contributor, rick santorum, is injecting his own wisdom on the situation in wisconsin. likening public workers to drug addicts. he said, they re acting like their drug is being taken away from them. which brings me to the drugs for himself rush limbaugh. he s called our teachers and nurses and firefighters bottom feeders and freeloaders. today mr. limbaugh suggested that public workers in this country are taking park in organized crime. the union as a money laundering operation, public sector unions for the democratic party is now under assault. now people are learning that the collective bargaining of public sector unions is simply stealing from the taxpayers. he is calling public workers thieves. people like peter rickman. he s a leader of teaching assistance at the university of wisconsin. he s another one of the real
for having me, ed. the people that i work with every day, students, faculty, academic staff on our campus, we re all resolutely opposed to this budget repair bill. it does not seem to help higher education in wisconsin. it does a lot to hurt working families in this state. and that s why we ve been so opposed to it. that s why we ve been over here for over a week, camping out to make sure our voices are heard in a democracy. when governor walker listens to the voices of the working folks that are here in this capitol, we expect that the right thing will happen, and that worker rights will be protected. peter, do you really think public sentiment is going to turn on the governor now that these tapes vn revealed? this clearly puts him behind the 8-ball when it comes to coming clean with the public? what do you think? what i think is the public has been with us all along. i think this is just another example of scott walker and the republican machine, the conservative movement trying
but this guy wants it all from the little guy. wisconsin governor scott walker is refusing to back down. the governor of wisconsin still refuses to back down, but now he s having to explain a phone call. i take phone calls all the time. scott, david koch. the call has been verified. you re not talking to any of these democrats, are you? he talks about his plans to squeeze workers and to squeeze democratic lawmakers. might ratchet it up a little. it was actually a prank pulled by a website the buffalo beast. screws have been tightened a little today. what are you going to do? yes! those freeloaders with their cushy state jobs like snowplow operators, prison guards, and teachers. and he calls another press conference. i m not going to allow one prank phone call to be a distraction for the realities, we have a job to do. if you look at the impact president reagan had, he talked about doing the right thing for the right reason at the right time.
hey, wisconsinites, i told you so. but this guy is completely dismissive of the people who actually serve the state of wisconsin. and the tape flat-out proves it. but the right wing s outrage is still to cussed focused to the themselves. i ll bet the wage earners of wisconsin have something to say about the walker tapes. protesters should stay on the streets for months on end, after hearing about what they re going to hear tonight. and we ll ask them, does this change the game. this is the story that has me fired up first tonight. there is a smoking gun in wisconsin, budget standoff. a prank phone call, of all things, between governor scott walker and a reporter pretending to be billionaire republican money man david koch. has really got america buzzing. ian murphy, the editor of the website buffalo beast somehow managed to get governor walker on the phone and fooled him into believing he was billionaire david koch. the prank phone call exposed walker and really ripped the sc
and the tape flat-out proves it. but the right wing s outrage is still to cussed on sed to the protesters themselves. i ll bet the wage earners of wisconsin have something to say about the walker tapes. protesters should stay on the streets for months on end, after hearing about what they re going to hear tonight. and we ll ask them, does this change the game. this is the story that has me fired up first tonight. there is a smoking gun in wisconsin, budget standoff. a prank phone call, of all things, between governor scott walker and a reporter pretending to be billionaire republican money man david koch. has really got america buzzing. ian murphy, the editor of the website buffalo beast somehow managed to get governor walker on the phone and fooled him into believing he was billionaire david koch. the prank phone call exposed walker and really ripped the scab off the republicans and their corporate puppet masters. keep in mind, in the last election cycle, the koch brothers g