Scott Walker: A Case Study In Devolution

On his recent resume-padding photo-op "trade" mission to Great Britain, Koch brothers employee of the year and man whose bald spot has its own Facebook page, Gov. Scott "Kochhead" Walker (R-Kochland) wanted to make sure he didn't have a "disaster" like the one Gov. Chris "Krispycreme" Christie had on his resume-padding photo-op "trade" mission to Great Britain (you know, when Krispycreme opined that vaccination should be a parental choice).  Things seemed to be going smoothly for Kochhead Scotty until:

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) on Wednesday dodged a question about whether he believes in evolution. 

Speaking at the Chatham House foreign policy think tank London, Walker was asked: "Are you comfortable with the idea of evolution? Do you believe in it?" 

"For me, I am going to punt on that one as well," he said. "That's a question politicians shouldn't be involved in one way or another. I am going to leave that up to you. I'm here to talk about trade, not to pontificate about evolution."  (our emphasis)

We know Kochhead Scotty isn't a big fan of education in his State.  So, Kochhead Scotty's unwillingness to state his belief in evolution* comes as no great surprise, though we choose to believe (hope) that he was mostly playing to his numbnut base.

However, he was also a seemingly bored and disinterested student in college (which he didn't complete, by the way).  In fact, his only interest seemed to be in running for student government positions (which he mostly lost despite pulling some dirty tricks).  Here's a snip from a profile piece in today's once great Washington Post Bezos Bugle, focusing on Scottie's "learning" experience at Marquette University:

“He seemed utterly bored,” said Michael Fleet, who taught him in a class on the politics of the Third World. Fleet said he’d hoped to get Walker into debates with the liberals in the room. But it didn’t work. Walker would only give occasional short speeches that made conservative arguments. 

“It wasn’t always on key. It wasn’t always in response to anything,” Fleet said. “He wasn’t engaged. It was like he came in with a script.” [snip]

“We used to call him Niedermeyer,”[former classmate Glen] Barry said, after the power-mad ROTC leader in the movie “Animal House.” (our emphasis)

Is it just us or does this guy seem like an amalgam of Richard Nixon's ethics and slipperiness with George W. Bush's lack of intellectual curiosity?  That should work out well.

* Happy 206th birthday today, Charles Darwin!

(Photo: Scott Walker, devolving to simpler times.)