Why Scott Walker Must Be Recalled

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Reason One: Dropping the Bomb - from Politifact Wisconsin:

Walker contends he clearly "campaigned on" his union bargaining plan.

But Walker, who offered many specific proposals during the campaign, did not go public with even the bare-bones of his multi-faceted plans to sharply curb collective bargaining rights. He could not point to any statements where he did. We could find none either.

While Walker often talked about employees paying more for pensions and health care, in his budget-repair bill he connected it to collective bargaining changes that were far different from his campaign rhetoric in terms of how far his plan goes and the way it would be accomplished.

We rate his statement False.

(Editor’s note: After this item was posted, a conversation surfaced between Walker and a person impersonating Walker campaign contributor and industrialist David Koch. In an audiotape released Feb. 23, 2011, Walker compares his union plan to a history-making act and portrayed his union plan as a "bomb."

Walker aides acknowledge the tape is real, but say Walker simply was saying privately what he has said publicly about his budget-repair bill.

Of a meeting with his cabinet, Walker in the tape says: We talked about what we were going to do, how we were going to do it. We had already built plans up. This was kind of the last hurrah before we dropped the bomb.")

Reason Two: Divide and Conquer

Reason Three: Right to Work - from Talking Points Memo:

During the Wisconsin recall debate, moderator Mike Gousha asked Republican Gov. Scott Walker whether he would veto a right-to-work bill — restricting private-sector unions — if it reached his desk from the legislature.

"I've said it's not gonna get there," Walker said. Gousha asked again, would he veto it?

"I've said it's not gonna get there, you're asking a hypothetical. And the reason I say that is I saw what happened over the last year and half. And I don't want to repeat that discussion. I think most people in the state, Democrat and Republican alike, want to move forward."

Walker never said no. Why? Because he sides with the Koch brothers, multimillion-dollar donors to his campaign. He sides with Diane Hendricks, who donated $500,000 to his campaign. He sides with money. Not Wisconsin.