Early Morning Swim: Ed Schultz Interviews John Nichols in Wisconsin
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on February 18th, 2011 5:47 am by HL
Early Morning Swim: Ed Schultz Interviews John Nichols in Wisconsin
Good for the President. “President Obama thrust himself and his political operation this week into Wisconsin’s broiling budget battle, mobilizing opposition Thursday to a Republican bill that would curb public-worker benefits while planning similar action in other state capitals.”
Good for the President.
President Obama thrust himself and his political operation this week into Wisconsin’s broiling budget battle, mobilizing opposition Thursday to a Republican bill that would curb public-worker benefits while planning similar action in other state capitals.
Obama accused Scott Walker, the state’s new Republican governor, of unleashing an “assault” on unions in pushing emergency legislation that would nullify collective-bargaining agreements that affect most public employees, including teachers.
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I do believe we’ve found the GOP’s game plan
I guess we know now as goes Tunisia so goes Wisconsin.
Making Democrats flee the state. Is there no lesson of Tom Delay they didn’t learn…especially the felonious parts?
And Wisconsin there is no truth to the rumor your State’s 14 Democratic Senators traveled to Eden Prairie, Minnesota to sign with the Vikings and play quarterback, yet.
And all those rallies of the last few years featuring FoxNews viewers wearing teabags don’t seem to carry the weight that a spontaneous demonstration of the traditional Democratic base.
Authorities say an estimated 25,000 people are protesting anti-union legislation at the Wisconsin state Capitol, and nine demonstrators have been arrested.
And we know where a Republican’s sympathies lie:
Republican Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan compared the protests in his state’s capital to those in Egypt that led to the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Pity the poor Despots of the GOP. I guess they’ve re-modified the revolutionary slogan they used the last couple years already to be “I’ll Tread on Thee“.
