Originally Posted By skinnerbox <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2011/03/10/randy-hopper-union-bill-2012/" target="_blank">http://thinkprogress.org/2011/...ll-2012/</a> "For weeks, Wisconsin Republicans have been insisting that the anti-union bill they abruptly passed through the state Senate last night has nothing to do with busting unions or politics, but is all about doing what is necessary to balance the state’s budget. But as ThinkProgress reported, Wisconsin state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R) admitted yesterday that he sees an electoral payoff, telling Fox News that by breaking the state’s public employee unions, the GOP can make it “much more difficult” for President Obama to win Wisconsin in 2012. On Fox & Friends this morning, his fellow Republican state Sen. Randy Hopper also tipped his hand a bit, saying the White House must be behind in the pro-union protests because everyone knows this is about 2012: HOST: If the White House is involved and big labor is involved, would that say to you that they’re trying to make this an issue for 2012? HOPPER: I think there’s absolutely no question that this is an issue for 2012. People from Organizing for America have been running the protests in Madison for quite some time now. And I think that there’s no question that the president has some involvement in this, I don’t know what. But listen, we need what’s in the best interest for the working people of Wisconsin, and that’s what we’ve done. A new poll shows that majorities support the recall of two of Wisconsin’s GOP senators. Three Republicans would need to be recalled in order to flip control of the chamber."
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Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 I am a little surprised that they admitted it...they must not have gotten the "tell everyone it will balance the budget" memo.
Originally Posted By gadzuux Thing is, they're trying to impugn Obama both ways - accusing him flat out of being "involved" and yet at the same time they're mocking him over the quote from 2008 that he'd "march on the picket lines". So maybe they'd like to see him demonstrating in Madison, but not to get to involved in it. This is what comes from people with no sense of morality at all. And I still believe this will backfire big time for the GOP, possibly for years to come. These sleazy and disreputable - not to mentionl illegal - political stunts reveal the true nature of the GOP. From the Clinton administration era to this very day, it's been a long downward spiral of cutthroat dishonorable actions with the purpose of thwarting and corrupting our own government. There's absolutely no level too low for them to stoop. And as they stand there naked and exposed as the frauds and liars that they truly are, more people may begin to see the thing for what it is. Not everybody - some people are lost to the madness forever. But hopefully enough people. That's the best hope we've got.
