Wisconsin's new BUMFUCK Governor

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http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_473087b4-03b7-11e0-ac4c-001cc4c03286.html

The Obama administration is taking back the $810 million awarded to Wisconsin for train projects after Republican Gov.-elect Scott Walker made it clear he will not waver in his opposition to the project.

With almost all of the money now going to 13 other states, Walker lost a high-stakes gamble — played throughout his campaign for governor — that he could persuade Congress to redirect the money to fix Wisconsin’s crumbling roads and bridges. Federal officials repeatedly said that wasn’t an option, and the money would be sent to rail projects elsewhere.

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Democratic lawmakers, labor leaders and train supporters quickly pounced on the news, issuing a flurry of statements accusing Walker of killing jobs, costing taxpayers and committing “economic suicide” for Wisconsin before even taking office Jan. 3.

Outgoing Gov. Jim Doyle, who postponed the project after Walker continued to vow to kill it after he was elected, called the news a “tragic moment” and said he was “deeply saddened to see us take a major step backward.

“We were positioned to be not only a center of the line, but to be a manufacturing center as well. Now we are moving from being the leader to the back of the line,” Doyle said. “Eight hundred and ten million dollars that would have gone to create thousands of jobs in Wisconsin will now create jobs in other states.”

Meanwhile, Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz called it “a black day for Wisconsin’s economy.”

[Peregrine Took]

1. Incredible. Can he be recalled? n/t

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2. That's being talked about right now. I hope so!

[dragonlady]

20. Recall can start after one year in office

and then we need half a million signatures collected within 60 or 90 days (I forget which).

[calimary]

26. You should start NOW, while the iron, and the issue, are both hot.

Maybe you have to wait on actually collecting signatures, but you can sure start a big loud drum-beat that lasts til you can get the mechanism rolling.

[dragonlady]

27. Oh, definitely

And this train issue is only the first reason to come along. Based on how he governed during eight years as Milwaukee County executive, there will be many more "problems" for Wisconsin because of Scotty.

[Angry Dragon]

3. Gotta love those smart thinking republicans

[Brickbat]

4. He sure showed THEM!

Uh, THEM!!!!11!1!!!

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5. Yeah, he sure showed us! I hope all Wisconsinites get to see it too!

[Historic NY]

6. Him and Big NJ Chris should get together....he doesn't want to pay back hired a law firm.

http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2010/dec/02/gov-christie-hire-patton-boggs-fight-feds-over271-m-arc-reimbursement/

[taught_me_patience]

7. He's who the people of Wisconsin voted for

I guess you reap what you sow.

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8. I didn't vote for him nor did anyone I know. It was the rednecks up nort.

Their bumfucks too!

[atreides1]

10. Lot of rednecks in Wisconsin?

No one can blame just one group, it had to be more then just people who live in the north?

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14. You don't know Wisconsin. I've lived here all my life. It was the rednecks.

[dembotoz]

23. wrong way walker did extremely well in the fox valley and suburban milwaukee

in some areas like 90 percent of the vote.
if a district votes 90 percent democrate the local papers scream voter fraud
90 percent republican-democracy in action

[atreides1]

9. I was thinking the same thing

This is who the majority of the voters wanted, now all the people of Wisconsin are stuck with him and the asshat that beat Feingold.

[TlalocW]

11. What a moron

Here was an opportunity to get a cash infusion that would have created - via jobs - an ongoing cycle of - for lack of a better term - wealth creation that would have lead to more jobs being created, etc. All of the money made and spent from these jobs would have been taxed, and they probably could have had more than 810 million dollars to repair roads.

TlalocW

[Pharaoh]

12. Gov Elect Walker is a Complete Idiot!!!

K&R!

The people against this did not want to pay a measly half cent sales tax to run this high speed rail line. Idiots!! It would have connected high speed rail to Chicago and eventually Minneapolis. :spank:

[KamaAina]

13. Meanwhile, the company that was going to build high-speed rail equipment there pulled out

unsurprisingly (to anyone bright enough to pound sand, that is, unlike Walker).

Interesting approach to job creation, don't you think? :sarcasm:

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15. This guy is only as dangerous as the fools that voted for him.

[Maru Kitteh]

16. Was it necessary to use a homophobic slur to describe this person?

[KamaAina]

19. I believe the term is also used for a rural, "hick" area

similar to "Podunk".

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21. Bum means bum and not "bum"

[lunatica]

17. It's time to start a recall petition

[Phlunk]

18. Most of my co-workers were happy the train has been stopped

They claim government jobs don't count as real jobs to spur the economy, they just drain the economy. Bunch of dolts, you can't reason with them. It's hard to come to work some days.

[dembotoz]

22. welcome to du

[harun]

24. I grew up in WI. Then moved away because I needed to find a job.

I am a WI refugee. WI has area's of Progressives but one needs to look no further than Ryan to see a disturbing trend from there.

[calimary]

25. Didn't Jennifer Granholm say "hey, WE'LL take your money. If you don't want it,

send it here to Michigan!"