Scott Walker Asked to Leave Local Restaurant

[Matariki]

http://mymindstain.blogspot.com/2011/02/scott-walker-asked-to-leave-local.html

You know you're not well liked when you are asked to leave a local tavern because people boo-ing at you causes an upset, but this is exactly what happened to Wisconsin State Governor Scott Walker on Friday the 18th of February.

The Merchant in Madison, WI confirms that on Friday night, Patrick Sweeney (one of the owners) politely asked Scott Walker to leave the establishment when other customers began boo-ing him. A bartender at The Merchant said that, "his presence was causing a disturbance to the other customers and management asked him to leave."


(The comments at the site are pretty funny - and here too

[kenny blankenship]

1. Hell to the Yes!

[jn2375]

2. god bless those customers

[Divernan]

68. Rave review of this new restaurant from NYC visitor to Madison

The place sounds too hip & (dare I say it?!?) progressive to attract Republicans or Tea Partiers, but the fact that an owner has power to toss out a customer for political actions should appeal to the Libertarians). I got this review from googling the restaurant's name and going to a rest. review website.

"We live in New York City but were visiting family in Madison. On a suggestion of a friend we went to Merchant which, as described, was a restaurant / grocery / craft bar similar (in concept) to Jeffrey's Grocery in NYC (Joseph Leonard's).

While my wife and I were unimpressed by Jeffrey's Grocery in NYC, we absolutely loved Merchant. The food, atmosphere and craft bar would put Merchant among the top "casual" fine dining places in NYC.... and this place is in Madison.

Here is a New York City description of Merchant. Put the Spotted Pig together with Le Pain Quotidien, Wichcraft and Employees Only craft bar and you would have something like Merchant.

We went for lunch and had the cured pork with fresh mozzerella and pickled onions. For dinner we had the roast chicken and trout. The food was outrageously good.

The only question I have is when Merchant will expand to NYC.

Enjoy!"

[Kali]

3. hahhahahaha

:toast: to Mr. Sweeney for kicking that fucker to the curb!

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. I suspect he is pretty much persona non grata in many places now

[liberal N proud]

5. The people have totally turned on him

Soon he will not be able to go out in public

[upi402]

6. Orange shirt Democrats in Wisconsin show how it looks

to be a real fucking Democrat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:patriot:
Like Rep. Cory Mason for example

[Plucketeer]

94. Are Wisc. Dems available to tutor the DC variety???

We sure need a dose of this in DC!!!

[Cirque du So-What]

7. Any decent establishment will turn away the riff-raff

and, buddy, they nailed this one alright!

[kenny blankenship]

8. You can dress some people up to the nines and give them fancy forms of address

but they are still shitty company you can't wait to get rid of.

[War Pigs]

59. we used to say

"you can't polish a turd" in the USN: rub, buff and shine all you want and it's still just a damned turd!! :bounce:

[Xipe Totec]

9. Walker is bad for bidness. n/t

[Quixote1818]

10. He is toast because the Dem base will come out to vote in record numbers

Also, the moderates won't be voting for him.

[cognoscere]

48. Doesn't matter. His whole purpose was to get all the nasty shit

that's hidden in the 100 plus pages of the bill passed. The uproar about union rights? That's what magicians call misdirection. Everybody is focused on that and when Walker lets them keep collective bargaining, they'll all go home happy for crumbs that they were never going to lose anyway.

[lunasun]

55. exactly so much more in that bill ... dont take the bait ...and if he is hungry

why not eat the rich ..let him put some Koch on his tongue

[LuckyLib]

109. We have a winna! The privatization/purchasing of pubic property in that bill -- fisheries,

parks, etc. is the real plum the Rethugs want -- for future development. Collective bargaining is just the smokescreen. The media needs to tell that story!

[sam sarrha]

114. the states Utilities too.. but the Media is in bed with the Koch's.. not gonna happen..

[sam sarrha]

113. such nasty shit includes selling the WI State Utilities to Koch for a Dime with no regulation..!!

[AsahinaKimi]

11. Setting a good example to the people of Wisconsin..

Maybe all BUSINESSES will ask him to leave..

[reformist2]

12. One wonders how many chefs would spit in his food now.

[dixiegrrrrl]

13. Blowback, yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

edited to add:

contact info for the restaurant ( local number only, sorry)

http://www.merchantmadison.com/contact/

121 S. Pinckney St.
Madison, WI, 53703
608.259.9799


dropping then an "atta boy" would be nice.

