Posted on 03/07/2011 6:31:17 PM PST by Libloather
Wis. gov. rebuffs Democrats' request for meeting
Walker calls request 'ridiculous,' says key Dem is 'in the way'
By SCOTT BAUER
The Associated Press
updated 2 hours 48 minutes ago
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Democrats who fled the state nearly three weeks ago asked Monday for a meeting with Gov. Scott Walker to talk about changes to his plan to eliminate most public workers' union rights, a request the governor dismissed as "ridiculous."
Walker said he and his administration have been in communication with at least a couple of the AWOL Senate Democrats about a deal that could bring them back, but the lawmaker who asked for the meeting, Senate Minority Leader Mark Miller, "is firmly standing in the way."
That accusation led to a flurry of angry responses from Democrats who said Walker was misrepresenting the talks. The sometimes-angry exchange suggested that any resolution to the stalemate was farther away than ever.
"Right now, I'm so damn mad at his misrepresentation of the truth and the public should be as well," said Sen. Bob Jauch, one of two Democrats who had talked last week with the Senate Republican leader about possible compromises. "Trust is completely broken down now. I don't believe anything he says."
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Democrats are all about political favors, PAY TO PLAY is their mantra.
And Wisconsin exposed the incompetent, lazy Liberal Democrats. The preferential treatment Liberal Democrat Politicians give to only citizens that give them money is disgusting.
To the WI Dem Senators:
Here’s how this works.
We have elections to determine your party’s representation in the WI Senate.
You now have to live with those results.
Your childish behavior will certainly be rewarded in the next election cycle, if you’re not recalled before then.
Grow up and get back to work.
If your ideas had any merit, you wouldn’t be in this position.
They are adults.. The Unions are stinking... the smell should be fanned..
Prepare for 2012..
They're fighting this in the media, in the virtual world of cyberspace. That's where they're winning. In the real world, they're dying.
Every word these people say is a lie. Every word. Their world view is a lie, their plans are based on lies, their arguments are based on lies.
Good points! Thanks!
Old people, young people, students, doctors, professionals, goverment employees, private sector employees... all were interviewed in their turn, and they all said the same thing. President Reagan is ruining the country. I can't sleep at night. I'm worried about my job. I'm worried about my kids future, their education, their chances to get a good job. On and on and on.
Polls were flashed on the screen virtually every night. No one supported Reagan. His policies were very unpopular, and growing more so every day. There were massive anti-war, anti-nuclear, anti-SDI demonstrations in Europe, in the Soviet Union, in the United States. Whole media events (like The Day After) were coordinated on the major networks with policy speeches by the opposition Democrats, all to show that Reagan's policies were opposed by ordinary people all over the world. Thinly-disguised anti-American, anti-Reagan songs made the top 40 play lists.
He didn't listen. He didn't even comment on them. He "stayed the course."
In 1984 he won a landslide victory. A real The media is trying to get Scott Walker to cave, the way the California media and unions got Arnold Schwartzenegger to cave. They're running the same playbook in Wisconsin, with help from the national media and the White House. They've got multi-billion dollar slush funds to use.
Don't be fooled.
Grow some balls Repubs, WE-WON, and don't you forget it.
Øbongo said something about audacity - he didn’t need to. We saw it coming from a dozen miles off.
Ah, Gov. Walker stated clearly that his staff has been at the border negotiating with the Runaway Dems......those dems are crying wolf...it’s not gonna work.
He requested the meeting with Walker be near the Wisconsin/Illinois border. Good for Scott to turn it down with a laugh.
i like that letter :)
A high risk pregnancy too, she's 40. She also has a 3 and 6 year old at home.
Not the best mom to say the least.
Yeah, finally. A midwesterner with a little East Coast nastiness in him.
I'm just a Wisconsin taxpayer. But, it seems to me that any man or woman who runs away from his/her job to hide in Illinois has no right to call anyone dishonest.
Now, either come back to work or just quit and we will get someone to replace your sorry ass.
Volunteer
FIRED Russ Feingold. FIRED the sorry Liberal Thug.
Wisconsin's hard working Americans are tired of paying these incompetent LAZY Liberal Losers. They are LAZY. All they are competent in is repaying thugs who give them money under the table.
Liberal Wisconsin Democrats... you've been owned by the citizens of Wisconsin who think you are a joke. Pay to Play tactics in Wisconsin???
Don't think so. Losers refusing to work...they take all their time since January, 2011 in strategizing how they can stay outside of Wisconsin borders rather then doing the job the tax paying citizens of Wisconsin elected them to do. Liberal Democrat Politicians are a bunch of Suckers who are willing to do the Unions bidding just because they pay them under the table. LOL
Russ Feingold was FIRED on the spot. LOL These jokers are about to be Fired too for being incompetent and CORRUPT. Anyone who refuses to do their job is CORRUPT.
Why should he have to negotiate with them...that is what the debate is for, prior to the vote.
BUMP for guts!
LMAO.........GREAT letter! Thanks.
Your posts are helpful. Thanks.
March 7, 2011
Sen. Mark Miller
Parts Unknown, IL
Dear Senator Miller,
Thank you for your hand-delivered letter with an offer to meet, in Illinois, about the business and
future direction of Wisconsin.
Let’s set aside how bizarre that is for a moment.
As you know, this legislation is designed to finally balance the state budget, prevent layoffs and
create jobs in the real world. There are hundreds of thousands of unemployed or underemployed
Wisconsinites, and at least 1,500 more whose jobs are in the balance because of your media
stunt. We all deserve better than this.
In the meantime, members of your caucus have been meeting with the governor’s staff, talking to
the media, trying to find a way back to Madison, and contradicting your message in public. In
case you don’t remember, you were present yourself at one of those meetings with the
governor’s staff. Your grasp of reality, and control of your caucus as minority leader, continues
to amaze me.
As you know, your opportunity to compromise and amend the bill was on the floor of the state
Senate. As you know, you forfeited that right and opportunity when you decided to flee the state
instead of doing your job.
Your stubbornness in trying to ignore the last election and protect the broken status quo is truly
shameful. While we wait for you and your colleagues to finally show up, Senate Republicans
continue to stand ready to do the job we were elected to do, here in Wisconsin. I hope you are
enjoying your vacation, and your vacation from reality.
Sincerely,
Scott Fitzgerald
Senate Majority Leader
CC: Governor Scott Walker
Wisconsin gonna go Red in 2012 ... Go Walker and Fitzgerald
And please remind the liberal hacks that Feingold was FIRED. And they are next. Bout time Liberals are shamed in the public square on a daily basis. Fitzgerald called the liar on his lying self. Saying one thing in public and negotiating another thing behind the scenes is the lying Liberal way.
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