Pic Of The Moment: Scott Walker Blames Obama For "Disturbing Trend"

[EarlG]

Police Fatalities Much Lower Than Under Reagan, Yet Walker Blames Obama

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[SoapBox]

1. K & R!

[4lbs]

2. So then.... Scott Walker wants another 250 officers to be shot, since that would just about

match his Saint Ronny Raygun.

[Cal33]

18. There were fewer people 35 years ago than there are today. So the number should be

more than 250 to keep pace.

[bjobotts]

42. They took that into consideration with the stats

[John Crock]

38. more officers but..

Sure he is for more cops but wont pay them or if they wont work for free he will cut education to do it. If I said assh@le I would be insulting assh@les everywhere. This guy is truely evil.

[AllyCat]

44. You're right. I live in his fiefdom. He is awful

let us continue to deal with his horror. Don't foist him on the entire nation.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. So much for the facts.

[Tarheel_Dem]

4. I hope the WH picks up this graphic, and runs ads in every city where Walker shows up. nt

[Eric J in MN]

5. The White House doesn't run campaign ads. NT

NT

[Tarheel_Dem]

17. Well OFA then. n/t

[Cal33]

19. But the White House should expose patent lies. This is one of the weaknesses of

the White House. If they don't combat against open lies, more Americans will
believe them, and there will be more Americans who stay Republican because
of this deliberate misinformation.

[passiveporcupine]

31. They would not be able to keep up with them

[Fred Sanders]

34. They would not. There are 17 polished liars in the Liar's Parade the media is pushing on us all this time around.

[erronis]

39. +1. Ne'er do wells that have nothing else to do but suck

At the teats of people with too much money and too little brains.

[SusanaMontana41]

56. "A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” — anonymous n/t

[PatrickforO]

6. Well I'm shocked! The FACTS don't match the RHETORIC! Whatever are we coming to?

[Baitball Blogger]

7. Tell it to the mountain!

Statistics. Such a troubling obstacle for right-wingers.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

8. This from the guy who claims unions are bad for workers.

[Jack Rabbit]

9. Will Scottie repeat this nonsense tomorrow?

How much will Dave and Charlie pay him to tell lies that fit their narrative?

[Enthusiast]

10. Can we agree on this one thing?

Scott Walker is a complete dope.

[marmar]

11. Desperate people say desperate things

[Cal33]

20. I don't believe he is feeling desperate. Lying comes naturally to him, that's one way

of recognizing a sociopath.

[Jamaal510]

12. He grew up in a parallel dimension America. eom

[Leith]

13. I've Said It Many Times

If one has to lie to prove a point, one doesn't have a valid point.

Yet conservatives/Republicans lie about everything.

[exboyfil]

14. Two other factors

Population is up from 247 million in 1987 to 319 million today.

Another statistic would be number of shootings by fatal and non-fatal since dealing with trauma has gotten much better so you would expect some drop from that. Still if we scale Reagan's number with the population change, we would expect that number to be 744 (it is less than half that number).

This reflects a general downward trend in the U.S. murder rate.

[d_legendary1]

15. Blaming the "blah" guy again, are we?

You're small potatoes Scottie! Go home!

[tclambert]

16. Yet another case of Republicans not doing their homework.

Unfortunately, unless you turn it around on them, call them on the error and actively ridicule them for it, most listeners will just nod and accept what they heard from the lying liar. It's human nature because it takes less mental energy to accept what you hear than to make the effort to question it and seek confirmation or contradiction.

A friend of mine once told me that he had heard 90% of EKGs are wrong and he repeated it as if he totally accepted that statement. "Really makes you think, doesn't it?" he said.

I did think about it and said, "That can't possibly be true. First of all, it would make for medical catastrophes with a frequency that would be all over the news. Secondly, how could you know they're wrong? You'd have to have some other way of measuring heart performance that is far more reliable than EKGs to compare them to."

"Oh! I hadn't thought of that," he said. Because he didn't try.
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I would like to hear Democrats start relentlessly ridiculing Republicans for not putting in the work to check their supposedly factual assertions. Call into question the Republican candidates' competence, portray them as lazy, sloppy, and bad at hiring reliable staffers who are supposed to factcheck their statements. Turn their many factual errors into criticism of their ability to run a campaign. One thing politicians cannot afford is to look bad at running a campaign.

[Still In Wisconsin]

21. Take it from a Wisconsinite- this is CLASSIC Walker:

He never lets facts get in the way of a good narrative. In this case, it's an obvious "dog whistle" to say that the black President is getting (white) cops killed. The difference now, of course, is that it's a Presidential election and a lot more people are paying attention and checking facts. We have a very compliant and right-wing media apparatus in Wisconsin and Walker has never had a real rival on the Republican side. Now he has several and he's being exposed.

The really silly thing is that he has been by all accounts the most divisive figure in the history of Wisconsin state politics, and he's calling the POTUS the "Divider in Chief."

[Eleanors38]

22. Oddly, it tracks the over all downward trend in homicides...

...a fact which some here find difficult to accept when discussed in other contexts.



