hope you feel the same way when we have snow storms and the government workers plowing the snow get the road and streets open so you can get your sorry ass to work. if there were none and you couldn't get out you would be the first to have a shi# fit because you couldn't get out to go any where. and the sheep blindly followed walker and they now realize they were lied to and that we have nothing but crooks and bullies running this state. stop bending over looking at your self because we all see that your and ass. OH AND BY THE WAY WHEN VOTING COMES AROUND STAY HOME

He seems pretty genuine to me. He is certainly more informed then the other candidates. Give the guy a shot. I suspect he would be popular among students at the very least. The republicans opened themselves up to allowing an underdog to actually have a chance in the primary. I doubt there will be many crossover votes. If people vote for him, then they agree with him.

I believe that you are correct, Heather. One has to choose the party they are voting for and then vote within that party only.

you can't do both in the same election. So you have to choose.

@Heather and others: I saw your comments and just called Reid Magney with the GAB. It's true that in typical partisan primary elections, like the ones in August, you have to choose one party or the other.
However, in these recall races, each individual race is considered its own election -- governor, lt. gov., etc. And you can indeed vote in GOP primary for gov, but vote in Dem primary for lt. gov or senator.

Thank you for the clarification, Mark.

no walker did away with straight ticket voting. you now have to vote individually for everyone. no more straight ticket

I believe that 'straight ticket' voting was something different than what we are discussing, Linda...

@Eric: This is true in traditional primary elections, but not in the recall. I just confirmed this with the spokesman for the GAB minutes ago after reading your comment and others.

The point is that you can vote one way in a primary and another in the general. The point is to vote in the FAKE Republican who will simply drop out of the race before the GENERAL election protecting Walker from actually having to run against a Democrat who will most definitly beat him. This is why the Republicans are passing voting laws that benefit them and keep people that have historiclly voted Democratic. You see the problem the Republicans have is they can't win on their failed policies so they have to distort, lie, accuse avoid answering questions hoping that Karl Rove and the koch snorting brothers will spend enough money on false ads to convince people to vote against their own interest. You see the Republican electorate just needs to be shown a perceived enemny and they run for their gun chasing the invisable boogyman. Walker and the Rest of the Republican neo=con need to be removed to salvage what is left of Wisconsin.

thats baloney

The point being that if Republicans plan to vote in the Democratic primary and forgo their vote in the Repubican primary then Walker has a problem if all his supporters are voting as Democrats. It simply levels the field that Walker has FAKE democrats forcing primaries in the Democratic primary it is only fair that then Walker also endure a primary.

Yep, being a blue-fister knob isn't illegal or disqualifying. It's just idiotic.

But Steve,
That symbol is on our state seal/flag.
I'm sure I saw it posted here on the Patch.

then stay home and turn off the radio and the t.v. this wouldn't be happening if walker wasn't acting like a hitler and hired nothing but crooks to work for the crook. so stfu and let the people of this state clean out the trash that is now running this state into the gound

Stop yelling-we get it you don't like unions

Which unions "paid him off," Michael Moody?

And who are the "out of state union bosses" that Scott Walker (R-ALEC) keeps talking about on the national fundraising trail? Is Walker suggesting public employee unions in other states are pouring money into Wisconsin to support the recall? It doesn't make sense to me.

j ‏ @Jack2John
RT ALL the ads in the world can't hide the fact @GovWalker lost more jobs than any other Gov in the nation last year: http://bit.ly/HD4TbA

the only thug is your governor who said himself he was thinkiung of bringing in out of state trouble makers so that people would think it was the democrats and protesters. and he is the only governor in the state of wisconsin that hired crooks and is under F.B.I investigation. he hired a guy to steal from the military children who lost thier parent to defend this country and you defend this kind of action. go back and look at what walker knew. he knew this guy was a crook and he took this program away from the retired military people runniong it and gave it to this crook. there was no need to take it away from the military except for one reason to get thier hands on the money to use it else where but this guy beat walker to the punch.

