WISCONSIN GOVERNOR DROPS OUT OF PRESIDENTIAL RACE
|| By FITSNEWS || Wisconsin governor Scott Walker – one of the two early frontrunners for the 2016 “Republican” presidential nomination – will withdraw from the race this afternoon.
His campaign sent out a release alerting media to a press conference at the Edgewater Hotel in Madison, Wisconsin, where he will reportedly make the announcement.
Walker’s decision comes three days after we noted his campaign was on “death watch.”
Quoting three “Republican” sources familiar with his thinking, The New York Times is reporting that Walker “has concluded he no longer has a path to the Republican presidential nomination.”
Walker polled as high as 17 percent nationally during the race, but he was one of several establishment candidates whose support was completely consumed by the outspoken, insurgent campaign of surprise frontrunner Donald Trump.
Walker would become the second candidate to formally give up his White House ambitions – following former Texas governor Rick Perry, whose 2016 bid never achieved the same status as his 2012 effort.
Oddly enough Walker – like Perry – would have probably been well-positioned to make some hay this go-round were it not for Trump.
What doomed him (aside from “The Donald,” obviously)?
Well, aside from taking some status quo positions Walker had a tendency to be less than firm in his convictions …
That’s trouble in any race, but it’s fatal going up against a candidate like Trump.
UPDATE: Walker’s withdrawal speech is basically plea for the “Republican” party to unite around an anti-Trump. Wow.
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Another spot on prediction from ole’ Grando Tango. What’s this make him – 0-22.
That Hillary prediction must have really pissed you off….You got lies, and nothing else.
Walker Walkin’ Dead. Scott Rot. Now he can go home and figure out why no one in his state likes him.
Hillary will be indicted:
18 U.S. Code § 793 – Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information
18 U.S. Code § 798 – Disclosure of classified information
Who freakin’ cares. Catch up.
Hillary will be indicted:
U.S. Code § 1924 – Unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material
Well since she’s not gonna be the nominee – it really doesn’t matter.
Hillary will be indicted:
18 U.S. Code § 2071(b) — Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally
Maybe you can help Scott Walker reconnect with his forgotten child who he abandoned.
Guess we won’t get that Wall on the Canadian border now.
You were big on the Walker kids too. You and Tango.
Won’t matter.Wall,DEPORTATION,NO Amnesty/Path to Citizenship…..doesn’t matter who nominee is…
So maybe Walker can use his new free time to reconnect with his illigitimate child that he has ignored for 30 years. What a great guy. And he was YOUR Hero.
That from a guy apparently harboring illegal NON citizens and an accomplice in stealing from the taxpayers via Obamacare.
We ain’t got no illegals – senor. You can come over and check.
18 U.S. Code § 641 – Public money, property or records
Hillary will be indicted.
This from a man who calls the First Lady of the United States a gorilla. Your Mom must be proud.
I did? Rocky the liar.
The one taxpayers supported ?
Maybe not so much – that story has been discredited.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/03/1096950/-Woman-Denies-Walker-Fathered-Baby-JSO-Reporter-Daniel-Bice#
Rocky doesn’t care.He lies while apparently even being a tax cheat (his NON citizen mother in-law receives a taxpayer subsidy).
It’s the law you silly man, don’t like it, change it.
No its NOT.
It sure as hell is. Healthcare.gov is the one who sent us there. Why don’t you study up a bit.
False.
From healthcare.gov
In general for this benefit program, you must be a US national, citizen, legal alien or permanent resident,
You must also be a resident of the state of South Carolina.
Read it weep. Sorry buddy. It is what it is.
‘In general’?You are lying.Anyway, that is your business. I just think it is sad that we are paying for your NON Citizen mother in-laws health insurance.
You are a poster child on why the immigration issue is so important for America and you are so fucking stupid you can’t figure that out.
Adios amigo.
It is the law and it is constitutional, so please can it you cretin.
taxpayer subsidy for Obamacare…..
I know. I’m trolling Flip.
Oops, never mind I’m out of it.
Good idea.My email and Facebook were hacked and Rocky has posted a couple of things on Fits that are of interest to US.
Just trolling Rocky.
Just having another great day, I love the intelligence of flip or whoever he is ?
Good choice.
You’ve got wrong predictions and nothing else.
I think that is a conservative number.
Who is next? Mike Huckabee and the snake handlers?
