They Thought Voters Were Dumb. They Were Wrong!

by Clyde Weiss  |  July 14, 2011

Wisconsin voters this week showed Gov. Scott Walker (R) and his right-wing corporate friends that they’re not easily fooled: They rejected all six GOP candidates who posed as Democrats in a cynical attempt to beat real Democrats in Tuesday’s primary election.

What were Walker and his Big Business sponsors thinking? Certainly they were not treating Wisconsin’s electorate with any respect. They took voters for fools, but the real fools were those behind this ridiculous, ill-fated effort. They should be ashamed for having underestimated the intelligence of Wisconsin’s voters!

“Now that self-proclaimed fiscal conservatives have set $500,000 of taxpayer money on fire in fake primaries that served no purpose beyond their ‘do-anything’ quest to maintain power, voters will have a chance to put the brakes on Scott Walker and his extreme agenda in legitimate elections on August 9,” says We Are Wisconsin spokesperson Kelly Steele.

The real goal of this subterfuge the was to give GOP candidates facing recalls “more time to campaign and distance themselves from the turmoil over the union law that they voted to support in March, spurring the recall efforts,” reports The Associated Press.

Read more about that anti-worker law, and AFSCME’s plan to overturn it, in the current issue of AFSCME WORKS magazine.

The stage is now set for a real contest between those who want to tear down the Middle Class, and those who support workers and their right to bargain collectively over their wages and benefits.

Walker’s anti-worker agenda can be reversed. The stakes are high, locally and nationally. Now is the time for voters in Wisconsin to say ‘No!’ to Walker, his billionaire friends the Koch brothers, and other right-wing ideologues who support his policies.

Learn more, and get involved, at We Are Wisconsin.