Media Manufactures GOP 2016 Front-Runner From Abject Failure
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| Would you buy a used car from this man? Is this what an "ideal" president looks like? |
His job-growth stunt is so out-of-whack, that now Scott Walker is falsely puffing up numbers for business growth -- fraudulently counting nonprofits like girl scout troops, little league baseball, and other service groups as business entities.
Walker's "flagship" economic development agency, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, is a fiscal disaster that has lost track of more than $19 million dollars of taxpayers money. Fully 36% of its loans are uncollectable. Is WEDC just a failure or is it actually a campaign laundering scam and pay-to-play?
There are multiple criminal investigations into Walker's ascent to power -- at least one, which no one talks about, resulted in the FBI obtaining and executing a search warrant to seize computers and evidence from one of Walker's top associates, Cynthia Archer.
Objectively, Scott Walker can be shown to be a most dishonest and disingenuous politician -- perhaps even making habitual liars like Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan look "truthful" by comparison.
And then there's the fact that Scott Walker positioned himself squarely in the middle of the republican War on Women, signing, over the long 4th-of-July weekend, a vaginal ultrasound bill -- one of the most controversial in the nation. Women's groups, a vocal voting block, are up-in-arms about it -- Scott Walker proclaims it is unfair to talk about.
Scott Walker dropped out of college after pulling illegal campaign stunts on campus that resulted in Marquette Tribute proclaiming him "unfit for office". Walker would not only be the first president in modern times to have not earned a degree -- but his peers on campus still remember Walker's disgraceful conduct. Walker recently lied to Time that that he left college for the birth of his son -- four years before he was born.
But perhaps most disturbing is how Wisconsin's self-proclaimed "divide and conquer" Governor, admitted deceiving the electorate and "dropping the bomb" with extreme and controversial legislation. On multiple occasions, Walker has admitted considering crimes against our democracy by planting "troublemakers" in crowds of peaceful crowds expressing their Constitutional Rights to seek redress of grievances.
A fiscal conservative? -- HA! Walker's budgets are not balanced and greatly inflate debt-service taxpayers will be saddled with in the future -- interest and expenses that create the illusion of fiscal responsibility.
So just how does the media snooker the public into falsely believing that a man with this track record, Scott Walker, is an "ideal" presidential candidate? It takes a lot of propaganda.
Scott Walker is in need of some "big guns" to create and disseminate propaganda -- but have no fear -- the media is here! A rational & objective analysis of Scott Walker's record in Wisconsin proves he is not presidential timber -- however, no one has told the media yet.
It will take a lot of propaganda, heavy-hittin' propaganda artists, and a massive right-wing media echo-chamber to catapult Gov. Scott Walker across the Badger State and the Nation as a credible presidential candidate.
Putting him in the White House will take another stolen election -- but here in Wisconsin, election irregularities and downright fraud are the norm. It can be scientifically demonstrated that Scott Walker stole the 2012 recall.
FAIL: Economic Austerity Crashes Wisconsin Economy
Let's begin with the massive job failure -- and this isn't just about Scott Walker's 2010 signature 250,000 job promise. Wisconsin is also falling far behind its neighboring states in economic growth -- our economy is one of the worst in the nation -- all after implementing Walker's austerity agenda.
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| Click to enlarge, source: Cap Times Interactive Data -- Job Growth |
In the coveted private sector manufacturing arena -- Wisconsin has actually LOST jobs (NOTE: Please read that last link carefully, Journal Communications headline is extremely misleading -- more HERE).
We know why Scott Walker left his job growth promise out of his ghost-written and "not-a-tell-all" book -- by every assessment -- Walker is going to fail to grow the Wisconsin economy and will miss his jobs goal by a huge margin.
In fact, now that they are done promoting Walker's dishonest book, Sunday's New York Times outlines the differences in political philosophies in the Midwest, documenting that, compared to every nearby state, Walker's austerity is an utter failure.
NYT held these facts back until after Walker's book bamboozle tour was over. Please note that NYT has not yet challenged the false notion that Walker is the "ideal" presidential candidate in 2012.
FAIL: Business Growth
Lesser known than Walker's signature promise to create 250,000 jobs in Wisconsin during is first term is that he would also create 10,000 new businesses. We know he is not going to come anywhere close to the 250,000 jobs -- and this does matter, despite Walker's attempts to roll-back those claims.
But Walker is also failing to create 10,000 new businesses -- and don't believe Journal Communications' propaganda artists at PolitiFact. Not only is Walker falling short, but he (and Journal Communications) fraudulently prop up Walker's deceptive numbers by misusing what Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (WDFI) terms "business entities. These are not all businesses -- not even close.
