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More than 507,000 signatures have been gathered on petitions to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. Organizers have set a new goal of 720,277.
Organizers with the effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker from office announced Thursday that they have collected more than 507,000 signatures recall petitions. United Wisconsin, along with the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, set a new goal for how many signatures it hopes to collect: 720,277.
morninmist
12:25 pm on Thursday, December 15, 2011
I concur!
amadorlicea Gil Amador-Licea
507,533 Wisconsinites have signed #RecallWalker petition. New goal: 720,277 signatures. Amazing achievement.
8 minutes ago
Bob McBride Senior
12:08 pm on Monday, December 19, 2011
Rank and file republicans are waking up to the fact their leaders are puppets of the one percent, which makes them want to kill democrats (literally).
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/12/17/1046497/-Recall-Trail:-Our-Lives-Were-Threatened,-My-Camera-Destroyed-UPDATE-2:-Chip-Found-but-Broken?via=siderec
James R Hoffa
12:50 pm on Monday, December 19, 2011
@Bob McBride Senior -
Citing to the Daily Kos???
This is a joke, right?
Mark
2:27 pm on Thursday, December 15, 2011
Really not much of an accomplishment when you have the union goons/ stooges and thugs signing multiple 1000 times ....only a government worker would look at this as an accomplishment.
morninmist
5:56 pm on Thursday, December 15, 2011
@Mark
No government worker would post something as stupid as you just did.
You come across looking just plain foolish.
Craig
6:12 pm on Thursday, December 15, 2011
Agreed Mark. Morningpissed apparently thinks Gvt. workers are such high achievers, guess they are compared to what they could do for a living in the private sector.
Jay
6:54 pm on Thursday, December 15, 2011
Well Government workers have been keeping this country going for over 230 years, Till we got Reagan and Bush 1 and 2.
morninmist
11:25 am on Sunday, December 18, 2011
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Craig
6:12 pm on Thursday, December 15, 2011
Craig
No need to further demean State and municiple worker. Walker has done enough of that to last a life time. Which is a good reason to recall him. He and his like have devided the state.
Agreed Mark. Morningpissed apparently thinks Gvt. workers are such high achievers, guess they are compared to what they could do for a living in the private sector.
Craig
1:17 pm on Sunday, December 18, 2011
Mourningmissed: Whare did you git your diploma?
tootsieraul
3:01 pm on Thursday, December 15, 2011
Wasted time and money. Anyone foolish enough to run against Walker after this farce...
Dan BV
3:39 pm on Thursday, December 15, 2011
Well, now there's another 11,000 private sector jobs NOT IN WISCONSIN. Walker-nomics sure is getting results. Not that they are good results, but they are results. It's an achievement too!
Scott Walker. Man of Results. Achiever.
Keith Schmitz
9:06 pm on Thursday, December 15, 2011
This is how bad things have gotten in Wisconsin -- http://www.philadelphiafed.org/newsroom/press-releases/2011/112911.cfm.
Wow, we couldn't spark the economy by curbing abortions, enacting conceal carry and voter ID. Gosh, we should be gushing with jobs.
Hey gang, looks like a lot of long faces over the amazing achievement of what is a for the most part a purely voluntary movement. But around here, it looks like the sour grapes is resulting in a lot of fine whines.
The Warrior
7:59 pm on Thursday, December 15, 2011
Lets punish achievement in this country! Tax the rich and offer more welfare to the poor. Unbelievable.
Keith Schmitz
9:11 pm on Thursday, December 15, 2011
Achievement my behind. Don't get me wrong. There are a lot of people who earned what they achieved.
But a lot of these fortunes in this country were created by destroying jobs, not creating them. And we shouldn't reward that. Nor should we be giving these obscene compensation packages.
And they do it because they can, and they can because our taxes on the wealthy in this country are so low, making this perhaps the one of the best countries in the western world to shelter wealth.
It's time we start taxing them back to reality. We've done the opposite over the past 30 years and this country has gotten no where.
Tell us please. What do you get out of defending the status quo, pulling policies that have worked nowhere.
GD Freethinker
2:38 pm on Friday, December 16, 2011
You must be in the top 1%. Congratulations - best government your money can buy.
Mark S
8:21 pm on Thursday, December 15, 2011
Um Jay, hate to point this out. Government employees do not work for free. Please thank the taxpayers for your extremely nice lifestyle.
Your welcome.....
Keith Schmitz
9:13 pm on Thursday, December 15, 2011
You got numbers Mark? If you not you're talking fantasy.
