The weird thing about this is there was no rape. Wisconsin was askin' for it!
They mentioned on the news the very first week of this "crisis" that they had the option of disconnecting the repeal of the collective bargaining rights from the budget bill. The budget bill needed a quorum under Wisconsin law but a law repealing the collective bargaining rights didn't. So I couldn't figure out why they didn't do this in the very beginning. I still can't really, unless Walker wanted to stretch this out and make it a national issue. When Indiana did this there wasn't a peep.
So it was legal. If there is any question of it's legality, they can take it to court, where it will almost surely go. But the Wisconsin constitution grants a presumption of constitutionality on acts of the legislature so there will have to be a very effective suit.
Now as far as being embaressed...
http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20110311/WDH0101/303110067/Multimedia-18-GOP-senators-report-getting-death-threats?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE18 Republican senators from Wisconsin report getting death threats after passing bill to end collective bargaining for most public workers
Death threats are bad, even in times of extreme passion. I do not support them. That said, did the said death threats come from Koch plants or Breitbart?
Thanks, but no thanks. I won't pay any attention to any off the wall radio show whose website starts with the phrase:
WELCOME DRUDGE FANS!c'mon Mike, aren't you better than that? Has that radio station exposed any spurrious toll booths too?
