But even after Clinton's endorsement of Barrett, most of the polls still showed a 'tight' race (a 'tight' race is when the GOP candidate is clearly ahead) and the contest was considered a 'toss up,' but the tipping point in Walker's favor was the moment Obama endorsed Barrett. It sealed the deal and helped Walker become the only Governor in American history to beat back a recall vote! So I'd also like to warmly thank Obama.
Pulling out all the stops on Barrett's behalf, Obama bravely took to Twitter. Waiting until the very eve of the election, Obama offered his full-throated endorsement by tweeting, "I'm standing by Tom Barrett."
Wisconsin Democrats complained bitterly that Obama could have done more, such as stopping by during fundraising trips last Friday to neighboring Illinois and Minnesota. But Wisconsin Democrats have themselves to blame. They could've come up with some creative way to lure Obama, such as a fundraising dinner with cooked Dalmatian on the menu.
Seeking to gently persuade voters to turn out to vote (or else), a union-backed group calling itself the "Greater Wisconsin Political Fund" mailed out flyers containing the names, voting records and addresses of the recipient's neighbors. The thinly-veiled threat from these darling little unionists being, 'Better vote this time or your neighbors will know.' Liberals wholeheartedly embrace these tactics but the same libbie wingnuts get hysterical about laws requiring the registration of sex offenders.
Amid the barrage of 'too-close-to-call,' 'within-the-margin-of-error' stories in the media, perhaps the surest indication that Gov. Walker was going to pull this off was the very last, last, last, last minute revelation by the New York Times that polls showed Gov. Walker ahead.
With Gov. Walker's crushing 54%-46% victory tonight, Democrats haven't been this despondent since the capture of Saddam Hussein. With any luck, maybe Wisconsin Democrats might just flee to Illinois (something about that rings a bell).
Democrats were hoping at least to take out Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, but hilariously fell short there as well. Not that I'm gloating or anything (hahahahahahaha!).
Some Democrats wanted to blame racism for Walker's victory, but Barrett is white. (Maybe they'll find he's 1/32 Cherokee.)
After tonight, it appears that reports of the Tea Party movement's death are greatly exaggerated. If anything's dead, it's the government union parasites. The media expressed shock that voters don't support public unions getting benefits that they don't get. Somehow, taxpayer-funded free health care, free pensions and big-buck cost-of-living adjustments for government unions aren't popular with voters! Already, half of AFSCME's membership is gone in the absence of mandatory union dues. The taxpayer rebellion in Wisconsin was just the warm-up act. Taxpayer revolts will ultimately sweep the rest of the country.
Another thing that died tonight was the media's idiotic polls. "Exit polls show tight race in Wisconsin recall race." That's CNN, just before the polls closed. "Gov. Scott Walker narrowly avoided being recalled Tuesday evening ..." That's the Hill newspaper, just after the polls closed. Obama's campaign bragged that Obama was up by 11, per exit polls. But exit polls had the recall race too close to call. Rumor has it that a far more accurate EXIT POLL is coming in November, when Obama gets EXITED out of the White House.
Anyway, that's ...
My Two Cents...
"JohnHuang2"
Great job, Wisconsin!! God bless! Wednesday-morning ping!
So, Gov. Scott Walker just “survived” recall huh?
By 7 points. "Survival."
“Survives”, huh? Leave it to the Washington Post.
Last I saw, Walker won in a landslide.
By the way, I haven’t seen you around here much the past couple of years..
Good to see your name again.
FRegards,
LH
LOL, I much enjoy your rewrite of the article - thank you for it!
Excellent post. Well said.
Always love your prose Huang2
Mongol General: Hao! Dai ye! We won again! This is good, but what is best in life?
Mongol: The open steppe, fleet horse, falcons at your wrist, and the wind in your hair.
Mongol General: Wrong! Conan! What is best in life?
Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.
Mongol General: That is good! That is good.
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THANK GOD!!!!
yes he ‘JUST’ SURVIVED....
Washington ComPost be damned
it is a MANDATE....
you libs crawl back in your spider holes.
The taxpayer rebellion in Wisconsin was just the warm-up act.
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Amen....and AMEN!
The taxpayer rebellion in Wisconsin was just the warm-up act.
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Amen....and AMEN!
Liberals know Obama is a coward.
That is why they play the “Obama got Usama” ad nauseum.
However, Obama has proven he has ZERO leadership ability.
Liberals gave Obama a fillibuster-proof senate in 2008 and he squandered the opportunity by not leading his own party to unity behind any legislation.
Liberals gave Obama the recall election to show the strength of unions and the “working man”. Obama never showed up.
This man keeps letting his own people down because he is a Grade-A coward!
Excellent. If I hadn’t read your piece, I would not have known about Obama’s tweet. Hilarious. The Democrats are complaining that Obama didn’t campaign for Barrett, but I’m guessing the Barrett campaign didn’t really want Obama campaigning for him.
LOLOL! Thank you so much for your delightful essay-post, dear JohnHuang2!
Good one Johnny. Long time no see. Soldier on.
It's good to see you writing again, JH2 - I've always much enjoyed your wit.
Long ago unions had to work to EARN worker support and membership. Now they just pick pockets, and do nothing but push socialist government.
Getting rid of mandatory membership AND banning unions from political activity would force them to go back to work earning member support like they once HAD to.
Unions should be banned from government employee representation as they once were. Laws that once covered government employees were more than fair and equitable - while banning government employee strikes. They work for us, just as the elected do, and they have no right nor reason to demand more than average public-sector compensation.