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.And the crowd goes wild.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.
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 ...
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!
the Alinsky shoe sure pinches on the other foot, eh?
One of your best, Frank!!
Gotta say Frank, you’re as prolific, if not more so, than Registered.
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.
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.
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