PLEASE NAME THE BIG UNION BOSSES THAT HAVE COME TO THIS STATE AND PLEASE LIST ALL THE MONEY THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN. YOU CAN'T BECAUSE IT DOESN'T EXIST. look at your devine savior he has been out of state begging for money more then he has been in this state. AND LOOK AT WHO HAS THE MONEY WAR CHEST. ARE YOU THAT STUPID THAT YOU CAN'T DO THE MATH. OPEN YOUR STUPID EYES. OR GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND LEARN HOW TO READ AND DO MATH. IT'S BEEN IN THE NEWS ON HOW MUCH MONEY YOUR SAVIOR HAS VERSES WHAT WE HAVE. SO NEXT TIME GET YUR FACTS STRAIGHT BEFORE YOU OPEN MOUTH AND INSET BOTH FEET AND YOUR AS# AT THE SAME TIME. IGNORANCE IS BLISS. (CAPS INTENDED)

Michael Moody just can't get his head around the fact that unions are made up of hard working people who just want a fair, living wage with benefits. I'm betting that many union members voted Republican before Walker took office. They were blind-sided by a conservative neophyte who doesn't care about the average Wisconsin citizen. His goal has always been to get to Washington DC. Ever notice how he seemed to arrange to have his face on TV every chance he could get until he became governor and did his dirty deeds? Now he's hiding unless it's a prearranged, well planned event scheduled around the media and his supporters. Walker is a bully who's never held a normal job outside politics. I'd like to see him work in a factory or labor in the steno pool for a year. He'd be singing a different tune.

Walker has indeed held a 'normal job', outside of politics, unless you think that one has to work in a factory or a steno pool in order to have a 'real' job...

And yet Michael Moody you have no problem with the Republicans admitting they are running fakes. Funny how you justify the action when committeed by the originators of the process then call foul when the tables are turned. I didn't hear any of you shouting fakes, criminals when Walker publicly announced that his party was running fake Democrats to avoid losing the last recall of the Republicans.

mmmmmmmmmm, something to think about.

@Mike - our columnist, Heather Rayne Geyer, just posted her weekly piece about doing just that. http://mountpleasant.patch.com/articles/a-possible-answer-to-slim-pickens

I´m an independent and I think voting against Walker in the primary is worth doing.

If Walker gets reelected, I´ll be ashamed to have been born and raised in Wisconsin. I have always been proud of being a Wisconsinite and have been proud of its historical role in the development of rights for all working people.

I don´t belong to a public union but I do know a number of teachers and people who either belong to or work for a public union. They are hard working, ethical people (-Not like the person we elected to the governer´s office during a recent election.)

I personally owe the continued existence of all my personal possessions to firemen who saved our house from burning down one Halloween night when they arrived and had water on our house in less than 5 minutes after we called to report that the house next door (located about 5 feet from us) was on fire. Thank you Wisconsin Public workers!

When they identify Mordecai Lee as a Democratic operative and not by his day job as a Political Science Professor than we can consider changing McAdams identification!

I actually called Mordecai first... and he recommended that I call McAdams.

George, I have heard both commentators and I find Mr. Lee maddeningly centrist and even handed. On the other hand, I have never heard McAdams say anything on important issues that does not take a Walker position. I could not remember the exact instances I was thinking of so in response to your challenge I googled "John McAdams Scott Walker". What I found is that McAdams is careful not to be overtly partisan, however his comments consistently, one after another after another, minimize both Walker's problems and anti Walker issues. This is true on the indictments of Walker's hand picked County employees, the recall before it occurred and after, his polling service that finds Walker increasing support---though polling experts fault the Marquette polls for methodology and consistently not syncing with other polls, just to name a few. Look it up for your self and I think you will see that it is not so much what he said at any one time, but the consistency of his comments that excuse or lean to ideas that benefit a Walker campaign. I do not believe in the need for equal time for biased viewpoints masquerading as objective comments, just identify the lack of objectivity displayed by labeling the commentator for what he is.

I'm in.

Man us republicans are just the biggest pain in the butt aren't we. We make the democrats try to recall him instead of having him resign. Man, society just isn't fair.