Hillary will be indicted:
18 U.S. Code § 1519 — Destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations
Good!!!!
Get Bernie’s dick out your mouth, you Communist-Jihadist piece of shit.
Already, Tango is wango now – he’s breakin’ out the gay sex. Crapping pants is next.
Still praying to our father, who art in Washington, to watch over you and to make you whole again, not just an ass whole.
Establishment Candidate???Are you a fucking idiot????
Walker bent over the teacher’s union in Wisc. and REAMED them out..while FITSNews sucked off Obama, the Union and the NLRB in S.C. because he was pissed we got some jobs over the union thugs.
Walker also avoided Recall, and a Billion Dollar Hate campaign waged by the National Democrat Gestapo…
Walker has done more for this country that you fucking Jihadists have killed…and that’s saying a lot.
Looks like another bad day, who would of thunk it.
Obama’s the president. Until we dump that America-Hating bastard, why would you expect anything else? You fucking Dumbass.
PS: Are you as fucking stupid as FITSNews, calling Walker establishment? I’d expect that level of ignorance from you, too.
LOL !
Most morons will sit and giggle when asked to account for themselves with intelligence. Thanks for identifying who, and what, you are.
Shut up crap boy, your God Walker just quit. A flash in the pan, just like you. What’s your next prediction so we can expect the opposite to occur. Hey, advise, stay away from the lottery.
Obama helps you, even though you are ungrateful. Now go back to your trailer and crap your pants.
Ever dollar spent by the so-called National Democrat Gestapo was matched in multiple by the Koch Brothers and their ilk.
If it were not for your myths, and boogeymen they give you, how would they control your simple minds?
I guess the Koch brothers saw the writing on the wall. Surprised it happened this soon though.
How’d recall work out for you….Hahahahahahah..Dumbass.
What’s his approval rating – about the same as your ability to pick winners.
GT was 100% in 2014.All you do is lie.
We’re talking Presidential politics here Flip. Ha, ha, ha!!!!
Hillary will be indicted:
18 U.S. Code § 1031 — Fraud against the United States
18 U.S. Code § 1343 – Fraud by wire, radio or television
18 U.S. Code § 1346 — Definition of “scheme or artifice to defraud”
18 U.S. Code § 371 – Conspiracy to defraud the United States
You left out 00 for 08 and 12.
The Koch brothers finally found a buyer?
He still FUCKED you up in Wisconsin. How many fucking liberal Lazy-asses got fired after he cleaned out the corruption in the teachers union.
How ’bout recall him…that sounds like a good idea…Hahahahahaha…Fucking Idiots.
Exactly.
That’s what they’re saying in Wisconsin – that he really fooked them all up.
Loooza.
This works out well for Rubio.Trump and Rubio are really the only two left with a chance for nomination.Bush has ZERO chance.
Proberly Jeb, they want a war so bad.
Maybe the snakes will leave. Oh they are all in the Democrat Party!
At this rate we’ll be down to Trump and Sanitorium in about four weeks. Awesome.
What plays well in Footville, Wisconsin doesn’t do so on the national stage — especially when the candidate appears as a mumbling bumbling doofus. All that Hendricks, Menard and Koch money flooded the state in order to undermine organized labor. They succeeded, but couldn’t carry it to Washington. No use throwing good money after bad.
When I think about the problems in the country, unions aren’t in my top ten. That’s about all I know about Walker’s accomplishments, union busting. And I probably keep up with US politics more than the average Joe/Jane.
Then that makes you a REAL dumb ass.Public sector unions have bankrupted cities and teachers unions have bankrupted school districts and destroyed public education.
Unions are a state issue. Since that’s not a problem here, as in SC, I’m not up in arms about it.
You left out Republican States Political Unions. Remember they have done so much great work for South Carolina.
I don’t talk to veterans that volunteer to serve their country and then come back and trash it.
Either way I get to see your moronic posts. LOL !
Unions are not the problem anywhere, but that doesn’t stop the Kochs, Menards, and Hendricks. That’s why they bought and paid for Walker and his political career. Every dollar negotiated or collectively bargained to benefit their workers is a dollar not going into their pockets. That’s worth a considerable investment in buying a politician. Too bad for them they bought a loser.
The Muslim Brotherhood,CAIR,Hamas,Al Queda,Iran and ISIS made a lot better investment in Obama.
Too bad america is the loser.
