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Blitz! Wisconsin Taxpayers – 1, Truant Democrats – 0
David Horowitz's NewsReal Blog ^ | March 10, 2011 | Walter Hudson

Posted on 03/11/2011 11:21:19 AM PST by Walter Scott Hudson

This is not supposed to happen. Republicans are docile, accommodating creatures. They're supposed to kowtow to their opponent's sense of "civility." They're supposed to let their opponents win. They're supposed to do anything to avoid being called names. They're supposed to get elected, then shift to the so-called "middle."

Republican state senators in Wisconsin didn't get that memo. Wednesday night, they took bold and decisive action to end weeks of juvenile political theater.

In a quick turn of events, Republican state senators in Wisconsin have successfully pushed through a provision stripping public employees of their collective bargaining rights by separating it from Gov. Scott Walker’s controversial budget bill.

The stand-alone measure passed Wednesday evening by a vote of 18-1. No Democrats were present.

In effect, the vote renders Democrats attempts to withhold the provision from the budget bill moot.

And the crowd goes wild.

The provision still needs to pass the Assembly before heading to the governor's desk. But there is little reason to doubt that it will.

Democrats, union protesters, and the Shadow Party apparatus have responded with predictable tantrums. The audacity of their claims, while not surprising, is nonetheless awe-inspiring...

(Excerpt) Read more at newsrealblog.com ...


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: scottwalker; unions; wisconsinprotests; wisconsinshowdown

1 posted on 03/11/2011 11:21:25 AM PST by Walter Scott Hudson
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To: Walter Scott Hudson

Seems to me that what has happened here is that Walker used the kind of tactics the Dems would use; the sort of thing they can dish out but can’t take!


2 posted on 03/11/2011 11:36:47 AM PST by NRA1995 ("In [Mexican] border, we are asking, who are you?" President Calderon of Mexico)
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To: NRA1995

the Alinsky shoe sure pinches on the other foot, eh?


3 posted on 03/11/2011 11:43:17 AM PST by stefanbatory (Insert witty tagline here)
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To: Walter Scott Hudson
UNHINGED
4 posted on 03/11/2011 11:49:02 AM PST by FrankR (The Evil Are Powerless If The Good Are Unafraid! - R. Reagan)
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To: FrankR

One of your best, Frank!!


5 posted on 03/11/2011 11:53:58 AM PST by The Citizen Soldier (I accomp... I acomp... I dood it!)
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To: The Citizen Soldier; FrankR

Gotta say Frank, you’re as prolific, if not more so, than Registered.


6 posted on 03/11/2011 12:57:24 PM PST by AFreeBird
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To: AFreeBird

Thanks...I try to do at least one a day...sometimes I even get three or four done...it all depends on when an idea hits me...and how often.


7 posted on 03/11/2011 12:59:49 PM PST by FrankR (The Evil Are Powerless If The Good Are Unafraid! - R. Reagan)
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To: FrankR

These men, a credit to patriots, will now need ALL of our support to fight the attacks that will be leveled against them. The fight is not over, it’s just started.


8 posted on 03/11/2011 1:31:33 PM PST by gunner03
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