[Divernan]

69. Don't phone them - their phone line is swamped and that's bad for their business.

They've been getting swamped with both nasty and supportive calls and it's interfering with their business. They asked a local blogger to remove their name from his favorable report on this incident, in hopes of generating fewer hate calls.

[dixiegrrrrl]

83. Good info---thanks.

[kentuck]

14. Is this for real??

If so, absolutely foreboding.

[blm]

15. Of COURSE the mainstream mediawhores had no interest in reporting that incident

that would have received heavy rotation on all the networks if it had been a Democratic lawmaker. Every townhall where a Dem lawmaker was heckled by planted disruptors during the healthcare debate was given wall to wall coverage by the NATIONAL newsmedia.

[SoulSearcher]

100. Validity Questions

Reading the whole article w/comments, Naomi mentioned this may not
be entirely true - the business will not answer _any_ questions due to the
high level of emotion going on. They are scared, so no major bylines yet.

[blm]

103. You mean due to the high level of THREATS from the triggerhappy RWnut crowd.

,

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

116. Haha you are citing the comments section of a news article.

[SoulSearcher]

128. Yes/No/Sort-of I guess

Did not see direct news article, I was citing Naomi's comments
on her blogspot. ( It was her
blog that this thread/story started from). My apologies for
not making that clear.

[divine_truine]

16. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IS AN ATTRIBUTE OF DEMOCRACY!

republicans know not the difference between fascism & economy because they are too licking corporate boots for personal gain. you republicans make me sick! btw, professed christian &koch-whore fake gov scott walker gives real christians a bad name!

[socialist_n_TN]

17. Kick. Between this and the Kochs getting booed in NYC.......

a couple of months ago, maybe there's hope yet.

[Modern_Matthew]

18. Excellent! n/t

[madinmaryland]

19. He's probably a shitty tipper also. If he even tips.

[corpseratemedia]

20. don't forget all the parties they have with the low-cost catering they love

think about it.

[somone]

21. More businesses should do the same - throw the bum out

[Liberal_in_LA]

22. wow

[Dappleganger]

23. Schadendreude is sweet!

[CLANG]

24. Dumbass can't even go out to eat!

:rofl:

[seabeyond]

25. ha haha. love it. nt

[seabeyond]

26. everyone knows a teacher, fireman or policeman. lol. family members, too. nt

[reformist2]

28. Exactly. That's what the Republicans didn't realize that teacher-bashing would backfire.

Because we who know teachers know the truth!

[ChiciB1]

27. NICE.... VERY NICE! May He Meet MORE Resistance As He Goes Forward!! n/t

[fishwax]

29. lol

:rofl:

[seabeyond]

30. just thinking about this. bet he thought he was going to be cheered, and pats what a man he is

i think this is a hoot. what an awakening for him and his ego

[Kadie]

31. ROFL!

:rofl:

[Raksha]

32. The blog post seems to have been removed.

I tried the Blogspot link twice and got a message that the blog post doesn't exist. This usually happens when a post has been removed. The Reddit link works, though.

[Sanity Claws]

34. It's there

try clicking again

[jn2375]

39. website still there just removed restaurant name because of nasty calls

[PA Democrat]

33. Maybe the Koch brothers will have him over for dinner.

Although I am guessing that they are not happy with the way their useful idiot got duped into spilling his guts to the fake Koch.:rofl:

[Zambero]

57. Perhaps he'll be over for breakfast instead

As toast, since his poll numbers are in the toilet and the voters of Wisconsin aren't likely to be making the same mistake twice.

[a kennedy]

35. He should be banned from any respectable establishment in the State of Wisconsin....

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[Foo Fighter]

45. Why just Wisconsin?

Please don't deny other respectable establishments in any state of the right to ask Walker to leave. They should all have the privilege to render that request.

[gratuitous]

36. Domino's probably still delivers, Scott

But you'll probably have to give them a neighbor's address if you want to avoid the old pepperoni-and-dog-poop special.

[Beartracks]

44. How fitting -- since WI is supposed to be the "first domino"! n/t

[CoffeeCat]

37. Scott Walker eats at restaurants??????

O....M....G.

I thought for sure that when Scott Walker was hungry--that he simply slithered into the forest, sniffed out his dinner,
unhinged his jaw and swallowed the gopher whole.

Who knew he ate at taverns????

