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Recall Republican Wisconsin Governor Walker status update thread

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Ausm said:
Walker Recall update:

http://www.channel3000.com/politics/29875309/detail.html

http://news.yahoo.com/walker-recall-effort-says-300-000-signatures-013130552.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...1/28/gIQAVA4R6N_story.html?wprss=rss_national

In 12 days we have 300,000 of the 540,208 in!

I can see the Koch bros adds running 24 X 7 in the near future glad I have a TIVO. 😀
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You sure are gleefull about Wisconsin becoming a Union controled state along with which will come higher taxes. You must hate your private sector neighbors.
 
michal1980 said:
You sure are gleefull about Wisconsin becoming a Union controled state along with which will come higher taxes. You must hate your private sector neighbors.
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LMAO Union controlled state??? HAHAHAHA

I don't want to be a Koch sucker can you blame me?
 
Fear No Evil said:
You've admitted to being a Moveon.Org soldier... not sure what you are talking about it being dispelled.. I'll assume you didn't read what I actually posted.
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Can I ask you why you seem so intimidated by Moveon.org?

Also your claim that Dems take their marching orders from Soros is laughable at best
 
Despite some Wisconsinite's being upset about new laws this sets a dangerous precedent. This seems like a petty attempt by the party who lost the election to find a way to get back into power.

You don't like the laws your current congress enacted? Well that's what the next election cycle is for. Recalls should be saved for when you have a crook in office, not when you disagree with their policys.

By Wisconsin's logic, people against obamacare should start a recall on him.

Shame on you Wisconsin for abusing the system.
 
Illusio said:
Despite some Wisconsinite's being upset about new laws this sets a dangerous precedent. This seems like a petty attempt by the party who lost the election to find a way to get back into power.

You don't like the laws your current congress enacted? Well that's what the next election cycle is for. Recalls should be saved for when you have a crook in office, not when you disagree with their policys.

By Wisconsin's logic, people against obamacare should start a recall on him.

Shame on you Wisconsin for abusing the system.
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I disagree, Recalls are rare in Wisconsin and in order to be successful there has to be ALOT of pissed off voters to follow through.
 
Ausm said:
I disagree, Recalls are rare in Wisconsin and in order to be successful there has to be ALOT of pissed off voters to follow through.
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No, there was a few pissed off voters that were very loud and very quickly made this issue an us vs them issue. It was easy, democrats hate republicans and vice versa.

On a semi-related note:

Democrats are corrupt, we already discussed this and I provided many examples of corruption in regards to using tax dollars to fund partisan events.

Republicans are corrupt, you know it, I know it. Let's leave it at that for now.

For the life of me I cannot figure out why we continue to argue over which dog turd is gonna taste better. Let's just go get a cheeseburger.
 
Ausm said:
I disagree, Recalls are rare in Wisconsin and in order to be successful there has to be ALOT of pissed off voters to follow through.
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Rarity is not really relevant. Of course there are pissed off voters. Just about any legislation will piss off someone.

Wisconsin has some 5.6 million people and you need to get about 10% of the voters to sign a recall. It's not that hard. The upset people are the ones that are going to be most involved. People happy with the status quo aren't going to go to any great lengths to prevent change.

The fact is, the opposing political party is using the recall process as an end around for an election they lost fairly.
 
Illusio said:
Rarity is not really relevant. Of course there are pissed off voters. Just about any legislation will piss off someone.

Wisconsin has some 5.6 million people and you need to get about 10% of the voters to sign a recall. It's not that hard. The upset people are the ones that are going to be most involved. People happy with the status quo aren't going to go to any great lengths to prevent change.

The fact is, the opposing political party is using the recall process as an end around for an election they lost fairly.
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Probably more than anything to tie up the energy and assets of those on the right. Wisconsin progressives have Michigan squarely in their sights and won't rest until Wisconsin is as broken and helpless as that state, at which time they'll propose a move toward even bigger, more powerful government as the only possible solution.
 
Illusio said:
Rarity is not really relevant. Of course there are pissed off voters. Just about any legislation will piss off someone.

Wisconsin has some 5.6 million people and you need to get about 10% of the voters to sign a recall. It's not that hard. The upset people are the ones that are going to be most involved. People happy with the status quo aren't going to go to any great lengths to prevent change.

The fact is, the opposing political party is using the recall process as an end around for an election they lost fairly.
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Scroll up and checkout the thread I posted for the reasons for Recall in Wisconsin. Whether you like it or not Wisconsin voters are exercising their legal voter rights in our State which are clearly spelled out in Wisconsin's Constitution.
 
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Illusio said:
Rarity is not really relevant. Of course there are pissed off voters. Just about any legislation will piss off someone.

Wisconsin has some 5.6 million people and you need to get about 10% of the voters to sign a recall. It's not that hard. The upset people are the ones that are going to be most involved. People happy with the status quo aren't going to go to any great lengths to prevent change.

The fact is, the opposing political party is using the recall process as an end around for an election they lost fairly.
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How is using a procedure that is part of the Wisconsin Constitution an 'end around'? While I think that recall provisions should be eliminated from all Constitutions, since it's already in there this is a perfectly reasonable use of it.

If Walker didn't want to risk recall, he could have avoided the passage of ultra partisan legislation. He didn't, so he will reap what he has sown.
 
werepossum said:
Probably more than anything to tie up the energy and assets of those on the right. Wisconsin progressives have Michigan squarely in their sights and won't rest until Wisconsin is as broken and helpless as that state, at which time they'll propose a move toward even bigger, more powerful government as the only possible solution.
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Isn't more powerful Government ramming extreme Rightwing legislation through that will only benefit the few and not the many?
 
Illusio said:
By Wisconsin's logic, people against obamacare should start a recall on him.

Shame on you Wisconsin for abusing the system.
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Can you provide any evidence whatsoever that recalling a governor for passing unpopular legislation is 'abusing' the system? Nothing in the WI constitution speaks to how its recall provision should be used, and those in power at the time of its writing were most certainly advocates of using it for just such a purpose.

Also, there is no federal recall provision, therefore Obama cannot be recalled. Wisconsin's logic does not mean 'invent laws that don't exist'.

EDIT: Walker knew the stakes before he signed that legislation. Now he needs to take personal responsibility for the consequences of it.
 
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