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lame54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-11 07:30 AM
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Walker's Post Prank Press Conference
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/23/scott-walker-prank-call_n_827370.html

MADISON, WIS -- During a 20 minute press conference in the governor's office, Scott Walker addressed the prank call he received Tuesday from a man impersonating billionaire oil tycoon David Koch.

"I take phone calls all the time," Walker said in response to a reporter's question about whether Democrats could trust him to negotiate with them in good faith. "The bottom line is, the things I said are things I said publicly all along."

During the prank call, Walker discussed the possibility of tricking Senate Democrats into returning to the capitol for talks during a recess, then sneakily passing his budget measure, which they'd skipped town to block because it would gut union workers' collective bargaining rights. "If you heard that I was going to talk to them, that would be the only reason why."

David Koch and his brother Charles are big backers of Walker and his anti-union efforts...
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PA Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-11 07:35 AM
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1. "I take phone calls all the time (but only from my corporate masters
and fellow tools of my corporate masters)."

If the boot licker does actually ever take a phone call from an actual constituent with an opposing viewpoint, I guarantee you that
a) Walker does not spend 20 minutes on the phone with them.
b) Walker does not fall all over himself to ingratiate himself with the caller.

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Syrinx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-11 07:36 AM
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2. I think and certainly hope...
That prank call will be the fall of Governor Walker.
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lame54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-11 07:41 AM
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3. that stubborn bastard is going to hold on as long as possible
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BR_Parkway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-11 09:01 AM
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4. I wonder how many WI citizens we'll see on the news today who tried
calling but can't get through? <crickets chirping>
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