When Walker saw he was falling almost 6,000 businesses short of his goal, he turned to WDFI to orchestrate a great deception and is now counting Girl Scout troops and Little League teams as new business creations in the state.
FAIL: Wisconsin Economic Development Agency, Walker's "Flagship"
& Misappropriate of Federal Community Development Block Grants
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, will not be able to collect more than 1/3 of the loans it has made, according to the most-recent audit by Schneck SC, which states that WEDC's internal accounting controls over loans were not in place and that loan agreements did not all have required performance reviews. So what does Scott Walker have to say about?
He claims that having more than 1/3 of WEDC's loans, all taxpayer money, uncollectible is just a "boo-boo" that couldn't have been anticipated and that it's the computer's fault. And when the public found out about this mess, Walker proclaimed:
The vast majority of the people at the WEDC are doing good work. We've just got to make sure that the other things are corrected so that stays the focal point now and in the future.The Schneck audit identified other "material weaknesses":
- No procedures were established to monitor loans
- Financial transactions were regularly recorded wrong or not at all
- Accounting journal entries were made without any documentation and often entirely without approval. This may be an indication of fraud and cover up.
- Almost one-quarter of all credit card uses during the year were not approved.
But even after taking remedial action, Scott Walker and his WEDC are not off the hook, because HUD is investigating previous grants WEDC improperly awarded
and reserves the right to demand Wisconsin pay-back any funds that were
disbursed inappropriately. If laws were broken, there could be other
repercussions -- is any of this related to ongoing criminal
investigations?
FAIL: Multiple Ongoing Probes into Walker's Ascent to Power
The closed Milwaukee County John Doe probe resulted in 6 people being convicted of 15 felonies and 3 misdemeanors -- those top Walker aides are still in jail. Walker's right-wing supporters and media shills are worried and now screech lies that the whole process is unfair.
We now know that there are multiple ongoing probes -- all stemming from the original Milwaukee County John Doe probe. And we still do not know the results from the Federal search warrant that the FBI used to raid close Walker associate Cynthia Archer's Madison home.
With people currently serving time for felonies and with so many open investigations, how can the media tell us that Scott Walker is an "ideal" GOP candidate for 2016?
This looks more like a train-wreck than a ticket to the White House.
FAIL: General in War on Women & Reproductive Rights
Scott Walker is proclaiming to attendees at a recent Christian Science Monitor breakfast that he does not expect the "War on Women" to be an effective line of attack against him in his 2014 re-election campaign. Christian Science Monitor's report reads like pure propaganda -- all but anointing Walker the next President of the United States.
This despite the fact that Walkersigned one of the Nation's most divisive and extreme vaginal ultrasound bills -- trying to hide it from the public by delaying signing it until the long Fourth of July 2013 weekend. We know why Scott Walker tells lies -- in this case -- insisting he has no responsibility for taking away reproductive rights and signing into law state sanctioned rape. Why does the media endlessly repeat these lies?
Reproductive rights are not just a women's issue either -- women and men have a vested interest in being able to determine when the time is right to raise a family. Walker is thumbing his nose at the majority of Americans of reproductive age -- is this a stepping-stone to the White House?
FAIL: Disgraceful Electioneering at Marquette University
Scott Walker, a man that can be objectively demonstrated to tell many lies, has a long history of being a political bully and has a track record of dirty campaign tactics & illegal campaigning. Dr. Glen Barry, a former classmate at Marquette University, spoke out about the recall and Walker's disgraceful political roots which began at that school. Read more of the sultry details of Scott Walker's life running for Marquette student government HERE.
FAIL: Divide and Conquer Politics
Scott Walker, in January 2011, was asked by Diane Hendricks, a Wisconsin billionaire who is his largest campaign donor and who paid no state taxes in 2010, if he could make Wisconsin a "right to work state" (video HERE). His reply was, speaking in hushed tone was:
FAIL: "Drop the Bomb" -- Extreme & Divisive Legislative Agenda,
Hidden from the Electorate
Scott Walker has been lying about the most embarrassing mistake he has made as governor -- getting punked by a prank phone call by blogger Ian Murphy who pretended to be David Koch. Murphy claims to have been "fairly stoned" when he made the call. What was Scott Walker's excuse for falling for the prank?
Here's what Scott Walker said:
FAIL: Multiple Ongoing Probes into Walker's Ascent to Power
The closed Milwaukee County John Doe probe resulted in 6 people being convicted of 15 felonies and 3 misdemeanors -- those top Walker aides are still in jail. Walker's right-wing supporters and media shills are worried and now screech lies that the whole process is unfair.
