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[MaseMan]

Originally Posted by Milwaukee City

OK, Are We Ever Going to Talk About That UW Bloat? - Right Wisconsin - Conservative politics and perspective powered by Charlie Sykes

Charlie Sykes is a total hack commentator who uses his position on 620 WTMJ to campaign and promote for Scott Walker and the Wisconsin GOP. I really don't care about his opinion on anything.

[MassVt]

Originally Posted by earthlyfather

A) Inappropriate to answer while on an economic development trade mission.

B) Gotcha' question posed by a famously 'nasty' British media. Smart, politically, for Walker to step around the snare.

C) No win situation. Had he answered, the response would have been pounced upon.

The anti-Walkerites are being disengenious at the least.

I guess that Walker is just used to softballs from the Milwaukee Journal; pretty taxing to have to actually think about something.

No leadership capabilities, whatsoever...

[Allan Trafton]

Originally Posted by MaseMan

Charlie Sykes is a total hack commentator who uses his position on 620 WTMJ to campaign and promote for Scott Walker and the Wisconsin GOP. I really don't care about his opinion on anything.

No kidding. He is nothing more than 3 hours of propaganda 5 days a week. Some people are entirely brainwashed and have no idea that he is nothing more than an advocate for the conservative movment.

It would be one thing if he had a disclaimer on his show which made very clear that he is nothing more than an infomercial, but many take him dead serious. The Republlicans get 15 hours a week of free propaganda. With a deal like this it no wonder that they have been winning elections of late.

[everwinter]

Originally Posted by Allan Trafton

No kidding. He is nothing more than 3 hours of propaganda 5 days a week. Some people are entirely brainwashed and have no idea that he is nothing more than an advocate for the conservative movment.

It would be one thing if he had a disclaimer on his show which made very clear that he is nothing more than an infomercial, but many take him dead serious. The Republlicans get 15 hours a week of free propaganda. With a deal like this it no wonder that they have been winning elections of late.

Oh please.
Do you say the same thing regarding WXXM progressive talk radio hosts? It's the exact same thing, but from the other wing. The channel initially failed, but came back.

[MaseMan]

Originally Posted by everwinter

Oh please.
Do you say the same thing regarding WXXM progressive talk radio hosts? It's the exact same thing, but from the other wing. The channel initially failed, but came back.

WTMJ has a far greater reach and audience than WXXM does. Apples and oranges comparison. Anyway, no one is posting opinion's from Sly or whoever in this thread.

[ccjarider]

Originally Posted by MaseMan

WTMJ has a far greater reach and audience than WXXM does. Apples and oranges comparison. Anyway, no one is posting opinion's from Sly or whoever in this thread.

It is interesting phenomena that across the USA, it seems liberal radio has a much harder time staying alive than it's counterpart -conservative based radio.

Right now I live in Portland Oregon, a town that embraces it's "liberalness" via voting record, many of the items it spends it's tax base on and loud, social commentary wondering through the streets.

Even here though, the progressive station shut down two years ago and has not been replaced yet conservative radio seems to be doing just fine.

Agree that Sykes is a Conservative shill but I do not think he claims to be anything else. He is not portraying his stories as "news". At least he wasn't when I lived there.

[earthlyfather]

Your response is diluted partisan soup du jour. Nice party lines, same words, like softball, I've seen spread across twitter etc. Tell us then, how Gov Walker continues to win elections by wide margins in the most progressive of states.

A lot of folks voting for this man who has no leadership capabilities whatsoever, aya?

2002 Milwaukee County Executive Special Election - Walker 58%

2004 Milwaukee County Executive Re Election - Walker 57%

2008 Milwaukee County Executive Re Election - Walker 59%

2010 Wisconsin Governor Election - Walker 52.2%

2012 Wisconsin Governor Recall Election -Walker 53.1 %

2014 Wisconsin Governor Re Election - Walker 52.3%

Originally Posted by MassVt

I guess that Walker is just used to softballs from the Milwaukee Journal; pretty taxing to have to actually think about something.

No leadership capabilities, whatsoever...

