I'm in. I'm running for president because Americans deserve a leader who will fight and win for them. - SW http://t.co/DZG253QjfP #Walker16
— Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) July 13, 2015
Courtesy of NPR: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker — best known for his high-profile fight with his state's unions and for surviving a 2012 recall vote — steps into a competition for the GOP presidential nomination so crowded with contenders that he will be forced to fight for attention just to get his message out.
"I'm in. I'm running for president because Americans deserve a leader who will fight and win for them," Walker tweeted Monday morning. He is expected to make a formal announcement later in Wisconsin.
So this is the guy that many of the establishment Republicans have been drooling over. The guy that is going to bring a message that will unify the party behind him, and move him to the front of the pack past favored front runner Jeb Bush, and crazed attention seeker Donald Trump.
Here is a little of that message now.
Uh, is anybody else as underwhelmed as I am?
To sum up, he likes to fight, he likes to win, and he likes to brag about things that are patently untrue. (Such as improving education and creating jobs.)
So THIS is the great Koch hope for 2016?
Yeah, so you can take away even more rights from the people, Scottie. No way in double hockeys would I ever vote for you.
ReplyDeleteUnion head tweets his statement:
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/richardtrumka/status/620608519880986624
Seriously. Does anyone...anyone?..believe the American people are going to elect a college dropout?
ReplyDeleteAlthough, the ones with (real) degrees are not sounding much smarter.
I guess that makes me a snob.
12:33 AGREE!
DeleteWho was the last president with a minimum bachelor's degree?
Not at all. We need smart, intelligent leaders, who have taken the time to learn things beyond the world they already know, who've listened to different ideas, and who've spent their formative years expanding their knowledge.
DeleteAbraham Lincoln didn't go to college. Neither did Ernest Hemingway or William Faulkner. But they were geniuses. Scott Walker needed to grow beyond his limited boundaries before he could attack those he doesn't agree with or understand.
Scott Walker is self made ratfucker. Which is a plus to a lot of kochsuckers and teabuggers these days.
Delete12:48 -- quite a few, including Johnson, Reagan, Geo. H.W. Bush.
DeleteYou could say that Eisenhower and Carter, at West Point and Annapolis, received only undergraduate degrees, but they both received extensive military training afterwards.
But what they did with their undergraduate degrees means a lot. Johnson dropped out of college for a year to earn money -- he taught at a Mexican-American segregated school south of San Antonio.
He vowed that he would always fight to make sure that every American had the opportunity to get as much education as they wanted to get.
Contrast that with a Scott Walker, who dropped out his senior year of college (why would one do that?), and Sarah Palin, who has never proven that she got a college degree, and has not urged any of her three now-adult children to advance their educations or better themselves.
Perhaps he's working on an online college degree such as a Bachelors of Arts in Advanced Associated Applied Strategic Presidential Technology Strategies with a minor in Tenor Accordion Composition at University of Phoenix with plans to graduate before his re-election campaign in 2020?
Delete1:54, no matter how much Sarah Palin would have you believe otherwise, she was not running for President. Her role was to be pit bull in chief for Cranky McCain.
DeleteSnob or not, you know if it was a Democrat that GOP would continually harp on the fact he was a college drop out.
DeleteThere is a certain discipline involved in successfully completing college that is not a part of the K-12 public school system. Not to mention running a country and being commander in chief involves something beyond K-12.
Most businesses and corporations nowadays wouldn't consider hiring anyone that didn't have any higher education beyond a high school diploma. Why should we consider someone like that for the highest office in the land?
Aside from the fact that Scotty Walker is just plain dumb and unqualified. No foreign policy and obviously no diplomacy skills. He isn't even a successful governor.
I hope the Kochs waste billions of dollars on this guy.
ReplyDeleteOh look! Another member of the soon-to-be-indicted republican governor's club.
ReplyDeleteSorry, McDonald-after you go to jail you are only an honorary member.
And then you have this: http://www.politicususa.com/2015/07/13/scott-walkers-campaign-launch-disaster-video-shows-tiny-crowd-lining-event.html
ReplyDeleteHardly anyone showed up to hear this moron.
