Maybe Wisconsin State Senator Alberta Darling (R-swanky, rich Milwaukee suburb that I'm too lazy to look up right now) has lost her "filter". She actually admitted that she doesn't listen at budget hearings because "the silent majority" already gave their opinion on Walker's budget proposal last November, at the polls. Of course Walker didn't actually propose his budget until last month, but that's not germane to Ms. Darling, who is either incredibly stupid, or incredibly arrogant, or perhaps both, to have allowed herself to say stuff like this in public, on the record. More evidence of her arrogance is her admission that she purposely scheduled the public hearings on the budget during the day time, when most people are working. This may have been the GOP's attempt to suppress attendance but it might not have worked. (I've seen varying accounts of the attendance so if anyone knows the official total of people who signed in please comment.) The article quoted says that more than 270 people signed up to speak.
I've never met Alberta Darling, but I do remember seeing her near the state Capitol in late February during the daily demonstrations: she was being escorted from (somewhere) to the Capitol by 8 uniformed police officers from various police forces. I wonder how many cops (or state troopers) were guarding the hearing yesterday. Did anyone from DKos attend?