Walker prank caller gets cult hero's welcome from protesters

[deminks]

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_469851ce-479b-11e0-8b12-001cc4c002e0.html

Say what you will about his method, but the editor who tricked Gov. Scott Walker into thinking he was billionaire supporter David Koch got a cult hero's welcome Saturday from the protesters he showed up to rally with in Madison.

Ian Murphy, editor of the online Buffalo Beast, spoke to protesters in the rotunda of the Capitol — reopened to the public by court order — and made a video of a fake fight under an inflatable palm tree.

He dropped by Ian's Pizza for one of the free slices paid for by people around the world supporting the fight against Walker's budget repair bill that would eliminate bargaining rights for most state workers.

At Starbucks on the Capitol Square, the mild-mannered Murphy, 32, was hailed as a hero by a steady stream of demonstrators who asked him to pose for photos and autograph their signs. One protester urged Murphy to do his Koch imitation, which he readily obliged, saying, "beautiful, beautiful."

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[snacker]

1. He was just ahead of my daughters in line at Ian's. n/t

[Blue Owl]

2. K&R

:kick:

[roguevalley]

3. Ians, ground zero of the revolution. and they serve food too. :)