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Scott Walker, the gutless wonder of the 2016 presidential race
The Week ^ | March 19, 2015 | Michael Brendan Dougherty, senior correspondent

Posted on 03/19/2015 7:45:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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Remember, my name isn't Michael Brendan Dougherty. But I told you that Liz Mair had worked for him before.
1 posted on 03/19/2015 7:45:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sarah Palin isn’t running.


2 posted on 03/19/2015 7:48:20 PM PDT by Artcore
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Who in the &%$# said she was?


3 posted on 03/19/2015 7:49:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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Just thought you might still be having delusions that she might.


4 posted on 03/19/2015 7:50:41 PM PDT by Artcore
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I reject the author’s premise.


5 posted on 03/19/2015 7:50:55 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Artcore

Go peddle your old, stinky fish somewhere else. It’s 2015, not 2010.


6 posted on 03/19/2015 7:51:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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The silliness of the blogspasm on the “Mair/Walker affair” is... amusing.


7 posted on 03/19/2015 7:52:28 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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Michael Brendan Dougherty is senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is the founder and editor of The Slurve, a newsletter about baseball.


8 posted on 03/19/2015 7:53:17 PM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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Forcing Mair out was like amputating your finger to deal with a paper cut. Instead of having a problem with a few Iowans and a writer at Breitbart.com, Walker has now baffled his admirers across the right. Mair’s resignation signaled that Walker’s team either didn’t do its homework before hiring Mair, or that it was too spineless to defend her. It is hard to believe the former, since Mair consulted for Walker before during his 2012 recall.


That’s the meat of it right there.
By not defending the hire they look like they got caught with their hand in the amnesty jar.


9 posted on 03/19/2015 7:55:05 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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Go peddle your old, stinky fish somewhere else. It’s 2015, not 2010.

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It sure is, and thanks to the idiots who stayed home in 2012, we’re witnessing the final destruction of our nation by a known Marxist. With “patriots” like you, we’ll be stuck with Jeb as our nominee, and Hillary or Elisabeth Warren as our President.


10 posted on 03/19/2015 7:59:51 PM PDT by Artcore
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

We will know who is our best choice for presidential candidate in 2016 by watching who the MSM is heaping the most scorn upon.

It has always been so...

They will let us know who they fear.

I like Scott Walker’s election track record...he’s not perfect, who the hell is?

Freepers appreciate all the fine posts you put up 2DV ... please ignore anyone posting stupid comments to you.


11 posted on 03/19/2015 8:01:38 PM PDT by Bobalu (If we live to see 2017 we will be kissing the ground)
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Don’t blame us for this mess...blame the GOP. They got us into it by shoving “moderates” like Dole, McCain and Romney down our throats...LOSERS, everyone of them.

And now that we’re in this mess...they do absolutely NOTHING.


12 posted on 03/19/2015 8:04:25 PM PDT by bimboeruption ("Occupy till I come" ~ OPORD issued by CIC Jesus Christ)
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To: mrsmith

Ya think Walker found it amusing too?


13 posted on 03/19/2015 8:09:56 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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The article is putrid punditry, written no doubt by union-loving goons convinced Walker’s success against them was a matter of luck.


14 posted on 03/19/2015 8:15:47 PM PDT by sparklite2
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That’s the meat of it right there. By not defending the hire they look like they got caught with their hand in the amnesty jar.

They did...And it's stuck there...

Perhaps Walker doesn't have his finger on the pulse of the nation but rather the pulse of the media, or Washington...

The internet is a wonderful thing...Maybe Walker is just finding that out...

15 posted on 03/19/2015 8:19:29 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The twit tweeted insulting tweets about Iowans. Not exactly a brilliant strategy for someone serving politicians.

Pressure built; she resigned.

And now The Week calls Walker weak....as they push for Bush.


16 posted on 03/19/2015 8:20:27 PM PDT by Norseman (Defund the Left-Completely!)
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>>The internet is a wonderful thing...Maybe Walker is just finding that out...<<

Oh, yeah, he’s just a babe in the woods...no experience at nothin’...’cept taking the unions to school...cutting Planned Parenthood clinics in WI....introducing a widespread voucher program in his current budget...cutting the UW professoriate budget (we all love them, right?)...answering a half dozen gotcha questions without managing to create a single memorable “gotcha” soundbite....and now, just finding out about the internet...Riiight...

Meanwhile, the subject of this story, whose idiotic tweets had generated about 4,000 unfavorable comments along the lines of...”I thought I could support Walker, but now....” has unceremoniously resigned, as she should, having learned her lesson: don’t drink and tweet. (made that last part up, but it would explain her dilemma, assuming she’s a professional.)


17 posted on 03/19/2015 8:27:08 PM PDT by Norseman (Defund the Left-Completely!)
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Well it confused the issue. He evolves into the Cahmber of Commerce “path to citizenship, they should stay if they want to work here” view, then not just a couple weeks ago changes his mind after catching criticism from conservatives, and then two weeks later hires pro-amnesty Mair to run his communications for his campaign - not a small hire.

And we have idiots here who blame conservatives for “bashing Walker” when ALL OF THIS has been self-inflicted.


18 posted on 03/19/2015 8:27:30 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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I guess.

It’s an insight into the narcissistic nature of the blogosphere and social media.
Reminds me of the “I’m eating a ham sandwich meme”.


19 posted on 03/19/2015 8:27:41 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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I know several people who have been appointed to jobs by Walker. The final question all of them got was, “Have you done anything we haven’t talked about that could embarrass the governor or his administration?”

If she wasn’t up front about those tweets, she would be gone for not being forthright during the vetting process.

...and we all tend to forget that the endless John Doe investigation of Walker began when he asked for an investigation because he suspected someone in his administration was embezzling funds meant for veterans.

Walker will clean house when someone fails him.


20 posted on 03/19/2015 8:27:48 PM PDT by MediaMole
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