Wis. gov. says support will grow for new law (he signed it today)

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By SCOTT BAUER, AP

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Friday signed into law the proposal that eliminates most union rights for public employees, saying he had "no doubt" that support for the measure would grow over time.

The governor's signature on the bill quietly concluded a debate over collective bargaining that provoked three weeks of loud, relentless protests at the Capitol.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Walker said once the public sees government becoming more efficient, support for the changes will increase.

"What we're doing here, I think, is progressive. It's innovative. It's reform that leads the country, and we're showing there's a better way by sharing in that sacrifice with all of us in government," he said.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_wisconsin_budget_unions

[northoftheborder]

1. He's lying or is in denial.

[PatrynXX]

16. about as dilusional as Gaudafi is about most of the people supporting him

once more people figure out how many laws he broke. I can't imagine people growing support for breaking the law at govt issue.

[roguevalley]

38. I want a gallon of what he's drinking.

[Aerows]

42. It's got to be more than Kool-aid LOL n/t

[47of74]

2. Mr. Walker can kiss my ass.

[rfranklin]

3. Fucking asshole...

May he have hemmorhoids the size of grapefruit. May his testicles be bitten by a fly and swell to the size of beach balls with elephantiasis. May his cerebellum swell with meningitis until the pain is so excruciating that he can no longer bear it. This we pray, sweet Jesus. Amen!

[Scuba]

4. Sure, just look at all the people supporting it now. A handful...

...of trolls on a few blogs, one planted provacateur at yesterday's rally, and 18 of the 19 R. members of the State Senate.

That makes almost 20 in the state. I'm sure he can convince one more.

He's toast, and so is every state senator who voted with him.

[hankthecrank]

5. yeah and if you lift a horses tail there be gold there, in your case more of you there

[whosinpower]

6. Oh - he's eager to SHARE the sacrifice

But not so eager to SHARE power.

And that is fact. The people of Wisconsin's voice and desires were wiped out in one grand stroke of his pen.

[socialist_n_TN]

24. I wonder how much "sacrifice" the Koch brothers.......

are experiencing?

[jhasp]

41. This, this, this!

He wants to share the pain, but as the economy improves, he won't want to share the gain. As a public employee in WI, I can't wait until he is recalled. They are seriously worried about losing the majority in the State Senate. Walker has been visiting here (La Crosse) about once a week since this thing started and his golden boy Kapanke is going to be out on his ear very quickly.

[old guy]

7. Whistling past the cemetery.

[Iliyah]

10. SOCIPATH

totally.

[forty6]

44. agreed....just like a used car dealer ..."everything is perfect"..n/t

[iwishiwas]

8. He is a deluded poodle.

[louis-t]

9. Delusional. He's been watching Qaddafi in the bunker again.

[Zambero]

11. Grow? The bill's impact will GROW like a malignant tumor

There is one cure and one cure ONLY -- EXCISE the tumor. Recall the S.O.B's!

[bergie321]

12. He's probably right

As more of us become beaten down and accept our new fate as slaves, we will start to accept the propaganda.

[PatrynXX]

17. one thing repukes didn't count on though

can't get your message out if theres a massive disaster in Japan. whoops. and we know how they tried on all the shows lately. more will be against it once they figure out what the right wing did in wisconsin... can't really call them Republicans. Even Republican people are against it.

[KeyserSoze87]

13. I hope this dickweed resigns. His approval ratings are tanking right now.

[quakerboy]

31. Not of his own free will

He's going to kick and scream all the way to the recall and out the other side. He strikes me as the type to keep "signing bills into law" 6 months after all the court challenges are over and he is on the scrap heap of history, sure that the next lawyer will give him his power back, and then everyone will be sorry, just you wait.

[Lifelong Protester]

14. I truly doubt it, Scotty

word is starting to spread rapidly about your budget and its effects on local school budgets, and your whole "I'm giving you the tools to be more efficient" isn't going to cut it when people start realizing who all you are hurting with your evil ways.

Efficient my ass. When you have no one to plow the roads, your trash piles up, and your kid is in a classroom with 39 other students (after an hour and a half bus ride, if you're rural), I don't think any of these scenarios are going to come up "efficient!" on anyone's radar.

[high density]

15. Progressive? Innovative?

It's like, the opposite of those.

[MichiganVote]

18. What a croc of shit

[susu369]

56. Yeah, Koch of shit

[dragonlady]

19. Quietly concluded a debate over collective bargaining?

No. Watch tomorrow when the people continue debating workers' rights and every other horrible provision in his budget bill.

[pacalo]

20. The word is REGRESSIVE when you take away rights.

[hifiguy]

21. This nasty little homunculus is going to get his,

and he is going to get it good.

[glinda]

33. He needs to go now.

[Faygo Kid]

22. He's getting way more than 30 pieces of silver from the Kochs to sell out his citizens.

Guaranteed.

Promises have been made.

