Posted on 03/10/2011 8:01:11 AM PST by Starman417
You gotta love the irony when one of the Wisconsin fleebaggers says something like this in response to the Wisconsin Senate passing a bill to strip collective bargaining from public employee unions:
What Republicans did was an affront to democracy. Never shall a voter doubt which party stands for the working class, and which for the rich
An affront to democracy? No. An affront to Democracy is the Democrats refusing to participate in that democracy and running to another state.
THAT'S an affront.
But this? No way. The fleebaggers basically made the case for the Wisconsin Republicans when one said:
Democrats said the fines would have no effect on bringing them back to the state.“They’ve messed with our staffs,” said Sen. Jon Erpenbach (D-Middleton). “They’ve taken away our parking spaces. They’ve extorted our paychecks. They’ve sent the State Patrol after us. And now they’ve fined us $100 a day.
“I don’t know what more they need to do to get the point that it’s not working.”
Walker and the Republicans now understood....the Democrats would continue to hide like little weasels.
This afternoon, following a week and a half of line-by-line negotiation, Sen. Miller sent me a letter that offered three options: 1) keep collective bargaining as is with no changes, 2) take our counter-offer, which would keep collective bargaining as is with no changes, 3) or stop talking altogether.With that letter, I realized that we’re dealing with someone who is stalling indefinitely, and doesn’t have a plan or an intention to return. His idea of compromise is “give me everything I want,” and the only negotiating he’s doing is through the media.
Enough is enough.
So they did what needed to be done....take collective bargaining off the table, and now they have no reason to hide anymore.
Senate Minority Leader Mark Miller (D-Monona) said they would be back by Thursday. They had been able to block a vote on the bill for three weeks because 20 senators had to be present to vote for it. Republicans control the house 19-14…Democrats decried the move and warned it could end the political careers of some Republican senators who are under the threat of recall.
“I think it’s akin to political hara-kiri,” said Sen. Bob Jauch (D-Poplar). “I think it’s political suicide.”…
State Sen. Chris Larson (D-Milwaukee) said Wednesday night he attempted to drive back from Illinois to Madison to get to the Capitol before Republicans passed the measure.
Political hara-kiri? Hmmmm, we shall see. I know they have a LOT of supporters but if the recall effort, being driven by Obama, does succeed then at least they will go out with pride and many of this country cheering for them. They finally showed WHO in the Republican party had the balls to get what needed to be done.
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If it’s “political suicide” why aren’t people like Jauch dancing in the streets? That would mean the Republicans are toast and their commie counterparts will win by landslides. Or do they think this is only true if they say it three times while clicking their heels together?
Nice pic. Someone needs to photoshop some cheeseheads on however.
Their tactics failed AND were hilarious!
“His idea of compromise is “give me everything I want,”
That is ALWAYS how the Rats “negotiate”. And sadly, many Republicans see caving to them as a winning strategy. I think that having the Rats out of the way has actually boosted the backbones of the RINOs in Wisconsin by not have the Rats to scare them with mean words.
If those are teachers they should shut down the scools and start over.
Recall effort, being driven by Obama to ensue.
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