Charles P Pierce- Watching Scotty Blow, Cont'd: The Gotcha Problem

[n2doc]

The potential Republican presidential candidate writes an op-ed in which he explains why ignorance is wisdom, why cowardice is courage, and why he is a serious man of ideas.


Scott Walker, the goggle-eyed homunculus hired by Koch Industries to manage their midwest subsidiary formerly known as the state of Wisconsin, and current Republican presidential flavor of the month, has seen an op-ed published under his byline by which he explains why ignorance is wisdom, why cowardice is courage, and why he is a serious man of ideas. And, in the Beyond, George Orwell gets out of the business and starts selling reverse mortgages.

(Two things before we deal with the purported substance of the piece published under Walker's name. It's very possible that the column is meant to send Walker into CPAC this weekend with added momentum. Also, it never should be forgotten that torture-porn enthusiast Marc Thiessen ghosted Walker's campaign biography. This column reeks of the unique brand of meretricious nonsense that recommended Thiessen to Fred Hiatt so highly.)

Americans believe our nation is facing some substantial challenges. Government spending is out of control. Terrorists seek to destroy our way of life. Our economic recovery has been slow. Our borders aren't secure. The federal government has usurped powers that rightly belong to our states. And every day across Wisconsin, and as I travel the nation, I hear from people who share with me their worries about - and their hopes for - our country.

The people in Wisconsin, for example, are concerned that their state is bleeding jobs, that their state is 44th in job growth, that their state budget is almost $300 million out of balance, that their jewel of a public higher education system is being riddled by a know-nothing governor and a know-nothing legislature, and that it has fallen behind neighboring Minnesota by any economic measure worth mentioning. (Mark Dayton For President!) Walker would know this if he didn't confine himself to carefully chosen audiences around the state.

One thing we've learned in Wisconsin through all our challenges and successes over the past four years, is when we keep our focus on what matters to the people, we earn their respect, if not always their agreement. And, in a purple state that hasn't gone to a Republican presidential candidate in 30 years, our approach has translated into three wins in four years.

Which have enabled us to run the state even further into the fking ground. See above.

more

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a33360/watching-scotty-blow-contd-the-gotcha-problem/

[Scuba]

1. "Remember, always, that the question that caused Walker trouble was about freaking evolution."

Remember, always, that the question that caused Walker trouble was about freaking evolution. Remember, also, that this is 20freaking15. If that's a gotcha, if it's asked only of Republican candidates, it's not because of media bias. It's because 49 percent of Scott Walker's party doesn't believe in evolution. And Unintimidated Scott Walker doesn't dare cross them publicly. On evolution. In 20freaking15. Leadership!

As always, Pierce hits the mark.

[dhill926]

2. now this...

is some serious kick ass word smithing.

"Scott Walker, the goggle-eyed homunculus hired by Koch Industries to manage their midwest subsidiary formerly known as the state of Wisconsin,"

[Lifelong Protester]

5. I love, and hate, that part

[yeoman6987]

3. And with all that, Wisconsin voters like him enough to

vote for him three times. That is a dedicated state. A shame that because of that, he may be foisted on the rest of us. I don't think he is flavor of the month. I think he is very careful and may not have a scandal or major gaff.

[Still In Wisconsin]

4. I always enjoy his pieces on the goggle-eyed homunculus.

He certainly has a way with words.