Writes former governor Scott Walker in The Washington Post — gift link.
"Keep reminding everyone that a lawmaker’s first responsibility is to vote. If Texas Democrats continuously refuse to show up to do that, they have abandoned their job. At the same time, talk about why Republicans are pushing their reforms. Communicate the need for the plan repeatedly to regain control of the narrative."
I was going to say you can practically hear the Wisconsin accent and maybe that works in Wisconsin, but Texans might be a little more rowdy and rebellious, but I see Walker asserts: "It worked in the Badger State. It will work in the Lone Star State, too." What kind of logic is that?
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".....but Texans might be a little more rowdy and rebellious"
you think???
Narratives are created by our corrupt media (D).
look at how insane = democrat-alphabet media
a lawmaker’s first responsibility is to prevent votes they won't win.
The FUNDAMENTAL tenet of Democracy is refusing to do things that the people want. The people are to be Led.. Not Followed
Scott Walker only has a hammer, thus this is a nail.
Was looking at images to see if Walker had found a better barber (no) and ran across this visionary quote from another Wisconsin milquetoast.
"I honestly don't think he'll get the nomination at the end of the day,” Ryan said ahead of a likely Trump announcement Tuesday. "And the reason I think that is because we want to win. We want to win the White House, and we know with Trump we’re so much more likely to lose."
- Paul Ryan in 2022.
The world is completely different in 2025 than it was in 2011.
Now people are free to discuss this issue outside the corporate media frame.
The Democrats are in a place where the only thing Abbott can do is not punish them enough. Solid majorities want these people in jail and the billionaires that paid their bills in jail for decades.
Yah, if those Democrats paid to legislate aren’t showing up for their jobs it isn’t some noble act of civil disobedience or whatever you choose to call it it’s criminal activity. Theft. It should be treated as such or we’ll get more of the behavior.
He learned from Rick Perry to keep your prongs down to two, so you don't forget the other ones.
I would suppose that "two-pronged strategies" are already commonplace. Prong 1: defend. Prong 2: attack. Tertium non datur.
"It worked once. Ought to work again, right?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWAQ8rTBLUk
From the Dem perspective:
"It didn't work in the Badger State. It will work in the Lone Star State, though." What kind of logic is that?
and yet they stuffed the ballots to get the cadaverous evers, they then stuffed the ballots to pick mr autopen, then they pack the state supreme court, and now a nonpartisan group, lol, that pushes to gerrymander the remaining district,
where there is enough money and will they will undo everything you have done walker, thus endeth the lesson,
in texas it is harder, but there are still blue enclaves that may eventually corrupt the whole body politics,
walker ended up a cipher, partially because of lawfare, but also hiring some of the worst campaign you could find on god's green earth,
I think it's very interesting that 4 of the 5 districts the Republicans in Texas are trying to create will be majority Hispanic districts and the Democrats are desperate to stop them.
It hasn’t worked in Texas the other times Democrats have done this. It is why they increased the penalties after last time. Texans were pissed the Democrats could waste everyone’s time for nothing. Now they will pay for wasting time.
"and the Democrats are desperate to stop them."
The Democrats goal is power. They don't care about people except as they can be used to achieve that goal.
Democrats INVENTED the no-show bullshit government job. Where you get paid, but you don't show up to work and are free to go on vacation, or work elsewhere, while stealing the taxpayer dollars.
They're not giving up this plum.
Even the nickname's off. Badgers are to Wisconsin what Longhorns are to Texas (sorry, Aggies). Lone Star is the Leininkugel of Texas, I guess (though I only drank Pearl when I lived there).
Walker trying to run for office again.
@ Mason G
Yes, but what I find interesting is,
the Dems don't think they can win over these "brown people", as the Dems like to call them. They apparently see them as irretrievably lost. They see them as solid Republicans voters.
"... the no-show bullshit government job"
By the way, what the Democrats are doing (taking pay for no-show jobs) is criminal. This is "theft of government services" which is a federal felony.
18 USC ss641 outlaws what the Democrats are doing and they should be arrested and prosecuted. Up to 7 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine.
“What kind of logic is that?”
I can’t say, but teh Plan is so crazy, it just might work!
Democrats could simply capitulate, as the Washington Post has.
kakscheisser®
Rowdy? I've never seen Texans occupy their State House in protest like I watched Wisconsinites occupy theirs a decade or so ago. That was rowdy and way over the top.
What kind of logic is that?
Um. Logical logic. Like, a political strategy that worked in one American state may well be viable in another American state. It's not dispositive, but it's certainly plausible.
meade must be on vacation.
no way he'd let his wife post negativity about his hero scott walker... seems to me ann worshipped the ground scott walked on too? What gave?
"Heartless Aztec said...
Rowdy? I've never seen Texans occupy their State House in protest like I watched Wisconsinites occupy theirs a decade or so ago. That was rowdy and way over the top."
And in the midst of all the insanity, Meade and Althouse went into the chaos. unarmed.
Been a fan ever since
Trump should offer a deal to illegals. Tell them, you can stay if you bring in the NGO worker who brought you here, bound and gagged, so that he or she can be deported in your place.
By strategically drawing electoral district boundaries, politicians or those in power can manipulate voter demographics to favor their party or themselves, effectively "choosing" their voters rather than letting voters freely choose their representatives. This undermines fair representation and competitive elections.
Banning it, and drawing boundaries fairly to encourage democracy would go a long way towards fixing the divisive politics it has created by forcing politicians to appeal to a broader base.
Democrat protesters tried to “occupy” the Texas Capitol in 2020. It didn’t go well for them.
"What kind of logic is that?" Logic of common sense? GOP correctly deducing from Dem shenanigans what needs to be done?
yes the alinsky precept about what constitutes an effective tactic needs to be re ezamined,
""It worked in the Badger State. It will work in the Lone Star State, too." What kind of logic is that?"
Seems like Althouse could ask an LLM.
BTW, haven't the Ds taken over the WI state gov since this thing-y happened there? Maybe following the WI model isn't the best for the Rs, if they don't want to be losers.
IDK.
if Marc Elias can subvert the franchise through unverifiable drop boxes, consent decrees,
pepe le dou-dou.
why they keep nominating skippy o' rourke, for every office above dog catcher, no self respecting latino calls himself beto, albertico maybe,
I don't mind they waste their money that way, but it is amusing none the less,
https://twitchy.com/brettt/2025/08/09/texas-house-republican-says-flying-to-cancun-is-real-abandonment-n2417013 that is painfully stupid,
Abbott and the Texas GOP need to do the following:
1) Make sure this crap never happens again. Lets go through a judicial review and make sure what is constitutional or not. And then the GOP should pass laws.
2) GOP should use their power to the maximum to punish the Democrats. We need to quit being the "nice guy party" and "the only adult in the room".
Finally, I am so tired to this nonsense. It shows, once again, the liberal/left and the Democrats have only one principle: "Just win baby, just win". No ethics, no honesty, no restraint.
Push everything to the max, and win by anyway neccessary.
has the possum speaker that chose dems for committee chairs agreed,
le Douanier said...
BTW, haven't the Ds taken over the WI state gov since this thing-y happened there?
according to wiki:
Wisconsin State Assembly: R54 D45
Wisconsin Senate: R18 D15
United States representatives from Wisconsin: R6 D2
United States Senate: R1 D1
please clarify your comment about D's taking over Wisc?
Banning it, and drawing boundaries fairly
Describe a fair redistricting method- use any state as an example.
Le Douchebag probably thinking Evers amounts to control.
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