It's getting so tiresome looking at you people just pulling things out of your behind to defend this aristocracy.
Don Jacobs
7:28 am on Friday, December 16, 2011
Ugh...more Mike Tate...give us a break - he is an embarrassment. In a State with a population of over 5,600,000, he infers the half million recall signatures - of which some have already been proven to be illegitimate by confessions of those who have signed - represents a majority...more puffery...more politics as usual...more sour grapes. Let's move on and quite sticking us taxpayers with the huge costs for these childish tantrums.
patchreader 123
10:03 am on Friday, December 16, 2011
The entire Wisconsin recall process is flawed, regardless of what side you support in the current recall effort.
Right now, generally, liberals have initiated the recall effort and are in favor of it while conservatives generally oppose it. If the roles were reversed and conservatives had initiated the recall effort, I'm sure that the liberals would generally oppose it.
The point is, the flawed recall laws apply to both political parties.
patchreader 123
10:03 am on Friday, December 16, 2011
That being said:
1) Recall laws are too lax. Right now, Wisconsin recall laws allow recall for any reason, as opposed to "high crimes" or similar causation (think of impeachable offenses as applied to the presidency). Such lax laws can thus facilitate a never ending recall and election cycle, thus rendering our present periodic elections meaningless. If the present recall is successful, then conservatives can initiate a recall of any elected liberal - this could go back and forth forever.
2) The recall laws procedures are too lax. The current procedures do not prohibit a single individual from signing a given petition multiple times, thus placing the burden on the GAB to review and cull the signatures for such multiple signings, and on those opposing the recall when verifying the signatures. Any GAB review for such multiple signings cost taxpayers $. Why not ease the burden by prohibiting multiple signings in the first place?
The foregoing needs to be revised to remove these flaws. It’s just common sense.
Again, I apply no party bias here, for the flaws affect both parties, depending on whether or not that party is for or against a recall during a given recall cycle
Thurston Howell III
1:13 pm on Sunday, December 18, 2011
@Patchreader123,
Maybe you should take this up with the long deceased writers of Wisconsin's CONSTITUTION! Funny how "Constitutionalists" only object to items in constitutions when they favor their right wing extremist agenda! I'll call your attention to Section 12 of Wisconsin Constitution
ARTICLE XIII. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.this " Socialist" document! http://my.execpc.com/~fedsoc/wi-con13.html
patchreader 123
3:06 pm on Sunday, December 18, 2011
THIII
OK, I read your cite. What about it? You are quick to snark, but if you actually read my posts, you'll see that I am not against the recall per se. This is because it is permitted by the constitution (as you so smugly set forth section 12 as if I have not read it). Nonetheless, it is pretty loose to the point of nonsense. That is my objection.
I am undecided about whether or not to sign the petition, and I apply no bias here. However, that does not seem to be good enough for you.
What right wing agenda have I supported or favored?
TosaGOP
10:04 am on Friday, December 16, 2011
You must be one piss poor public relations person Keith, I certainly wouldn't hire you.
country boy
3:39 pm on Friday, December 16, 2011
"Keep running the tired line that these signatures are fakes." Keep running your tired lines when it comes to Wisconsin values. Unions running the show? Game over! Same manure pile from the left...just a different shovel operator. This will go the same way the Shelly more debacle went....south.
GearHead
3:57 pm on Friday, December 16, 2011
Is Tate on drugs? This is the face of the Democrat party in Wisconsin? My goodness! We should make a drinking game out of all the silly Koch brothers references.
Bren
9:15 pm on Friday, December 16, 2011
Gearhead, do you know who the Koch brothers are?
James R Hoffa
8:08 pm on Friday, December 16, 2011
Back on Dec 8th, the WI Dems were claiming that if they didn't get more money, the recall effort would fail. And now Tate is proclaiming that it's all a 'people power movement?' Why would a people power movement need any cash at all, as all of the labor and materials needed would be volunteered/donated in a true 'people power' movement, wouldn’t they be?
In his little offering of perspective on the number of signatures collected thus far, Tate forgot to mention how their target goal of 720,277 signatures is still 25,713 short of the number of votes cast for Joanne Kloppenburg in the recent Supreme Court election, or about the capacity of one sold out concert at the Marcus Amphitheater. And I think we all remember how that election, which the left made into a referendum against Walker and his policies, turned out, don’t we?
Walker is safe!!!
Bucky
11:26 am on Sunday, December 18, 2011
POWER TO THE PEOPLE !
Thurston Howell III
3:05 pm on Sunday, December 18, 2011
@James R Hoffa: Don't you have a cement slab to dig your way out of?
