Of the most stomach-churning, rank-smelling elements of the 2010 gubernatorial campaign, Scott Walker’s Brown Bag Farce must rank near the top.
He traveled the state with a weird-looking (and pricey) “wrapped” brown bus. He hid from the media at pre-planned “brown bag” baloney sessions, where his donors who owned factories opened up their shop floors for Walker to campaign for tax cuts for the rich and against aid for working families. And Walker even took his brown bag mantra with him into the Republican back rooms in Milwaukee, where the booze flowed and he engineered the endorsement of the Republican bosses.
But alas, now that Walker has paid upward of a million bucks to an East Coast firm to create the illusion that his in-ground pool, his frequent steakhouse visits and his family’s foreign-made SUVs do not exist, and the backward idea that he actually gives a fig about the people in Wisconsin who actually work for a living, are we seeing the disposal of Scott Walker’s brown bag irony?
Is Scott Walker finally digging a shallow grave for his juvenile brown bags?
As his campaign collapsed in the final days against perennial loser Mark Neumann during the Republican primary, even the slavish right-wing radio talk show hosts in Milwaukee took Walker to task for the transparently bogus Brown Bag Farce. And since Sept. 14, Walker’s campaign has not run a single brown bag ad.
Now, part of this might be that he blew all his money fending off a weak challenger in Neumann, whom Wisconsin voters have rejected five or six times now.
But maybe, just maybe, Walker is digging the shallow grave for the brown bags because even HE sees…it’s just a bunch of baloney.
Posted on: October 4th, 2010
Post Categories: Brown Bag Charade
Tags: Brown Bag • Scott Walker
Posted on: September 9th, 2010
Heading into next week’s primary, Scott Walker is going to barnstorm the state pushing his sham brown bag campaign.
But we know that Walker’s phony brown bag is full of baloney.
Walker’s claim that he will cut spending is baloney – Under Scott Walker, spending in Milwaukee County increased by $349 million, or 35 percent. That’s more than Tom Barrett OR Jim Doyle.
Walker’s big talk that he will reduce taxes is baloney – Scott Walker has proposed 18 percent increases in the property tax levy during his time as County Executive – or $39 million more in tax increases.
Walker’s laughable assertion that he is fiscally responsible is baloney – Scott Walker saddled future generations with $400 million in debt when he recklessly borrowed money to solve the County’s pension fund deficit.
Walker’s baseless claim that he can get the job done is baloney – Scott Walker will say or do anything to try to get elected. He flip flopped on immigration in less than 24 hours, reversed his position on the smoking ban within days, and continues to contradict himself on health care, stimulus, concealed carry and many more issues.
And baloney is all Wisconsin’s working and middle class families will be able to afford after Walker gives his enormous $1.8 billion tax giveaway to the wealthiest 1% and big corporate elite.
$681,203.78 : That’s the amount that Scott Walker has paid SCM Associates Incorporated. SCM Associates Incorporated is a conniving East Coast political consulting firm that is literally recycling this phony brown bag tour that Walker has bizarrely made the centerpiece of his campaign. As you know it was first used in 1998 for an Ohio Republican running for the Senate and Walker is even using some of the material verbatim.
By clicking here or here, you’ll find an artist’s portrayal of Scott Walker as he tries to sell Wisconsin a phony baloney brown bag movement. Also, please check out our “Scott Walker’s Brown Bag is Full of Baloney” flyer. Feel free to share it with your family and your friends.
And make sure you tell Walker if he comes to your town that it’s going to take more than his baloney to get Wisconsin working again.
Post Categories: Brown Bag Charade
Tags: Brown Bag • Brown Bag Movement • Scott Walker
Posted on: July 29th, 2010
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin Thursday announced its first television advertising purchases of the 2010 gubernatorial race with a spot that highlights Scott Walker’s self-serving decision to abandon Milwaukee County to go campaigning in the midst of historic and deadly flooding.
The ad campaign, titled “Barrett Led, Walker Fled,” contrasts Tom Barrett’s leadership in the midst of the historic floods with images of Scott Walker at the Pulaski Polka Days parade and visiting Republican ally Sean Duffy in Wausau.
The ads will appear in the very markets-Eau Claire, Wausau and Green Bay-where Walker went over the weekend, while at the same time thousands of Milwaukee County residents were still absorbing the effects of tens of millions of dollars in property damage. An announcer can be heard stressing the importance of the first 48 hours after floods.
