Governor Walker of Wisconsin survived his recall election.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

300,000 union families voted for him.   

This species is too stupid to live.

[LMNO]

I have to say, I overestimated humanity on this one.  I was actually surprised when I heard he won the recall.  I suppose I shouldn't have been.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I have to say, I overestimated humanity on this one.  I was actually surprised when I heard he won the recall.  I suppose I shouldn't have been.

I made a tidy little sum on the recall election, because I have FAITH that humanity is, in fact, that dumb.

[Cain]

Obama refused to be seen anywhere near the recall campaign.

That should have told you everything.  The Boy Prince is not going to expend vital political capital on a lost cause.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Obama refused to be seen anywhere near the recall campaign.

That should have told you everything.  The Boy Prince is not going to expend vital political capital on a lost cause.

Noticed that.   

[LMNO]

A side lesson learned is that once again, protesting -- even loud, media-grabbing, borderline violent protesting -- will not do anything of any major importance, so you may as well not even try.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

A side lesson learned is that once again, protesting -- even loud, media-grabbing, borderline violent protesting -- will not do anything of any major importance, so you may as well not even try.

Just so you know, the GOP maintained all state senate seats that were being recalled, too.

They have successfully sold the working class on the idea that the unions are the cause of all their woes.



The Orton Principle, do never test it.

[Phox]

There was one good thing tht came out of this election, though...

The Daily Show showed a zoomed in version of this photo:


... demonstrating that Luntz is trying to smear the beloved Gipper by making him resemble Stalin. Wish I could find the side by side graphic. 

[Cain]

The pwoggle meltdown on the blogs has been impressive.

The spin is that Walker won because he had the cash advantage and because he made the vote a vote on the appropriateness of the vote recall, not whether he was a good Governor or not.

Unfortunately, this is bullshit.  Most recall attempts fail anyway.  More people voted, Walker won by a higher margin than he was originally elected with.

[Phox]

The pwoggle meltdown on the blogs has been impressive.

The spin is that Walker won because he had the cash advantage and because he made the vote a vote on the appropriateness of the vote recall, not whether he was a good Governor or not.

Unfortunately, this is bullshit.  Most recall attempts fail anyway.  More people voted, Walker won by a higher margin than he was originally elected with.

I'm shocked that people actually expected this to work in the first place. Then again, I'm from a state where a governor who has not been convicted of a felony committed while in office is ahead of the curve (and even the felons have a sporting chance of winning an election), so shitbag governors actually losing elections is a bit outside my experience. 

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Whoops.  One dem challenger (Lehman) to a senate seat won, though it is under challenge.

But their legislature is out of session until after the November elections, when 13 seats are up for grabs, so no win there.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Somebody on facebook posted a picture of a burning novena candle with the caption "for Wisconsin" yesterday. I thought there'd been an earthquake or something until I googled. 

Wisconsin could probably be done with those silly unions altogether if they'd take a tip from Texas and LERN 2 REDISTRICT.

[Prince Glittersnatch III]

One voter, Roberta Komor of Wauwatosa, told Reuters that she had voted for Mr Barrett when he ran in 2010, but switched her vote this time, saying unions "need to learn about shared sacrifice".

Jesus fucking Christ.  He really did it, he convinced everyone that fucking teachers are the cause of our woes.

[Disco Pickle]

One voter, Roberta Komor of Wauwatosa, told Reuters that she had voted for Mr Barrett when he ran in 2010, but switched her vote this time, saying unions "need to learn about shared sacrifice".

Jesus fucking Christ.  He really did it, he convinced everyone that fucking teachers are the cause of our woes.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/100108249.html

Not the teachers, their unions.  That very expensive event mentioned in the article was one of the reasons people (teachers included) wanted to limit the unions ability to do things just like that.

That, and the unions very cozy relationship with WEA Trust.  You might want to google that.

To imply they've never done anything monumentally stupid or self serving that would cause people to turn against them, at the expense of not only their own members, but tax payers as well, is disingenuous. 

[The Good Reverend Roger]

One voter, Roberta Komor of Wauwatosa, told Reuters that she had voted for Mr Barrett when he ran in 2010, but switched her vote this time, saying unions "need to learn about shared sacrifice".

Jesus fucking Christ.  He really did it, he convinced everyone that fucking teachers are the cause of our woes.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/100108249.html

Not the teachers, their unions.  That very expensive event mentioned in the article was one of the reasons people (teachers included) wanted to limit the unions ability to do things just like that.

That, and the unions very cozy relationship with WEA Trust.  You might want to google that.

To imply they've never done anything monumentally stupid or self serving that would cause people to turn against them, at the expense of not only their own members, but tax payers as well, is disingenuous.

Unions are, we know, evil and wrong.  For example, they set precedent for lazy, shiftless workers to have two days a week with which to lay about, not in any way assisting the bottom line.

Furthermore, they placed onerous "safety" restrictions on employers, causing them to install needless and pricey things like lights, guard rails, and equipment guards.

Lastly and most importantly, they forced companies to pay a living wage, either by the existence of a union at a workplace, or the terrorist-like threat of unionization.

Unions are COMMUNIST.  Organization is the province of management alone; workers should concern themselves only with the task at hand, not what compensation they may recieve or what risks they may face.  Organization among workers is an abuse of freedom of association, and they should all be beaten to death by Pinkerton agents.