wondering where this is coming from. it s obviously a strong, ideological agenda that he is pushing through. he s not governing. he is trying to push through a wish list. people are seeing it, how their schools are going to be cut. well, you ve got 14 teachers in your town of a thousand people. 44 teachers, 14 have been cut. is that correct? yeah. 14 of 44 received layoff notices this past week. that s one-third of our teachers. it s bad for the stability of our town. it s bad for our children s education. and it puts the future of our school district, which is the center of our rural community, in jeopardy. finally, joel greeno, are farmers in wisconsin rethinking their politics over this? oh, quite a bit. a lot of us had already rethought the politics and now a lot of them are kind of set back and, you know, trying to re-evaluate because when they
the 14, their right to vote in committee sessions of the state senate as a punishment for their departure, so that s just going to i guarantee you it already has gotten people even more energized, even more angry. quickly, john, are these rallies over with? have we seen the last of the rallies before the possible recall? no. the rallies are going home to the districts. scott walker went up to northern wisconsin the other day to washburn and almost 3,000 people turned out in a town of less than 3,000. i think the rallies are going to be all over the state but those rallies will have recall petitions at the center of them and i think they ll be in the districts of some of these republican senators. the wisconsin 14 viewed as heroes and the governor is trying to spin it saying what they re doing is progressive. it s amazing. john nichols, washington correspondent of the nation great to have you with us tonight. joining us now two farmers who took part in the rally on saturday. t
rethought the politics and now a lot of them are kind of set back and, you know, trying to re-evaluate because when they voted this is not what they were thinking. and so now i think if we head back to the ballot box i think the outcome will be a lot different. did either one of you vote for scott walker? no. no, i did not. but you didn t think he was going to go this far? no, and i don t think anyone thought he would go this far. okay. well, i don t know about that. because it seemed like he is a new batch of republicans who make a myth out of ronald reagan and he s trying to go farther than that. his fake phone call with the koch brother impersonator i think revealed a lot of things to a lot of wisconsinites. tony schultz, joel greeno, thanks for joining us tonight. i appreciate your time here on the ed show. still ahead. would a new pair of shoes bring president obama to wisconsin?
voted this is not what they were thinking. and so now i think if we head back to the ballot box i think the outcome will be a lot different. did either one of you vote for scott walker? no. no, i did not. but you didn t think he was going to go this far? no, and i don t think anyone thought he would go this far. okay. well, i don t know about that. because it seemed like he is a new batch of republicans who make a myth out of ronald reagan and he s trying to go farther than that. his fake phone call with the koch brother impersonator i think revealed a lot of things to a lot of wisconsinites. tony schultz, joel greeno, thanks for joining us tonight. i appreciate your time here on the ed show. still ahead. would a new pair of shoes bring president obama to wisconsin? he said he d walk with the unions. my question is, when is that going to happen?
tony schultz, a third generation farmer from athens, wisconsin, and also joel greeno, a dairy farmer and vice president of family farm defenders. tony, you are now famous on the internet for the speech that you gave. people are saying that you should run for office. what inspired you to get up and just give it to them at the podium at the rally? well, it s been the response that wisconsin has had to walker s agenda, to the budget bill, to the union busting that he s been trying to force through, and, you know, it s an old populist tradition, solidarity between farmers and workers, and i really felt my farmer friends and he really rose to the occasion and came in to support labor. there are a lot of things that affect us that we re really angry about too joel greeno how is this bill going to hurt agriculture in wisconsin? well, the way we looked at it is i m also the president of the