Preemptive Action
Apparently the Left does support preemptive strikes.
Liberal bloggers and the leftist media have launched a preemptive attack on Walker’s anticipated gubernatorial candidacy. Eugene Kane’s baseless and biased opinion piece is representative of a larger liberal attack machine that is sharpening their knives and biting at the bit to hurt Walker.
Actually we don’t have to say a think and just let herbert Hoover Walker dig his own grave.
As for this bit of hilarity…
the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel has become a bully pulpit for liberals like Kane to air their libelous attacks.
Doesn’t this guy read the Journal, which is essentially all Paddy Mac all the time.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 19, 2009 at 2133 hrs
Did anyone stop to think that maybe, just maybe, we are sick and tired of Walker driving the County into the ground with his ineptitude?
Posted by capper on January 19, 2009 at 2232 hrs
If so, then you should be supporting his move to Madison.
Posted by Owen on January 19, 2009 at 2236 hrs
Oh, if he wants to move to Madison, I’ll help him pack in a heart beat.
Posted by capper on January 19, 2009 at 2241 hrs
Nope, Capper. Not at all. I applaud his actions. Same old capper… You have your face in the trough and you are afraid you might not get enough feed.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 19, 2009 at 2243 hrs
Calvin,
You’re simply clueless. Outside of you and a few other loons, even most of his allies, like David Clarke and Joe Sanfelippo are throwing him under the bus.
But you go ahead and listen to Charlie and Mark. Us adults will carry on with our conversation.
Posted by capper on January 19, 2009 at 2248 hrs
Yeah, that probably explains the overwhelming margin of his reelection.
Posted by Owen on January 19, 2009 at 2251 hrs
Owen, why don’t you look at the actual number of people that voted for him as opposed to the numbers from 2002 and 2004?
You’ll be surprised to notice about a 30,000 drop in voters.
Now compare the number of votes he got, to the average number of people that vote Republican/conservative no matter who’s running.
Gasp! They’ll be the same, I betcha!
Posted by capper on January 19, 2009 at 2254 hrs
Why, so he can govern the state as poorly as he’s governed Milwaukee County? No thanks. I’d rather have someone who reduce government through intelligent innovation and streamlining, instead of having someone blindly stick to a ham-handed promise and then set at government with a hacksaw in order to keep it.
Not that it’ll matter. Walker’s got no chance in 2010 unless Doyle leaves and he gets Babs Lawton as an opponent. And even then, I think it’s competitive. I’m just being realistic.
Walker’s too cute by half in his politics, he panders to a very narrow base that’s regionally centered in Southeast Wisconsin, and to voters outstate, he’s still a guy from Milwaukee. And odds are that in two years, taxes won’t be *the* issue unless the Democrats make some fatal error with income or sales tax rates in the next two years.
Without taxes at the forefront, what’s Scott Walker going to talk about? He has no real accomplishments in public office other than his ability to cling relentlessly to one promise, to hell with everything else.
For as dull and lifeless as the Green campaign was in ‘06, Green was still a much better candidate than Walker ever would’ve been or would be in the future.
Posted by Recess Supervisor on January 19, 2009 at 2254 hrs
Um, Capper…or Chris if you prefer. Since you are a recipient of County funds for your employment, you are certainly not one to listen to on this issue. (or much of anything, really) Your obsession with hating all things “Walker” is really pathetic.
Walker (and a few board members) are the only reason why this county isn’t in worse condition than it is. If it were up to the board and people like you, the County would be bankrupt.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 19, 2009 at 2301 hrs
Capper,
Are you saying that conservatives are the majority in Milwaukee County? Because if what you say is true, then that must be the case. If so, then perhaps there is hope for your county.
Posted by Owen on January 19, 2009 at 2307 hrs
Calvin,
It is because I work for the County that I know what is going on more than the person listening to Sykes.
And remember the year with a $7 M surplus. That was the year Walker took himself out of the budget process by vetoing the whole budget. Yeah, Walker and his lapdogs are real classics.
Owen,
Follow the pattern, man. In any given election, any conservative can count on about 70-75K. That is not quite a majority of MKE Co.
If there had been a primary last year, with all the Democratic voters out for Hillary and/or Obama, do you really think that Walker would have stood a chance?
Posted by capper on January 19, 2009 at 2322 hrs
Follow the pattern, man. In any given election, any conservative can count on about 70-75K. That is not quite a majority of MKE Co.
So you admit he won with votes from non-conservatives?