“Tom Barrett led, Scott Walker fled. You can’t phone in leadership and that’s just what Scott Walker did last weekend when he skipped town to go campaign,” Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate said Thursday in unveiling the ads. “Scott Walker’s only priority is Scott Walker, and that’s why he can’t be trusted to be Wisconsin’s governor.”
Script:
Text: After Historic Floods Hit Milwaukee
(Images from Channel 12 of I-43 flooding) (Announcer From WISN: “Floods force parts of Interstate-43 to shutdown, and here is what it looked like during rush hour yesterday.”)
Text: One Leader Went to Work
(Images of Tom Barrett speaking with constituents in the 4800 block of 64th St.) (Mike Tate speaks about Tom Barrett: “Tom Barrett was in Milwaukee leading, demonstrating what a, what a someone does that should be the next governor of our state when you have a major crisis.”)
Text: While Scott Walker Hit the Campaign Trail
(Images of Scott Walker in Eau Claire, then Images of Scott Walker in the Pulaski, Polka Days Parade) (WEAU Announcer Talks about Scott Walker in Eau Claire: “Republican Candidate for governor stopped by Eau Claire this morning to help thank volunteers who were making phone calls on his behalf.”) (WISN Announcer talks about first 48 hrs after the storm: “The first 48 hours after a storm are the most important.”)
Text: Barrett Led. Walker Fled. www.BagScottWalker.com Paid for by the Democratic Party of Wisconsin – Mike Tate, Chair, as an in-kind contribution to Barrett for Wisconsin.
(Mike Tate’s comments on being Governor: “There is more to being a County Executive there is more to being governor then phoning it in.”)
Post Categories: Mismanagement • Scott Walker Double Talk • The Rest of Us Left Holding The Bag
Tags: Brew City Flood • Governor • Scott Walker • TV Ad • Wisconsin
Posted on: July 26th, 2010
Scott Walker showed Wisconsin this weekend how he values his career more than his constituents, hitting the campaign trail to slake his political ambitions while Milwaukee County residents still were reeling after deadly floods on Thursday.
One gubernatorial candidate, Mayor Tom Barrett, got to work after the disaster.
But Scott Walker got to Wausau and other places so he could meet his Republican cronies.
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin highlights this, “Tale of Two Executives,” in a Web video released today:
“With Milwaukee County facing an historic crisis, Scott Walker decided to put his career first,” Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate said on a conference call with reporters Monday morning. “The floods have revealed once more, and in shameful fashion, that the only one that Scott Walker really cares about is Scott Walker.”
Post Categories: Mismanagement
Tags: Brew City Flood • Misnamagement • Scott Walker
Posted on: July 21st, 2010
Scott Walker continued to show why he can’t be trusted with taxpayer money with the shocking report that his budget could be $45 million in the red next year, with a $100 million structural deficit by 2014.
The assessment by the nonpartisan Public Policy Forum follows a 2011 budget that was $6 million in the hole, a 2009 budget that was $15 million in the hole and severe deficits since he took office in 2002.
Meanwhile, Walker has presided on a 35 percent growth in spending, from $1.1 billion to $1.5 billion, rendering meaningless his claims of fiscal responsibility. Also, having raised the county’s tax levy every single year he’s been in office, to the tune of $40 million, Walker continues to make phony pledges about tax cuts.
“He raises taxes, can’t spend money wisely and neither can he save money well. With $100 million in deficits for Milwaukee County, and having raised taxes by $40 million, the only thing he would do to the state’s $2.5 billion structural deficit is increase it,” Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate said Wednesday. “Scott Walker won’t be elected governor, but at least he can hold the title of Structural Deficit King.”
Post Categories: Brown Bag Charade • Mismanagement • Tax Cuts for Fat Cats
Posted on: July 20th, 2010
Numbers released today show that Scott Walker is furiously and foolishly spending on his campaign in much the same way he has distinguished himself as the gubernatorial candidate to have grown government spending the most while in office.
The figures showed that Scott Walker spent about $2 million to raise only $500,000 in the period, a rate of reckless spending that echoes the 35 percent growth in spending he has brought to Milwaukee County, where he raised spending from $1.1 billion to $1.5 billion during his term. Walker spent more than $900,000 than Tom Barrett did during this period.
“Art often imitates life and in this case, the reckless spending increases that Scott Walker has presided over during his disastrous stint as Milwaukee County executive are being mimicked in his free-spending, but faltering, campaign. Just as in real life, he has ended up spending substantially more than Tom Barrett did,” Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate said Tuesday. “At the end of the day, Scott Walker just can’t be trusted with anyone’s money, whether from taxpayers or campaign contributors.”
Post Categories: Mismanagement • Tax Cuts for Fat Cats