Monday, February 28, 2011

Meanwhile, In Wisconsin

This whole "the unions have too much influence over elections!!!!" nonsense would be a lot easier to take seriously if just months ago we hadn't given the green light to corporations being able to shower candidates with money.  I mean, for fuck's sake.

Also, obviously as a governor he's more successful than I'll ever be, but doesn't Scott Walker just LOOK like an idiot?  I mean, it's not fair to judge just on the way somebody looks, but if you're awaiting your Trivial Pursuit opponent and this guy sits down across from you, your asshole isn't really clenching up with fear, is it?

12 comments:

Marley said...

He ran on it. What's the phrase? Oh yes. Elections have consequences.

Xmastime said...

actually, he didnt. he ran on state employees making health and pension concessions. which they agreed to. but he said nothing about stripping their collective bargaining.

http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2011/feb/22/scott-walker/wisconsin-gov-scott-walker-says-he-campaigned-his-/

please be better informed before commenting on Xmastime, Mr. .."Marley", is it? This is not Perez Hilton. This is an important place on the internet.

Marley said...

Au contraire, fatass

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/scott-walker-campaigned-reforming-wisconsin-s-collective-bargaining-rules_552370.html

Regardless, layoffs appear to be the compromise. It's all good.

Xmastime said...

hahaha!! weak, and you know it. whats next, having one of O'Reilly's body language experts testify about what Walker "really meant" during the campaign?

please. relax, the demise of public unions, which we all know accounted for the downfall of the US economy, and not Wall Street, has been happening for decades now. they gave a whopping $87M to campaigns in 2010; Im guessing the Koch brothers have given that much since I cleverly wrote that bit about O'Reilly's body language experts. you're winning, so relax.

Walker is beneath you; simply admit that his theatrics have nothing to do with any "budget", and we can start from there.

Marley said...

Admitted. He's a stalking horse for the return of the Robber Barons. An elected one.

What's your point?

I could say that Obamacare has nothing to do with health care and everything to do with a massive governmental grab and transfer of power to the public sector.

To which you would quite rightly say, "What's your point?"

Jesus. Your own argument is beneath you.

Xmastime said...

Obama ran on a platform that included the public option. he did not get it. he compromised.

Walker did not run on a platform that included permanently stripping collective bargaining rights. he will not compromise.

surely you are not comfortable with Walker's over-reach?

to claim "elections have consequences" rings a bit false here.

Walker has found himself in a "read my lips" moment, without Bush's integrity or honesty.

Marley said...

I'm entirely comfortable with it. As you should be. That doesn't mean you have to support it. But puhlease . . . enough of the kvetching. You are such a perpetual victim. To the Man. The Banks. The Kochs. And now, Scott Walker.

The idea that Obama ran on each of the bills he has signed is infantile. But he had the juice for 2 years and you cede the right-of-way to the man with the juice.

It's amazing how often you exhibit the same self-pity for which you excoriate people like Palin. You should do away with Todd and host a talk show with her.

Xmastime said...

I don't consider myself a victim to To the Man. The Banks. The Kochs. And now, Scott Walker.

To be honest, I admire them. They make a ton of money doing what they want to do. Good for them.

I consider myself a victim to fools that are easily led by the Man. The Banks. The Kochs. And now, Scott Walker.

"You should do away with Todd and host a talk show with her."

WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK I PRAY FOR EVERY NIGHT???!?!?!?!?

Marley said...

"I consider myself a victim to fools that are easily led . . ."

Pussy.

Xmastime said...

it's called "math", dumbass.

but seriously, I do love me some pussy. (nom nom nom!)

Anonymous said...

Big Fella....

Does your criticism of corporate donations extend to thosegiven by George Soros, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffet?

Thought not.

Get a grip already. Why do government pencil pushers need a union while those in the private sector do not?

Xmastime said...

who said they didn't? dont you think some might prefer them? its not that they dont "need" them, it's that the alternative is "not working."

but yes, your point that the magical private sector as run by the invisible hand of the "free market" is a collective of people pulling themselves up by their own bootstraps while public employees are simpering babies begging for handouts is a good one.

and of course i dont condone those donations either. any politician beholden to anybody's bank account is a dangerous one. but it's strange i'd think that, since you clearly intimated i'd think otherwise. hmm.