There are instant benefits for guys like Kasich and Walker. As a national columnist,
Will's often inscrutable insights reach readers - at least those who still find their way to an Op-ed page - from coast to coast. With the columnist's endorsement, they might close ranks on a consensus for the next fellow in the White House. He praises Walker for being "serene in the center of this storm" as the governor sits for an interview beneath a portrait of Ronald Reagan. And later he declares being impressed by Walker's "calm comportment" in this crises.
Will's in-and-out visits to crises spots satisfy his pedantic yearnings to create a medieval America in which only the fittest survive. He's attracted to the modern version of Republican governors these days much as hungry sperm whales use echo location to find their fish.
As for Walker's crisis in attempting to dislocate public employe unions, he attempts to create the silly argument that everything in Wisconsin would be fine if those out-of-state union hacks weren't crossing borders to create havoc. As I've previously noted, his own out- of- state sponsors are the billionaire Koch brothers, whose money has been turning up quite often in political campagns. The Koch front group, Americans for Prosperity, has just bought $342,000 worth of TV and radio ads in Wisconsin asking people to "stand with Walker", while bashing unions and President Obama.
But even Walker's crusade, marked by the religious fervency of a man who is a son of a Baptist minister, can run off the highway in times like these.. A New York blogger, BuffaloBeast, tricked him into a 20-minute phone conversation in which the blogger pretended he was David Koch. During the conversation, Walker openly described his plans to crush the union.
To the credit of George Will's brief but studied assessment of the governor, Walker was serene throughout the phone call.
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Walker opposes abortion, even in the case of rape, incest, or threat to the mother's life. OK fine Mr. Walker, your opinion is your own. Now convince us that if your daughter was raped, and the pregnancy would lead to your daughter's death, you'd stand by and watch it happen.
These guys are all the same. Tom Delay ranted about Terri Schiavo until it was revealed he took his own father off of life support.
It was interesting listening to Walker serenley kowtowing to who he thought was David Koch during the 20 minute phone call. This is the governor who is unable to take calls due to his intense schedule but dropped everything when he thought one of his Lord and Masters was calling. This should be enough to display to the citizens of Wisconcin what kind of toadie they elected to their governor's office but the witless,gullible Tea Party rubes will defend him just as they will here in Ohio with our own version of Walker, "Wall Street Johnny". It has always been about crushing unions, going back to "Saint Ronnie's" time.
The situation in Wisconsin has become an absolute circus. Prank phone calls, politicians undermining democracy by fleeing the state, protestors comparing the governor to Hitler and Mussolini, etc.
It is pretty obvious who the adults are in that state.
As one well known parrot once said: "If you are determined to be outraged there is always something to be outraged about".
Sycophant,
Once again your ignorance has exposed your limitations. It is, indeed, a circus in Wisconsin and the ring leader is the Kochwhore Walker. He is very much like Hitler in that he is a toady of the new American Plutocracy. In Germany, Hitler would not have come to power without the full support of the aristocracy and the corporate elite. But the comparison stops here because Kochwhore Walker can only dream of having the political skills of the two dictators.
As for the adult comment, neither you nor the Kochwhore qualify. The whores' actions and your writings demonstrate a type and style of juvenile behavior reserved for junior high playgrounds.
Until you are capable of independent thought, do us all a favor and crawl back under your rock.
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