Walker: "We're the Party of a Higher Moral Authority!!!" Heil?

Scott Walker seems to think insulting people with exclusionary comments will slip by unnoticed?Thanks to the Wisconsin Reporter’s Watchdog.com, he didn't get away with it.

Insulting? Our delusional governor told a crowd that they have a “higher moral authority.” We heard a lot of that kind of stuff in Europe some time back. Insulting…you bet.

Because its done so well since the color change...?

Walker received a standing ovation for his speech in which he explained his reasons for declining Medicaid expansion in Wisconsin and laid out his philosophy on governance. “We’re the party of a higher moral authority,” Walker said. “We are the party that emboldens the American Dream.”

That’s a complete lie, since progressive Democratic policy brought about change. FDR, Kennedy, and Johnson made major advances. Under Democrats, the American Dream flourished, jobs grew, suicide rates and deficits declined...

The difference between the parties is this: Republicans need “national leaders,” like the ones you see in old movies. Democrats...don’t. The idea of a “national leader” is also a bit unsettling:

Reince Priebus said it’s clear that his old friends Walker and Ryan are “national leaders.  People look to Scott and Paul really for a lot of clues and signs as to where t

he party is going,” he said. “They’re leaders.”

Reince even believes his own BS about Obama and the Democrats campaigning all the time. I wish:

Reince Priebus told the party faithful in Wisconsin Saturday
“When we talk about the growth and opportunity plan, we’re talking about being a permanent party, a party that understands we’re in permanent politics all the time. The other side is engaged in a permanent, across-the-board campaign that started five years ago and never ended….We are becoming a granular, coast-to coast-operation that will go toe-to-toe and surpass our opponents,” said Priebus.

As depressing as these guys sound, the following consecutive comments were encouraging:

Paul: It would seem that the GOP establishment is more concerned with defining a national strategy than in defining its values. If Walker and Ryan are the future of the Republican Party, then the GOP doesn't have much of a future to offer to most grassroots supporters who want smaller, limited government. Austerity is not bringing jobs to Wisconsin, and it will not bring more people into the Republican fold. Personally, I'm no longer buying what the GOP is selling, and I doubt that a majority of Americans will either. 

Roy: Paul, you never did "buy what the GOP is selling". You infer Walker and Ryan do not want smaller limited government (they do), you state they have nothing to offer to supporters of smaller limited government. Then you state "austerity (less government spending) is not bringing jobs to Wisconsin" (It is) Your post is a jumbled mess of conflicting ideas.

kenvandoren: Walker presented a budget that grows government by $2 Billion, adds to our debt, and adds hundreds of new state employees. I do not call that limited government, smaller government.

New Legal System proposed by Walker! Allows Bad/Unconstitutional Laws to take effect anyway, even under legal challenge!

Nothing says authoritarian one party rule than the latest dictatorial power grab by Scott Walker and the Republican Majority. They don’t even have to hide their arrogant control of state government, because their voters just don't seem to care.

Will voters decide in time to stop this madness, even when it’s their own party being criticize? This could backfire the day Democrats take control again.

But the way Walker is acting, that day will not be allowed to happen again. With the bill below, I believe he’s got a point:  

jsonline: With some of their major legislative achievements thwarted by the courts in the past two years, Wisconsin Republicans are advancing a bill that would minimize the ability of circuit judges to block state laws for the long term. Under a measure announced Wednesday, such injunctions would be automatically stayed as soon as they were appealed - meaning the laws would immediately be put back in effect. Rep. David Craig (R-Big Bend), a chief sponsor of the measure, said the bill would provide stability. He noted that challenges to state laws are ultimately decided by higher courts in many instances.

Stability > Constitution. Craig admits conservative judges don’t make decisions based on the legality or constitutionality of proposed laws, but on a conservative belief system. Check it out:

"We're trying to speed up the process," Craig said. "One judge elected by one extremely small fraction of the state . . . isn't going to have ultimate say-so over law."

That one extremely small fraction, liberals in Dane County, have rural counterparts all over the state. So much so that in one poll, pictured here, Democrats outnumbered Republicans. Yet you'd never know that by the one sided rule we've seen in the legislature:

Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca (D-Kenosha) called the bill an outrageous "power grab" that would further polarize the public.

Scot Ross, executive director of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now, said in a statement the bill was abhorrent because it would allow a law to remain in effect after a judge determined it was unconstitutional. "Under their scheme, our justice system would be turned on its head to satisfy their seemingly insatiable quest for political power," his statement said. "While they flout the constitution, people's rights would be denied."

Just so you know:

In a sign the bill could move quickly, it gained support Wednesday from (the biggest asshole in the Assembly) Speaker Robin Vos. 

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/miffed-by-court-decisions-against-them-gop-lawmakers-want-to-limit-impact-of-rulings-439ghsq-202338051.html

Walker Authority; You've been a bad citizen. Banned!

Nothing says authoritarian like the new rules coming out of the Republican legislature. Dissent will not be tolerated.

