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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Claims He’s Never Met The Koch Brothers - Didn't Know Who He Was Talking To
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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Claims He’s Never Met The Koch Brothers - Didn't Know Who He Was Talking To
Tweet When Scott Walker recently got "pranked" by a left-wing blogger into thinking he was talking to Billionaire capitalist David Koch, it opened a very public window into the way billionaire capitalists put politicians in places of high power and then use their influence to affect policy and advance corporate interests.   Walker was recently contacted via telephone by a man claiming to be David Koch..... What followed was a 20 minute phone conversation, with Walker candidly explaining his entire strategy and laying out his intentions to break the Wisconsin public employees unions to the fake Koch. At many points in the conversation, the Wisconsin Governor sounded like a field commander briefing a high ranking superior on current field intelligence; offering a highly detailed and (one would think) privileged view of the Governor’s entire strategic blueprint.... including an elaborate plan to trick Democrat Senators into coming back to the State in a ruse that would allow Republican Senators to declare the Senate to be in session, establish a quorum and vote without the Democrat's knowledge. The truly astounding part about this amazing story isn't the detailed inside-information afforded to the public... or even the way an elected state governor kowtows to a billionaire capitalist and campaign financier. No.... the truly amazing thing about this story is that Walker now claims that he has never even met either of the Koch Brothers.... and only recently became aware of who they were. This is despite the fact that they financed the Tea Party movement that swept Walker into the Governor's Mansion and personally contributed $43,000 to Walker's campaign. This is also despite the fact that Walker has recently awarded the Koch Brothers' energy corporation huge no-bid contracts for energy production in the state of Wisconsin. Yes.... it seems perfectly reasonable that Governor Walker spent 20 minutes on the phone (having a detailed conv...
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Date Found: February 24, 2011
Date Produced: February 24, 2011
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