Wisconsin Gov. Walker Punk'd by Blogger, Reveals Real Plans

Governor Wanker Walker, from DailyKos

Looks like the links between Wisconsin's Gov. Walker and the billionaire Koch brothers was more than just a case of internet rumor-mongering, and Glenn Beck-style conspiracy spinning. A blogger--a particularly ballsy blogger--prank phone-called Walker, pretending to be David Koch. Walker took the call, and chatted for 20 minutes, bragging about his union-busting efforts thus far, his plan with other Republican governors to do this all over the country, and other things. While the jury is out on whether Walker said anything potentially incriminating, it is for sure embarrassing. And it paints some of his "this is just for the budget" rhetoric as bat guano.

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Walker admits to 'Koch' that union-busting is ultimate goal

Republican Governor Scott Walker has dismissed the candid conversation he had with a blogger posing as billionaire David Koch, saying it proved nothing except he "says the same thing in private as he does in public."



Well, sure. Except for a public admission that Walker's efforts to strip collective bargaining rights has nothing to do cutting costs and everything to do with destroying unions. . .

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