Ian Murphy

Yup, Kasich Is A Domino. Walker, Next...

November 8, 2011 by The Political E...

Remember that Walker told the fake Koch caller [Ian Murphy] that Ohio Gov. John Kasich was Bucky's best, union-busting telephone buddy.  Ah, good times.

Chuckle, chuckle...

I wonder if Kasich and Walker still feels like it's their moment?

Walker: ...you know, I talk to Kasich every day-John’s gotta stand firm in Ohio...You start going down the list there’s a lot of us new governors that got elected to do something big.

Murphy: You’re the first domino.

Walker: Yep. This is our moment.

 Scout's honor.

And it's funny in an almost pathetic way that Walker proves he doesn't see either the joke that's underway in the call at his expense, or the put down, in being called "the first domino," since in the expression most likely being referenced, dominos fall.

Do His Words And Deeds Validate Scott Walker, Eagle Scout?

October 10, 2011 by The Political E...

You will recall that in defending himself a week or so ago against any involvement in an unfolding John Doe probe, Scott Walker hauled out his Boy Scout experience to proclaim his virtue.

Gov. Scott Walker says he isn't worried about a John Doe investigation of his current and former aides.

That's because, Walker said, he is a man of integrity.

"I know that throughout my career - first in the Legislature, then as county executive and now for the last 10 months as governor - I live by the standards I got from my parents," said Walker, whose father was a Baptist minister. "Certainly, they got me to the rank of Eagle Scout, and I continue to have that kind of integrity."

How does that match up with his many false statements so rated after vetting by PolitiFact - - the most by any Wisconsin politician this year?

Michael Bloomberg Should Not Be Playing Scott Walker To Occupy Wall Street Demonstrators

October 8, 2011 by The Political E...

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's statement that was self-destructive, ignorant and demagogic.

Does he want to argue that Wall Street is where the job-creators hang out? Only if you think their bonuses and golden parachute payments trickle down, and then - - where are the jobs?

Like a misguided dictator, Bloomberg is giving the demonstrators momentum with thoughtless moves and words, just as the movement goes national. Is that his goal?

We saw this in Wisconsin, too.

When his fraudulently named "Budget Repair Bill" was unmasked for the union-stripping measure it really was, and demonstrations broke out in Madison, Gov. Walker mischaracterized the demonstrators as mostly out-of-staters - - a statement rated "false" by PolitiFact.

But...unlike Bloomberg, at least Walker didn't have law enforcement pepper-spray and arrest non-violent people by the hundreds, as has Bloomberg's NYPD.