Scott Walker: W. Without the Compassion

Washington Monthly ^ | March 13, 2015 | Ed Kilgore

[miss marmelstein]

Rubio’s glamour?? The man has a come over.

[miss marmelstein]

COMB over.

[Socon-Econ]

When leftist politicians start talking about compassion, the successful, the productive, the law abiding, and the thrifty should beware.

[jdsteel]

I hope Walker keeps the pedal to the metal. Just because he s first out of the gate to take the slings and arrows does NOT mean he can’t be in it for the long run. The left will tell you who they fear....they fear Walker.

[SatinDoll]

Scott scares the pee out of Progressives. It’s an easy tell.

[Graybeard58]

The difference between Walker and “W” is profound. Walker is conservative.

[kidd]

Good article and encouraging.

Looking for someone who lives the bible without over-talking it. That’s Walker.

But I hardly consider Ted Cruz to be any kind of embarrassment. I don’t think he over does it at all.

[tsomer]

Yeah. Right.

Let’s all take the advice of the Obamabots to heart.
He’s such a warm and fuzzy guy, O.

[randita]

If “compassionate” (a la Bush) means rolling over and letting the opposition walk all over you, then no - Walker is not compassionate in that sense.

He doesn’t take their BS. He hits back immediately and hits back hard. He will not be cowed into submission. He’s a new breed of Republican and I hope we see more and more like him emerge.

[MrB]

yeah, the other one is a bit... yucky...

[MrB]

“compassionate” means “letting the left get away with the crap it always gets away with”

[Iscool]

So far Walker has shown to be a major flip-flopper and his one achievement is bucking the unions in his state...

With Bush being a Catholic in the race with his extremely liberal slant on illegal amnesty and all that other liberal junk, I'm afraid the liberal Catholics are going to reject anyone not Catholic and let Bush slide thru...

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Breaking: Exclusive — Scott Walker: Loretta Lynch ‘Not Fit To Serve’ As Attorney General "Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says President Barack Obama’s Attorney General nominee, Loretta Lynch, is unfit to be the nation’s top lawyer because of her support for executive amnesty and other positions she’s taken, the governor’s spokeswoman Kirsten Kukowski tells Breitbart News.

“Given Loretta Lynch’s failure to commit to protect Americans from the president’s lawless executive overreach, that even he said nearly two dozen times, she is not fit to serve as the nation’s Attorney General,” Kukowski said in an email.......

While Walker doesn’t have a vote in the U.S. Senate, his public opposition to Lynch’s nomination could have massive implications as the vote heads to the Senate floor next week. Even the four Republicans who have stated they intend to support Lynch—Sens. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Susan Collins (R-ME)—might not want to oppose Walker’s position, along with the position of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), the 2008 GOP presidential nominee.".......

[Steve_Seattle]

"It requires a great deal of paranoia and passive-aggressive claims of “persecution,” of course, to take isolated collisions between anti-discrimination laws and religious principles into a major threat to the immensely privileged position of Christians in the United States."

In what way are Christians "immensely privileged" in today's America? Are Christian sentiments routinely reflected in the public school curricula or the universities, in the entertainment industry, or the mainstream media? No. Are they often mocked? Yes. So where is this "privilege" the author refers to?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

: )

He had to let loose some aggression - writing this piece must have set his teeth on edge.

[BenLurkin]

Hey Mr. Kilgore,

I gotcher Not-Ready-For-Prime-Time gaffmeister right here:

[nascarnation]

As far as I know, Democrats never make gaffes, at least none have been identified as such by the MSM.

[Gator113]

I’ll be voting for Ted Cruz.

[Windflier]

The left will tell you who they fear....they fear Walker.

I think it's a feint. From what I see, they're promoting him.

Br'er Rabbit...briar patch...