Quick grab the Reynold’s Wrap. Your hat needs reinforcement.
He is smart enough to know this is not his year. He will go home, make a ton of money and come back when the time is right. Smart move on his part.
What can a dumb college drop out, who only made it as far as he did because he was willing to kiss Koch ass and sell his soul, do to make a lot of money. He should go back to school, and try making a living in a way that isn’t a government check, government health care and government retirement. This guy was a loser, a taker and a Koch ass kisser.
Hooray for his smart bravery. Thank you USA !
“This guy was a loser, a taker and a Koch ass kisser.”
As long as he has that R at the end of his name all of that is acceptable to these nuts.
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Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen.
Walker pretty much said I’m dropping out and urge others with low numbers to do the same thing. Then all of them band together and support someone other than Trump in an effort to oust him.
Trump is in it to win it. Two down and 11 more to go. The next ones who needs to go are the immigrants, Rafael Cruz, Marco Antonio Rubio, and Piyush Jindal and the remaining Koch Puppets; namely anyone who made the pilgrimage to California to Kiss the feet of Koch and tell the Kochs what they are willing to do for money. I .e. how much a billionair whore they are.
Trump is the only player that is not selling out to the billionaires. Watch as Fox, the Koches, and the GOP establishment ramp up their attacks, now. Another bought and paid for politician down and they becoming desperate. .
Careful with your language toward us Christian conservatives.We ARE Trumps BASE and cover at this time.Without us he is at 10% and would have ZERO chance.Respect us and make sure the Trump campaign and your ilk aren’t on a mission to destroy ALL the potential nominees.
You appear to be like Fits-blowing the Republican Party up and a Trump 3rd Party run. WE can end his campaign at anytime.
He needs to respect other viable candidates(except Bush).
Christian??? what a joke. You are the most un-Christian person I have ever encountered.
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But Jeb has the master war plan plus 2 relatives for back up.
Get lost. We don’t need nuts like you. You drive away more voters than you bring. We are building a big tent party around real Americans. We want a candidate who grew up here, whose parents grew up here; and who understands American values. We want a candidate who has accomplished something in his life besides living on the backs of the taxpayer. We are sick and tired of the same old Republican establishment BS, and bought and paid for politicians out to feather the nest of their money men. Who secretly supports illegal immigration and the outsources of American jobs. We are not interested in Jeb or a Koch Puppet. We want something new!!!. We want someone who will look out after Americans first.
LMAO!!!! The Moral Majority(Jerry Falwell) elected Ronald Reagan 2x’s. Trumps base is a combined ‘moral majority’ and whatever The Tea Party has morphed into at this time.
Without ME and other Christian conservatives Trump stand ZERO chance to get the nomination (see event in Mobile).
You sound like Fits and his desire for a 3rd Party.We will pull the plug on Trump when we see that happening.I like Trump and would support him IF he did get the nomination AT THIS TIME.
However if he surrounds himself with bigoted nuts like you I can tell you people of faith will walk away.
You are a nut. You are a nobody. You are not a Christian Conservative, you are not a person of faith, and you have no influence over anyone. There is no we, you are just you sitting around all day on you computer talking to no one. You are alone; by yourself; and no one cares what you think. No one cares who you support. No one listens to you. Your hate filled speech drives people away; and no one wants to hear from you, be near you, or most of all be associated with you. The last thing a candidate would want is your endorsement. So walk away and take your one vote with you. Is that clear enough.
Not only are conservative Christians solidly Republican, they are also fierce traditionalists who feel that their values are increasingly under assault by modern society.Trumps attraction to people of faith DESPITE his professional /personal failings.
YOU will defeat Trump.
Trump lied about attending church and was caught in that lie. He’s a politician now that he’s lying and pandering to get Christian votes. WE have absolutely no reason to believe his supposed “conversion” on all the issues but you do. You wear your gullibility proudly. Good for you.
Dumb ass.You just want a 3rd Party.
There will be no third party. Trump is going to win the Republican Nomination. He is going to beat Bush, the Koch Puppets, and the other establishment candidates. Then we will get back to the Party of Reagan. He will attract Reagan Democrats, and minorities, and we will win the general election.
Horseshit.The irony of someone falling for a carnival barker like Trump and telling other people to “wise up and get your facts straight” is hilarious and sad.
