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Originally Posted by AsianDivaGirlsWebDude
I know you would rather talk about Obama, but since this thread is supposed to be about Scott Walker, what exactly are college dropout Scott Walkers' accomplishments?
He has been running for political offices since he was 22, and he has essentially been a "career politician" his whole life (which I thought right-wingers disdained). And the way Walker fawned over, and tried to brown-nose a person who he thought was David Koch in a taped prank call is telling about Walker on so many levels (much like Romney's secret 47% speech that helped torpedo his campaign).
Since you are from Wisconsin Minte, I am sure you have heard of at least a few of the scandals involving Walker and his appointed aides ("John Doe Investigation", etc).
You honestly think Scott Walker has accomplished more than Obama? 
Academically, professionally, and in politics, President Obama's accomplishments dwarf the divisive politics of Governor Scott Walker.
It is funny how Walker is trying to position himself as either a Christie running mate, or if Chris falls because of his own scandals, then he hopes to pick up Christie's base.
I'm pretty sure that Walker's staunch anti-abortion stance, and positions on other women's issues will doom him if he should run for President in 2016, especially if the son of a preacher man ends up running against a woman (say, Hillary Clinton):
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Walker opposes abortion, including in cases of rape and incest.
He supports abstinence-only sex education in the public schools, and opposes state supported clinical services that provide birth control and testing and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases to teens under the age of 18 without parental consent.
He supports the right of pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions for contraceptives on religious or moral grounds. He supports adult stem cell research, but opposes human embryonic stem cell research.
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Originally Posted by Minte
The thread was about turning Wi around financially. He ran on that, he ran again at the recall on that and twice he beat strong democratic contenders. This is in a democratic state.
He did what he said he would do, he was vilified for what was going to happen because of those promises and they were wrong. Walker was right. He took some serious blows and didn't flinch.
I do not agree with his conservative position on abortion and most of the rights religious stances. But as a leader what does that actually matter? The supreme court decided roe v wade. The church is it's own worst enemy.
What I care about in a leader he has achieved.
He took a position and saw it through. None of the union people lost jobs. They are simply now paying for the benefits that the rest of us taxpayers in the state have to pay for.
He is not a Harvard professor, or a wall street icon. He is a common man from Milwaukee that came up through the ranks and learned to work with people as much as possible.
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Yeah, Scott Walker is real good at working with people - his benefactors, rich people (teachers, union workers, and women, not so much).
Walker is a populist demogauge, so I imagine by the time he is done robbing Peter to pay Paul (if you know anything about the smoke and mirrors job he is pulling on the WI budget), and his current term is up, I have a feeling that the voters of Wisconsin are going to turn on Walker.
Let's talk about some of Walker's other promises (besides Union busting, which he is best known for), such as Walker's promise to create 250,000 new jobs in his first term:
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Walker also made a campaign pledge to help the state create 250,000 new private sector jobs during his four-year term, which began in January 2011. But the state is barely one-third of the way there with only 15 months remaining in Walker?s term.
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From PolitiFact:
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Keeps inching forward ... though inches won't be enough to meet the pledge
Updated: Friday, December 27th, 2013 | By James B. Nelson
The most recent state jobs report says Gov. Scott Walker inched closer to meeting his top campaign promise of adding 250,000 private sector jobs during his first term.
The report, issued Dec. 19, 2013 says the state added an estimated 4,000 private-sector jobs in November.
There were two other developments that factor into this month's jobs count.
First, the state revised the October jobs count up by 2,300 jobs, pushing that month's increase to 14,700. That's the second largest monthly increase for this year, behind the June count of 15,600.
Second, the state's job count for all of 2012 was revised as well, up by 1,590 to a total of 33,872. That's important because these numbers are from the federal government's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, which collects data from nearly every employer in the state.
We use a combination of the best-available numbers to measure Walker's progress on meeting his 250,000 jobs promise. For the first two years of his term the annual reports say the state added 63,672 jobs. For 2013, we add to that the running total of monthly Current Employment Survey figures.
The monthly figures show that the state added an estimated 40,700 jobs in the first 11 months of 2013. That compares with 29,800 in 2011 and 33,872 in 2012. (Data collection lags six months, and the final QCEW tally for 2013 won't be available until the middle of next year.)
So lets tally up.
The latest monthly report, and revisions to previous reports, boost Walker's tally by 10,890 jobs. That brings the total number of jobs added since he took office to an estimated 104,372, or about 42 percent of the total the governor promised.
Put another way, he's got 145,628 jobs to add with 13 months to go.
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The only reason Scott Walker is known on the national political scene is because of his divisiveness. 
Ask Chris Christie, the bully act only gets you so far, and then people turn on you.
To summarize, Scott Walker is a not very bright puppet that has sold out to corporate masters.
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