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Wisconsin Dems To Deliver Walker Recall Petitions Next Week
TPM ^ | 1/12/12 | Eric Kleefeld

Posted on 01/12/2012 1:31:45 PM PST by americanophile

Wisconsin Democrats have announced they will submit the petition signatures in their effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker next Tuesday, January 17 — with a massive drop-off of boxes at the state’s election administration agency, the Government Accountability Board:

Julie Wells, the Janesville grandmother and factory worker who triggered the recall, will be joined by volunteers from Wisconsin’s 72 counties, who will load scores of boxes from a truck dubbed the “Forward Flyer” into GAB offices.

Also present and available to the media will be representatives from the recall efforts against four Republican senators.

Back in mid-December, the Dems announced that they had collected over 507,000 signatures in 30 days, getting very close to the legal threshold of just over 540,000 signatures in 60 days. (They are also working towards a goal of 720,000 total, in order to have an absolute buffer against disqualifications.) The party also told TPM at the time that this 507,000 figure takes into account also own efforts to weed out bad signatures.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: scottwalker; wisconsin; wisconsinshowdown
With all this focus on the presidential primaries, it's easy to forget that a good GOP governor is under threat in Wisconsin. I hope the GOP is ready to mount a serious challenge to these petitions. They're going to need volunteers!
1 posted on 01/12/2012 1:31:52 PM PST by americanophile
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To: americanophile

Ungrateful wretches! He has worked wonders in that state and
yet, they would rather be in bad shape than to give a Republican
credit for doing what needed to be done!


2 posted on 01/12/2012 1:38:45 PM PST by luvie (This tagline reserved for a hero.......)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Ping!


3 posted on 01/12/2012 1:40:38 PM PST by Jean S
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To: americanophile
They may not have too many signatures when Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse and other signatures are invalidated.

GOP needs and others need to get as many bad signatures tossed.

Judge has ruled that signatures such as Bugs Bunny cannot be used.

4 posted on 01/12/2012 1:42:45 PM PST by topher (Traditional values -- especially family values -- are the values that time has proven them to work)
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To: americanophile

Bastiges!


5 posted on 01/12/2012 1:44:52 PM PST by bigbob
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To: americanophile

If Walker wins this recall his next step should be to remove Unions from all Government services. It would not be pay back but common sense.


6 posted on 01/12/2012 1:47:04 PM PST by Logical me
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To: LUV W
Indeed. However, I was wondering...what standing do they have to recall a seated and legally elected governor?
I mean, is it just because he is from a different party and they didn't get their way, lost the election and will now do whatever they can for revenge? Seems that way.
7 posted on 01/12/2012 1:48:10 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("The price of freedom is willingness to do sudden battle anywhere, anytime..." - Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: americanophile

If they do end up defeating Walker, Wisconsin voters will have sent the clear, unmistakeable message they prefer the union thugs’ jackboots on their necks.

By their actions they will say, “We choose to kneel in supplication to all-powerful Government and curl up at the feet of our beloved Unions. Private enterprise and personal freedom, and the growth opportunities that come with them, are concepts that frighten us. We instead crave the security of the socialist welfare state.”


8 posted on 01/12/2012 1:53:52 PM PST by ScottinVA (Liberal logic: 0bamacare mandate is acceptable... but voter IDs are unconstitutional.)
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To: americanophile; LUV W; Jean S; topher; bigbob; Logical me; Bloody Sam Roberts; ScottinVA

If you haven’t registered yet:

http://www.verifytherecall.com/Home_Page.html

We could nip this in the bud by knocking out the Walker recall. It would be a kick in the teeth to Obama & Co.


9 posted on 01/12/2012 2:07:11 PM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: LUV W

Who says this kind of political bullying will leave the Wisconsin progressives in bad shape. They are trying to re-create the environment now in existence in and around Washington, DC and the undying gratitude of the regime now squatting in the White House. The delicate nuances of legality and moral authority are lost upon these yahoos, and the effort to muscle away the right of decent people to representation in the legislative and executive centers of the state of Wisconsin proceeds apace. The “enemies” of their revolution are being crushed without any semblance of compromise or reconciliation.

The Bolsheviks of Russia, and the 1917 revolution, probably also thought they were just trying to get “justice”, but the perverted outgrowth of that brutal and unrelenting assault on the existing institutions of the time resulted in what is among other examples, one of the most repressive regimes to sit astride the world since humanity first begain to organize into nation-states. The National Socialism of the Third Reich was only a pale shadow of the Comintern, which is by no means any sort of recommendation.

For either system.


10 posted on 01/12/2012 2:15:44 PM PST by alloysteel (Are Democrats truly "better angels"? They are lousy stewards for America.)
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To: americanophile

The recall whiney union socialist malcontents are costing Wisconsin taxpayers more than $10 million for these recalls. Shame! Shame! Shame! The interesting thing is that while they bellered that Gov. Walker was “ruining” Wisconsin, things are far better than they were under Democrat/union rule. The ONLY reason they want to recall Walker is because there is no longer mandatory union membership and collective bargain. Cry me a river! If they are successful in the recall, watch out USA! Donate to Walker’s campaign. Google him and send some money - NOW!


11 posted on 01/12/2012 2:23:46 PM PST by From The Deer Stand
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To: 1010RD
If you haven’t registered yet:

This Arizona boy did and today received instructions on how to enter petition names. Spent a hour or so and plan to enter as many pages as I can before the eyes get blurry.

I suggest anyone, with even a modicum of typing skills, volunteer to enter this data and nip these a-holes in the bud.

12 posted on 01/12/2012 2:55:49 PM PST by Oatka (This is America. Assimilate or evaporate.)
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To: ScottinVA

The Dems will need to find someone to run against him first! Have they found anyone yet?


13 posted on 01/12/2012 3:01:41 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Indeed. However, I was wondering...what standing do they have to recall a seated and legally elected governor?
I mean, is it just because he is from a different party and they didn't get their way, lost the election and will now do whatever they can for revenge? Seems that way.

Well, we had a recall against a Governor here in AZ back in the '80's, and that question was vigorously asked. Response from the recallers: "We don't need a reason. This isn't an Impeachment." You can recall someone simply because you don't like the say they shave. True.

The fact was this: The Governor won because of a three-way split, and he had less than 40% total vote. The Dems know they could easily force a new, unscheduled election because he was elected by a minority. So yes, recall elections can be held simply because the losers are unhappy about the outcome of a legitimate election. There is precedent.

14 posted on 01/12/2012 3:01:58 PM PST by Cyber Liberty ("If the past sits in judgment on the present, the future will be lost." --Winston Churchill)
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To: Oatka

Great job and tell all your friends. Thanks for your service.


15 posted on 01/12/2012 3:52:22 PM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: americanophile

Everybody here will love the good laughs that I too received reading their comments sections on this and other stories that I perused.


16 posted on 01/12/2012 4:10:58 PM PST by Superiorryan (------- D-TV = our gov. ran healthcare --------)
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To: Jean S; Hunton Peck; Diana in Wisconsin; TaMoDee; P from Sheb; Shady; DonkeyBonker; ...

Wisconsin Recall Petiion Due Date Ping

If you want your name on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list, just FReep Mail me and it shall be done!


17 posted on 01/12/2012 6:07:04 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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