Scott Walker drops out of POTUS race

[Subdermal]

Just announced.

[nathanbforrest45]

Sorry to hear that. I supported him completely. But we knew some will go away.

[Private Pickle]

/shrug

[Matty]

He's a good man. There just isn't enough money to spread around for 12 candidates.

[Cigar]

:wave: :icon_salut: :hello: :yo2: Bye Bye Scottie

[The Xl]

This was the only thing he could do, he was done.

[TrueBlue]

Great to hear that Walker dropped out of the race! He wasn't good for Wisconsin's working class, he would have been far worse for the country. Good riddance!

[Peter1469]

He won how many times in Wisconsin?

He couldn't have done that without (D) support.

Anyway, glad he is gone. He wasn't up for President.

[Truth Detector]

Just announced.

I will expect more announcements to come soon.....Huckabee...whom I liked and said the "magic words" Fair Tax. I also expect Christie to get a clue soon as well as the moron Pataki and uber lib Kasich.

[Truth Detector]

Great to hear that Walker dropped out of the race! He wasn't good for Wisconsin's working class, he would have been far worse for the country. Good riddance!

Ironic coming from an Obama supporter.

[Truth Detector]

I would also predict as those who lack support drop out, Trumps support will subsequently decline as voters coalesce behind more intelligent candidates.

[whatukno]

Just announced.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE

[Mark III]

Walker spun his exit as a call for someone to emerge as the real conservative and confront the "frontrunner" who is attacking and insulting everyone and is not a real conservative.

He said he would take the lead in winnowing the field (by winnowing himself) and called for some of the other also rans in the field to do the same.

Scott Walker failed the eye test, he is a perpetually sleepy looking dude who has the excitement factor of a collapsed hound dog.

[hanger4]

Great to hear that Walker dropped out of the race! He wasn't good for Wisconsin's working class, he would have been far worse for the country. Good riddance!

Yeah with an unemployment rate of around 4.5% he's just awful for the working class of Wisconsin. :rollseyes:

[Truth Detector]

Walker spun his exit as a call for someone to emerge as the real conservative and confront the "frontrunner" who is attacking and insulting everyone and is not a real conservative.

He said he would take the lead in winnowing the field (by winnowing himself) and called for some of the other also rans in the field to do the same.

Scott Walker failed the eye test, he is a perpetually sleepy looking dude who has the excitement factor of a collapsed hound dog.

...no college degree either.....its amazing he has done this well without it.

[Truth Detector]

Yeah with an unemployment rate of around 4.5% he's just awful for the working class of Wisconsin. :rollseyes:

Liberals hate good paying full time jobs. LOL

[exotix]

*Breaking*

Scott Walker Exits GOP Presidential Race

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/scott-walker-set-exit-gop-presidential-race-n431196

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker suspended his presidential campaign Monday and encouraged other Republican candidates to abandon their White House bids so that voters can focus on "a positive, conservative alternative to the current frontrunner."

"Today I believe that I am being called to lead by helping to clear the field in this race so that a positive, conservative message can rise to the top of the field," Walker said in a statement to reporters in Madison, Wisconsin.

"With this in mind, I will suspend my campaign immediately," he said.
"I would encourage other Republican presidential candidates to do the same, so that the voters can focus on a limited number of candidates who can offer a positive, conservative alternative to the current frontrunner."

It was a not so subtle dig at GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, who continued to maintain his lead in the polls after the second Republican debate.

Trump has taken aim at many of his rivals, including Walker, with attacks that many times turn personal.

"Sadly, the debate taking place in the Republican party today is not focused on that optimistic view of America. Instead, it has drifted into personal attacks," Walker said.


After rapid rise and fall, Wisconsin's Scott Walker exits 2016 race with harsh words for Trump

http://www.startribune.com/ap-sources-walker-to-drop-out-of-gop-presidential-race/328552221/



Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker spoke at a news conference Monday, Sept. 21, 2015, in Madison, Wis., where he announced that he is suspending his Republican presidential campaign.

http://stmedia.startribune.com/images/1442875143_10066361+GOP+2016+Walker.JPG

[Mark III]

I liked the response from from Richard Trumka , the union leader

" Scott Walker is still a disgrace, just no longer national"

It was a play on a statement the federation had released (http://www.businessinsider.com/richard-trumka-statement-on-scott-walker-2015-7) the day of Walker's presidential announcement just more than two months ago. Not hiding its disgust with Walker, Trumka said simply that he was a "national disgrace."