He comes across as smarmy to me and he never looked into the camera (at me) but read his insincere "message" from a teleprompter. Fail.
DeleteBarbara, the tee vee RTP* readers said he did not use a teleprompter for his enthusiastic, "I'm in!" speech. Scotty will probably shoot up to 1st place in the Republican flavor-of-the week now that he has gotten into the circus wagon carrying the other 15 or 16 clowns.
Delete*Republican Talking Points
Hours before the Clinton and Sanders events, big crowds were waiting to get in. The 90 minutes before Scott Walker’s event look like either a slow day at the flea market or a really busy garage sale. Earlier this year the media was hyping Walker, but the bloom quickly fell off the rose as Walker committed gaffe after gaffe. Gov. Walker was so error prone that he avoided the media for months. The result has been sagging national poll numbers, and a candidate that has been passed by the likes of Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and Donald Trump.
ReplyDeleteScott Walker isn’t the hot property that he thought he would be. Walker’s supporters may straggle in, but they don’t seem very enthusiastic or eager to get in the door.
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/07/13/scott-walkers-campaign-launch-disaster-video-shows-tiny-crowd-lining-event.html
Where did he go to college?
ReplyDeleteMarquette in Milwaukee. He quit his senior year.
DeleteBoth of his sons have dropped out, to help him win the WH!!! His father was (is?) a preacher. Scotty should have gone into that family bidness, instead of politics, which is way over his head.
DeleteRather than refer to him as a college drop out we should be referring to him as a high school graduate.
DeleteSince when has this country every had a president with only a K-12 public education or equivalent? Like in the last two centuries?
timeless classic ;
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBnSv3a6Nh4
.. scott walker punked by fake koch .. tells ya just about all ya need to know about scotty's "ideals"...
Can this please go viral? Please
DeleteEff him.......that's all I got
ReplyDeleteHey, he's got an E in his name that some design team made into an American flag. So ingenious. Jeb! didn't think of it and Donald Trump is sadly E-less.
ReplyDeleteIn other news, Scott Walker seems to have a speech impediment, that, along with his crossed eyes, makes him one of the least attractive candidates. Okay, Ted Cruz has already called "bottom of the barrel," but certainly the Kochs could buy a better-looking puppet.
Note to Scottie: when you spell "president," as in President of the United States, it's always Capitalized.
Ah, he's cross-eyed...so he WAS looking at me during his announcement (see above). Maybe he should get rimless glasses like SP to hide it.
DeleteNot always if I recall my high school grammar.
DeleteLet's face it, he's got a shot because he white, male, hateful and a cold heart. Perfect demographics for the get off my lawn crowd that makes up much of the GOP electorate base.
ReplyDeleteAlso too:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/scott-walker-says-his-presidential-bid-gods-plan
"Peter,
My relationship with God drives every major decision in my life. Each day I pray and then take time to read from the Bible and from a devotional named Jesus Calling.
As you can imagine, the months leading up to my announcement that I would run for President of the United States were filled with a lot of prayer and soul searching.
Here’s why: I needed to be certain that running was God’s calling -- not just man’s calling. I am certain: This is God’s plan for me and I am humbled to be a candidate for President of the United States.
Now, it is up to the voters to decide who will win the election. If you support my conservative campaign, please join my team right now with $10, $35, $50, $100, or even $250 today."
Pander, pander, pander... will it ever stop?
Deletelol
DeleteHey Gryphen.
Walker claims to get his orders from the bible and "a devotional called Jesus Calling"?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/23/the-strange-saga-of-jesus-calling-the-evangelical-bestseller-you-ve-never-heard-of.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/26/us/from-sarah-young-the-author-of-jesus-calling-a-first-person-defense.html
http://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/basics/mental-illness/psychotic.htm
DeletePsychotic Disorders
Psychotic disorders are characterized by dysregulation of thought processes. In particular, schizophrenia has hallmark symptoms of delusions – which are false beliefs – and hallucinations – which are hearing and/or seeing sensory information which is not actually present and is not apparent to others. Schizoaffective disorder is a disorder in which, as its name implies, individuals have features of both schizophrenia and mood disorders.1 Typically, psychotic disorders are treated with antipsychotic medications and some forms of psychosocial interventions.2
Wow, do some research on "Jesus Calling" -- it's really wacky.
