Monday, September 14, 2015
The Walker-ing Dead
In a stunning reversal of fortune, union-buster and Koch Industries' spear carrier Gov. Scott "Koch Head" Walker is fading in the Rethuglican field for the nomination. The teabagger star who was one of the top three favorites to win the nomination has dropped to a measly 2% in the latest ABC/Washington Post poll, down from 13% just two months ago. He's in the "running-on-fumes" level nationally along with teacher-bashing bully Gov. Chris "Krispykreme" Christie, theocratic demagogue Mike "Huckster" Huckabee, and Ayn Rand devotee Sen. "Ayn" Rand Paul.
Smelling of desperation, Koch Head is ramping up the extremist rhetoric, promising to "wreak havoc" in Washington if elected (as if Rethugs haven't already done their best to do that). It's probably too late for the failed Wisconsin Governor, whose approval numbers in his own state are well under water at 39 %. More and more, he's being identified in the media as a creation of his billionaire benefactors, who are probably looking around for a new horse's ass to back, because this one's ready for the glue factory.
BONUS: John Nichols on Koch Head's latest plan to bust unions. (Because plutocrats!)