The effort to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is humming along smoothly, per the Northwoods River News. Well, other than that “slight stench” around the entrance to the area Democratic Party headquarters. Apparently, some deer scent was “applied to the carpeting just outside the front door of the building, possibly by a Gov. Scott Walker recall opposer.”
How mature.
But other than that, I’m happy to report that fed-up voters are well on their way to collecting the required number of signatures on petitions in order to force recall elections.
Remember, Scott Walker’s policies have contributed to Wisconsin’s economic woes,, he’s been less than honest, and he has been an abysmal governor who has done everything he can– with the help of his best corporate buddies, the Koch brothers– to crush unions, public education, decent health care, you name it.
Not to mention, he has his very own scandal.
Cheryl Andrist, one of the local county coordinators for United Wisconsin, the state group heading up the recall effort for Walker and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch:
“We’re over 600,000 (signatures statewide)… We’re sure even though we haven’t been officially told that… [T]here are people coming in who are Republican, who voted for (Walker), independents, young, old. It’s a broad spectrum of citizens who are upset over something,”
And by “something” she meant the cuts Walker made to some services provided by Planned Parenthood, and by “some services” she meant breast cancer screenings.
As for all that fake GOP outrage over duplicate or phony signatures (think: fake outrage over non-existent voter fraud):
With the recall effort, recent conversations at the state level have revolved around fictitious names on petitions and the legality of signing a petition multiple times. Andrist said the Rhinelander office hasn’t encountered any names that are obviously fake (i.e. Mickey Mouse), but there have been a few duplicate names discovered.
“We have caught duplicates, but it’s miniscule considering how many signatures have gone through the office,” Andrist said.
She said there have been cases of people coming in saying that they signed a petition, but didn’t know the circulator and were worried their signature wouldn’t be counted.
If I were Scottie, I’d be pretty worried right about now.