DeleteLet's hope that Sarah Palin's "devotionals" aren't a take-off on Sarah Young's "Jesus Calling" devotionals.
If Palin just shifts around some of "Jesus Calling" and says it's her own, she'll have lost even her most devoted christo-bots.
A spray that will instantly make you believe in God.
Deletehttps://cdn.wittyfeed.com/6454/rdfb70wx44uw65vx6tgq.jpeg
tweet from god has already slapped ol' Scotty upside the hubris by tweeting he'll lose.
DeletePoor Scott, does he not know that Jesus didn't have a phone? Hey Scottie, did he leave a message in your voicemail? Text it in?
DeleteWhy would God "will" that this buffoon run for the highest office? Because it's like crack cocaine to the base.
BREAKING: Pentagon finalizing plans to lift ban on transgender individuals in military
ReplyDeletehttp://americablog.com/2015/07/breaking-pentagon-finalizing-plans-to-lift-ban-on-transgender-individuals-in-military.html
Boy Scouts Move Closer To Ending Ban On Gay Adults
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/13/boy-scouts-gay-adults_n_7787522.html
The 47-year-old second-term Republican governor said in a fundraising email sent by the “Scott Walker for America” campaign that his decisions were driven by his faith in God, reported Right Wing Watch.
ReplyDelete“My relationship with God drives every major decision in my life. Each day I pray and then take time to read from the Bible and from a devotional named Jesus Calling,” the email said.
“As you can imagine, the months leading up to my announcement that I would run for President of the United States were filled with a lot of prayer and soul searching.”
“Here’s why: I needed to be certain that running was God’s calling — not just man’s calling. I am certain: This is God’s plan for me and I am humbled to be a candidate for President of the United States,” Walker said in the email.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/scott-walker-tells-supporters-i-am-certain-my-2016-presidential-run-is-gods-plan-for-me/
Yes, Scott. Running for president is the first part of "My plan for you". The second part: your humiliating defeat.
Deletehttps://twitter.com/TheTweetOfGod/status/620671029765996544
So if he loses, does that prove there is no god?
DeleteOr just that Scotty is schizophrenic and hearing voices that aren't there?
His higher power is one of the Koch brothers. Whoever handles the money, that is who Scotty listens to.
DeleteI live in Wisconsin - - Walker has done so much damage to a once shining state with flagship public universities, fantastic parks, and strong unions. Not worried though: it is an open secret locally that Walker didn't "drop out" of college. Stay tuned.
ReplyDeleteWell now, if Scotty didn't drop out, what is the real story?
DeleteI heard from a fairly good source that he actually flunked out -- couldn't handle the work.
DeleteI read in the comment section that he was thrown out for cheating. Lets see if someone in the media follows up on the story.
DeleteHis records are not available. I've read that there is an official letter from Marquette saying he left voluntarily and in good standing with no conduct reports. But that doesn't mean he didn't choose to drop out rather than go through the official process of being reported for cheating and then suspended or expelled. In fact, it's possible his professor and/or department told him they were going to report him for cheating and suggested he drop out to save everyone the embarrassment. He'd still be officially in good standing.
DeleteThere was an incident of him plagiarizing someone.
DeleteKinda like our SP -- "You can't fire me (indict me), I quit."
DeleteWasn't there also an unplanned pregnancy of a girlfriend he dumped?
DeleteWtf! Am I missing here? This asshole is a 2nd term Governor?
ReplyDeleteAre people in Wisconsin that dumb? We are doomed.
Yes. And they deserve him.
DeleteFirst the failed to recall him and then they re-elected him.
Thus giving him the hubris to believe he has a mandate and unleashing him on the rest of us.
He is the male Sarah Palin.
Plus -- how gerrymandered are Wisconsin's districts now?
