Let's get real

While we have been down, the world of politics has not stopped and waited for us to get back up. Whether Scott Walker is a symptom or the cause, the republicans throughout the country have become empowered to force their extreme far right agenda on the populous. Luckily the people of this country are starting to wake up and see exactly who we went to bed with in November(I believe the correct term is Coyote Ugly). Anyone who thinks we have become a center right country does not understand who the "right" is.

Here are some examples that are flying under the radar:

1. In Florida, Republican Florida state Rep. Kathleen Passidomo blamed a gang rape of an 11 year old girl on HER outfit:

"There was an article about an 11 year old girl who was gangraped in Texas by 18 young men because she was dressed like a 21-year-old prostitute," Passidomo declared.

"And her parents let her attend school like that. And I think it’s incumbent upon us to create some areas where students can be safe in school and show up in proper attire so what happened in Texas doesn’t happen to our students," she added.

2. In Buffalo, Jack Davis a congressional candidate had this gem:

"We have a huge unemployment problem with black youth in our cities. Put them on buses, take them out there [to the farms] and pay them a decent wage; they will work."

3. Kansas state Republican Rep. Virgil Peck offered up this "joke":

Peck made his comments during a Monday meeting of the House Appropriations Committee as it discussed whether the state should try to control the wild hog population by using gunmen in helicopters.

He said, "If shooting these immigrating feral hogs works, maybe we have found a (solution) to our illegal immigration problem.

4. Then there is of course this classic:

Gov. Walker: “We Thought About” Infiltrating Wisconsin Protesters With Troublemakers

Center/right country? Heaven Help us if that's true!

Scott Walker's "transparent" government results in lawsuit, costs taxpayers thousands of dollars

So much for Republican Governor Scott Walker's promise that his government would be very transparent.

On Wednesday, Gov. Walker's office settled an open records lawsuit brought against it by two media outlets. The Associated Press and the Madison weekly newspaper Isthmus filed the lawsuit March 4 after their attempts to obtain e-mails sent to Walker in support of his proposal to bust public employee unions were stymied by Walker's office, and under the terms of the settlement Walker's office did not admit any fault but agreed to produce the records and pay attorney's fees and costs of around $7,000.

Scott Walker's Wisconsin

From the folks at the Greater Wisconsin Committee comes this gem:

Scott Walker supports recalls

Watch for yourself as Scott Walker explains why recalls are a good thing:

I'll have to agree with Scott Walker....recalls are a good thing, especially when the "Republican 8" are the ones being recalled!