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applegrove

(118,639 posts)
Sun Nov 10, 2013, 11:21 PM Nov 2013

Critics mock Scott Walker's 'tell-all' book as laughable chronicle of omissions and delusions

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Critics mock Scott Walker's 'tell-all' book as laughable chronicle of omissions and delusionss

Written by WiG and AP reports at the Wisconsin Gazette

http://wisconsingazette.com/opinion/critics-blast-scott-walkers-tell-all-book-as-tell-nothing-bid-to-position-himself-as-presidential.html

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Gov. Scott Walker’s new book isn’t exactly a tell-all. In fact, it glosses over or leaves out many of the most important pieces in the story related to his successful drive to destroy public unions and his subsequent recall battle.

The Associated Press obtained an advance copy of Unintimidated: A Governor’s Story and a Nation's Challenge, which is scheduled for release on Nov. 19. Three of the book’s most glaring admissions include:

• Jobs promise: Walker promised in his 2010 election campaign that after four years as governor the state would add 250,000 private-sector jobs. It was a lynchpin of his campaign, and Walker reiterated it during the recall two years later, even though numbers at that point showed he was on pace to only add half that many. Under his leadership, the state continually has rated near the bottom nationally in job creation.

It’s now obvious that Walker can’t possibly come near the number he promised, but he never even mentions the promise in his book. Instead, the book focuses on how many jobs the state lost prior to his taking office and how Walker argued during the recall that monthly job-collection data being used against him was inaccurate.




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Critics mock Scott Walker's 'tell-all' book as laughable chronicle of omissions and delusions (Original Post) applegrove Nov 2013 OP
Mein konf written in crayon Drew Richards Nov 2013 #1
Mein Kampf madaboutharry Nov 2013 #2
Scott Walker remembers things differently than people who know about recording devices. Half-Century Man Nov 2013 #3
Link? Poiuyt Nov 2013 #4
Done. Thanks for pointing that out. applegrove Nov 2013 #5

Half-Century Man

(5,279 posts)
3. Scott Walker remembers things differently than people who know about recording devices.
Sun Nov 10, 2013, 11:37 PM
Nov 2013

He certainly acts like no one can do fact checking; or sing on state property.


Lets have a war by christmas....How many can we get to show up at the capital to sing christmas carols in the police office while wearing handcuffs? U-Tube that...

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