Won the election w/smoke and mirrors, and then 360d when he won. Do you think if he had run his campaign telling people he was going to get rid of the Unions, and send off layoffs notices to 1200 teachers, when we already overcrowded classrooms, that he was going to make major cuts to health care, including making insurance companies no longer pay for birth control.. that he still wold have won? Of course not, politicians cannot win an election with their true intentions, as that would never work.

There are thousands of people up around the Capitol, but they are peaceful protesters... the most aggression came tonight when the Budget Bill was passed w/out the Democrats votes, and they had to physically remove some 2 dozen protesters who wouldn't leave after closing hours.. and it still wasn't "violent". they just dragged them out, and the people were basically like rag dolls. They are defeated, and after everything, it's hard. After they closed the Capitol to protesters, they camped outside, w/tents, and it's been around 10 degrees at night here... that's dedication.

The only person who ever mentioned violence was Walker himself, when he was trapped into the fake phone conversation w/who he thought was one of the Koch brothers, and when bringing in "violent and aggressive" protesters to implicate and make it look like the protesters were turning violent, his response was, "We already thought of that". Just like the shell casings they found strew around the Capitol...I really, seriously doubt the teachers were out there doing that.. that was something Walker had his cronies do.

Everyone says it's not fair that state workers have all these benefits that others don't.. I say, you should have been a state worker then. My dad was a firefighter for 32 years here, and worked his a** off... they go into BURNING buildings... they don't sit behind a nice, safe desk... they deserve everything they have coming if they make it to retirement age. Teachers don't just work 9-5... they are at the school everyday from 6:30-5, sometimes 6pm... and still have more work they take home with them. These are the people that basically take care of your children all day... people w/out children will never understand what teachers go through.