Wisconsin Gov. Walker pushes back against Obama criticism

[steve2470]

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2011/02/wisconsin-gov-walker-pushes-ba.html

By Perry Bacon Jr.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker criticized President Obama on Monday after the president made a reference in a speech to public employees being "denigrated or vilified or their rights are infringed upon."

"I'm sure the President knows that we have repeatedly praised the more than 300,000 government workers who come to work every day in Wisconsin,"Walker spokesman Cullen Werwie said in a statement. "I'm sure that President Obama simply misunderstands the issues in Wisconsin, and isn't acting like the union bosses in saying one thing and doing another."

Walker, the author of a controversial proposal that Obama has criticized that would limit collective bargaining rights for many Wisconsin state employees, did not join most of the nation's governors in Washington for the winter meeting of the National Governors Association. In a speech Monday morning to the group, Obama did not specifically name Wisconsin or Walker but seemed to make reference to the provision that Walker has championed.

"I don't think it does anybody any good when public employees are denigrated or vilified or their rights are infringed upon," Obama said. "We need to attract the best and the brightest to public service. These times demand it."

[aquart]

1. Has anyone tried throwing water on Walker?

[steve2470]

2. and using a cross and wolfbane etc ? :) nt

[BadgerKid]

3. Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice!

Drat, he didn't go away.

[Shiver]

4. That's odd...

I don't recall any repetitive praise from Walker...

What was that movie where the guy had a kid who made a wish that his dad couldn't lie, and it worked? Think that might work? Anyone's kid having a birthday in the next day or two?