# Scott Walker is in **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 13, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-is-in/725052 "2015-07-13T13:52:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-is-in/725052/101 "2015-08-11T02:00:37Z")
I found [this article on Scott Walker](http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2015_08/scott_walker_continues_to_beli057006.php) today while I was reading about something else. The article talks about a recent appearance Gov. Walker made on Sean Hannity’s show where he was asked about abortion to save a woman’s life. Gov. Walker had this to say: > [@Scott Walker](#): > > It’s a false choice. There is always a better option out there. I’ve said for years, medically there’s always a better choice than choosing between the life of an unborn baby and the life of the mother," he added. "Medically that’s just a nonissue. As the Washington Monthly piece goes on to describe, Gov. Walker is incorrect here. Demonstrably, factually wrong. How did this clown get elected, let alone re-elected, as Governor? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-is-in/725052/102 "2015-08-11T18:51:16Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > And also – recalling the thread about it in GD – how much he also hates universities and all institutions of higher learning and the academics that inhabit them. And by extension, how much he hates science and fact-based reality. > > But he’s not only a hater, he’s also a lover. He loves the Koch brothers, and he loves their money even more. > > Sounds like an ideal candidate! The thing that makes him dangerous is that he pretends to be indifferent, even somewhat reasonable sounding, on the crazy end of right wing social policy. He’s had a huge advanage in WI where he can get all the shit he wants passed without going out on a limb in public and really pushing for any of it. He doesn’t need to. But IMO this won’t work with 2016’s stable of Republican candidates. He HAS to make a lot of noise or he will be completely overlooked and be out of the running before he even realizes it. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-is-in/725052/103 "2015-08-19T16:16:37Z")
I wasn’t sure where to put this, but ultimately decided on this thread. In another thread there has been much discussion of what is and is not a free fall in the polls. [This](http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2016-national-gop-primary#!selected=Walker) is what one looks like. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-is-in/725052/104 "2015-08-20T05:49:26Z")
I don’t understand it, because as I said in another thread, Walker inspires the most fear and loathing in me of all the Republican candidates (which is really saying something). And I thought he was impressive at the debate, but not according to everyone else. The pundit/prognosticator in me is like “WTF, people–you are messing up my bracket!” LOL But given that the polls still show him to be one of the most formidable standardbearers in general election matchups, my inner partisan Democrat is loving it. This, from a [recent NPR story](http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=432619139) on Walker’s fall in Iowa, is a LMAO, pinch-me dream quote: > [@](#): > > Trump now leads Walker in polling in Iowa. And while Walker is still in the top tier of candidates here and nationally, his support has eroded. His backers haven’t necessarily shifted to Trump, but possibly to other candidates on the rise, including Ben Carson, Ted Cruz and Carly Fiorina. You go, Iowa Republicans…you beautiful, crazy bastards. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-is-in/725052/105 "2015-08-28T04:30:56Z")
[ > [@Gov. Scott Walker](#): > > As President, I will send the following message: the retreat is over. American leadership is back and, together with our allies, we will not surrender another inch of ground to terrorists or any other power that threatens our safety. ]([http://bigstory.ap.org/article/bf7a904b38064ad39ca33ca28906a204/walker-we-cannot-afford-lose-middle-east](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/bf7a904b38064ad39ca33ca28906a204/walker-we-cannot-afford-lose-middle-east))Also:[ > [@](#): > > Walker argues that the nation cannot afford to elect an “untested” candidate. “I have been tested like no other candidate in this race,” he said. He has cited his record of standing up to unions and winning three statewide elections in four years, including one recall election in a very competitive state. > > As a governor, Walker does not have any active role in American foreign policy or have security clearance to get briefings from military leaders or U.S. intelligence operations. Walker has no military service record. He has conducted foreign trade missions as governor, including a 2013 trip to China where he met with President Xi Jinping. > > Walker called earlier this week for Obama to cancel Xi’s upcoming state visit to the United States. Walker says the U.S. should punish China for alleged currency manipulation and human rights abuses. > > Asked earlier this week how a Walker administration would resolve disagreements with the Chinese government without face-to-face meetings, the governor offered no specifics. ]([http://bigstory.ap.org/article/bf7a904b38064ad39ca33ca28906a204/walker-we-cannot-afford-lose-middle-east](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/bf7a904b38064ad39ca33ca28906a204/walker-we-cannot-afford-lose-middle-east)) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-is-in/725052/106 "2015-08-30T18:01:33Z")
Somebody raised the issue of a wall on the Canadian border at a town hall. [Walker says it is a legit issue](http://cnews.canoe.com/CNEWS/World/2015/08/30/22546443.html). I just pray somebody brings up a potential zombie uprising at his next town hall meeting. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-is-in/725052/107 "2015-09-02T14:31:31Z")
Tsk. [It was fun while it lasted . . .](http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/cutting-losses-kochs-to-sell-scott-walker?intcid=mod-latest) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-is-in/725052/108 "2015-09-02T14:54:10Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Tsk. [It was fun while it lasted . . .](http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/cutting-losses-kochs-to-sell-scott-walker?intcid=mod-latest) It’s a joke. > [@](#): > > Get news satire from The Borowitz Report delivered to your inbox. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-is-in/725052/109 "2015-09-02T15:14:00Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It’s a joke. Erm, yeah, I pretty much got that from the headline: “CUTTING LOSSES, KOCHS TO SELL SCOTT WALKER”. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-is-in/725052/110 "2015-09-02T15:20:17Z")
If the only thing good to come out of the 2016 race is Scott Walker getting his ass kicked, I’ll be satisfied. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-is-in/725052/111 "2015-09-08T16:38:48Z")