[jn2375]

38. website pulled restaurant name because of nasty tea bagger calls

but were also getting lots of supportive calls, this is explained on the website go read

[Luminous Animal]

40. Then it is time to send them some love!

[City Lights]

41. You suck, Scut Wanker!

:rofl:

[lpbk2713]

42. I'd love to buy a round a la Ian's Pizza.

These guys have good taste and I'd buy the house a round if I could figure out how to do it.

[LynneSin]

43. The restaurant is getting abusive phone calls now

The article said they hid the story because the assholes from the right are now calling and harassing the restaurant

[AlbertCat]

54. assholes from the right are now calling and harassing the restaurant

Endearing them even more to the average citizen.

[Overseas]

85. Very sad how mean the right wingers are.

The gov was asked to leave politely

and the tea baggers call with such seething hatred.

[Mac Adams]

46. FREAKIN' LOVE IT

[JEB]

47. Let him eat

shit.

[Kurovski]

125. Let him eat Koch.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

49. We have to let the whole state know how to deal with him in this fashion...I wish there was a way

[skepticscott]

65. The whole state had a chance to deal with him in a better fashion

By not voting for him last November, or by voting for this opponent. But apparently that level of thinking and participation was too much for the majority of them.

[russspeakeasy]

97. Why does it take something like this scum getting elected

to get the dems to turn out?  

[Kurovski]

126. He was elected?

I thought he was hired.

[Imagevision]

50. Koch Bros. should buy Walker his own restaurant and personally serve him...

[upi402]

51. Walker sounded pretty willing to serve them -afterall

He sounded willing to to anything for the Koch actually.

[pansypoo53219]

52. let walker

eat CAKE!

it's magically delicious.

[AlbertCat]

53. Can Obama ask him to leave the country for disturbing the other citizens?

[Athena66]

108. Oh, if only......

I have a huge list of others that I would also love to see leave the country.......

[Zambero]

56. Walker's rights were violated

Which is just fine actually. He got a very small taste of his own medicine.

[seabeyond]

67. he and others like rand paul would say that the restaurant has the right.... nt

[Divernan]

71. The law says the restaurant has that right.

Businesses can not turn away customers based on race,sex, religion, disability. But otherwise businesses have the right to refuse service. This is important for bars/restaurants in the case of drunk/disruptive customers. That's why they have bouncers, ya know!

[seabeyond]

82. yes, i know. nt

[Divernan]

70. Rights to service are based on race, religion,disability, etc. - not assholery

or political actions.

[Enthusiast]

58. I don't mean to be heartless but

I hope this treatment of Walker continues for the rest of his life. Same for Kasich and the rest of the Koch army, including Dick Armey.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

60. Gov. of Wisconsin is now a status crime.

:rofl:

Status crime is where your state of being is criminal, like being a vagrant or a bum where homelessness is criminalized.


Actually, I think being a cat is a status crime. I can't stand cats.

[MaeScott]

61. K and r. nt

[old mark]

62. K&R-Gosh! I didn't see this on the news...but they did cover Justin Bieber's haircut...nt

[Divernan]

73. I just sent a tip to Huffington Post, referring them to DU for the story.

[dotymed]

63. If only

this would happen every time one of the bought and paid for "representatives" went out in public. I really believe that IF we had an unbiased MSM like when we had THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE, most (95%) Americans would realize what the 1-2% of the "ruling elite" were doing to our country, and react.

[skepticscott]

64. I wonder how many of those customers

actually voted for Walker (or stayed home instead of voting for his opponent) and are now ashamed to admit how stupid and gullible they were.

[Keith Bee]

66. Love it!

K&R!

[WVRICK13]

72. Make The Politicians Own Their Ignorance

We too often let elected officials do very stupid things then we kiss their asses to keep their favor. I am more frequently the person telling them they are brainless. At a press event I was being photographed with a US House Member from WV and right before they snapped the shot I asked her if she was really as dumb as she appeared by her voting record. The look on her face in that picture was truly worth a thousand words. Colleagues told me I was stupid to do that because she wouldn't support things for my agency. I said, 'gee in 15 years she hasn't cast one vote in our favor.'

[WVRICK13]

76. Explanation

I suppose I should explain what prompted the press event and why I was so pissed. Seems the Congresswoman voted against the bill the funded a program that funds our agency. It was an election year and she had the nerve to show up with a giant check to give to our agency and made it look like she was responsible for the funding. Of course, it was my job to be there and smile for the camera with this hypocrite. I couldn't resist having a private moment with the Congresswoman since I would have been fired if I had made the facts public.

