George Carlin & Scott Walker Video - It's a touch over-dramatic, but interesting.

bluecheddar · 8 days

I have donated time and money. It is so frustrating to work so hard for this and get lukewarm support from the party. I'll keep working, but the Democratic party needs to wake up to reality.

sailawaysail · 9 days

You'd almost think they wanted to get a certain result...

andersonb47 · 10 days

I'm sure the ones who are liberal keep it on the low-down.

Toby Keith? I can't believe that.

andersonb47 · 10 days

Ted Nugent and most of the garbage that passes for country music nowadays.

FaramirofWI · 12 days

It was specifically in reference to turning Wisconsin into a "red state" and a right to work state.

BadgerOnTheProwl · 12 days

He will finish Walker's term, so 2-ish years.

borno23 · 12 days

I would support districts being able to choose from competing insurance carriers. I would also support districts being able (not required) to have employees contribute to their benefits.

FaramirofWI · 12 days

Some additional context would be nice. I'd like to see the rest of the video.

Edit - Apparently the video is from a documentary: http://vimeo.com/41579639

More here: http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/in-film-walker-talks-of-divide-and-conquer-strategy-with-unions-8o57h6f-151049555.html

mnpilot · 13 days

It's easy to feel this way about politics and our two party system in general. However, Walker's policies over the past year have pretty clearly shown that in Wisconsin at least there is a vast difference between Democrats and Republicans. Barrett's not an ideal candidate (and neither were any of the Democrats running), but he's certainly going to have different policies than Walker.

The worst thing we can do is not vote. And voting in primaries is just as important as voting in general elections. If you want things to be different someday, you had better be voting in every election.

borno23 · 13 days

Politicians use budget deficits (or surpluses) as a tool. With projections and different accounting practices they can make the budget look however they would like.

The Neenah story is undoubtedly true. But, it's not the same in every school district. My district stuck with WEA Trust for health insurance because they provided the lowest quote. Allowing districts to buy insurance from anyone is probably a good thing. Does it outweigh all the bad things about Act 10 (or all the other horrible policies of Walker)? Not by long shot.

xylon · 14 days

It's a bit of a stretch to call this group of Democrats Progressive. And if you want to make a prediction for the June 5th election based on that paltry advantage in the primary you are a fool.

zawindschz · 14 days

Poor guy left his cock extension at home.

QuesoBadger · 14 days

Walker has set himself up for this kind of ad. That said, I'm not really a fan of it. I do think Walker's policies have been bad for our economy and bad for job creation, but you can't heap all the blame for our job losses on Walker.

There are plenty of things to bash Walker over the head with, and I guess "jobs" is something that hits home with people, but it's not near the top of my list of things to get rid of him for.

QuesoBadger · 14 days

He's not exactly on track to create 250,000 in four years, is he?

in2herspell · 14 days

Dr. Evermore's Forevertron

Absolutely! That place is amazing.

kwasmosis · 14 days

Nope. I only know your internet alter-ego as it's presented in r/Wisconsin.

kwasmosis · 15 days

It was actually more than 900,000 signatures that were certified. Even 800,000 is a huge number and we didn't end up with the 50% fake claims from people like you, did we?

kwasmosis · 15 days

I think you're right. And I think that those who support Walker are taking this seriously and turned out yesterday. When you put it all together the only conclusion you can draw is that the election in June is going to be very close.

podank99 · 16 days

The law in Wisconsin has no requirement that an official be involved in any crime. The only requirement is that 25% of the electorate sign the recall petition during the 60 day period. This is one of the most restrictive recall laws in the nation, both the 25% and the length of the recall period.

heidar · 17 days

Here's the kickstarter page for it: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1098279580/medical-inc-the-movie

Seems they're a bit short of their goal.

And another trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uZUXA6mz_JA#!

jmacken · 20 days

I think all the various factions will get behind whoever the nominee is.

jmacken · 20 days

Agreed. And I have to figure the winner of the primary will get a point or two boost once that is settled. This is going to be close, and I won't feel comfortable until it's all over, but this makes me feel a bit better.

davidreiss666 · 23 days

Agreed.

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