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/americas-most-powerful-labor-official-212930205.html

[The Xl]

http://www.titanic-whitestarships.com/giant.gif

[texan]

He just wasn't a big enough personality for this stage.

[exotix]

He just wasn't a big enough personality for this stage.True ... if you can't handle a bitch-slapping by Trump how you gonna take that 3 a.m. call ?

[Bob]

He just wasn't a big enough personality for this stage.

Look what America got for the past over six years? I have said many times, we voters have no business electing presidents.

This country began a system where the public did not elect presidents. We should still follow the founders system. We should not be telling electors how to vote.

This may seem to you I think we are good at picking presidents, but my claim is we are lousy at picking presidents. Electors have the background, the knowhow and the facts.

Why not vote for president?

To not get bozos like Obama. If Trump had to appeal to them, I doubt he would be on first base.

Think of all the campaign finance reform laws we don't need using my system. Actually it was George Washington's system and Jefferson's and worked well.

[gamewell45]

*Breaking*

Scott Walker Exits GOP Presidential Race

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/scott-walker-set-exit-gop-presidential-race-n431196

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker suspended his presidential campaign Monday and encouraged other Republican candidates to abandon their White House bids so that voters can focus on "a positive, conservative alternative to the current frontrunner."

"Today I believe that I am being called to lead by helping to clear the field in this race so that a positive, conservative message can rise to the top of the field," Walker said in a statement to reporters in Madison, Wisconsin.

"With this in mind, I will suspend my campaign immediately," he said.
"I would encourage other Republican presidential candidates to do the same, so that the voters can focus on a limited number of candidates who can offer a positive, conservative alternative to the current frontrunner."

It was a not so subtle dig at GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, who continued to maintain his lead in the polls after the second Republican debate.

Trump has taken aim at many of his rivals, including Walker, with attacks that many times turn personal.

"Sadly, the debate taking place in the Republican party today is not focused on that optimistic view of America. Instead, it has drifted into personal attacks," Walker said.


After rapid rise and fall, Wisconsin's Scott Walker exits 2016 race with harsh words for Trump

http://www.startribune.com/ap-sources-walker-to-drop-out-of-gop-presidential-race/328552221/



Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker spoke at a news conference Monday, Sept. 21, 2015, in Madison, Wis., where he announced that he is suspending his Republican presidential campaign.

http://stmedia.startribune.com/images/1442875143_10066361+GOP+2016+Walker.JPG

I was never a big fan of Walker due to his anti-union stance. I'm very happy he's out of the race; its better for America in the long run.

[Subdermal]

I was never a big fan of Walker due to his anti-union stance. I'm very happy he's out of the race; its better for America in the long run.

Walker isn't anti-Union. Walker is anti-public union collective bargaining - and the graft and corruption it entails.

[texan]

Look what America got for the past over six years? I have said many times, we voters have no business electing presidents.

This country began a system where the public did not elect presidents. We should still follow the founders system. We should not be telling electors how to vote.

This may seem to you I think we are good at picking presidents, but my claim is we are lousy at picking presidents. Electors have the background, the knowhow and the facts.

Why not vote for president?

To not get bozos like Obama. If Trump had to appeal to them, I doubt he would be on first base.

Think of all the campaign finance reform laws we don't need using my system. Actually it was George Washington's system and Jefferson's and worked well.

Who would "elect" them if we didn't?

[exotix]

Walker isn't anti-Union. Walker is anti-public union collective bargaining - and the graft and corruption it entails.http://s8.tinypic.com/55fiv9_th.jpg




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=115RC1BeStE

[Bob]

Who would "elect" them if we didn't?

The group known as the Electors who would act independently of we voters.

We don't select the Supreme Court. We don't select a lot of Government. We played no role in selecting the Attorney General or the top people at the EPA for an example. We don't pick the top people of the FAA.

All in all, the worst of the worst presidents were selected by the vote of the public directing the Electors.