DeleteUndereducated and cross eyed. Sound familiar?
ReplyDeleteI've long wondered, when a Koch brother enters the room, whether Walker strips and gets on all fours...?
ReplyDeleteThis sob has also signed a law prohibiting abortions after 20 weeks. With no exceptions!
ReplyDeleteThat's because the genetic testing that finds serious deformity isn't done until the 21st week.
DeleteI say screw all of them and instead TRUMP YOUR CAT!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/07/donald_trump_cats_take_over_tw.html
Sheesh
Tell us more about your job creation skills....oh never mind, your record is dead last in the country, that's right.
ReplyDeleteSucking all that Koch made his eye go wonky!
ReplyDeleteBernadette Gillick, MD, has put her reputation on the line by revealing her roommate in college was impregnated by Walker who told her to get an abortion after which he walked out of her and his unborn son's life
ReplyDeleteDid some searching- apparently it's not this Scott Walker.
DeleteBernadette Gillick, MD, was referring to Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin. Go to the website, wcmcoop. Do you believe she went out on a limb here because this was not governor Scott Walker? I doubt it.
DeleteBernadette Gillick was a college freshman in 1988 when she first met Scott Walker. It was spring semester, and she had just transferred to Marquette University. She was assigned a room in O’Donnell Hall (then a women’s dormitory), which she shared with her new roommate, Ruth (not her real name). Ruth was dating Scott Walker, who was 20 at the time, and, according to Bernadette, Ruth was deeply in love with him.
Midway through that spring semester, Bernadette alleges, Ruth found out she was pregnant. She informed her boyfriend, Scott, and initially he was supportive. Yet that support changed to callous indifference for his girlfriend’s predicament after Scott informed his parents of the pregnancy.
Bernadette reports that at this point Scott began denying that he was the father of the baby, and when Ruth said she was considering an abortion, he claimed he didn’t care, as he wasn’t the father anyway.
Bernadette remembers being present when Ruth was dealing with the wrath of Scott’s mother, who allegedly admonished Ruth for trying to “ruin [her son’s] reputation.”
“I supported her [Ruth] as he [Scott] went from encouraging her to get an abortion, to telling me it was in my best interest to keep my mouth shut, to denying that he was the father and having his own mother call her and tell her to stop erroneously accusing her son of paternity,” Bernadette recounts.
Of all the Republicans running, Walker is the one I like the least. He is pure evil in my view and cannot be trusted. He has flipped flopped on so many issues, he stands for nothing but himself. The man would sell his mother for the nomination.
ReplyDeleteBut good news. There are several articles out calling him less than smart with a 'Sarah Palin' problem in that he knows nothing.
In addition, there are many of Walker's top aides that have gone to jail or are facing jail for corruption. Of course, Walker says that he knows nothing about it. Where there is smoke, there is fire. I am sure things will be leaking to the press in the near future from other Republicans who have done their research on this crook.
DO NOT DO THIS AT WORK!
DeleteGoogle "Scott Walker" and "two dads to use your holes"- DO NOT DO THIS AT WORK!
Shocked at what you find? Repost it for the google so that the meme will spread like santorum.
DO NOT DO THIS AT WORK!
DeleteGoogle "Scott Walker" and “Yeah, Send me a picture of your hard cock”- DO NOT DO THIS AT WORK!
Shocked at what you find? Repost it for the google so that the meme will spread like santorum.
Well, if "God's plan" is to make Scott Walker our next President,
ReplyDeleteisn't it "game over?" HE has spoken, and everyone else better just drop out of the race. Why even have an election?
If that is true, he doesn't even need to campaign, does he?
DeleteWait a sec, I'm so confused. Didn't this god guy tell ALL of the clowns to run? That's what they ALL say.
DeleteThis god guy that they speak of has one hell of a sense of humor. I can almost hear him saying, with a huge grin, "watch this!" You can't buy this kind of entertainment. I guess you'd say it's god-given.
By the way, loved the "self made ratfucker" from an above comment. Yes, I am going to steal that. That describes the clown car bunch so well.
