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onehandle

(51,122 posts)
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 06:55 AM Aug 2012

Scott Walker Speech Gets Hero's Welcome At Republican Convention

Source: Huffington Post

TAMPA, Fla. -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker received a hero's welcome on Tuesday at the Republican National Convention, where he addressed a crowd of approximately 20,000 at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.

Walker walked out to the first standing ovation of the night. His attempts to thank the crowd were drowned out by thunderous applause, whistles and loud cheers. The crowd stood on its feet for well over a minute as the governor opened his speech by citing his victory over labor unions and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D) in June's historic recall election -- to which Republicans have repeatedly pointed in their argument against government spending and looking to the public sector to create jobs.

"On June 5th, voters in my swing state were asked to decide if they wanted elected officials who measure success by how many people are dependent on the government," Walker said, "or if they wanted leaders who believe success is measured by how many people are not dependent on the government, because they control their own destiny in the private sector."

"On June 5th, voters in Wisconsin got to determine who was in charge," he continued. "Was it the big-government special interests in Washington ... or the hard-working taxpayers of our state?" "The good news is that -- on June 5th -- the hardworking taxpayers won," he added, to resounding applause.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/28/scott-walker-republican-convention-speech_n_1830087.html

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WestWisconsinDem

(127 posts)
3. We in Wisconsin need our own version of the 2004 "I'm sorry" campaign.
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 07:44 AM
Aug 2012

Remember that after Bush* got his second term? We gotta get t-shirts, bumper stickers, the whole bit.

Oh... and btw, I'm sorry

oldsarge54

(582 posts)
4. Let's See
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 08:24 AM
Aug 2012

Who is the hero? How much money came out of state to recall him? How much money came out of state to save him? Which was greater? The difference tells who the real winner was. We need a capable propagandist for unions. The Republicans are the experts of the politics of envy. Envy of those on welfare living the good life (lies, but who cares?). Envy of those lazy good for nothing overpaid public servants (sez so right on this pamphlet). Envy of those lazy teachers who don't teach and only work ten months a year (I would comment, as a retired middle school teacher, but I might be banned from these pages). We need effective propaganda.

Monk06

(7,675 posts)
5. Let em cheer. The GOP is finally revealing the uglyness at the heart of socalled conservatism. Any
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 08:29 AM
Aug 2012

swing voters are getting a taste of what's to come if this bunch of extremists come to power.

And it ain't pretty.
 

DavidL

(384 posts)
6. Republican heroes: the public employee union crushers
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 08:34 AM
Aug 2012

Tells you a lot about the party. The people that support it, probably 99% of them never held a job covered by a public employee union.

These people are so self-centered and uncaring that they make someone like Scott Walker their hero.

SWTORFanatic

(385 posts)
7. I didn't see him walk on stage, nor did I really plan to watch the RNC but
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 08:43 AM
Aug 2012

I had flipped the projector (aka TV) on right when I got home from work and went to check something on my computer. I walked back out towards the living room and my partner is already there - she says "fucking scott walker" and he was on.

I want to leave this state so bad and leave them short a math professor and see how they like not being able to fill it. I'm already doing the job of two.

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