Yes, his nose is growing again.
We of the "professional left" have done such a great job debunking all those Republican ads involving the "personal stories" of people who appear in their ads that
Scott Walker is refusing to identify any of the "workers" in his latest spot.
That's right, he's refusing to identify any of those people who appear and claim that Scott Walkers dismal economy enabled them to find a job.
Without names, how do we know they're not paid actors, Republican shills (the usual source of real people that pop up in the ads), or compensated for their appearance? Without names, how do we know that they even found a job?
Scott Walker knows that he's only created a bit over 100,000 new jobs despite his only big campaign promise of creating 250,000 new jobs in his first term. He's been busy scrubbing that promise off everything that will stand still long enough.
He knows that Wisconsin ranks dead last in the Midwest in new job creation and is nearly scraping bottom nationwide in jobs. He also knows that the election is coming up and he's got bupkis to show for his first term in office (unless you count extremist legislation, union busting, stripping a billion dollars from schools, handing out taxpayer money to his donors, and devastating the state economy).
So, what's an economic destroyer going to do in an election year? Avoid, distract, pretend, and lie as usual.
Of course, his campaign came out with a word salad excuse:
"Our most recent campaign ad features a number of Wisconsinites who are among the thousands of workers who got new jobs during the Walker administration," said Alleigh Marré, press secretary for the Republican governor's campaign. "The campaign respects the wishes of the private citizens who prefer not to release their personal information."
That's right. These folks apparently want to appear in an ad, but don't want to be identified. If that's the case, Walker should have just found others in the pool of "thousands of workers" who would agree, donchathink?
It gets worse for Walkers campaign:
The Walker campaign rejected an offer by the Journal Sentinel not to publish the names of the people in the ad in exchange for allowing the newspaper to independently verify the individuals' employment claims.
That's right. They REJECTED an offer from their pals in the Journal Sentinel to keep the names secret while enabling journalists to verify the claims the "workers" make in the ad.
Something smells and it's not the cheese.
When you view the ad, please note that Walker is wearing the typical Republican "costume" - long sleeved non white shirt with sleeves rolled up to mid forearm. If I see him I'll remind him that Halloween is in October.
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