Posted by Owen on January 19, 2009 at 2330 hrs
How do you come to that conclusion? He won with about 70K votes, the same as any other conservative would have gotten.
Stop grasping at straws, wouldja?
Posted by capper on January 19, 2009 at 2338 hrs
If so, then where were all of the liberal Milwaukee voters to vote against him? Were they just happy with his leadership and stayed home?
Posted by Owen on January 19, 2009 at 2343 hrs
Simple. Taylor ran a crappy and ineffective campaign.
How do you explain the declining number of people voting for him, if he is doing such a wonderful job?
Posted by capper on January 19, 2009 at 2346 hrs
Evidently, a majority thought he was doing a good job.
If it makes you feel any better, the same can be said for Doyle.
Posted by Owen on January 19, 2009 at 2350 hrs
Not really. Doyle is only slightly more tolerable than Walker.
Posted by capper on January 19, 2009 at 2352 hrs
RS:
With a 5.whatever billion shortfall, what makes you believe that taxes won’t be an issue in 2010? The next budget will just be kicking in won’t it? Unless you think the BHO stimulus pile will be enough to cover the shortfall and he can get by with no increases anywhere. But I don’t think they will be able to help themselves, they will need to raise some tax just so they can sleep nights.
Along the same lines, what is the actual tax shortfall? I heard $160M or so. Where does 5.whateverB come from? What are they planning to add?Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 20, 2009 at 0927 hrs
Found this:
http://www.revenue.wi.gov/news/121108.pdf
which indicates that tax income for 2008 was up 2.8% for the year as of the end of 11/08. What would it be up if it were no a recession? What growth were they planning on? My income didn’t go up that much last year.Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 20, 2009 at 0935 hrs
A couple of things, if milwaukee were left to pay it’s own way it would go bankrupt. What people outstate don’t realise is that with state, regional, and local taxes, many communities pay more to milwaukee than they do to their own communities. Failing schools that can’t ever have enough money, high crime, corrupt politics, population fleeing, welfare such as is not seen anywhere else in the state, are all things that pretty much will insure that milwaukee left to it’s own devices, will fail. The only thing that seems to keep it afloat is the lake and mmsd is making sure that people won’t go for that either.
Posted by fishaddict on January 20, 2009 at 1034 hrs
Christofferson has organized a bunch of people to work the blogs and then gives them heads up on who and how to attack. The GOP has failed to respond. The main reason that this is valuable is that the local press reads the prominent blogs regularly.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 20, 2009 at 1046 hrs
Dohnal- From what I have observed it is the other way around.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 20, 2009 at 1225 hrs
Ignorance is bliss.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 20, 2009 at 1316 hrs
Christofferson was a “blogger” during, but not after the last gov election. I’m sure he will be a creditable source for info once again.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 20, 2009 at 1431 hrs
@RichK: That $5 billion number is based on agency requests from last fall - as in if the governor were to spend everything the agencies asked him to, we’d be about $5 billion in the hole. But agency requests are wish lists completely divorced from reality.
Consensus seems to put us somewhere in the $2-3 billion range, depending on how you do the math. Figure the feds to cough up $1-2 billion in help. Fixing what’s left, a $1-2 billion problem, is something legislators have been doing with fuzzy math for a decade. The Dems will pass the hospital assessment (which nobody cares about), maybe raise the cigarette tax again (something voters are largely supportive of because the overwhelming majority of them don’t smoke and hate smoking), make some token cuts to administrative costs, hold the line on spending in a few areas, and raise some fees. In other words, same old, same old.
The Democrats likely won’t go anywhere near sales or income tax rates. I think they learned that lesson from Tony Earl. If they can do that, what they put out won’t look any better or worse than the budgets we swallowed in 2001, 2003, 2005, or 2007.
Posted by Recess Supervisor on January 20, 2009 at 1953 hrs
If you follow Ellis and Cowles you will realize that they have cast voted against several budget cause of the built in structural deficits that Doyle has prayed will disappear. Tthe GOP went along cause they do not have any balls either to cut anything.
When you really analyze the budgets, particularly revenue, than you realize that even after the Bush economic problems that the state is in the hands of a downturn of our economy that will squeeze more every year till everything of value is squeezed out and we have a static economy.
We have plenty of money for more welfare programs but not a cent for pursuing more jobs.
I believe that Walker will spend money to create more wealth instaed of more welfare.Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 20, 2009 at 2113 hrs
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