Right on Steve. I won't even continue to read this editorial.

Alfread your an idot and this is coming from a Union Thug not a Union Goon !

you're

Goon's usually have a hard time with this one

Thank you for setting a good example! ; )

Keith Best, if we're restructuring and incurring more interest debt ($153 million) and calling it "working," then it's not really "working," is it.

A number of conservative women have spoken out against anti-abortion legislation, trans-vaginal probes, attempts to de-fund Planned Parenthood, personhood amendments (such as in MS) that would, if passed, have made most hormonal contraceptives illegal, etc. You probably wouldn't have seen them on Fox.

I think the Walker cronies who are getting tax breaks like what Walker has done. Other Wisconsinites might not care to re-elect a governor with his very own criminal defense fund, bid questions, budget "surplus" smoke-and-mirrors, private email account questions, etc. Some folks might be getting very tired of all the questions and be ready to vote for the candidate who, although he doesn't have his own criminal defense fund, does have an ideal educational background for the job of Governor (economics and law), and national name recognition as a former U.S. Congressman.

If you don't care for how things are going in Milwaukee, remember that the Mayor's office isn't eligible to apply for the types of grants that the County Executive can that would have addressed city issues. Scott Walker was Milwaukee County Executive from 2002-2010. If you have complaints about the city of Milwaukee, call Scott Walker at (608) 266-1212. (A fat campaign or AFP contribution might help you get through to him.)

@ Greg ... Prepared for job growth in the next few years ? I wonder if Ramirez will hire Walker after he's tossed out of orfise ?

If Governor Walker is tossed out of orfise. The real point was "Business creates opportunity. Business creates jobs, not government ", but you will never understand this. You are probably one of the public union hacks with your hand out.

Bren, You parrot Barret on this debt issue, just like you parrot whoever it was that said ALEC to you the first time. The refinance is nothing new, you must have been deafened by your drum banging.
http://badgerherald.com/news/2011/02/21/walker_says_bill_mus.php
Governor Walker did not bring it up, in the debate, because it is a nothing issue. Governor Walker was on TV daily talking about this issue, while the Democrats were vacationing in Illinois.

Bren, please provide proof of this charge, as usual you are lying.

Here is the follow-up Bren. It was all done because of the Democrats raiding funds. Let's not go back to that kind of leadership.
http://badgerherald.com/news/2011/07/18/wisconsin_pays_off_t.php

" á la "Brownie" of Hurricane Katrina infamy"
Bren did you make that up? Pretty good if you did. Quite the student of history.

From a discussion with Bren about the debt refinancing on the Michael Reagan ad story:

Who's debt is it that he's restructuring? It's not his own, so obviously, it's Doyle's, McCallum's, and Thompson's, correct?

If he wasn't restructuring it, then that would mean that he's paying it off, which would mean less money in the budget for things like state aid to public education and to pay the wages of state public employees, correct?

So, I guess what you are saying, even though you won't come out and say it, is that you would actually prefer Walker to make even deeper cuts to the budget and initiate en mass layoffs of state public employees, correct?

You can't have your cake and eat it too Bren!

Yes, there are new interest expenses. But the alternative would have upset your side even further, wouldn't it have? Also, Walker said that he will do his best to pay off the debt early to minimize those new interest expenses, which is possible if the state's economy is performing at expected levels. But with your side doing its damnedest to stand in the way of financial investment in the state, it's just going to further delay repaying that debt, isn't it? And finally, as I stated many time before, Walker is just refinancing previously acquired debt, having issued no new original debt obligations himself, correct?

We've been over the cash vs GAAP accounting method argument repeatedly and I had thought that we beat that horse dead - apparently not. At least I'm willing to admit to the reality of the situation. Did Walker promise a GAAP balanced budget while campaigning - YES. Did Walker break that promise in his first biennial budget - YES. Why did Walker break his promise of a GAAP balanced budget - it was a compromise to avoid making even deeper cuts to the state discretionary budget and/or en mass layoffs of state public employees. He has stated that when the state's economy improves, he will indeed implement a GAAP balanced budget, hopefully in the next biennium.

Did Walker promise to hold the line on taxes - YES. Are most on the right pleased with Walker's performance on the promise of holding the line on taxes - YES. In holding the line on taxes, how could Walker repay previously accrued debt without making deeper cuts to the budget and/or engage in en mass state public employee layoffs - HE COULDN'T, as the money just isn't there and Doyle left other expenses that needed to be paid back immediately, like illegally raiding segregated funds and opening a tab with the state of Minnesota.

Is Walker performing within the spirit of his original promises in regard to the state budget - YES, especially by not originating any new debt obligations during his tenure, unlike his three predecessors, and especially Doyle.

These are the truths and facts of the situation. While you're entitled to your own opinion as to what he did, you're NOT entitled to your own facts.

To the contrary Bren - the time away heightened the enthusiasm factor due to all of the additional antics from the left/recall crowd :-)

@Greg -

Spot on about the debt refinancing situation. Too bad Bren and Barrett didn't get the memo!