[MassVt]

Originally Posted by earthlyfather

Your response is diluted partisan soup du jour. Nice party lines, same words, like softball, I've seen spread across twitter etc. Tell us then, how Gov Walker continues to win elections by wide margins in the most progressive of states.

A lot of folks voting for this man who has no leadership capabilities whatsoever, aya?

2002 Milwaukee County Executive Special Election - Walker 58%

2004 Milwaukee County Executive Re Election - Walker 57%

2008 Milwaukee County Executive Re Election - Walker 59%

2010 Wisconsin Governor Election - Walker 52.2%

2012 Wisconsin Governor Recall Election -Walker 53.1 %

2014 Wisconsin Governor Re Election - Walker 52.3%

And your response is just regurgitated crap from Rush and Friends at Faux News..

[cheese plate]

First of all, Wisconsin is hardly "the most progressive of states." There is a progressive history, of course, but over the last few decades more Republicans have inhabited Gov chair than Democrats - there's no surprise that the Rep candidate took the chair after a couple Dem terms. That's what usually happens. And Walker was clearly the candidate the top Rep officials wanted (I know people in Mark Neumann's camp, and everything was pre-engineered around Walker and roadblocks were explicitly set in front of all other candidates in the primaries, including newspaper coverage and TMJ/Sykes), so he got the nomination. He's the best puppet - that's all they care about.

And again, the local county elections don't tell you much about "leadership capabilities," really. He managed 2-3% above half the votes in the state elections, hardly "wide margins." And hell, in reality it was 2 legit elections at 52%, and only 53% on the recall, which many avoided due to the fact that it was a complete waste of state monies. So he won close elections vs a couple really poor candidates in a state in the midst of a Rep swing - big whoop. A good leader does not rely on "divide and conquer," as Walker does. A good leader is able to gain consensus and satisfy moderates, while Walker has split the state into its most contentious political atmosphere of my lifetime, easily. He's a poor leader, but a great errand boy for the monied elite. Have fun cutting off monies to desperately poor people while he's picking your pocket and selling our state resources off to the highest outside bidder so he can attempt the national run, which is all he cares about - his power. Not the state of Wisconsin.

I don't care what "side" of the political divide you lie, if you can't see the destructive, craven greed that drives this empty suit, you are very poor at critical thinking, to put it as mildly as I am able. Note: Our last (Dem) governor was also terrible, but far less destructive.

[MassVt]

Originally Posted by cheese plate

First of all, Wisconsin is hardly "the most progressive of states." There is a progressive history, of course, but over the last few decades more Republicans have inhabited Gov chair than Democrats - there's no surprise that the Rep candidate took the chair after a couple Dem terms. That's what usually happens. And Walker was clearly the candidate the top Rep officials wanted (I know people in Mark Neumann's camp, and everything was pre-engineered around Walker and roadblocks were explicitly set in front of all other candidates in the primaries, including newspaper coverage and TMJ/Sykes), so he got the nomination. He's the best puppet - that's all they care about.

And again, the local county elections don't tell you much about "leadership capabilities," really. He managed 2-3% above half the votes in the state elections, hardly "wide margins." And hell, in reality it was 2 legit elections at 52%, and only 53% on the recall, which many avoided due to the fact that it was a complete waste of state monies. So he won close elections vs a couple really poor candidates in a state in the midst of a Rep swing - big whoop. A good leader does not rely on "divide and conquer," as Walker does. A good leader is able to gain consensus and satisfy moderates, while Walker has split the state into its most contentious political atmosphere of my lifetime, easily. He's a poor leader, but a great errand boy for the monied elite. Have fun cutting off monies to desperately poor people while he's picking your pocket and selling our state resources off to the highest outside bidder so he can attempt the national run, which is all he cares about - his power. Not the state of Wisconsin.

I don't care what "side" of the political divide you lie, if you can't see the destructive, craven greed that drives this empty suit, you are very poor at critical thinking, to put it as mildly as I am able. Note: Our last (Dem) governor was also terrible, but far less destructive.

He does remind me of a Koch Bros errand boy, the way he keeps running back to them for advice on everything. I can almost see the puppet strings from here on the eastern seaboard..