[TrueBlue]

http://s8.tinypic.com/55fiv9_th.jpg




resource://youtubeanywhereplayer/icon16.pngresource://youtubeanywhereplayer/icon16.pngresource://youtubeanywhereplayer/icon16.pngresource://youtubeanywhereplayer/icon16.pnghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=115RC1BeStE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=115RC1BeStE)
And for saying that it sure appears that ISIS came back and ruined his day doesn't it? Poor Scotty. Thought he had it made at one time when he was #1 in the pack. Only to go down faster than a lead balloon (just like Perry) when the country realized what he had done to the working class in Wisconsin. It sure came back to bite him good where the sun don't shine didn't it! And everyone on the right was saying that he was so powerful and had won against the unions. He may have but just look at what price he had to pay for doing that -- WHAT it COST him! Couldn't have happened to a better man! http://smiley.nowdararpour.ir/ahswen/3.gif http://smiley.nowdararpour.ir/ahswen/4.gif

[Bob]

And for saying that it sure appears that ISIS came back and ruined his day doesn't it? Poor Scotty. Thought he had it made at one time when he was #1 in the pack. Only to go down faster than a lead balloon (just like Perry) when the country realized what he had done to the working class in Wisconsin. It sure came back to bite him good where the sun don't shine didn't it! And everyone on the right was saying that he was so powerful and had won against the unions. He may have but just look at what price he had to pay for doing that -- WHAT it COST him! Couldn't have happened to a better man! http://smiley.nowdararpour.ir/ahswen/3.gif http://smiley.nowdararpour.ir/ahswen/4.gif

I know you enjoy this and love gabbing.

But you did not lose a top notch presidential candidate, we lost him.

This is unfortunate since he was my top pick. Now on to John Kasich.

Trump by the way understands running complex operations. Obama had no clue what to do as president. The idea he could be top ranked is still making me laugh. I saw a left winger site trying to rank him in the top 20. Too funny for words.

I prefer a Governor due to the experience. But if we lose all of them, we still have the Donald.

[Common]

Anyone that doesnt believe that Scott Walkers only claim to fame was attacking and screwing the working man destroyed his chances in a national election is in lala land.

Scott Walker has been groomed by the Koch Bros and their pac empire since his start in Politics. Screwing working people public in private was the Koch Bros orders to him.

He couldnt even get 1% of REPUBLICANS to support him. Because most of the country loathed him for screwing workers. That includes GOP voters who are mostly working class.

Im glad the scumbag got denegrated by his own party. Next Christie another who tried to make his claim to fame screwing workers.

[Green Arrow]

Look what America got for the past over six years? I have said many times, we voters have no business electing presidents.

This country began a system where the public did not elect presidents. We should still follow the founders system. We should not be telling electors how to vote.

This may seem to you I think we are good at picking presidents, but my claim is we are lousy at picking presidents. Electors have the background, the knowhow and the facts.

Why not vote for president?

To not get bozos like Obama. If Trump had to appeal to them, I doubt he would be on first base.

Think of all the campaign finance reform laws we don't need using my system. Actually it was George Washington's system and Jefferson's and worked well.

The public doesn't elect presidents.

[Mac-7]

The public doesn't elect presidents.

When has an elector ever failed to reflect the vote of the people in his state?

I don't think anyone ever has.

So the people do elect the president.

Even an incompetent golfer in chief like obumer.

[PolWatch]

Rare that they violate their pledge but it DOES happen:

'There is no Constitutional provision (http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/provisions.html#provisions) or Federal law (http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/provisions.html#law) that requires Electors to vote according to the results of the popular vote in their States. Some States, however, require Electors to cast their votes according to the popular vote. These pledges fall into two categories—Electors bound by State law and those bound by pledges to political parties.
<snip>
Today, it is rare for Electors to disregard the popular vote by casting their electoral vote for someone other than their party’s candidate. Electors generally hold a leadership position in their party or were chosen to recognize years of loyal service to the party. Throughout our history as a nation, more than 99 percent of Electors have voted as pledged. '
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/electors.html

[Cigar]

Organized Labor Trolls Scott Walker After He Drops Out Of Presidential Racehttp://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/2015-09/21/17/enhanced/webdr11/enhanced-buzz-30018-1442870276-12.jpg

It’s no secret that organized labor and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker are not close. And when it came time for Walker to drop his bid for the Republican presidential nomination Monday, the AFL-CIO did not mince words.

But the labor confederation did take the opportunity to do some trolling.

