Posted on 07/16/2015 6:47:11 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
MAULDIN, South Carolina—Scott Walker is running as the iron man conservative. He doesn’t just say conservative things, he has the endurance to back them up under pressure. “He doesn’t just talk the talk, he walks the walk,” says Larry Baker at Mutt’s BBQ joint, where Walker was wrapping up a one-day visit to South Carolina on Wednesday. He’s referring, of course, to Walker’s battle against the unions. This is perhaps the most oft-quoted line from voters at Walker’s rallies.
Fate and weather conspired to put the Wisconsin governor’s grit front and center. After announcing his candidacy in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on Monday night, Walker woke up at 4 a.m. and headed to Nevada. From there he flew east to South Carolina. Thunderstorms forced his plane to reroute to Memphis, Tennessee. There he waited to be rerouted to Atlanta. Unfortunately, Walker and his family arrived three minutes late for their connecting flight to South Carolina. So they rented cars and drove, arriving in time for Walker’s early morning visit in Charleston, South Carolina, to a Harley store. By the time his last event of his daylong South Carolina trip was over, he had been up 36 hours. (Unlike the rest of us, he somehow resisted the urge to chronicle his travel woes on Twitter.)
He should have been a baggy, pasty mess. When candidates get tired, their stump speeches lose their connective tissue. They mix up Iran and Iraq. They forget what state they’re in. They snap at their staff. Walker didn’t do any of these things.
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
Grudging good words about Scott Walker’s campaign stamina.
FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.
“I have had a lifelong commitment to the scouts and support the previous membership policy because it protected children and advanced scout values. The protection was not a physical protection, but rather about protecting them from being involved in the very thing you’re talking about right now, the political and media discussion about it, instead of just focusing on what scouts is about, which is about camping and citizenship and things of that nature.”
I have been quite impressed with Scott Walker - until his epic crawl-down on the Boy Scout issue.
I don’t care how much he WANTS to be President. If you say the right thing, and then retract it within 24 hours with a craven (and obvious) falsehood - you do not have what it takes.
He’s off my list.
The boy scouts are not an issue, nor are any candidates comments about it.
Slate so worried Trump is rising beyond all candidates that they have to do a balanced piece on Walker.
Sounds to me like that people on thread are just jumping on a flimsy excuse to *hit on Walker because they already didn’t like him, because they’re been reading too many lies.
Then why did he flip flop?
The boy scouts are not an issue, nor are any candidates comments about it.
The war over the direction our civilization and culture are going is a central issue, and the Boy Scouts are a part of it. It will be difficult for me to support a candidate who waffles on issues like this.
He didn't waffle.
He articulated what he (and any normal man) would obviously believe, and then he took it back, excusing himself by saying something only an idiot could think up.
Well, my posting history shows support for Walker, preference for Walker over Cruz, and admiration for his terrific work in Wisconsin.
You feel all better and righteous now?
Good.
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