We now know that there are multiple ongoing probes -- all stemming from the original Milwaukee County John Doe probe. And we still do not know the results from the Federal search warrant that the FBI used to raid close Walker associate Cynthia Archer's Madison home.
With people currently serving time for felonies and with so many open investigations, how can the media tell us that Scott Walker is an "ideal" GOP candidate for 2016?
This looks more like a train-wreck than a ticket to the White House.
FAIL: General in War on Women & Reproductive Rights
Scott Walker is proclaiming to attendees at a recent Christian Science Monitor breakfast that he does not expect the "War on Women" to be an effective line of attack against him in his 2014 re-election campaign. Christian Science Monitor's report reads like pure propaganda -- all but anointing Walker the next President of the United States.
This despite the fact that Walkersigned one of the Nation's most divisive and extreme vaginal ultrasound bills -- trying to hide it from the public by delaying signing it until the long Fourth of July 2013 weekend. We know why Scott Walker tells lies -- in this case -- insisting he has no responsibility for taking away reproductive rights and signing into law state sanctioned rape. Why does the media endlessly repeat these lies?
Reproductive rights are not just a women's issue either -- women and men have a vested interest in being able to determine when the time is right to raise a family. Walker is thumbing his nose at the majority of Americans of reproductive age -- is this a stepping-stone to the White House?
FAIL: Disgraceful Electioneering at Marquette University
Scott Walker, a man that can be objectively demonstrated to tell many lies, has a long history of being a political bully and has a track record of dirty campaign tactics & illegal campaigning. Dr. Glen Barry, a former classmate at Marquette University, spoke out about the recall and Walker's disgraceful political roots which began at that school. Read more of the sultry details of Scott Walker's life running for Marquette student government HERE.
FAIL: Divide and Conquer Politics
Scott Walker, in January 2011, was asked by Diane Hendricks, a Wisconsin billionaire who is his largest campaign donor and who paid no state taxes in 2010, if he could make Wisconsin a "right to work state" (video HERE). His reply was, speaking in hushed tone was:
Well, we're going to start in a couple weeks with our budget adjustment bill. The first step is we're going to deal with collective bargaining for all public employee unions, because you use divide and conquer. So for us, the base we've got for that is the fact that we've got – budgetarily we can't afford not to. If we have collective bargaining agreements in place, there's no way not only the state but local governments can balance things out.Proclaiming to your wealthiest in-state donor that you will fail to serve large blocks of your constituency, declaring intentions to "divide and conquer" them instead, does not qualify one as the "ideal" presidential candidate. Why does the media consistently proclaim otherwise?
FAIL: "Drop the Bomb" -- Extreme & Divisive Legislative Agenda,
Hidden from the Electorate
Scott Walker has been lying about the most embarrassing mistake he has made as governor -- getting punked by a prank phone call by blogger Ian Murphy who pretended to be David Koch. Murphy claims to have been "fairly stoned" when he made the call. What was Scott Walker's excuse for falling for the prank?
Here's what Scott Walker said:
[…] the Monday right after the 6th. Came home from the Super Bowl where the Packers won, and that Monday night I had all of my cabinet over to the residence for dinner. Talked about what we were gonna do, how we were gonna do it. We’d already kinda built plans up, but it was kind of the last hurrah before we dropped the bomb.
As Governor, Scott Walker declared
war on the people he has a sworn oath to serve. He literally described
his strategies as dropping "the bomb" on Badger Citizens. But it gets
worse, much worse.
FAIL: Admits to Crimes Against Democracy -- Agent Provocateurs.
In that same prank phone call, Gov. Scott Walker admitted that state authorities had “thought about” using troublemakers -- actually agent provocateurs -- to infiltrate the crowds demonstrating against his effort to eliminate collective bargaining rights.
During a press conference that followed, Walker defended these remarks, stating “The bottom line is, the things I said are things I said publicly all along.”
We are talking about serious federal crimes here -- violating laws that go back to the Civil War era and protect citizens from direct attacks by their government -- even admitting thinking about these great crimes against our democracy is criminal. But to potential GOP presidential hopeful, Scott Walker, its all-in-a-days-work.
On February 23, 2011, Walker appeared on Fox News with anchor Greta Van Susteren -- she asked Walker if he and his aides had considered employing agent provocateurs to play “dirty tricks in the crowd.” Walker openly confirmed -- yes indeed, he had, going so far as to explain: “I even had lawmakers and others suggesting riling things up.”
