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Deutschmeister's avatar

Your point was well made that Walker looked patently absurd in comparing Act 10 protesters to ISIS and other armed, violent, radical revolutionaries elsewhere. It also helps to explain why he was essentially the first GOP presidential candidate to flame out in 2016. Once people actually heard what he had to say in context and considered its meaning, he began to sound less than competent for the job. Which we in WI knew quite well already. I was at the Act 10 protests in Madison and can confirm that it was a peaceful, orderly demonstration with only minor misbehavior overall. If anything I was struck by how "Wisconsin nice" the vast majority of people behaved despite the passion of the feelings held. Walker was clueless in so many ways. Yet the media still stick microphones under his nose for soundbites. How can we miss him if he won't go away?

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Hortense's avatar

Good that you were there. Thank you. That's the kind of physical presence I'm thinking of. I do remember thinking how stupid and incapable he sounded when he said that.

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