Ok, so, I just finished listening to Governor Walker give a speech where he somehow managed to talk about looking out for the will and welfare of the people, while simultaneously ignoring the thousands of people who were protesting his ass and his decisions inside of his Capital building.
He employed a tactic that I've been hearing more and more as of late... Now get this... There are LITERALLY thousands of people chanting and shouting in the Capital building itself, up and down the streets, at the Governors mansion, and a State-Wide sick-out has shut-down the school system... But This muthafucka goes on television and says that there are more than 5 million people in the State of Wisconsin and that he would not allow "the protesters to believe that they could drown out the voices" of the other Wisconsin residents.
Drown out?
If you claim to be "of the people" and "for the people", how in the hell do you "ignore the people" when they leave their jobs and their security to come to YOUR house so that they can be heard. How do you justify "standing up" for the folks who HAVEN'T SAID SHIT and elevating what you ASSUME they would say above what the thousands of people standing outside your door are clearly telling you?
When the 5 million folks who are sitting at home and watching the shit on tv show up and state their opinion, THEN we have something to talk about, but UNITL THEN... GETTHEFUCKOUTTAHERE
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