[creon]

74. good

Shun him!

[MaeScott]

75. Next..plz leave the state. Txbai. nt

[stlsaxman]

77. Comment: "it's ironic that since he can't be seen in public, he will probably have to order pizza"

I bet he won't be phoning Ian's!

:rofl:

[onehandle]

78. Walker, the Koch brothers and other public teabagger better get used to eating spit.

Because workers will be spitting (and worse) in their food for the rest of their lives.

[DeadEyeDyck]

79. No shirt, no shoes, no unions

[Corruption Winz]

80. It's the story of a guy....

That screwed some people over and was trying to keep that going. Soon, word spread and this caused much commotion. At the end of a hard day of trying to ruin lives, all he wants to do is head out to the local watering hole and enjoy a cool beer.

Turns out... some of the same everyday people that he screwed over felt the need to drink as well.

LMAO. What an ass.

[randr]

81. If only it were so easy to remove asswipes from office

I would love to send out a round to all the patrons at the Merchant!

[BrklynLiberal]

84. Karma can be sooo bitter.

[cate94]

86. Alright!

[Enrique]

87. Tea Party is now calling for a new federal Civil Rights Act n/a

[Moostache]

88. Upholding the health code - no vermin allowed!!! (n/t)

[underpants]

89. It's okay Scottie- David Koch is going to "show you a good time" in "Cali"

:hide:

[SemperEadem]

90. he must have forgotten that

his constituents are not the tparty, this isn't a campaign ad shoot and that real people and not corporations are who votes him in and out of office.

I do hope that the protesters have begun circulating recall petitions amongst themselves at the capitol. It's time to show this knucklehead who has the power in this country--and it ain't "We the Corporations".

[timefortherevolution]

91. GREAT STORY!

[myrna minx]

92. K&R n/t

[RedCloud]

93. I guess he'll have to eat at Rand Paul's white folks only diner.

[Plucketeer]

95. WHOA!

This place is on my "TO DO" list! The Merchant and Ian's pizza!

[millerm777]

96. walker - order food to go

walker should order food to go in the future

[Kurovski]

127. He could do a little work for a change.

Maybe make a nice sammich, or boil up some noodles.

[tpsbmam]

98. Oh good, in time to K&R. I absolutely love this!!! nt

[jillan]

99. Everyone go back and read the update. The restaurant owners have been getting threatening calls

from the rw wackos.

[defendandprotect]

101. ... and guess he's finding out now how everyone really feels about Reagan -- !!

[notadmblnd]

102. this should happen everywhere he goes

let him and those like him become shunned loudly and publicly 24/7

[SoapBox]

104. Hilarious! Guess his only fans are The KKKoch Brothers!

[FlyByNight]

105. Beautiful

I wonder if the door hit Scotty on the ass on the way out?

:applause:

[Playinghardball]

106. And don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out Govenor!!

[colsohlibgal]

107. Whoops!

This blatant, concerted power grab, so amazingly transparent, seems to be blowing up in their faces.

[cynzke]

110. And While Your At It....

Govenor Walker....could you please leave the state!

[DesertDiamond]

111. Woot!!

[sarcasmo]

112. Nice!

[47of74]

115. Unforutunately now The Merchant is geting threats

Scumbag teabaggers.

[earth mom]

117. Awesome!

:applause:

[Bluzmann57]

118. Let's hope he can never show his face in Wisconsin

I mean never. Exile him, although we certainly do not want him here in Iowa. Maybe him and the koch bros. can go to Argentina or some place like that. Or some remote island. SOLIDARITY!

[47of74]

119. No we do not want him in Iowa

[TwentyFive]

120. Good. People are standing up to the TakeOver.

Protests + Solidarity are working.

Zero Tolerance for these people and the inhumane laws they try to pass.

[teabaghater]

121. With welder's gloves

on, I'd like to pat Karl Rove on the back for kick starting the progressive movement again! And let's not forget Scott Walker, teabagger, for following Rove's orders. FU repukes!! Bring it!

This would be such a perfect time for Obama to redeem himself for those of us who voted for him. Go to Madison Obama!!! Stand with YOUR people!

[snacker]

122. Damn, I LOVE Madison! n/t

[SickupandFed]

123. Great Post...

I wish I could have seen the look of his face:woohoo: :applause: :rofl:

[demigoddess]

124. love it!!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: