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E-Mails Confirm AFSCME Boss Pulled Fleeing WI Democrats’ Puppet Strings

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  April 5th, 2011 at 03:00 PM  | 

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Most people watching the Wisconsin fracas over the last couple of months remember when, to avoid their legislative duties, Wisconsin State Democrats fled the state. While only the blind or infirm would not have seen the fleebagggers as being sops for their union bosses that they are, today’s news re-affirms it.

Not only did Wisconsin’s Democrat fleebaggers coordinate their activities with their union bosses, according to WTAQ.com today, AFSCME boss Blaine Rummel actually gave Senate Democrat leader Mark Miller his talking points:

The nation’s largest government labor union told Wisconsin Senate Democrats what to say on the day they left Madison to delay a vote on the collective bargaining limits.

The Milwaukee newspaper obtained e-mails from the office of Senate Democratic Leader Mark Miller. And Blaine Rummel of AFSCME – the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees – gave talking points to Miller’s office. Rummel urged the senators to tell the media quote, “We’re on the job. The fact is, Wisconsin legislators are sworn to protect people’s rights, not take them away – and we are fulfilling our oath.” In this case, the “rights” referred to the collective bargaining privileges Governor Scott Walker tried to take away from most public unions but couldn’t, because the law is now being held up in court.

Miller’s spokesman adamantly denies that his boss is a union puppet, however.

Miller spokesman Mike Browne denied that Senate Democrats were puppets pulled by the union strings. He said Rummel’s comments reflected the general sentiment of the lawmakers – and some were quoted as saying the same things before AFSCME’s talking points were sent.

Yeah, okay.

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  • Next93

    I’ve been living in Wisconsin for nearly 20 years, and I’ve *never* seen a Democrat politician talk while a union boss was drinking water.

    That WOULD explain what his hand was doing up there…

    BTW, voted for David Prosser for Wisconsin supreme court this morning on the way into work (in the People’s Republic of Minnesota) this morning.

  • annas

    Next93 to the voters or will they likely vote against Prosser as they seem to have cooled on Walker (or is that MSM propaganda)?

    • Next93

      My county is no real indicator. I live in a border county that’s more a suburb or St. Paul (MN) than a anything else. We’re the fastest growing county in the state, probably because the income tax here is lower than in Minnesota. As a result, we’re a lot more conservative than Wisconsin as a whole. We get nearly all of our media from the Twin Cities, and we tend to be disconnected from Wisconsin politics.

      The Dems haven’t spent a penny on local media for this election, probably operating on the notion that the only way they can take this county is to have a vote that only the union people know about. This is pretty typical for this county (they NEVER bring bonding bills up for a vote in November, because they don’t pass – but all the bonding bills that come up in April pass handily).

      My suspicion is that the money and the organization that the unions bring to bear on this “stealth election” will allow them to stack the court.

      The only real bright spot I have is the fact that the recall petition for my state senator (Shelia Harsdorf) has apparently not collected enough signatures yet, and they’ve been loitering at selected street corners for more than a month. I don’t think the recall’s going to be as much of a walkover as the unions think.

  • carolina

    IF the court does not address the issue before the budget bill passes.
    (per news3jessica tweet)

    • carolina

      Assembly just passed budget bill pt 2 (58-36) that the senate passed 22-11.

    • earlgrey

      or that the provision removing it is in the budget bill?

      • carolina

        and add back in the CB bill legislation that is being held up in Court – before they send it to Gov Walker for signature.
        (so they will be back to one total bill like they had before the dems went into hiding)
        I think this makes the Sumi court stuff irrelevant as that concerns the 24 hr open meetings rule, and even Sumi has said they could just pass it again.
        That would also make today’s SC election less relevant.
        That is my interpretation of the string of tweets by news3jessica. I might misunderstand.

        • JimmyGee

          If Klagganfart wins…and unfortunately I think she will…EVERY piece of legislation that is made law will be struck down by the Wi-SC! As usual, the demorats will legislate from the bench. So it is good bye concealed carry, even open carry I suspect, voter ID.

      • carolina

        and add back in the CB bill legislation that is being held up in Court – before they send it to Gov Walker for signature.
        (so they will be back to one total bill like they had before the dems went into hiding)
        I think this makes the Sumi court stuff irrelevant as that concerns the 24 hr open meetings rule, and even Sumi has said they could just pass it again.
        That would also make today’s SC election less relevant.
        That is my interpretation of the string of tweets by news3jessica. I might misunderstand.

  • http://www.rightreality.wordpress.com andysmith

    on who paid for the legislators while they were on the run in WI? If so, Walker should move to have charges filed. Methinks filing charges in pay for play scheme trumps any recall effort any day of the week.

    • Adjoran

      but in most states it is a violation to accept benefits while the legislature is in session, at least.

      Certainly the public knowledge they were being subsidized by a party with an interest in the precise legislation they were trying to derail should defeat those in marginal districts. It won’t make any difference at all to the minorities in Milwaukee or the moonbats in Madison.