Even the conservative pro-business journal, Forbes, had to call out his lies on balancing the budget:
Fraudulently Creating a Republican "Rock Star"
So how can anyone look at each of these failures and objectively proclaim Scott Walker is a republican "rock star"? How is Scott Walker the "ideal" candidate for GOP in 2016? Why did the national media prop Scott Walker up for an entire week to let him promote his misleading and deceptive ghost-written biography?
Pretty powerful propaganda -- but we haven't see the worst of it yet. The media is, after all, anointing Scott Walker as the "ideal" GOPPER for the White House.
FAIL: Admits to Crimes Against Democracy -- Agent Provocateurs.
In that same prank phone call, Gov. Scott Walker admitted that state authorities had “thought about” using troublemakers -- actually agent provocateurs -- to infiltrate the crowds demonstrating against his effort to eliminate collective bargaining rights.
During a press conference that followed, Walker defended these remarks, stating “The bottom line is, the things I said are things I said publicly all along.”
We are talking about serious federal crimes here -- violating laws that go back to the Civil War era and protect citizens from direct attacks by their government -- even admitting thinking about these great crimes against our democracy is criminal. But to potential GOP presidential hopeful, Scott Walker, its all-in-a-days-work.
On February 23, 2011, Walker appeared on Fox News with anchor Greta Van Susteren -- she asked Walker if he and his aides had considered employing agent provocateurs to play “dirty tricks in the crowd.” Walker openly confirmed -- yes indeed, he had, going so far as to explain: “I even had lawmakers and others suggesting riling things up.”
While Walker said that he rejected the idea, he has never expressed
moral concerns about “riling things up”, potentially creating a
dangerous situation for the for crowds that included children,
elderly folks and people with disabilities.
How can this episode reinforce Walker's front-runner status as the
"ideal" GOP candidate for President of the United States in 2016?
FAIL: Budget Shenanigans -- Deficits and Massive Debt
In 2011, Gov. Scott Walker needed a crisis to exploit, so he ginned up a budget deficit to enable his attack on public unions. Then, in In May 2011, the state issued additional debt of approximately $558.3 million, which will cost state taxpayers an additional $156.2 million interest costs.
Gubernatorial opponent, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, was correct when he pointed out Walker's deception -- to help balance the 2011-13 budget, Gov. Scott Walker used "a credit card" approach that "pushed over $500 million in debt onto our children and our grandchildren" costing state taxpayers "more than $150 million in interest."
FAIL: Budget Shenanigans -- Deficits and Massive Debt
In 2011, Gov. Scott Walker needed a crisis to exploit, so he ginned up a budget deficit to enable his attack on public unions. Then, in In May 2011, the state issued additional debt of approximately $558.3 million, which will cost state taxpayers an additional $156.2 million interest costs.
Gubernatorial opponent, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, was correct when he pointed out Walker's deception -- to help balance the 2011-13 budget, Gov. Scott Walker used "a credit card" approach that "pushed over $500 million in debt onto our children and our grandchildren" costing state taxpayers "more than $150 million in interest."
Even the conservative pro-business journal, Forbes, had to call out his lies on balancing the budget:
In fact, we now know that the Governor is either being untruthful with the good people of Wisconsin on the whole ‘I balanced budget and wiped out the deficit’ thing or he’s been, shall we say, stretching the truth when speaking to Uncle Sam on the same topicv
In a letter sent by Mike Huebsch, Walker’s Administration Secretary, to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services just two months ago, Huebsch disclosed that the state of Wisconsin would have an ‘undisclosed deficit’ from January, 2012 through June, 2013.Kathleen Vinehout points out the myths in the current 2-year budget:
- The 2013-15 budget spends $4 billion more than the previous one. In fact, state spending is greater than it has ever been in Wisconsin’s history.
- Walker's 2013-2014
- budget spends more than it is projected to collect in revenue. When spending is greater than revenue, a deficit exists
- In the 2011-13 legislative session, Gov. Scott Walker did not pay an even larger amount of debt payments coming due. Because debt payments were not made, more money goes to pay off debt in the current budget than ever before.
Fraudulently Creating a Republican "Rock Star"
So how can anyone look at each of these failures and objectively proclaim Scott Walker is a republican "rock star"? How is Scott Walker the "ideal" candidate for GOP in 2016? Why did the national media prop Scott Walker up for an entire week to let him promote his misleading and deceptive ghost-written biography?
Pretty powerful propaganda -- but we haven't see the worst of it yet. The media is, after all, anointing Scott Walker as the "ideal" GOPPER for the White House.
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