As I said before, Barrett and the DPW are targeting the low information, non-thinking voters.

It's just another Walker lie . He is more then willing to lead all the sheep in to believing that the budget is clear and free. For anyone that votes for the liar ... you all just got punked !

Greg, it's impossible you didn't hear the Michael Brown story. Here's a refresher: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2005-11-04/news/0511040114_1_e-mails-show-fema-director-michael-brown-sharon-worthy

As an interesting sidenote, it was the emails cited in the article that also exposed the private email system that the Bush administration had installed in the White House to circumvent the federal law that requires the archival of all WH correspondence, including emails. One wonders if this exposé was the source of inspiration for the installation of a private email system in the County Executive's office.

Alfred K., concerning ALEC, Scott Walker is an alumnus of this special interest group, and his special benefactors, the Koch brothers, are corporate members and have donated $1 million and loaned $500,000 more to the organization. Rebecca Kleefisch was recently on cable TV defending ALEC. Scott Walker has traveled to Arizona and Florida preaching the ALEC agenda. Look it up.

I'm not "parroting" Barrett, he used the term "credit card." I did carefully review the information about debt restructuring posted by morninmist. You should read it, too.

It's a recession. The dishonesty occurs when debt restructuring and $153 million in new interest charges is called a "surplus." In homage to Mr. Hoffa's culinary reference, this is like handing someone b.s. and calling it pumpkin pie.

Correct Bren, I know about Michael Brown. I was being a bit sarcastic, " á la "Brownie" of Hurricane Katrina infamy" was a bit over used.

If you say so, Greg! ; )

Oh yeah, the Weekly Standard. Why wouldn't we believe them?

Tom Barrett offered up a 28 page plan last time he. Governor Bald Spot made fun of it.

Tom has been creating jobs in the Menomonee Valley. When Walker was county exec he did crap, and the stats show -- except those he made up -- shows he continues to do crap.

Most of the jobs he claims were hold overs from Doyle's policies. Of course the "left wing" Journal will never point that out, so you won't have to worry about people knowing that.

They have the interview question by question.

Barretts new 28 page plan just says " Payback da Unions".

And remember? Walker's campaign came up with a "bigger" plan--bigger typeface, that is! This would almost be funny if it weren't happening in our beloved state:

http://dancody.org/archives/scott-walkers-68-page-jobs-plan-reduce-the-huge-text-size-and-its-three-pages.html

"which explains to out of control brute stupid anger."?????
Who is WE, Keith? You create jobs? And I don't mean through sucking up government services or by spending those few xtra hours at the bar, which by your post quality, i'd guess you did today.
You are just as subservient as anyone else here.

Spoken like a real dope Alfreed !

WEA Trust took hundreds of millions of dollars from taxpayers through collective bargaining. Now with Local Control school districts have the ability to negotiate insurance premiums that fit into their budgets.

@Bucky -

You changed your screen name yet again - having a bit of an identity crisis, are we?

Remaining classy till the end I see! But hey, coming from a guy who finds it classier to sit at home and collect government assistance instead of working for a living, I'll take your hateful spew as a compliment!

Cheers!

@ James Hoffa ... James what are we going to do after June 5 th ? I never collected government a$$i$tance and never sat at home, always been on the move. Tossed the newspaper at the age of 12 and collected my 1 st check at 15. I have been working for the last 44 years and never miss any work. Last and present job going on 38 years. 40 hour weeks plus , use to work 7 days a week for many years. My employer stole my youth. All manual labor. Got the calluses to prove it. Married 35 years this September. Raised a family, 2 daughters , and paid of the house in Tosa. Just turned 60 in February and still working 6 days a week, have to take one day off for the Lord. Win , lose , or draw it was always nice listening to all your bullshit ! Just kidding. I would like to personally invite you to Tom Barrett's Victory party. If any one asks I'll tell them that your my grandfather.

@Bucky -

Don't you worry about old Jimmy - I'm sure the Koch Bros will have something lined up for me to do after June 5th - JK!

Thanks for the invite, however, I believe you meant to say Barrett's concession speech party, right? Or is Tommy going to falsely declare victory and then ask for a recount, thus effectively pulling a Kloppenburg and costing us even more of our time and money, before your side once again fires up the recall machine?

Asked by a local reporter if he would keep any of Walker's policies in place, Barrett replied: "What I'm going to look at--I'm going to look at the basic right to organize. That's where I'm going to focus my energies--to restore the right to organize and the right to bargain."
And since this will be nearly impossible he will just run the state into the ground.

the same thing he's done for the last 8 years. Nothing

Exactly what he would do. He wants to return the control of our government to the unions. This recall has always been about union power, nothing else.

MacIver Institute. How did America survive before all of these fake right wing "news" sources and "institutes" plopped onto the internet from the nether quarters of a special interest strategist?

Kinda like The Center for Media and Democracy? Ah, the pot calling the kettle useless.

Which foot? We need to know which side you stand on.