Protesters Follow Scott Walker to California (thank you Occupy Orange County!!)

[PeaceNikki]

On Thursday Walker jetted off to California to attend a fundraiser in support of his recall campaign hosted by Scott Baugh, Chair of the Republican Party of Orange County. According to Government Accountability Board reports, more than half of the $5.1 million Walker has raised thus far comes from out-of-state donors.

The event was not on his official calendar, but the news circulated around activist networks as soon as it was made public late last week. The trip brings to mind the prank phone call Ian Murphy made to Walker last February disguised as David Koch, and the promise that Murphy as Koch made to Walker:

Murphy: [Laughs] Well, I tell you what, Scott: Once you crush these bastards I'll fly you out to Cali (California) and really show you a good time.

Denizens of Occupy Orange County turned out about eighty people to protest Walker at the fundraiser, but according to one participant, Vern Nelson, “the Scotts moved their little confab to an undisclosed location. This was a last-minute decision, as we could tell when we showed up behind the building, a couple of well-dressed people drove up, a grinning well-dressed man emerged from the building to whisper something to them, and they drove off.”

http://www.progressive.org/protesters_follow_scott_walker_to_california.html

This piece also goes on to discuss the 250th edition of the Solidarity Sing A-long and amazing REAL grassroots movement that Walker has inspired in this state and around the world. It's notable that one of Walker's stops in California will be joining UW fans cheering on the Badgers at the Rose Bowl, after he has recklessly cut millions to the entire UW system.



On Wisconsin.

[Lifelong Protester]

1. Thank you, California!

And thank you, Peace Nikki!

[FreakinDJ]

2. Occupy Rocks - Luv the Anonymous Masks

[gratuitous]

3. Wait, wasn't Walker complaining quite recently about out of state money?

Why is he jetting off to California for a fundraiser? In the middle of winter? When he could be in Wisconsin? Or am I answering my own questions?

[PeaceNikki]

4. He's cheering on the Badgers in the Rose Bowl while slashing funding.

[gratuitous]

5. Hah!

He's doomed to disappointment, then. The Ducks will slice and dice the Badgers and send them back home whimpering with tales of West Coast power. Wisconsinites should feel free to blame their governor for the debacle.