This is so Republican, and so ass back words.

Hey, if Wisconsinites sit silently in the gallery, then all is well. If no one is able to protest in and around the Capitol, all is well. Kicking people off food stamps and unemployment saves money, all is well. Preventing Americans from suing doctors and manufacturers reduces lawsuits, all is well. If we just keep people from complaining, their First Amendment right, all is well.

Without opposition, we’re left with the appearance of happiness.

NEW SENATE RULES:

WSJ: Visitors to the state Senate gallery, as well as any "Senate space," could be barred from returning for the entire two-year legislative session … including not just the Senate chamber but also offices, hearing rooms, and "any other space in the Capitol that is traditionally reserved for the conduct of Senate business." The proposed rules would go beyond banning just signs to say "other objects" could not be displayed by gallery visitors.

State Republicans are imposing a “new “ version of freedom and liberty. They want us to get used to it.

Democracy difficult, too costly for Republican Freeloaders.

Isn't it apparent by now that Wisconsin conservatives prefer the much easy government model of an authoritarian state, headed by a courageous leader who is willing to defy public outrage?

If the moronic ranting’s flowing out of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial board are any indication, than we’re really in trouble. At the risk of sounding like a tea party loon, try to imagine any one of our most admired founding fathers saying the following about citizen involvement:

It's unnecessary, it's expensive, it's ugly … Enormous amounts of money have been raised on both sides (note: not true) is coming from folks and interests outside Wisconsin … the ads will be ugly and divisive … This recall is seen by some here and elsewhere as part of a larger struggle … for setting the stage for a constant recall election cycle.

And we still maintain this is all unnecessary because it essentially boils down to one issue: last year's legislation that severely curtailed bargaining rights for most public employees. Politicians, regardless of party, should not be recalled over one issue or one (or even several) votes.

The fact that it’s really not about one issue, reveals what might be the scariest thought of all; they didn't notice their dictatorial power grab and uncompromising governing style. They decided that nearly half of the people in the state didn't count, and now don't want to be held accountable:

It's just too easy now, and Wisconsin needs to curb this fever as soon as it can.

Yes, we must curb democracy…

The Workplace is an Authoritarian Dictatorship! And so goes the Country...

We're beginning to understand the conservative voters love affair with fiery authoritarian politicians like Gov. Chris Christie, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, John Kasich and the milder dictates of Gov. Scott Walker and Rich Snyder. It's also evident in the GOP/Tea Party driven agenda that they bring that authoritarian power back into the workplace nationwide, public and private. It's hard to understand how private sector employees can support such a self destructive policy, but I think it may have something to do with envying, and those who have something they do not. 

Salon.com offered this insight in the article: America’s last hope: A strong labor movement:

The labor movement is the critical anchor and enabler of democracy grounded on a notion of freedom. Most people have an intuitive understanding of what democracy means: rule by the people (as opposed to rule by the few or an elite). Yet, as Corey Robin so eloquently points out in his book on fear, Americans give up their individual freedom and democratic voice every single day they walk into work. The workplace is an authoritarian dictatorship, and we accept this as legitimate.

Now is the time to challenge that feudal relationship. We need to call into question the assumption that Americans believe democracy stops at the workplace door. If we would not stand for a despot to rule over us with impunity, why do we let the boss do so every day of the workweek?

When there is little outrage for the daily violations of workers’ liberty (employers fire workers illegally in 1 in 3 union campaigns for attempting to exercise freedom of association), our democracy is in peril. The decline of organized labor is directly linked to the rise in economic inequality over the last 40 years and the onset of a “Second Gilded Age.” The decline in union density coupled with the decline in the real value of the minimum wage explains one-third of the dramatic growth in wage inequality since the early 1970s. 

Losing our Nation one Republican at a time...welcome to the Dictatorship.

The Republican presidential debate last night had another one of those shocking moments; the judicial branch of government needs to be less equal!!  It's a jaw dropping assault on the Constitution. Oddly, the media didn't seem to care at all:



What Newt Gingrich and Michele Bachmann are proposing is a frightening and acceptable idea promoted by the right wing, where the courts must be reined in for not following conservative orthodoxy. In fact Mitt Romney boldly responded to Newt and Bachmann by promising to appoint CONSERVATIVE judges. But that's okay. As we all know, liberal judges are "activist," conservative judges aren't. The proud declaration that conservatism has the one true unbiased interpretation of the law is not just borderline frightening, it's a warning shot across the bow to unsuspecting Americans.

THEY will define freedom and liberty, and not that "God damn piece of paper," a description George W. Bush once made about the Constitution. Check out the the new adoption law passed in Virginia pictured on the right, if you want actual proof. That's a screenshot from the story below by Rachel Maddow showing how Republican "leaders" have their public face on policy, and a more sinister authoritarian private face behind closed doors.

There's no excuse for the adoption law pictured here. None. This is how Republicans govern. Like it?