[glinda]

34. Papers have been drawn up and contracts most likely signed. He is a bastard.

[neverforget]

23. The people will love the new workers paradise of Wisconsin

:sarcasm:

[forty6]

45. Thousands of public service employees DYING TO WORK in Wisc!!! RIGHT!

I share your sarcasm.

For republicans, No means Yes, just like it does for a rapist!

[notadmblnd]

25. Just like an abused woman looks forward to her next beating

:sarcasm:

[glinda]

35. Actually he seems like an wife beater to me.

[forty6]

46. More like a rapist savors his moment of conquest. n/t

[Mybrokenchains]

26. Nothing they ever say is based in reality...

rethugs have no physical awareness whatsoever....

I urge the scientific community to take on a study, and find out whether or not its even possible to turn a rethuglican into a human being!

[Lefta Dissenter]

27. Hey, Walker

FUCK YOU!

[blackspade]

28. Lying sack of Shit.

"The governor's signature on the bill quietly concluded a debate over collective bargaining that provoked three weeks of loud, relentless protests at the Capitol."

Quietly concluded my ass! The M$M are going to ignore any more protests?

"What we're doing here, I think, is progressive."

Dream on dickhead. There is nothing progressive about the repigs. More like repressive and regressive!

[Doctor_J]

29. Sadly, he's right

His popularity will be back within a month. Hate radio and Fox will rehab him and this law in no time. As I said yesterday, this was a huge setback for our side, and once again our pushback was, in the end, useless.

Actually taking the country back from Hate Radio, Fox, and the Kochs is going to require more, folks. Brace yourselves to either ramp it up or become slaves.

[glinda]

36. You are 500% right. This Country needs to send a big loud message.

[defendandprotect]

30. Support for bringing down the GOP/elite, let's hope, will grow -- !!

[glinda]

32. He is a corrupt little weasle.

[mokawanis]

37. He forgot about Senate recall elections

People are going to remain enraged and determined to punish that asshole. The recall efforts are underway and if we suceed the Dems will have a majority. The outrage is not going to dminish enough to redeem Walker's public image.

[Matariki]

39. What, by paying for phony poll results and bombard the news with "real people" interviews?

[Overseas]

53. Yep. That's the basic idea. And more slick ads.

Thanks to the Citizens' United ruling that pretends multinational corporations are natural persons.


www.reclaimdemocracy.org

[Zorra]

40. Walker is just so full of shit. It's sickening. nt

[City Lights]

43. Sounds like he's betting on winning hearts and minds through lies spewed in Koch ads.

It worked to get him into office. :thumbsdown:

Hopefully, it won't work again.

[underpants]

47. Fox News - they can sell anything AND the rest of the MSM follows them

I would expect several polls that suddenly show public support for the non-law. There was minimal discussion of the polls that showed 60% being against the changes before they happened (Fox&Friends actually flipped the numbers only to change it as they cut to commercial later in the show) so the general public won't find it odd that suddenly everyone just loves loves loves it.

[forty6]

48. People who never agreed with Walker, and those that became disillusioned...

with him since Jan 1, THOSE PEOPLE WILL NOT CHANGE THEIR MINDS!

As far as the polls in Wisconsin are going now, about 60% +/- DO NOT AGREE with what he did... probably more by now...

They will NOT change back...after this horrible display of arrogant behavior from the Repubs this week

He's wishing and whistling past the graveyard, as someone else said above. Reality and Republicans do NOT mix well.

[TaylorWatts]

50. Haha...

Yes, dems will remain mad at him. And a small number of independents and republicans will too.

But many of the independents (who we need) will forget about this and just wonder who is on American Idol.

[Doctor_J]

51. Oh, come on

He's got 3.5 years until the next campaign. You think Fox can't rehab him in that amount of time? It is you who is whistling past the graveyard if you think this will stick more than a few weeks.

[forty6]

55. You are forgetting that 3 to 5 of his RETHUG allies in the state senate will be

gone within the next year or two.

He'll also face a recall petition.

You think this past month is the STUPIDEST and WORST thing he could have done? Well, yes, so far, it is... .but he has time to anger everybody else in the state with his socio pathology, he's going to lose farmers, dairymen, even some bankers and insurance folks, who won't be getting the income they have become used to. As the state slips into further recession, with unemployed teachers, nurses, etc., just wait. He'll be ready to resign lest he face a recall.

I feel for the poor and working people of the state of Wisconsin, but they elected this monster, and they have to pay for his craziness.

[mvd]

54. I agree. Union households will certainly turn on him, and..

he wouldn't have won without their support. Walker will be more and more unpopular IMO just like Bush was.

[gkhouston]

49. So, he failed at politics and is now trying comedy? n/t

[Drahthaardogs]

52. Sharing is socialism Governor Walker

So sayeth the teabaggers

[undeterred]

57. Progressive? Grow to support it?

I say lets amputate his penis on Sunday and see if he grows to like it over time.

[Auntie Bush]

58. Like hell it will. Walker's words be as infamous as "Read my lips"

[Nitram]

59. the desperate lies

of a desperate politician

[fittosurvive]

60. In two years he will know the answer.