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Ellipsis

(9,124 posts)
Tue May 8, 2012, 02:09 AM May 2012

5.6 Million dollars buys a ton of We stand with Scott Walker signs, but upon closer inspection...

I cruised the back roads on central Wisconsin last weekend and the amount delivered to your door Scott Walker signs are impressive. They are everywhere but if you take a closer look...

Farm fields don't vote. Irrigation systems don't vote. Empty rentals don't vote. On ramps to the interstate don't vote. Vacant Land doesn't vote.

And... my personal favorite closed businesses don't vote but they have beautiful expensive overly large Scott Walker signs posted for all to see. It makes me laugh.

Whereas those crude hand made recall Scott Walker signs, some faded with months weathering, they... they make me smile.

The media and the pundits say they polls haven't changed, and Walker is fixed at 50%, it's a neck and necker. Right? Well 25% of homes in Wisconsin are cell phone only and those polls are based on "likely voters" with land lines, not a million pissed of "Sconies".

The primary is tomorrow, then the games will begin.

Don't believe the hype. This "trouser snake" is going to go down.


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5.6 Million dollars buys a ton of We stand with Scott Walker signs, but upon closer inspection... (Original Post) Ellipsis May 2012 OP
There's one of those on our property line... Archae May 2012 #1
Agreed, I don't know a single person who didn't vote for Walker in 2010 changing thier vote. Ellipsis May 2012 #4
I really hope he loses, and big. CaliforniaPeggy May 2012 #2
I'll bet even Ripon goes to the Dems in the recall. Ellipsis May 2012 #5
I hope so too! CaliforniaPeggy May 2012 #6
I remember ... Ellipsis May 2012 #7
You have mail! n/t CaliforniaPeggy May 2012 #9
...as do you. n/t Ellipsis May 2012 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Ellipsis May 2012 #3
This is critical to win for us. This will make an example of him, and we can ride it calimary May 2012 #8
They are saying there will be over 60 million spent before this campagin is over. It's obscene. Ellipsis May 2012 #10
I hope you're right... obxhead May 2012 #12
As long as groups can keep the passion... WillParkinson May 2012 #13
Photos of those posted on vacant business need to be shared online liberal N proud May 2012 #14
On my next trip, after the primary I'll repost at some point with pics. Ellipsis May 2012 #15

Archae

(46,301 posts)
1. There's one of those on our property line...
Tue May 8, 2012, 02:15 AM
May 2012

Between us and my next-door neighbor to the west.

So it could be from my landlord, or from my neighbor. Either way I could care less.

Walker shit on our faces and called it candy.
He's headed for a loss.

Ellipsis

(9,124 posts)
4. Agreed, I don't know a single person who didn't vote for Walker in 2010 changing thier vote.
Tue May 8, 2012, 02:23 AM
May 2012

But I have met plenty who voted for him initially that are quite vocal about voting against him now.

Response to Ellipsis (Original post)

calimary

(81,127 posts)
8. This is critical to win for us. This will make an example of him, and we can ride it
Tue May 8, 2012, 02:31 AM
May 2012

all the way to November. We need this as a firewall - to shove into republi-CONs' faces that - BEWARE: you try to pull this shit on the people you're supposed to serve, and you won't last long. The GOP all across the country, especially those in the statehouses, needs to be taught this lesson BUT GOOD. All we can hope for, as long as they remain in positions of power, is a chilling effect when they see this happening to one of their own, AND that we can help enough Dems win enough seats to keep these assholes thoroughly corralled and checked, and their lame ideas thwarted and reversed.

Ellipsis

(9,124 posts)
10. They are saying there will be over 60 million spent before this campagin is over. It's obscene.
Tue May 8, 2012, 02:46 AM
May 2012

But after awhile I think we hit a saturation point where money doesn't matter anymore .... and I still feel the other shoe is going to drop before the election as far as the whole John Doe thing.

liberal N proud

(60,332 posts)
14. Photos of those posted on vacant business need to be shared online
Tue May 8, 2012, 06:47 AM
May 2012

Let the world see what the GOP is responsible for.

Ellipsis

(9,124 posts)
15. On my next trip, after the primary I'll repost at some point with pics.
Tue May 8, 2012, 10:12 AM
May 2012

I'm on a deadline with too much on my plate at the moment.

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