James R Hoffa
4:51 pm on Sunday, December 18, 2011
@Thurston Howell III -
Nah! It was government contracted Teamster concrete, so it just kind of crumbled around me into dust – no digging required! At least Fitzsimmons’ screwing up the union resulted in something good. Hoffa is back baby!
Now, can anyone tell me how to get to the Desert Inn out in Vegas? I have a meeting with some men of Italian persuasion that I’m 36 years late for!
Bren
9:31 pm on Friday, December 16, 2011
How can anyone not be upset about the egregious cuts to necessary programs, including education, since Walker took office. If the Koch brothers wanted what was best for the states they "won" in the 2010 elections, they would invest their millions. But that's not happening. Some folks believed Scott Walker when he said he would create jobs, but instead he has cut health care, jobs, education, and focused attention on strange, tangential non-job growing items like birth control and high school sex education. This is the Koch brothers' weird agenda, not Wisconsin's agenda. Pity them because their father was a founding member of the John Birch Society and they must have had some childhood. But they must not foist their extremism on America. Support for Scott Walker is support for far-right, fanatic radicalism. I support reason, compassion, moderation, and common sense, as do most Wisconsinites. Let's recall Scott Walker and find a candidate who isn't one of the Koch brothers' creatures!
James R Hoffa
10:23 pm on Friday, December 16, 2011
@Bren -
Spending a lot of time over on the Daily Kos I see!
BTW -
1) Doyle instituted deeper cuts in state aid to fund education than Walker did and you didn't try and recall him;
2) overall, Walker actually increased state funding for health care programs and is trying to save SeniorCare; and
3) I think that you are obsessed with the Koch Bros!
Ben Hogan
11:19 pm on Friday, December 16, 2011
Bren@ You are aware of the cuts to education that took place last year and the year before that under Jim "bingo" Doyle are you not? Were you just as upset? Did you blame the Koch brothers then?
Tulsa
10:38 pm on Friday, December 16, 2011
Ya lets find a candidate Bren. How about Jim Doyle ? no wait he's cashing in @ a large liar firm . How about Russ the loser senator to a unknown . How about Tommy Barrett again , I think his hand is all healed . The Lawyer [ don't u know who I'am ] Lena Tayor would be a good choice. Gary George is looking for a job and he won't have to live in the city { Port Washinton } But your best choice Art Jones and he has a weapon . I got it """""let's Draft John Norquest from the windy city . Can't wait to vote again , and again ,and again, More do overs , Until you people get it right !! or should I say left , Walker maybe the next anti-Christ.
Bucky
12:43 pm on Saturday, December 17, 2011
Grandstanding again just before the re call . Sorry Scott your a little to late. Save the deer ? Nicks law ? Where are all the jobs ? Your just a failure to the people you serve. Why don't you just step down and resign and save the state the time and money for the re call and take Fitz and Clayfish with you. I think that even the Republician Party would like to see you go.
The Anti-Alinsky
1:03 pm on Saturday, December 17, 2011
They now want 720,277 signatures? That means they only need to find 2704 more people to sign it 80 times.
James R Hoffa
2:57 pm on Saturday, December 17, 2011
@The Anti-Alinsky -
You forgot to give a comparative perspective example, Tate would be displeased! Don’t worry, I’ll cover it for you:
Or the fire-coded capacity of about 23 average sized Sizzler Steak Houses!
Bucky
5:23 am on Sunday, December 18, 2011
The Third World Dream By the American Tea Party/GOP
"We, the people, Unable to think for ourselves, choose to be controlled by those willing to manipulate us. We want out Great Nation to not only have a Economy on par with the third world Nations of this world. But we also look forward to Third world Health Care, Election Practices, and Judicial system. Each one of these shall be the best money can buy, and if you have no money, that is entirely your fault.
We dream of the day when the church will take over the government so we can enjoy our own version of the inquisition for you are truly only an American in our eyes, if you believe in everything we do."
morninmist
7:21 am on Monday, December 19, 2011
Yes Bucky, That is there Dream--and many on this board refuse to see the writing on the wall.
Joana Briggs
11:19 am on Monday, December 19, 2011
As with so much else including our attitudes we need recall reform. The guidelines are fuzzy at best and encourage the miss use of funds, energy and inclusion. If all these were being used to assist in solving the "crisis" rather than using the "crisis" we would well on our way. Through open dialogue and citizen input we can resolve differences. We are choosing to be pitted against one another rather than choosing to be for one another.