[Walker to spend $16 million on union-bashing ad campaign.](http://www.thenation.com/article/at-the-labor-day-pivot-a-tanking-scott-walker-doubles-down-on-union-bashing/) ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-is-in/725052/112 "2015-09-08T17:04:52Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Walker to spend $16 million on union-bashing ad campaign.](http://www.thenation.com/article/at-the-labor-day-pivot-a-tanking-scott-walker-doubles-down-on-union-bashing/) Wouldn’t it be cheaper to buy two seconds of time immediately after each Trump appearance to say “ME TOO!!!”? ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-is-in/725052/113 "2015-09-08T17:10:25Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Wouldn’t it be cheaper to buy two seconds of time immediately after each Trump appearance to say “ME TOO!!!”? Reminds me of a Tweet I saw a week or so ago. I forget who wrote it: “I want Trump to start claiming things like he’s eaten 1,000 bees in his life so we can see Scott Walker try to eat a bunch of bees.” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-is-in/725052/114 "2015-09-08T17:36:55Z")
Are there still 1,000 bees to be eaten? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-is-in/725052/115 "2015-09-14T08:35:32Z")
[ > [@](#): > > At a town hall meeting in Las Vegas, Walker will propose eliminating unions for employees of the federal government, making all workplaces right-to-work unless individual states vote otherwise, scrapping the federal agency that oversees unfair labor practices and making it more difficult for unions to organize. ]([http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_GOP\_2016\_WALKER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-09-14-04-23-33](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GOP_2016_WALKER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-09-14-04-23-33))I’ll be there, at XTreme Manufacturing, protesting this idiot and his desire to undo what hundreds of men, women & children died for. I cannot imagine a more harmful position unless someone wanted to make it illegal to speak out loud or write things down. [ > [@](#): > > Experts were taken aback by the scope of Walker’s proposals, which seek to undo decades of law and would gut the landmark National Relations Labor Act - adopted in 1935 and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the height of the Great Depression. > > “I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Ann Hodges, a professor at the University of Richmond who has studied labor law for more than 40 years. “This will take the breath away from anyone who’s worked in labor relations for any length of time. … It’s pretty draconian.” > [@](#): > > Lee Adler, a labor law expert at Cornell University, said Walker’s proposals would eliminate workers’ rights and make it more difficult for people to join the middle class. > > “Mr. Walker could only be making these type of proposals to satisfy his most backward-looking, wealthy contributors, just as he pursued, as governor, policies advanced by these people that sought to destroy school teachers and other public employees’ rights in Wisconsin,” he said. ]([http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_GOP\_2016\_WALKER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-09-14-04-23-33](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GOP_2016_WALKER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-09-14-04-23-33)) For those Dopers who might also be in Las Vegas and want to be there, the [Clark County Republican Party website says: > [@](#): > > Please join us for a town hall with Governor Scott Walker, September 14, 3:00 PM PDT at Xtreme Manufacturing in Las Vegas, NV! Address: Xtreme Manufacturing, 1415 W Bonanza, Las Vegas, NV, 89106 Doors Open: 3:00 PM PDT Event Starts: 3:30 PM PDT ]([http://clarkcounty.gop/venue/xtreme-manufacturing/](http://clarkcounty.gop/venue/xtreme-manufacturing/)) ---
**Author:** ![bosbfdsfd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@bosbfdsfd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bosbfdsfd)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-is-in/725052/116 "2015-09-14T09:12:02Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [I’ll be there, at XTreme Manufacturing, protesting this idiot and his desire to undo what hundreds of men, women & children died for. > > I cannot imagine a more harmful position unless someone wanted to make it illegal to speak out loud or write things down. > [url=[http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_GOP\_2016\_WALKER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-09-14-04-23-33](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GOP_2016_WALKER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-09-14-04-23-33)]]([http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_GOP\_2016\_WALKER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-09-14-04-23-33](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GOP_2016_WALKER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-09-14-04-23-33)) > For those Dopers who might also be in Las Vegas and want to be there, the [Clark County Republican Party website says:](http://clarkcounty.gop/venue/xtreme-manufacturing/) Since Walker shit on unions repeatedly and sailed to reelection, hopefully this is the thing to get his candidacy back on track. The days of unelected public unions buying politicians so they can rob taxpayers are behind us hopefully. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-is-in/725052/117 "2015-09-14T10:39:05Z")
> [@bosbfdsfd](#): > > Since Walker shit on unions repeatedly and sailed to reelection, hopefully this is the thing to get his candidacy back on track. The days of unelected public unions buying politicians so they can rob taxpayers are behind us hopefully. Yeah! In the ideal world, only the corporate owners and officers of companies should be allowed to buy politicians so they can rob taxpayer–as they did before there were unions (and continue to do today). Finally you have posted something we can all get behind. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-is-in/725052/118 "2015-09-14T12:44:59Z")
> [@bosbfdsfd](#): > > Since Walker shit on unions repeatedly and sailed to reelection, hopefully this is the thing to get his candidacy back on track. The days of unelected public unions buying politicians so they can rob taxpayers are behind us hopefully. I can’t tell whether this is intended seriously or as a parody of right-wing thought. So hard to tell the difference these days. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-is-in/725052/119 "2015-09-14T14:26:00Z")
> [@bosbfdsfd](#): > > Since Walker shit on unions repeatedly and sailed to reelection, hopefully this is the thing to get his candidacy back on track. The days of unelected public unions buying politicians so they can rob taxpayers are behind us hopefully. Have you not noticed that Walker’s proposals would gut private-sector unions as well? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-is-in/725052/120 "2015-09-17T02:46:45Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I can’t tell whether this is intended seriously or as a parody of right-wing thought. So hard to tell the difference these days. [Poe’s Law](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-is-in/725052.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-is-in/725052.md?page=7)