epicenter of the civil rights stuggle and where Rosa Parks famously stood her ground, Walker chose to ignore that and instead talk about his own struggle, claiming that his mother and and son were spit-upon in 2011 when Walker took away public workers' right to collectively bargain:
"He said he received death threats, and his mother and son were shouted at and spit upon during a trip to the grocery store."
Hmmm... this doesn't pass the smell test. This is the first time Walker has claimed that anyone in his family were spit upon and I find it hard to believe that Walker, who is perhaps the most opportunistic victim in Wisconsin history, would have waited for nearly two years to tell anyone about it.
No assault charges, no witnesses, no prior claims, just Squat Wanker's word. You'll need an entire salt lick for this one.
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In Speech to Alabama GOP, Walker Claims Protesters Spit Upon His Son and 76 Year Old Mother (Original Post)
Scuba
Aug 2013
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liberal N proud
(60,332 posts)1. He wouldn't know what it was like to be persecuted.
Low life fucker.
warrant46
(2,205 posts)2. Running for President in Alabama
With a banjo on his knee !!
KansDem
(28,498 posts)3. He's using the "VietNam vets were spat upon" myth to garner sympathy
He's pathetic...
dembotoz
(16,785 posts)4. had that happened he would have called out the national guard
dabigpfish
(4 posts)5. He thought that was my saliva?
lol. He really is dumb.
riversedge
(70,077 posts)6. So, Walker goes out of state to make this serious
accusation. whow. no guts to say it in WI?