Of note, the Lt. Governor of Texas blamed the epidemic of Texas cop killings on -- of course -- Obama. That is, one (1) LEO killed by attack, return-fire this year. It's a plague, I tell you!

[red dog 1]

23. K&R...Thanks for posting

He's an idiot!

[erronis]

40. Idiocracy is a badge of honor. Along with an obligator flag lapel.

[IkeRepublican]

24. As if we expected anything else

Whenever a Democrat is in the White House, RW's act like every law enforcement officer and official is being held hostage in their homes and the entire country is to get showered with gigatons of nuclear explosions at any second.

[Cosmic Dancer]

25. What a moron!

How did he get elected three times?

[BlueJazz]

28. Unfortunately, it's quite possible that he was not elected 3 times except through fraud but...

...that's another story.

[oberliner]

26. What about Bush the Elder?

Why include only two-term presidents?

[wickerwoman]

27. And its all thanks to legalised abortion.

[mdbl]

29. Facts? What Facts?

Quit looking up facts! Repuglicans don't use them.

[captainarizona]

30. walker grew up when black lives didn't matter and now they do!

Walker grew up when police could shoot black people without repercussions and doesn't like the fact that black lives matter now.

[MADem]

32. How would he propose we solve this?

Should we give prisoners, angry at being caught out by a particular copper, a gun and an early release? Go get 'em, Tiger?

It certainly sounds like he's upset that the ratio has gone DOWN!!!!

[Fritz Walter]

33. One obvious flaw in his statement

He hasn't grown up.

Chronologically, he might have reached the age of majority. He is allowed to vote, consume alcohol, etc.
But cognitively, he's still a juvenile. And should be regarded as such.

Unfortunately, he is what the Cock Bros want and need to fulfill their agenda: easily manipulated to adhere to their script.
A puppet on a string.

[Bluenorthwest]

35. Ronald Reagan and G HW Bush were the era of the gun, the streets were flooded and the war was

declared. War on Drugs = a war in America's neighborhoods.

[malthaussen]

36. I think it's just swell how they make stuff up...

... I wish I'd been able to get away with it when I was in school. Unfortunately, my teachers were always bugging me about pesky things called "facts."

-- Mal

[Thor_MN]

37. Scott Walker calls for 83% increase in shooting deaths of police officiers.

Says Obama is not helping to increase police deaths to the levels of Walker's childhood.

[Fred Sanders]

41. Take America back...to Walkers' fond childhood memories of 83% more police being killed?!

Even the Koch's must be having second thoughts about the dud they bought.

[63splitwindow]

43. It's not just that they are plain old dumb...

it is also that they are of malicious intent. Wait, that's 100% bad and without any saving grace whatsoever. Quite an accomplishment in a bad way.

[tymorial]

45. Scott Walker is an idiot but he's not alone in assuming its worse

The real issue here is perception which has everything to do with the availability of news and information today as opposed to 30 years ago. Consider how news was delivered in the 80s, it was either in 30 minute spots or newspaper. Journalists had to decide what was worth reporting due to limited time on television and limited space in print. This is no longer the case with web delivery and 24 hour news cycles. Yes, cable news networks existed in the 80s but they had no way near the level of influence that they maintain today. The result is the perception that things are worse today because we hear about every tragedy and terrible event. Because the delivery of news can be immediate, it also allows the media to sensationalize in a way that was not possible in previous decades.

So yes, Scott Walker is an idiot for making that statement without checking his facts. I would never vote for the guy but he is just another example of a behavior that really is not party specific... the assumption that things today are so very much different than earlier decades. We fail to recognize the influence that access to information has on our presumptive opinions.

[Turbineguy]

46. Well, I disagree with Walker

I think too many cops are getting shot.

[dickthegrouch]

47. The disturbing part is that

There are more cops around to arrest Walker

No other part of that graph could possibly be disturbing

[Cha]

48. Of course he does.. scott walker is a kochroach.

[Initech]

49. So it's Obama's fault that gun sales have risen 100,000% since he took office?

[Major Hogwash]

50. Scott Walker Bush meet George Walker Bush.

A pair of malignant mental midgits this country would be better off to ignore.

[Major Hogwash]

51. There's a special place in hell for people like Scott Walker.

It's called "Nixon's Corner".

[barbtries]

52. i had to share this one to facebook.

i'm so sick of the racism and the bullshit every where i turn. i feel as if i am out of touch with a world i don't want to be part of. i'm tired of the meanness and the disingenuity and the nature of what feels like a self-fulfilling prophecy that includes every other person on the street carrying and being willing to use a gun, endless war, the continued dumbing down of the nation, on and on. so here's some facts people.
while i'm at it get rid of DWS and bring back howard dean, a robust conversation and 50 state strategy. aargh

[joshdawg]

53. Poor Walker.

Wonder what it feels like to have a single digit IQ.

[athenasatanjesus]

54. don't forget all the cops that were shot by people afraid Obama was taking away their guns.

[SusanaMontana41]

55. Now THAT's arrogance. Why does he lie about something that can be disproved so easily? n/t