Which brings us right back to the original problem: Why did Walker take a call from someone pretending to be Koch and brief him on plans to deal with the AWOL Democrats?
How would you react if someone pranked Obama and managed to speak with him by pretending to be George Soros?
Koch is already being accused of bankrolling the Tea Party. Don't you see the perception problem?
OTOH Walker has said that Wisconsin is open for business. If a CEO of one of the largest companies anywhere called, wouldn’t you think about the chance to get to known him/her and see if there is the opportunity to have business moved to Wisconsin? I am willing to bet that Walker occasionally discusses the business climate and even union legal and business aspects with CEOs. I don’t find this to be an inconceivable call.
OTOH Walker has said that Wisconsin is open for business. If a CEO of one of the largest companies anywhere called, wouldn’t you think about the chance to get to known him/her and see if there is the opportunity to have business moved to Wisconsin? I am willing to bet that Walker occasionally discusses the business climate and even union legal and business aspects with CEOs. I don’t find this to be an inconceivable call.
Is it illegal to bankroll the tea party? If not, why use the word "accused"? Do you think he doesn't give money to support the tea party efforts, or if he does, do you think it's wrong to get funding from people who have money?
I'm not sure what your complaint is. Are you saying that republicans shouldn't speak to people who donate money?
Do you think he wouldn't have taken a reporter's call, and answered the same questions?
I would expect that if I was a major donor to a political campaign, that I could get access to the politicians I was donating money to. Given that big donors get invited to parties where politicians show up and speak to them all the time, and nobody makes a fuss about it except liberals when it's a conservative, is there really a problem with politicians giving access to people who care enough about issues to spend their own money fighting it?
Walker talked with “Koch” as if he was a weird estranged uncle. No “how are the kids,” or “how’s the weather at...”
If anything, this shows there is total separation between Walker and the boogeyman Koch. It sure doesn’t sound like they know each other.
Seriously, how else can you explain his lack of suspicion at the oddness at the other end of the line?