Yes, today Scott Walker followed up on his comments with something even more outrageously stupid and venal.
One of the most powerful foreign policy decisions that I think was made in our lifetime was one that Ronald Reagan made early in his presidency when he fired the air traffic controllers.
Yes, he really said that. Read it again.
One of the most powerful foreign policy decisions that I think was made in our lifetime was one that Ronald Reagan made early in his presidency when he fired the air traffic controllers.
To Scott, this bold foreign-policy move
showed our allies around the world that we were serious and more importantly that this man to our adversaries was serious.
Then he made up a story about how top-secret Soviet documents later revealed that Ronnie's union busting had the commies quaking in their boots. Said story was quickly
dispatched by experts.
Reagan's own ambassador to the Soviet Union, Jack Matlock, told us: "It's utter nonsense. There is no evidence of that whatever."
On the other hand, in Walkerworld, facts, logic, experience and book-larnin' don't count. It's all about being a bold leader who is not afraid to fire workers.
Ahem. That worked so well for the last Republican presidential candidate.
Go read about it at Mother Jones.