Promises, promises...
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is vowing to Newsmax readers that organized labor will not steal back the dramatic come-from-behind victory of Supreme Court Justice David Prosser even if unions end up paying for a recount.
One would think Walker would be doing everything he could to assure a fair election.
“As long as the rules are clear, as long as there aren’t ballots somehow found out of the blue that weren’t counted before, things of that nature, as long as everything’s above board, I think that’s fair,” said Walker.
Instead they're taking advantage of unrecognized opportunities:
"We are assembling our legal team and continuing to watch our vote totals," Nemoir said. "We are encouraged by the turnout and believe in a record-setting Supreme Court election there’s plenty of reason to believe there’s unrecognized opportunity to deliver a victory."
Here's Mark Crispin Miller's take on this latest:
“Steal back,” eh? Interesting choice of words.
How typical is this? The only ones who scream about election fraud are those who perpetrate it on a massive scale. Indeed, they wouldn’t even be there if they hadn’t stolen (and concocted) votes; and yet they scream that those they’ve robbed intend to rob them.
The Journal Sentinal has a different take on the Newsmax revelations. Namely... What's he doing in Florida in the first place?
According to the story , Walker spoke frankly about a number of issues, including his national tour:
Walker’s interview and visit to Newsmax headquarters came during a nationwide tour to drum up support for a new effort, FrontlineWisconsin.com , that seeks to defend eight Wisconsin GOP senators from a massive recall campaign that now is under way.
Walker, who has pledged to bring 250,000 jobs to his state, told Newsmax: “What I’ve been doing is going around the country and making the case, given my position in Wisconsin, reaching out to folks across the country to say ’Help us out.’
“The grass roots need to stand up and say, ’We’re the ones defending the middle class. We’re the ones defending the middle class taxpayers of this country who for decades have paid for the expanse of the ever-growing size of state, local, or federal government.’”
The site accepts donations for the resources they need to fight the orchestrated effort to drive them from office.
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So where is Walker going as part of this national tour? Who went with him to Florida? Did he hold any fundraisers for his own campaign while there?
Walker's campaign isn't saying.
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UPDATE: At today's press conference, Walker responded to a question about his Florida trip. This is what he said:
“I said you’ve got big government union money coming in from Washington. I think grassroots activists from across the state and across the country are needed to be able to counter it. So over the weekend, I made that case.”
Sigh... and here it turns out there was one thing we could have done to prevent this whole mess.
Nickolaus said... "if I get hit by a bus, this election is going to run just fine."