Hillary Slams Scott Walker: He Gets 'Marching Orders' From The Kochs
Source: TPM
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ByCaitlin MacNeal
Published September 11, 2015, 9:07 AM EDT
Hillary Clinton did not hold back in a Thursday evening speech at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Student Union, blasting Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) and his ties to the Koch brothers.
"It seems to me, just observing him, that Governor Walker thinks because he busts unions, starves universities, guts public education, demeans women, scapegoats teachers, nurses, and firefighters, he is some kind of tough guy on a motorcycle, a real leader," she said, according to Politico. "Well, that is not leadership, folks. Leadership means fighting for the people you represent."
"It looks like he just gets his marching orders from the Koch brothers and just goes down the list," she continued...........
Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/hillary-clinton-scott-walker-kochs
Walker dropped to 10th place in new Iowa poll out today.
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leftofcool
(19,460 posts)kimbutgar
(21,240 posts)her comments gets picked up more for the media. I'm glad she is speaking Out against them.
The other I met a women and I asked her about Trump she said "he speaks out the truth, ". I asked her about Bernie Sanders she had never heard of him. The MSM covers trump 24/7, Bernie just barely. At least they cover Clinton enough for people to hear her Koch comments.
riversedge
(70,413 posts)before you post silly stuff to avoid looking foolish.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)By the time she gets through with them, they will be curled up in the fetal position somewhere.
pocoloco
(3,180 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)and they are leading by example.
Cue the "there must be something in there to be outraged about" crowd.
17 shifty humanoid targets means a lot of well-aimed rhetorical salvos have to be fired.
redruddyred
(1,615 posts)I asked her if the dem primaries would get ugly and she assured me that hillary, too, wanted no rehash of 08.
thank god.
I like hillary, and the glee with which republicans try to tear her down just makes me like her more.
of course, the far left guy gets my vote, on principle.
AllyCat
(16,252 posts)It is so true about Walker. He is terrible. And if there is anyone I want to see sink in the polls, it is that guy. He has ruined Wisconsin. Don't let him ruin the rest of the country.
Stevepol
(4,234 posts)Beth Clarkson noticed the same anomalies in the vote count in the re-election of Walker that she noticed in the last KS election. Contrary to the invariable higher Dem totals in the urban areas, the urban areas when counted by voting machines have suddenly turned Repub. Kris Kobach won't let her check the paper against the "alleged" totals in KS. I would bet whoever it is that is in charge of the voting in WI wouldn't let any statistician anywhere near the paper so as to check it against the machine totals.
VERIFY THE VOTE WITH REQUIRED AUDITS!
HomerRamone
(1,112 posts)Dustlawyer
(10,499 posts)libdem4life
(13,877 posts)Human101948
(3,457 posts)Should Hillary not talk in Wisconsin about the Governor of Wisconsin when he is such a ripe target?
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)takes the place of actual policies and positions. But we can agree to disagree.
Human101948
(3,457 posts)but sadly we will probably end with Hillary.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)Go Bernie !
vlyons
(10,252 posts)agenda to "busts unions, starves universities, guts public education, demeans women, scapegoats teachers, nurses, and firefighters ..."
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)fbc
(1,668 posts)If she's going to go after the GOP, how about King Trump?
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Walker marches to the Koch Brothers' orders in part because he agrees with them, but mostly because they pay him to march to their orders.
That is, they give him money because they agree with him, and in return it certainly appears that Walker marches to the Koch Brothers' orders.
Now, let's think about where Hillary gets her millions. Does she march to the orders of her donors too?
That goes for all of the candidates with rich supporters and big bank accounts. Do they also march to the orders of their benefactors, of their donors, of their contributors?
Because what is true of one who receives lots of money and support from the rich, famous favor-seekers is bound to be true of them all.
If we elect ANY candidate who takes a lot of corporate money, a lot of money from big donors, we will have to ask who that candidate will serve once in office.
This is a serious matter.
jalan48
(13,907 posts)HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)The Koch bros funded the DLC, Clintons were among the founders.
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)Kochs? I'll wait for an answer.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)upaloopa
(11,417 posts)the Kochs?
The Clintons have done more good for people in this world than just about anyone you can name but you have to throw bull shit on them. I think that really sucks.
Are they perfect hell no. No one is but they don't deserve the shit they get from people on this board in an attempt to prop up another candidate!