@Bren-Resign? Now why would he do that? It was the majority that put him in office and it will be the majority who keeps him there. Gov Walkers reforms are working !!! Funny how the Kenosha Unified School Board is forced to layoff some 200 plus people. This because the teachers had asked to ratify their contracts, contributing to their pension and health care, but their Big Union bosses said NO WAY. Maybe they should have thought before ramming contracts thru!!
Go Walker!!!

Well, Bren - Neither is "Constitutional Scholar" Obama qualified for President - but since when has being intellectually qualified for Public Office been a requirement?
(OR Supreme Court Justices)

Explain to me why you think Walker should resign? Because you think so? Now that is an inflated ego. I heard a rumor that Walker was elected by the majority of the people once already. So you think its ok when a few people disagree that they can tip everything upside down. What a waste of time and money just because of people like you.

It would be easiest if the unionistas, Progressives, and Liberals realized that the Wisconsin voter woke up to the failed policies of Jim Doyle and the Democrats. You never saw a recall threat by Conservatives. We waited until the next election cycle to offer voters an alternative, which they jumped on.

Now you want to return to those failed policies?

Think about what you said! People who voted for walker expecting him to do the people's work. Instead he became a demi-dictator. At least he tried, but failed his party; the people; and hopefully he will be unemployed soon. Return Wisc back into a freedom loving democracy. GBA

Let's keep your thought going. So what would have happened if they were unlucky? One relatively snow less winter and the next turns into the Pleistocene. Let's see, YOU have a commercial driver's license, can pass a random drug test, are available 24/7 irregardless of holidays, and can show up sober and drug free anytime from Oct. to May which can be snow months in WI. And you are willing to volunteer for no pay. Our community ( as well as the rest of the state) has been looking for people like you, and have yet to see one come forward. Game on buddy, man up and get out there.

Let's play your logic. If the snowplowers were not lucky, what is the alternative? Rely on volunteers that have: 1) a CDL, 2) can report 24/7 sober and drug free from Oct. to May irregardless of holidays, and 3) can pass a random D&A test anytime? This is the federal standard. Our community would love to have volunteers like that. Are you one of them?
Or just forget snowplowing and let the everyone fend for themselves? Or go the example of the like of Town of Waukesha and make something that should be as simple as snowplowing a legal battle costing the taxpayer far more than gov't provided service. Take your pick.

@Dirk
oh yeah--the web based just started one person "journal" who voted Scooter as Gov of the Year. ha ha. You are a funny one.

@Dirk....Sell out to the unions? Where's the proof? If you think the unions are calling the shots, then you would have to acknowledge that Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, Wisconsin Realtors Association, Koch Industries, etc. are calling the shots for the Republicans. I don't believe in conspiracies, but I do believe in political chicanery. Each political party is attempting to leverage the other into a greater position of weakness. Both parties a playing bare knuckle politics. We have a choice to make in less than two months and this will represent an election that will be a true reflection of the public will. Everyone knows what Walker is all about now and his agenda is truly transparent. Viva Liberty!

skinny dude: America is a democracy, Wisc is a democracy. One man, one vote. You run on a party platform and may the best candidate win. If they run on an issue and then change their mind, the people have a right to fire them. As "shrub" stated "dicktators are ok as long as I am the the dicktator" cheeze, what a retarded party!
GBA

@skinny--is whining about liberals whining. ha ha.

"..if liberals could lead half as good as they whine they be far better off. "

Thanks to all Recall folks who signed to get Walker OUT.

Gee whiz
The TeaGOP is not in a hurry to open their wallets to pay off Scooters lawyers.

We Are Wisconsin ‏ @WeRWisconsin
BREAKING: @GovWalker owes more than $55k in legal fees due to his ongoing Criminal Corruption Probe http://bit.ly/IVcnrp #WIunion #Wirecall

27m Kelly Steele Kelly Steele ‏ @steelekelly
A full 69 days before Scott Walker filed his legal defense fund, he owed his high-priced attorneys at least $55K. #wiunion #wirecall #p2