The other is that Trump has had a free ride up to now; the oppo research hasn’t even STARTED on this guy yet. There’s a whole hell of a lot that can and will happen between now and November 2016. For one thing, the guy is almost comically thin-skinned…he cannot resist taking the bait from practically anyone. His Twitter pissing matches have often been hilarious, with his playground-bully tactics resulting in his ass being handed to him. I expect that’s not going to play out well for Trump in the next year.
Rubio will kick his ass and is an attractive candidate to all and you are a flake,junior.
Rubio is going down. He will never be the candidate. He sweats, gets dry mouth, and panics under pressure. He would be a dream opponent in a negotiation, because he is never cool under pressure. Diplomats from other countries would eat him alive.
Even worse he has never had a real job. Never accomplished anything. He is just another politician wanting and needing a job. Someone on a gubment check, with gubment health care and gubment retirement.
Plus he is a Koch puppet. He made the pilgrimage to California to kiss Koch ass and beg for Koch money. He is a bought and paid for employee of Koch Inc.
Finally, he lied about why his parents came to this country. He said they were fleeing Castro, but it turns out they left Cuba before Castro was even in power.
Trump supports will never vote for Rubio.
Holy Shit – I just figured it out. Flip’s having Sibyl moment. He’s fighting with himself.
You said two weeks ago your “sources” said Trump wouldn’t run third party and that he would win it all. Changing your tune now? God you have the backbone of a fish.
That post was for you Rocky.You are paid to contribute so I want you to make money. :)
Trump’s positions are all over the political map. He has a 30 year track record of supporting abortion choice, higher taxes and universal health care in interviews, but now he’s supposedly changed his mind. He’s pandering by claiming to attend church when he does not. How is he better than a lying politician? He is lying politician. One without a voting record or experience. Yeah right – that’s so much better than a real politician.
Trump has been a sell out his whole life…he would just be better than what we have had the last 8 years.Rubio will be nominee.
Rubio is an anchor baby. The son of immigrants who came to this country under questionable circumstances. He supports a path to citizenship for illegals. He will not support punishing employers for employing illegals. he supports outsourcing American Jobs. Real Americans, who want this country to be great are not going to support him. They don’t even like him that much in Florida. He can’t even beat Jeb.
Latest polling in Florida shows Rubio beats Clinton,Sanders and Biden.
Trump doesn’t HAVE beliefs, he has “strategically chosen talking points”, as flexible as they need to be at any given moment.
Trump – No path to citizenship.
Rubio – Path to citizenship.
And read the polls Trump beats Jeb and Rubio in their home state. They are toast. They can’t even win their home state.
I am not associating Trump with Satan but it is interesting that everything that Jesus spoke about, Trump does the total opposite that Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount. He calls some of the people he deals with not happy but they are great negotiators and are really not nice people. This is the people he deals with and is around. Company you keep!
He talks about his money all the time and brags about himself and seems to worship building his treasures on earth rather than in heaven. With what the Bible says about the rich and people in this audience about family are cheering him? What did Jesus say about divorce and he has multiple divorces?
He obviously does not go to church other than special occasions and will say things that he knows people want to hear. He does not give any real info just statements and these people cheer? WOW!
Christian will bail on him shortly however he has moved the Republican Party to where it needs to be on immigration.
I can hear the wailing and gnashing of teeth from Ms.. Karen Martin (Queen of the Spartanburg TEA Party) all over the Spartanburg area
Queen Martin was on the SC staff for Scott Walker and let everyone know that
She sure knows how to pick ’em…………..!!!!!
A want A be Nimatra. She should run for gobna.
Naw, she fancies herself as the power behind the throne…….
Every now and then Ms. Martin does succeed in having several puppets on a string like Lee Bright, Tom Corbin and her favorite Spartanburg County Council members Roger Nutt and Justin Bradley
She hooked herself to what she thought would be a way to step up the ladder of influence but looks like she tripped up on this one but knowing her like I do she won’t give up.
If so, then I bet you have shit all over yourself, considering the Crash and Splatter of the Hillary Clinton Campaign. What a fucking joke that is…and Joe Biden is your Fucking replacement…
You – and your fucking party- FUCKING SUCK…You Fucking idiot…(:
Ah finally some Tango crap references. Hey Tango – nice pick on Walker. You had him as the best choice ever back in January and Feb. Of course a simple search shows you went back and deleted all your posts – golly – you must have a real complex. Wiping your posts clean from the past. A clearly Clintonian stunt – sucker.
