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'I love ribs. Ribs and BBQ': Scott Walker tells how he proposed to his wife Tonette....
The Daily Mail ^ | June 6, 2015 | Francesca Chambers For Dailymail.com In Des Moines, Iowa

Posted on 06/07/2015 1:33:37 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

'I love ribs. Ribs and BBQ': Scott Walker tells how he proposed to his wife Tonette at a Wisconsin barbecue joint while devouring a spare rib at Iowa 'Roast and Ride'

Barbecue has a special place in Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's heart.

He reminisced about their courtship today while devouring a spare rib at a 'Roast and Ride' event in Boone, Iowa...

Walker had just finished helping employees of Lynch BBQ, the event catering company, prepare a rack of ribs when he professed his love for barbecue - and his spouse.

'We met at a karaoke night, even though we didn't talk to each other,' he recalled. 'I gave her a napkin with my name on it, because the guy I was with said we just kept hitting it off.'

The two 'never talked' that night, he said.

But the brazen 24-year-old didn't let that stop him from giving Tonette, a widow who was 12 years older than him, his phone number.

Walker says he passed her a note on a napkin that said, 'Forgive me for being rude, but I gotta go home' because I gotta get ready 'for work in the morning. We'll have dinner some time.'

'She waited two days, and called me,' he said, which she said she 'never' would have done.

Walker says their first date was May 1. They went back to that same barbecue spot in August of that year, 1992, for Thursday night karaoke, and he proposed.......

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: economy; gopprimary; iowa; walker
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Oh the horrors!

What will the elites think?!

BBQ, karaoke, cougar wife, courtship, marriage....

1 posted on 06/07/2015 1:33:38 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I cannot believe he has come out in full support of the Patriot Act. I cannot vote for that.


2 posted on 06/07/2015 1:36:49 AM PDT by momincombatboots (Back to West by G-d Virginia.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

His wife is named ribs or he is referring to Genesis?


3 posted on 06/07/2015 1:43:59 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

: )


4 posted on 06/07/2015 1:47:18 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

His wife is named ribs or he is referring to Genesis?


5 posted on 06/07/2015 1:50:52 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

So if they lived in an area with dry run instead of sauce they never would have gotten together?


6 posted on 06/07/2015 1:53:40 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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Here.

Have a rib.

Take the whole rack.


7 posted on 06/07/2015 2:01:00 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Another positive story that had to come from a news outlet outside of the CONUS. I guess this will be what we can expect for the foreseeable future.


8 posted on 06/07/2015 2:57:36 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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I didn’t know his wife was so much older than him. “Cougar”, lol.


9 posted on 06/07/2015 4:18:23 AM PDT by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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A widow too.


10 posted on 06/07/2015 4:28:20 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: momincombatboots

so, if he gets the nomination, you will cop ouit again and Hillary will be elected


11 posted on 06/07/2015 4:28:45 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
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To: bert; All

“..........BOONE, Iowa—To run for president, one must be skilled at many things, including cutting slabs of meat.

Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin and Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) donned white latex gloves to slice portions of pork ribs for the assembled crowd at a political carnival here held by Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst.........

Despite skies that threatened rain, the seven presidential hopefuls gathered here were all optimistic about their chances.

While Mr. Walker, who is expected to formally announce his candidacy in July, rode a rented Harley on Saturday, he reminisced about his own 2003 model. It has decals that resemble bullet holes, he said.

“People always ask if they’re real,” he said. “I say, ‘If they were real, I wouldn’t be here.’ ”.........

http://www.wsj.com/articles/republican-presidential-hopefuls-gather-for-iowa-roast-and-ride-1433628113


12 posted on 06/07/2015 4:37:06 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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totally sinful!!!!!!!!!!


13 posted on 06/07/2015 4:48:18 AM PDT by rrrod (Just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I make the best ribs. My entire family and several friends have voted. It does not involve hours over a grill in the hot sun because I don’t do that sort of thing.


14 posted on 06/07/2015 5:27:02 AM PDT by Mercat (Release the HildeKraken)
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Mehhicccans.............

...............or, NO MORE Mehhicccans.

THAT IS THE QUESTION (for ALL so-called ‘candidates’, be they r or d).


15 posted on 06/07/2015 6:18:30 AM PDT by Flintlock (Our soapbox is gone, the ballot box stolen--we're left with the bullet box now.)
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Tonette? The name reminds me of a rock group.
16 posted on 06/07/2015 6:52:20 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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He reminisced about their courtship today while devouring a spare rib...

Real barbecue aficionados eat back ribs, gov.

17 posted on 06/07/2015 6:59:13 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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Tonette. Who names their kid Tonette?


18 posted on 06/07/2015 8:44:45 AM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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19 posted on 06/07/2015 9:58:35 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Lord God help us.)
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To: bert

Yep.. That’s right. My single solitary vote has that kind of power... Jealous?


20 posted on 06/07/2015 12:05:40 PM PDT by momincombatboots (Back to West by G-d Virginia.)
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