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Chris Cillizza: Oops! Scott Walker Recall Attempt Was Bad Idea
NewsBusters ^ | July 14, 2015 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 07/14/2015 12:15:43 PM PDT by PJ-Comix

Oops! Maybe the  Scott Walker recall election in 2012 was not such a good idea in retrospect. Such is the conclusion of liberal Chris Cillizza writing in the Washington Post. According to Cillizza, although the attempt to recall Walker was appealing to liberals at the time, it backfired in a big way by making the Wisconsin governor well known nationally to the extent that he now has a good shot at winning the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.

Cillizza tells his tale of political woe due to unexpected consequences:

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KEYWORDS: buttbite; chriscillizza; scottwalker; wisconsinshowdown
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The 2012 Scott Walker recall attempt bites the liberals in the butt.
1 posted on 07/14/2015 12:15:43 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

Trumka (AFL-CIO) is scared sh**less that Walker will launch a RICO investigation on his sorry arse if Walker get elected.


2 posted on 07/14/2015 12:20:03 PM PDT by BigEdLB (They need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' which has nothing to do with virtue.)
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To: PJ-Comix

Let’s hope he takes a huge bite out of their collective arses! Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of people! /s


3 posted on 07/14/2015 12:23:35 PM PDT by PLOM...NOT! (Checking in from Wisconsin)
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Notice the Leftists weren’t worried they would offend the moderates/independents voters by trying to get rid of Walker!


4 posted on 07/14/2015 12:25:18 PM PDT by RginTN
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The article tells us more about Chris Cillizza than it does Scott Walker. Chris is an operative for the Democrats posing as a journalist.

Anything he writes can be seen through that lens.

5 posted on 07/14/2015 12:25:52 PM PDT by CptnObvious
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Especially when several big-time Democratic Party contributors paid a LOT of money to fund the recall effort.
6 posted on 07/14/2015 12:27:10 PM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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Notice the Leftists weren’t worried they would offend the moderates/independents voters by trying to get rid of Walker!

Great point.

The left is never worried that their over-the-top antics will drive "moderates" and "independents" into the arms of the Republican party.

I wonder why.

7 posted on 07/14/2015 12:31:15 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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the leftists ooze superstitious fear of walker, despite the thin psuedo-scientific air of “rationality” they try to cultivate.


8 posted on 07/14/2015 12:32:50 PM PDT by dadfly
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Even Ubershrew mentioned Walker in her carefully scripted speech yesterday. When the eventual nominee of the other party is already attacking you, you know you’re approaching the targeted zone.


9 posted on 07/14/2015 12:38:06 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Liberalism is the poison ivy that infests the garden of society.ct)
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After the years of hell they inflicted on us (and tons of footage captured - thanks guys!), they're finally figuring this out now?

Or...maybe not.

New WI Dem Party chairwoman Martha Laning joins protesters outside of Walker announcement

10 posted on 07/14/2015 12:40:02 PM PDT by Mygirlsmom (#KohlsCurve = Reaganomics Illustrated)
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When you shoot at the king, you’d better not miss.


11 posted on 07/14/2015 12:51:08 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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The best part was having a list of over half a million anti-alker folks in Wisconsin, including judges and low-level Republicans who signed off. It has really come in handy to use against those who claim to be “impartial”.


12 posted on 07/14/2015 12:51:31 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: BigEdLB
Trumka (AFL-CIO) is scared sh**less that Walker will launch a RICO investigation on his sorry arse if Walker get elected.

President Cruz, or even President RUbio should consider doing the same. There has to be a price paid for that kind of behavior.
13 posted on 07/14/2015 12:52:35 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: Steely Tom

Because their tactic is to totally destroy individuals.

It is like the Oakland Raiders and Pittsburgh Steeler teams of the seventies. They would go out and attempt to injure star players on the opposing teams who posed a problem. They would take a penalty and some players might sit out a few games, but their opponents lost a key player for the rest of the season.


14 posted on 07/14/2015 12:53:47 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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Wow. Being lying, vicious rat bastards can backfire on you. Who knew?


15 posted on 07/14/2015 12:53:47 PM PDT by j.havenfarm
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So true. The video of the protesters in denial is priceless. Where do these people come from? What do they eat? How do they earn a living?

Their existence is proof that Darwin was full of merde. In a survival of the fittest world, they would have been culled long ago.


16 posted on 07/14/2015 12:59:26 PM PDT by karnage
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To: MrEdd
Because their tactic is to totally destroy individuals.

Alinsky 101


17 posted on 07/14/2015 1:00:09 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: PJ-Comix

Nietzsche played out on the political stage: “What does not kill me makes me stronger.” Of course, Machiavelli also went there: “Never do an enemy a small injury.” Couldn’t happen to a “nicer” crew than the polyglot that formed to try to overcome the electorate.


18 posted on 07/14/2015 1:10:03 PM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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The people you refer to are paid 5k a month by Soros to travel the country starting trouble or keeping trouble going.


19 posted on 07/14/2015 1:22:58 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
We also took names. iverifytherecall.com

It's come in real handy when people run for local offices in conservative districts.

20 posted on 07/14/2015 1:31:14 PM PDT by Mygirlsmom (#KohlsCurve = Reaganomics Illustrated)
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