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)upaloopa
(11,417 posts)In the past there were mistakes made. Welfare reform, Nafta, prison reform to name a few.
Much has been written about the failures.
But the 90's were some of the best years for Americans. Social Security had a surplus. We had a balanced budget. We were generally at peace with the world. Quite possibly 9/11 would not have happened if Gore became President.
I think Hillary has learned from the past as have most of us. The DLC does not run her life. Mostly it is gone.
Koch money is not funding Hillary's campaign. Most of it will be spent fighting her next year.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)Also, I did not claim Koch bros were the only source of DLC funding.
However, it is factually correct that the Koch bros were major donors to the DLC. The Clintons were prominent members of the DLC. The DLC's purpose was to shed the Democratic Party's reliance upon Organized Labor, and shift the Party in a corporate-friendly direction. In that they were successful, however at the expense of the working and now middle classes. 30 years of class warfare by BOTH parties has taken an economic toll and greatly concentrated wealth at the top.
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)to do with the 2016 campaign?
You want to live in the past be my guest.
We need to defeat the right as it exists today. Living in the past does not help that one f...ing bit!
Lychee2
(405 posts)Thanks to Hooptie for mentioning this. I had never heard about it before.
Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)One is in awe of the congeniality and collegiality of the two Democratic frontrunners. The cleanest campaign in a long while, focusing on the issues that matter to the electorate.
riversedge
(70,413 posts)make this yet another --Hillary catching up to Sanders thinking. It never ends.
Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)Seriously: what is your message supposed to accomplish? What are you even trying to achieve by that message?
Stay positive. If Mrs. Clinton's best argument rests on your ability to find something negative about a positive post of mine, then why is she even still one of the frontrunners?
She is running a very positive campaign - issues not personalities.
She is addressing issues that really matter to the electorate, not just triangulated talking points.
She and Sanders are carving out one of the most progressive Democratic platforms since the 1930-ies.
Mrs. Clinton has caught up with Sanders on a few issues (gay marriage, objection to TPP, to name two of the most important ones). Doubtlessly, Sanders will have to catch up too. That is OK. The important thing is that they get there.
So kindly save your sour grapes for another day. As long as there are positive developments, post like mine will continue to appear. When things go bad, that's when you may unload your sour grapes - and then I'll throw in my sour grapes too. Because we may actually agree on a lot of matters.
Fair enough?
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)politics. I would like to see her take Murdoch and the Kochs down with an informational frontal assault. After all, she did support the take down of Usama. (I hear VP Biden was less supportive?)
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)DirkGently
(12,151 posts)Lychee2
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restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)unfortunately, the secretary has not a lot of credibility on this issue considering her donor base and her positions on keystone, tpp, etc.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)only reported donations directly to his campaign, not secret dark money, and only 3% is from small donors.
According to one professional I read, the JEBush! campaign is estimated to have over $600 MILLION DOLLARS in combined reported donations and secret donations to PACs organized to get him elected. And he is not yet the acknowledged front runner for the GOP, so many big donors are still holding off.
Lychee2
(405 posts)But they also like to hedge their bets. So they also donate to some moderate Democrats. After all, they are businessmen. Or "Beeznessmenny," as they say in Russia, as in, "We are not cryiminals! We are beeznessmenny."
Beaverhausen
(24,475 posts)When I donate to a campaign, that amount is added to the TW total. I'm a lowly executive assistant. These totals represent money from employees, not just the top execs at a corporation.
24601
(3,966 posts)Orders" they are issuing.
Now that she has in effect admitted that she is, we can move on to someone who is not....say, perhaps Bernie.
stuffmatters
(2,574 posts)Also for Dems shaming & outing their puppets like Walker, who's demonstrated Koch noxious "politics" in action. Walker's just the tip of the iceberg of governors and legislators the Bircher Kochs own.
"Proceed, Dem candidates...."
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)from Goldman-Sachs or aren't we supposed to notice that?
And brave of her to go after someone who is polling lower than whale shit. Wonder why she didn't go after Trump? Oh wait, her and Bill are good buddies with the racist asshole, maybe that has something to do with it?
qstick
(3 posts)"Thank you very much, Richard, and I am delighted to be here in these new headquarters. I have been often to, I guess, the mother ship in New York City, but its good to have an outpost of the Council right here down the street from the State Department. We get a lot of advice from the Council, so this will mean I wont have as far to go to be told what we should be doing."
Phantomaz
(32 posts)He polls very badly.