Labor’s Short and (Not-So) Sweet Response to Scott Walker’s Campaign Launch
ReplyDeletehttp://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/07/13/afl_cio_responds_to_scott_walker_s_campaign_launch_scott_walker_is_a_national.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top
Is Scott Walker about to pull a Sarah Palin?
ReplyDeleteTHE QUITTING PART?
http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/noquarter/scott-walkers-political-future-is-no-sure-bet-b99536423z1-314502171.html
"Gov. Scott Walker may accomplish through his personal political ambitions what Democrats, labor unions and tens of millions of dollars couldn't:
Putting an end to his Wisconsin political career.
Many politicos — including some conservatives — believe Walker's announcement of his presidential bid on Monday effectively marks the end of his tenure as state CEO.
Even if he fails to win the Republican nomination or even the presidency, some say, the second-term governor is unlikely to return to the east wing of the state Capitol.
"So you're hearing some of the same rumors I am," responded former Gov. Scott McCallum, a Republican who served from 2001 to 2003.
Conservative talk show host Mark Belling, long an ally of Walker, said he is betting that the governor will move on from his current post when his presidential bid is done.
"There is no reason for Walker to return to Wisconsin," said Belling, whose daily show airs on WISN-AM (1130). "He is not wealthy and still has two kids in college. There is a fortune to be made on the lecture circuit and by affiliating with conservative interest groups."
I think Scott Walker is about to ho the same row Sarah Palin did. He has already burned the state of Wisconsin down to save it.
o/t looks like The Donald's big mouth is getting him in trouble
ReplyDeleteDonald Trump Jumps The Stupid Shark By Promising to Kick Escaped Drug Lord’s A$$
............Update: Apparently by "kick his a$$", Donald Trump meant "call the FBI and beg for help." TMZ reported that the Donald called the FBI to report what he perceived as a threatening tweet from El Chapo’s son. “The tweet was written in Spanish, with the rough English translation, ‘Keep f***ing around and I’m gonna make you swallow your bitch words you f***ing whitey milks***tter (that’s a homophobic slur).'”
Basically, a tweet like the rest of us get every day. Trump’s solution? Call the federal government and beg for help. Your small government conservative in action.
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/07/13/donald-trump-elevates-stupid-promising-kick-escape-drug-lords-a.html
The FBI should advise Donald T rump to hire security guards, since he is "like, very rich"
DeleteYes, I do deserve a president that will fight and win for me.
ReplyDeleteThat's why I'm voting for Bernie Sanders.
(You union-busting, lying putz, Scotty.)
You Could Almost See The Koch Lips Moving As Scott Walker Announced His Run For President
ReplyDeleteScott Walker announced his campaign for president by repeating almost word for word the top priorities of the Koch brothers.
Scott Walker immediately listed why he thinks he should be president. He discussed his efforts to suppress the vote (voter ID laws), more guns (Castle doctrine), less medical care for women (defunding Planned Parenthood), and lower wages (union busting). Walker gave the usual empty Republican gibberish about giving power back to states.
Walker said, “America needs a president who will fight and win for America.”
Gov. Walker’s whole speech was based on selling himself as someone who can win in blue states because he has managed to survive in Wisconsin. Walker announced his plan to gut federal funding for education, Medicaid and job retraining by disguising this as sending money back to the states. What Walker was referring to was block grants that would lead to fewer people getting services.
Walker attacked poor people and talked about the “dignity of work.” Walker disguised it as helping people move from government dependence to independence. He touted his drug testing of welfare recipients. He claimed that he was making it easy to get a job, but what he has actually done in Wisconsin is throw hundreds of thousands of people off of healthcare while harming senior citizens by cutting Wisconsin’s SeniorCare program.
Scott Walker promised to take away 18 million Americans access to healthcare by repealing Obamacare. Just like every other Republican candidate, Walker called for the repeal of regulations, which he called “the Obama regulations.” Walker promised to approve the Keystone pipeline. Gov. Walker said that he trusts families, and the crowd forgot to applaud, so he stopped and waited. As he has gashed funding for higher education in Wisconsin, Walker stated his belief that every child should have access to quality education.
