Gov. Scott Walker is among top speakers who will appear at the Republican National Convention in Tampa Bay later this month.
"I am really proud tonight to announce as well a very prominent role for Gov. Scott Walker -- my governor from Wisconsin, and your governor too, for that matter, Greta," announced Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus during On The Record With Greta Van Susteren, according to the Huffington Post.
“We have seen the power of bold ideas right here in Wisconsin,” said Walker in a news release. “The American people are demanding bold reform and we need to put a leader in the White House who will fight to turn our country around. The Republican National Convention will be an important rallying point for our country and our party and I look forward to sharing our story of reform and officially nominating Mitt Romney as the next president of the United States.”
Walker’s recall election was centered around legislation that limited public unions’ collective bargaining abilities, with the exception of police and fire unions. The year leading up to the recall election was filled with protestors and legal battles, but the law was enacted and Walker was safe in the election against Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who Walker defeated in the November 2010 election.
The convention is being held Aug. 27 through Aug. 30. Walker, a controversial Republican governor who won a statewide recall election against him in June, joins other high-profile speakers at the convention. Other speakers include South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Arizona Sen. John McCain and Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, according to the Huffington Post.
The Hill reported in June that Walker’s continued popularity among the Republican Party could earn him the place as a speaker at the national convention.
“I’m going to do what’s best for winning the presidency, and having a convention with bold leaders and great ideas is something that I intend to do,” Priebus told The Hill. Priebus is a Wisconsin native. “Scott Walker is in the category of bright, shining stars with big ideas in this country.”
Don't forget that while it may have been assembled here, it was done so with a foreign manufactured drive-train (engine and transmission) by a company that firmly opposes employee unionization in a state that you've referred to time and again as a being a "right-to-work-for-less state." And considering that the retail cost of a Toyota Camry is comparable to the cost of similar UAW offerings from domestic manufacturers, that means that Toyota is actually profiting more than the domestic companies on every unit sold. So not only are you supporting exploited labor, but you're also supporting excessive profits - another thing that you claim to despise! Think about it!
Obama's class warfare and anti-business rhetoric is exactly "divide and conquer," just without using those exact words. And while Walker did indeed say "drop the bomb," he NEVER once dropped the F-bomb, unlike our current Vice President. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHKq9tt50O8
What were you watching - it certainly wasn't the gubernatorial recall election debates!
The Nazis were pro-Christian, anti-communist, certainly anti-Marxist, imprisoned atheist and labor leaders, hated minorities as we well know to the point of horrendous genocide, and viewed "liberals" as an enemy. In America, German Fascism dazzled many American leaders of capitalist industry. They were William Randolph Hearst, Joseph Kennedy(JFK’s father), Charles Lindbergh, John Rockefeller, Andrew Mellon(head of Alcoa, banker, and Secretary of Treasury), DuPont, General Motors, Standard Oil (now Exxon), Henry Ford, ITT, Allen Dulles (later head of the CIA), Prescott Bush (don’t forget him), National City Bank, and General Electric.The "state controlled" economy was actually a form of the modern "military industrial complex" where huge profits were made, until the Allied bombs ended it all. Hoffa can find a history theorist to satisfy any right wing misconception. Let's look at the facts.
Of the only really contested legislation, he lost the mining bill. The recall of state senators last year resulted in the Democrats narrowing the majority down to 17:16 and when Schultz sided with the Democrats it resulted in a big loss. The governor's recall election wasn't as much an affirmation of Walker as much as a rejection of the recall process. During the recall of this summer the Democrats picked up another seat to claim the majority at 17:16 over the Republicans. Now we have to wait until after the November election to determine how the state's political future will play out. In my opinion, Governor Walker is receiving acclaim for something he didn't work for. His legislative plan wasn't even his own but was drafted through ALEC.
If you were a successful Governor, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great public union somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in a state senate and WEA Trust insurance. If you’re a Governor — you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.
Keith Best is right - there's nothing new here. It's little more than a summary of the same old same old Daily Kos / blue fist talking points. Just to show how your points aren't even all that relevant, contrast with our President, who couldn't even get a single member of his own party to vote for his proposed budget. It comes down to common sense - if you're a true leader and you have a good idea, people tend to fall in behind you. If the idea came from ALEC, kudos to ALEC for helping us out and our governor for being smart enough to recognize a good thing when he saw it. A good leader is open to all options, no matter where they might originate from. Meanwhile, if your ideas are bad, like Obama's proposed budget, you have trouble convincing even those who claim to be on your side. While Barack was out smoking crack rock, Walker was busy raising a family! I don't know about you, but my values are more aligned with Walker the family man than Barack the rock smoker!
You cite no sources for your bull. In all reality, fascism combines elements of both the far left and far right wings while rejecting both traditional liberalism and conservatism as ill-legitimate forms of political governance. As far as major fiscal and social policy goes though, they tend to resemble more of the far left wing than right wing. On top of the qualities I've already noted, there's strict military control of arms ownership and banning the commoners from owning and bearing arms outright, terminating unwanted lives/pregnancies without remorse, encouraging promiscuity among those of good breeding stock, etc. Your mythology that the right wing is religious centric, hates labor, and is racist is simply stereotypical misconceptions promulgated by closed minded partisan types like yourself. But hey, if you want to harbor and spread the hate by equating conservatives to Nazis, go right ahead and be my guest! Hey, there's another quality that fascists share with leftists - harboring and spreading hate towards those who don't think like them! You only help to prove the point ever so precisely and eloquently and don't even realize it! Ironic to say the least!
you use ad hominem attacks all the time to try to refute another's position or viewpoint. How dare you act as if you are above it all? You deserve a b*tch slap across that weak blubbery chin.
Tell you what - Hoffa will even take you car shopping! He can even get you green sheet pricing on the Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep vehicle of your choice!
You have had an exceedingly desperate tone for about the last week. Fascism arose from the very deep depression in Germany following World War I. Foreign wars had emptied the Treasury. Hitler arose as the leader toward a new vision of prosperity and national strength. Minorities were generally blamed for the economic problems. The Aryan race was deemed superior. Bullies and toughs took the bait and joined the Nazis partially to beat and intimidate minorities, and act macho. The Jews took nearly all of the brunt of being a minoritiy, there were virtually no African-Germans nor Latinos. A liberal education was greatly disdained. Civil rights were taken from the minorities in stages. The Nazis became partners with capitalists and a huge military-industrial complex developed. Capitalists are always happy to do business with any regime from which they can make a big profit. The combination of the regime combined with the corporations was capable of pushing the common folk around as a tax source, suppress labor demands, etc. Natural resources were needed, oil being one of the primary needs, and foreign wars ensued. Ifn America today, are there parallels? Tea, anyone?
If you were a successful Governor, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great KOCH donor somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in a state senate wrote ALEC legislation. If you’re a Governor — you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.
Reread your history.
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