Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker made headlines Thursday when he compared the Islamic State to pro-labor protesters in Wisconsin. A top Republican presidential contender, Walker made the comment at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) when asked about the Islamic State. “If I can take on 100,000 protesters, I can do the same across the globe,” Walker told the audience. Meanwhile, Walker has announced plans to sign an anti-union right-to-work bill that would eliminate the requirement that workers must pay union fees. On Wednesday, the Wisconsin State Senate passed the measure on a mostly party-line vote of 17 to 15. The Republican-controlled State Assembly is expected to pass the legislation next week. We speak to Madison-based journalist John Nichols of The Nation. He is author of “Uprising: How Wisconsin Renewed the Politics of Protest, from Madison to Wall Street.”
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JUAN GONZÁLEZ: On Thursday, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, and possible presidential candidate, made headlines when he compared the Islamic State to unions in Wisconsin. He made the comment at CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference.
NED RYUN: Governor Walker, Ned Ryun, American Majority, board member of the American Conservative Union. Would like to know, should you become commander-in-chief, how would you deal with threats such as ISIS?
GOV. SCOTT WALKER: We will have someone who leads, and ultimately will send a message, not only that we will protect American soil, but do not—do not take this upon freedom-loving people anywhere else in the world. We need a leader with that kind of confidence. If I can take on 100,000 protesters, I can do the same across the world.
AMY GOODMAN: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, speaking at CPAC Thursday. Meanwhile, Walker has announced plans to sign an anti-union, right-to-work bill that would eliminate the requirement that workers must pay union fees.
Don’t even bother. It doesn’t matter what any of these “candidates” say. He’s an actor playing a role, and all he’s really concerned with is how long it will be until he can get back to snuggling with his favorite page boy.
They’re all sitting around discussing imaginary enemies for the benefit of a TV camera, and they were probably up all night studying their lines.
Politics itself is a distraction from real politics.
This exactly fits in to what intelligent people have been saying for a decade: the “war on terror” is really to eventually turn it’s sights on Americans declaring any American who questions authority a “terrorist”. A truthful slip of the tongue by Scott “Bush” Walker.