Gov. Walker’s speech was a direct point by point delivery of the Koch agenda. Walker said that job creators need a tax cut so that they can be more competitive in the world and create more jobs.
more
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/07/13/koch-lips-moving-scott-walker-announced-run-president.html
Jeb Bush Is Promoting The Koch-Republican Job-Killing Economic Agenda
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/07/13/jeb-bush-promoting-koch-republican-job-killing-economic-agenda.html
Sounds like Sarah's kinda guy -- she'll throw her curse behind Scotty Dog when T-Rump quits (or gets shot by El Chapo's son).
DeleteHe's undereducated, terrible with math, and does everything his puppet masters tell him. GWB 2.0! Perfect specimen for the Koch Presidency 2016.
ReplyDeleteThat Time Scott Walker Thought He Was Talking To David Koch But It Was Really A Journalist (AUDIO)
ReplyDeleteIn 2011, Scott Walker was pranked hard by Buffalo Beast’s Ian Murphy. Murphy called Walker pretending to be David Koch. Walker fell for the gag and the world received a chance to listen to what a conversation between David Koch and Walker would sound like. The call took place during the Wisconsin Uprising that eventually led to a recall vote against Walker, which ultimately failed.
The conversation revealed some interesting insights into the mind of Walker. It appears that Walker is a bit of a megalomaniac. He recounted to Murphy the time that he compared his union busting to that of Ronald Reagan and the fall of the Berlin Wall. The story almost sounds as if Walker has some vivid fantasies about destroying unions to fight communism.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/07/13/walker-koch-conversation/
Scott Walker Steals Campaign Logo From Eyeglass Company, Hilarity Ensues (SCREENSHOTS)
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/07/13/scott-walker-steals-campaign-logo-from-eyeglass-company-hilarity-ensues-screenshots/
College dropout, Koch whore, lame-duck governor, wacko (and fake) Christian beliefs...
ReplyDeleteSurely we've all seen this song and dance before? I can't believe conservatives fall for this crap again and again.
After much thought and prayer, he decided it's God's will, not his, that he run for President.
ReplyDeleteOkay then, He's another Sarah with better hair and rounder hips. The GOP's odds seem to get worse and worse with each addition to the clowncar posse'. Hurry, Sarah, make a way and run! Your Country needs you and this damn fool is using your lines.
He likes to fight. He likes to win. I kept seeing visions of cheerleaders screaming "GO FIGHT WIN! YEA TEAM!!" He looks great with that Nixonian sheen of sweat, doesn't he? What a doofus. BTW-shallow as it may be, one of the most obvious things about this bunch of "candidates" is the sheer ugliness of each and every one. It hurts me to look at them. It kills me to look at and listen to them. It's gonna be a long year.
ReplyDeleteDo not underestimate him. We never believed this slimy jerk could get elected here in wisconsin and he did. We were sure we could recall him, however, many here who despise Walker, also do not believe in the recall process on principal. They said they'd vote him out in next election. They stayed home. Dems don't typically come out in big numbers for mid-term elections, but in the Presidential elections, Wisconsin goes blue. He lucked out, in other words. Please, USA, don't underestimate him. I have no idea why people like his nasally voice and snotty little attitude about the middle class, but they do, and he has a chance. Don't let it happen.
ReplyDeleteGryphen check out!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/07/14/1402025/-This-WILL-win-the-internet-today-I-guarantee-it
I am still laughing after reading about this earlier. Wisconsin State Representative Mandela Barnes posted the story on his facebook page last night.
Three things you need to know in advance:
1. The Wisconsin Governor held a rally yesterday to reveal that God commanded him to run for president.
2. Mandela Barnes is a Democrat.
3. Mandela Barnes is black.
Here is commentary with someone from Wisconsin who knows Walker fairly well. Charles P. Pierce.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a36378/watching-scotty-blow/
Notice how many people from Wisconsin think that Scott Walker is
1. Dangerous to democracy
2. Could win the nomination and the presidency.