Comments on: Scott Walker RECALLED after weakening Unions, cutting their pay, and threatening them with military action

By: ash

ash — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:51:19 +0000

He’ll be defeated. The amount of (rightly) active, vednomous, vitriol against him will bring many of the people out who don’t usually bother to vote. Republicans tend to come out in full regardless. They can’t add to their numbers.

By: itzac

itzac — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:59:11 +0000

@smrnda, #11:

Random(N-2), 2012!

By: dan4

dan4 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:55:20 +0000

@8: Where did Greg Laden mention anything about Republicans or Democrats in his post?

By: smrnda

smrnda — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 23:34:21 +0000

I myself to vote third party but if anything, people like Scott Walker have demonstrated that Republicans and Democrats are not always blandly equivalent.

I’d prefer to see quite a few viable parties, but I’m not sure what sort of strategy would get us that outcome.

By: Glaucomys

Glaucomys — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:05:18 +0000

I’m happy to hear about the certification. I hope that he is defeated in the upcoming special election.

By: Otto

Otto — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:18:18 +0000

I’m one of the union workers who’s been damaged by Walker’s legislation.

Oh, wait, that’s right, I’m not a union member any more. My union was primarily made up of young adults, many of them international students or having small children, or both. We didn’t get pensions or many other of the touted benefits that we were supposed to be living fat off of. The union existed to help us protect our working conditions and our access to health care.

We were penalized by Walker’s move as though we were wealthy. My union exists in theory, but given our young, transitory, vulnerable membership, we couldn’t afford to re-certify every year. We don’t have the money or time; we traditionally spent what money or time we had bargaining with the state. Now, the union is still nominally in existence, but has no legal standing to deal with the state. Our current contract is being honored as a courtesy, but once it runs out, the state is free to decrease or even cancel our wages.

We’re just students, after all – the TAA, UW-Madison’s former grad student union. Depending on the department, we often do the majority of the teaching or grading for classes in a very good institution. And most of us do very good jobs. But we no longer have the right to ask the state to help us with health insurance or child care for the few years that we exist as state employees. Because we’re evil, filthy, union thugs. With no pensions.

By: IraqVet1999

IraqVet1999 — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 14:53:29 +0000

Blah blah blah Republican, blah blah blah Democrat! Isn’t anyone else tired of hearing this? This is a nation for the people by the people., so lets put the PEOPLE back in power this November. Vote independent.

By: gwen

gwen — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 10:04:23 +0000

The Koch brothers are doing their diligent best to disrupt/derail the process by pouring money in to assist Walker. Recent polls have shown him ahead in the process. I have to hope enough Wisconsinites have come to their senses to vote to recall him. Even if he is not recalled, I have to think at least one of the 3 GOP in the senate being recalled will be kicked out, thus a Democratic majority. It would severely handicap his ability to run roughshod through the state.

By: Trebuchet

Trebuchet — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 05:40:55 +0000

Greg, the way you’re using “recall” certainly works for “impeach” so I’ll give you that. I’m not convinced it works that way for recall. It’s good news in any case.

By: Jason Thibeault

Jason Thibeault — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 02:08:05 +0000

Semantics aside, that’s damn good news.