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UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
Wed Feb 25, 2015, 03:39 PM Feb 2015

Do not mistake Walker for a clown

Do not mistake Walker for a clown, though. He knows exactly what he's doing. He backed off the University of Wisconsin shenanigans, for instance, making up a story about a "drafting error." And a staffer later "clarified" that of course Walker knows Obama is a Christian. The conservatives that Walker is playing to hear the original remarks and ignore the clarifications; the media then downplays the original remarks because of the clarifications, so they have less of an impact with ordinary folks (who, in any event, won't tune into the presidential race for quite some time).

Add in Walker's sleepy-eyed appearance—he certainly doesn't look like a crazy screamer—and he could fool a lot of people. After all, he's already won three times in swingy Wisconsin, and he has an extraordinarily large fundraising list, made up of small donors and big Koches alike. If there's a Republican contender I'm most worried about in 2016, it's Scott Walker. He's crafty, he's canny, and while it's early yet, this poll at least shows he could very well be the GOP nominee, so watch out for him, very closely.


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/24/1366565/-Scott-Walker-surges-to-the-top-of-the-GOP-pack-Why-Because-he-s-played-conservatives-brilliantly?detail=email

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Do not mistake Walker for a clown (Original Post) UCmeNdc Feb 2015 OP
If he should become president, God help us. He is as crooked a politician as there ever was. nt Cal33 Feb 2015 #1
"God" gave us 8 years of George W. Bush. I don't think he/she/it really cares. blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #3
yep. only people can make a change. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2015 #4
, blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #2
Any chance we can get a picture of him with a goofy grin, over-sized helmit riding in a tank? marble falls Feb 2015 #5
OK, how about . . . Brigid Feb 2015 #6
 

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)
3. "God" gave us 8 years of George W. Bush. I don't think he/she/it really cares.
Wed Feb 25, 2015, 05:19 PM
Feb 2015

Or maybe that was Diebold/SES that gave us the last 4...who knows?!?!

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