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On 2/23/2011 1:58 PM, Paula wrote:
not to be missed
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/483275/scott_walker_falls_for_killer_prank_by_liberal_blogger_posing_as_right-winger_sugar_daddy_david_koch/#paragraph4
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jesse-berney/walker-koch_b_827129.html
The call made by a Buffalo blogger pretending to be billionaire
right-wing activist David Koch to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker
is quickly making an impact on the news cycle. (You can listen to
the call on YouTube: Part 1 | Part 2.)
Walker is extremely frank with the man he believes to be an
important financial supporter, both of his own campaign and
right-wing causes. Below are the six most important revelations we
learn from listening to the Governor speak his mind.
1. Walker and the Senate Republicans are conspiring to withhold
Democratic lawmakers' paychecks.
A minute into the call, Governor Walker describes a plan by the
Senate Majority Leader to institute a new rule that would stop
automatic deductions of lawmakers' paychecks if they do not appear
in the Senate for more than two days. It would require lawmakers
to appear in person to collect their checks.
Walker describes this as part of a plan he is working on with GOP
Senators: "Each day, we're going to rachet this up a little bit."
2. Walker sees billionaire David Koch as "one of us."
Two and a half minutes in, Walker is describing a conversation he
had with a Democratic state lawmaker, Tim Cullen, who Walker says
is the "only reasonable" one among the Democrats. When the man
pretending to be Koch suggests he calls Cullen, Walker says that
although Cullen is reasonable, he is not "one of us." Who is the
"us" that includes Walker and out-of-state billionaire Koch, but
not an elected state legislator?
3. Walker is planning to threaten state workers with layoffs.
Five minutes into the call, Governor Walker says he is planning to
issue between 5,000 and 6,000 "risk notices" to state workers
announcing that they are at risk of being laid off. He makes this
statement in the context of what he is planning to do to put
pressure on Democrats to cave into his demands, not what is
necessary due to the budget crunch. "If they want to start
sacrificing thousands of public workers to be laid off," he says,
"sooner or later there's gonna be pressure on Senators to come
back. We're not going to compromise."
4. Walker has a plan to lie to Senate Democrats and pass the bill
while they are not aware of the vote.
Seven minutes in, Walker describes a plan created by his chief of
staff to call Senate Democrats back to "hear what they have to
say." While he is discussing the issues with the Democrats, the
Senate would be in recess. In actuality, once Democrats come back
to the state assembly, Republicans would be able to pass the bill
eliminating collective bargaining rights while Walker is in
discussions with Democrats.
5. Walker considered planting fake protesters to cause trouble
among the real protesters.
Fourteen and a half minutes in, the fake David Koch says that they
are considering "planing some troublemakers" among the crowd of
protesters. Walker responds with, "we thought about that." He
expresses no moral objection to the plan, but says that he thinks
it is the wrong strategy, because a "ruckus" would make people
think he should compromise.
6. Walker is corrupt.
Although early in Walker says they are investigating the
Democratic Senators to see if they are committing ethics
violations by accepting union funds, when the fake David Koch says
he will fly Walker "out to Cali and really show you a good time,"
Walker responds by saying "that would be outstanding."
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