Monday, February 25, 2008

Doyle Shows What A Tool He Can Be

What a complete and utter jerk. 

Gov. Jim Doyle said Monday he cannot understand why some are upset over his last-minute insistence that lawmakers cap enrollment in virtual schools.

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The governor waited until the day before the Democratic-controlled Senate planned to approve the measure last week to warn lawmakers in a letter that any bill without an enrollment cap and an audit of the schools would be vetoed.

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“I don’t know why anybody would be upset with the proposal that I’ve made,” Doyle said. “The easy thing to do is send me a bill where they take care of the immediate concern and we protect those kids and give a little bit of room for natural growth and take a really hard look at where we go on this.”

He knows full well why people are upset at his last minute decision to cap virtual schools.  His public expressions of surprise are merely an arrogant and condescending attempt to deflect criticism.  I’m sure that he’s laughing all the way to the bank with WEAC’s support as the families who benefit from virtual schools feel his boot on their necks. 

What a disingenuous jerk.

(9) Comments
Posted by Owen at 2158 hrs
Politics + Politics - Wisconsin

  1. I wasn’t aware that (unfortunately most) citizens of Wisconsin elected a King.  Silly me.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 25, 2008 at 2249 hrs


  2. Someone needs to tell him…

    “Your veto does not create a single job, help a single Wisconsin citizen afford health care, or improve schools for a single Wisconsin child.”

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 25, 2008 at 2330 hrs


  3. Hey, you are insulting disingenuous jerks every where.  No, what he did was to pick on children, like a bully, because he knows they cannot do anything about it.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 26, 2008 at 0315 hrs


  4. Spot on. Just took a while for WEAC to convince the guy there was a sneaky way around all this. Damn.

    Posted by Jo Egelhoff on February 26, 2008 at 0459 hrs


  5. Gov Doyle of Wisconsin acts like a pompus ass.

    In more earth-shaking news, scientists at MIT have announced that water is actually wet.

    C’mon Owen: any derogatory term you throw at our elected tyrant is nothing more than a restatement of the obvious! wink

    Posted by Strings on February 26, 2008 at 0502 hrs


  6. How can you not $ee what the problem i$?  There were $ome concern$ rai$ed and Gov. Doyle i$ WEACting to tho$e concern$.  It’$ for the children you know ...

    mad

    (thanks to the teachers’ blog for the correct spelling in this situation ... wink )

    Posted by hsgbdmama on February 26, 2008 at 0845 hrs


  7. Well…maybe they should have included him in the negotiations.  Looks like legislative incompetence to me to forget the guy that carries the biggest stick.  That damn WI constitution and the vote by the people to reelect him keeps getting in the way of our utopian conservative state

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 26, 2008 at 1317 hrs


  8. Well…maybe they should have included him in the negotiations.

    I recall a remark from the chair of the Assembly education committee, to the effect that the current Assembly bill (AB 697) answered all of Governor Doyle’s objections to the last Assembly bill on the subject.

    Looks like legislative incompetence to me to forget the guy that carries the biggest stick.

    Maybe I missed that in Civics class.  I seem to recall that checks and balances made all branches equal.  Unless you’re talking about temporary political advantage?

    That damn WI constitution and the vote by the people to reelect him keeps getting in the way of our utopian conservative state

    Don’t be an ass; the compromise bill is bi-partisan and favors neither left, nor right.  It benefits everyone, regardless of economic class.

    It does nothing special to advance a conservative utopia; all it does is provide a legal means to continue to offer superlative education to everyone in Wisconsin.

    If that is a conservative utopia, sign me up.

    Posted by bdunbar on February 26, 2008 at 1905 hrs


  9. Fear of the future.  WEAC dosen’t want their demise to happen any sooner than it has to.  When parents actually investigate how much more interaction students have with teachers.  They will be looking at this more seriously.  Twice the students can be taught with half the brick and morter.  There are many senarios attached to virtual school.  These young people aren’t holed up at home without help.  They actually get more attention and specific help than they do in school, with the peer pressure and time limits many questions normally go unasked

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 26, 2008 at 2310 hrs


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