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TexasTowelie

(117,207 posts)
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 07:03 AM Sep 2018

Scott Walker Blew His Dog Whistle On The Wrong Person

Scott Walker is feeling rattled and it's really starting to show. Polls are showing that Walker has consistently been trailing his Democratic opponent, Tony Evers.

So what does Walker do? He takes a page from Trump's playbook and tries to attack Evers on Twitter using Evers' running mate, Mandela Barnes:

Tony Evers’ running mate says “Take a knee.” Does Evers share that belief or does he believe that everyone should STAND UP for the national anthem out of respect for our Veterans and service members? pic.twitter.com/0zT9X4tO7H
— Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) September 6, 2018


If Barnes' name rings a bell, it's because he got booted from Walker's presidential bid announcement because he refused to be the token black person on stage with Walker. And this is while he had a Russian operative there. Russian spies are OK, uppity black men are not.

But Walker thinks so little of black folks that he won't even utter Barnes' name, much less address him directly.

Read more: https://www.cogdis.me/2018/09/scott-walker-blew-his-dog-whistle-on.html
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SWBTATTReg

(24,251 posts)
1. This little piece of crap will be gone soon...should be charged w/ crimes too, it sounds like. ...
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 07:09 AM
Sep 2018

what a scumbag...

 

Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)
2. Yep, Governor Baldspot is scared.
Thu Sep 13, 2018, 08:57 PM
Sep 2018

I expect lots more of this kind of thing though. Walker is a one trick pony politically, and his one trick is the politics of personal resentment.

riversedge

(73,261 posts)
3. I remember when scooter said he hit his head on a kitchen cabinet--that is why he had a bald spot...
Wed Sep 19, 2018, 07:06 PM
Sep 2018

I still chuckle about that comment.



Maybe it was not a kitchen cab. but he did say he hit his head. What a dufus!!

 

Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)
4. That is EXACTLY what he said- hit his head on the kitchen cabinet!
Wed Sep 19, 2018, 08:49 PM
Sep 2018

What a putz. He can't even be honest about male pattern baldness. The day he leaves office will be a great day for Wisconsin- or as Baldspot says, Wiscahhhnsin.

Kashkakat v.2.0

(1,891 posts)
5. I think its a good sign that news sites are now showing less flattering pics of gov - bald spot and
Thu Sep 20, 2018, 12:26 PM
Sep 2018

all!

For the longest time I didn't know the gov had a bald spot (good sized one too) or weak chin cos papers only printed frontal shots. It was after his failed bid for presidency when news orgs stopped sucking up to him so much.

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