Here’s AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka’s statement on the day Walker entered the presidential race, July 13, 2015.

http://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/2015-09/21/17/enhanced/webdr13/enhanced-27242-1442870141-1.png

And here’s Trumka’s statement from Monday, the day Walker dropped out.

http://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/2015-09/21/17/enhanced/webdr11/enhanced-31678-1442870203-1.png

Source (http://www.buzzfeed.com/evanmcsan/organized-labor-trolls-scott-walker-after-he-drops-out-of-pr#.exBNgvOO2).

:smiley_ROFLMAO:

[Green Arrow]

When has an elector ever failed to reflect the vote of the people in his state?

I don't think anyone ever has.

So the people do elect the president.

Even an incompetent golfer in chief like obumer.

At least six times in U.S. history, five times more than necessary to show that the system is broken.

It remains a fact that a candidate can win 20% of the popular vote and still get elected president.

[Cigar]

At least six times in U.S. history, five times more than necessary to show that the system is broken.

It remains a fact that a candidate can win 20% of the popular vote and still get elected president.

That kinda happens when you insult and disrespect the other 80% :laugh:

[Adelaide]

I'm not shocked by this; he was utterly uninspiring in both debates and he hasn't been able to get much media coverage (which can help drive donations) because Hillary's emails and Trump's insults are taking centre stage.

His comments are very interesting, however, and I kind of agree with him. Everyone is focused on the circus act and not the politics.

[Adelaide]

Duplicate threads merged. exotix and Subdermal

[Green Arrow]

That kinda happens when you insult and disrespect the other 80% :laugh:

Read, Einstein. I said they CAN get elected with only 20% of the vote. CAN, Cigar. Do you understand?

[Safety]

Yeah with an unemployment rate of around 4.5% he's just awful for the working class of Wisconsin. :rollseyes:

Is that the U-3 number or the U-6?

[Bob]

Rare that they violate their pledge but it DOES happen:

'There is no Constitutional provision (http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/provisions.html#provisions) or Federal law (http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/provisions.html#law) that requires Electors to vote according to the results of the popular vote in their States. Some States, however, require Electors to cast their votes according to the popular vote. These pledges fall into two categories—Electors bound by State law and those bound by pledges to political parties.
<snip>
Today, it is rare for Electors to disregard the popular vote by casting their electoral vote for someone other than their party’s candidate. Electors generally hold a leadership position in their party or were chosen to recognize years of loyal service to the party. Throughout our history as a nation, more than 99 percent of Electors have voted as pledged. '
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/electors.html

Every election year, in early November, the public who votes votes for a name. The name does not mention the elector, but does stipulate president.

While electors do the voting that Congress sees, no doubt the public plays a role.

I maintain were we all skilled experts in human resources, we would have a lot better chance selecting presidents.

Some want to be party to voting for president. I would not mind being an elector but don't plan to get that involved.

I doubt many will be reached by my post but the intent is to get far more qualified presidents in office.

We would no doubt not elect a bum president such as Obama or perhaps the next error in 2016.

I personally favor governors the way I favor trained airline pilots to fly with. I would be worried if a non trained person took over a high speed train or a non trained dentist got his hands on me.

Americans normally want well trained people to do things for them. but a lot of them are so dumb they actually will vote for a person such as a non experienced junior senator. Why?

He bullshits them into thinking their lives will change for the better. It won't.

[Ransom]

I cannot figure out who is happier this morning. His political enemies or the GOP.

[Mac-7]

At least six times in U.S. history, five times more than necessary to show that the system is broken.

It remains a fact that a candidate can win 20% of the popular vote and still get elected president.

Tell it to the dumb Obama voters in the hood who don't know any better

No candidate in history has won enough electoral votes but denied the office because the electors failed to vote as expected

[AeonPax]

I cannot figure out who is happier this morning. His political enemies or the GOP.
`
Choice #3 - Me.

[Green Arrow]

Tell it to the dumb Obama voters in the hood who don't know any better

No candidate in history has won enough electoral votes but denied the office because the electors failed to vote as expected

Six times, the candidate who won the popular vote lost the presidency because the electors didn't vote for the winner of their state's popular vote.

[Tahuyaman]

Sorry to hear that. I supported him completely. But we knew some will go away.


Me too. He was one of my top choices. I could live with any of the remaining candidates except for two or three.

[gamewell45]

Walker isn't anti-Union. Walker is anti-public union collective bargaining - and the graft and corruption it entails.

That's like saying your for motherhood but against children.