Boz did as well,stalker.Bible Thumper called him out on it. Your point?
You losing your mind dude?
Aha! Too goddamn funny!
US Border Arrests of Children, Families Surge 52% in August
Wall Street Journal? – 58 mins ago
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Border Patrol arrested nearly 10,000 unaccompanied immigrant … and children, but Mexico has stepped up enforcement along its southern border.
_______________________They are losing their minds.Even the illegals know the border is getting ready to be closed.Trump was needed.
For about the umpteenth time I’m an INDEPENDENT……
I’m NOT a Democrat………………………..
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Interesting theory by one of the talking heads – Walker’s poll numbers had dropped so low he would have been shuffled off to the kiddie table debate stage. And that wouldn’t do because of his ego and political ambitions. So that’s one of the main reasons he left now to avoid joining Lindsey, Jindal and Pataki.
Makes sense. Spot on
Steele is saying the RNC is considering nixing the kiddie debate and narrowing the main stage down to 8. If true, that means 6? of them would no longer be on the national debate stage at all.
I’d go to 4 max
Can’t blame him, would you want to be stuck with that group of losers ?
But even the WORST of them (except for Lindsay) would be 1,000 times better than the evil and corrupt Democrats we have in power now. They have all but ruined our nation.
5.1% unemployment, 3.7% growth in Q2. Just horrid.
Yea when will you help.
Very dignified of Walker. He is a Credit to his country and will do well in whatever the next step is.
The Republican president would be smart to find a post for him. He did a lot to thwart the forces of evil in his state. Thank you Gov. Walker. You are appreciated.
A very good showing by a good guy.
He should have went put as a statesman. mot a whinny bitch.
It’s amazing that mainstream Republicans don’t realize that they have allowed talk radio and Fox News to create a segment of GOP voter that responds only to politicians who tell them what they want to hear in the hate filled and hateful way they want to hear it (as stirred up 24/7/365 by talk radio and Fox News and the even further right wing than Fox, CNBC) verses politicians, particularly like Scott Walker, who might have actually accomplished what Fox News and talk radio tell them should support…but, who aren’t frothing at the mouth.
We’ve seen in SC, these voters ONLY respond to the politicians who pander to them, not those who actually lead.
But, this is how propaganda and brainwashing work. Its results can be hard to control.
It’s amazing that mainstream Republicans and, particularly Roger Ailes, did not realize they were creating a monster when they had the examples of Hitler, Mussolini and Mao’s Cultural Revolution to learn from.
Rupert Murdoch’s goal is to control the governments of the English speaking world via his media. He and his sons need to wake up and realize that Roger Ailes’ way may be getting great cable news ratings (which are generally almost 1/10 of the ratings of each of the broadcast network individual nightly news broadcasts), but its killing any chance Rupert had of owning an American president like he owned Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair and David Cameron in the UK.
Fox News/Rupert/Ailes are a part of the Wall Street financing of the Super-PACs organized by the US Chamber of Commerce as power broker to elect Jeb Bush and have him do their bidding. The US Chamber of Commerce is the operational arm of Wall Street. The legislative priorities of the US CoC and Wall Street are: 1) Full implementation of Obamacare without repeal, 2) Comprehensive Immigration Reform that includes amnesty, and 3) Full implementation of Common Core. Obviously, these are all basically in line with the Democrats and is the very antithesis of things talked about by the likes of Rush Limbaugh. This kind of “establishment Republican” takeover of the part as a professional political class is exactly what Limbaugh has been railing against and is the reason why Trump is in the race. Trump doesn’t get support because he is some kind of hardcore conservative, but because he is the only hope to break up this establishment/Wall Street takeover of the Republican party, which already is in full control of the Democrat party. You give way too much credence to the supposed “propaganda” and “brainwashing” being wrought by talk radio and/or Fox. If anything, Fox is painting a narrative and it’s anything but conservative.
Wow, that’s a lot of revisionist history and current events.
There are Real Republicans and then there are those who call others RINOs and “Republicans”.
The latter are not Real Republicans – who have, back to the first Gilded Age, been the bankers, not just supported them – but, just one segment of the GOP fringe who want to steal the Republican name and brand and complete a takeover because they know they will never win unless they fool people about who they are.
How can their be “revisionist history” when I didn’t cite any history? I’m talking about what’s going on now.
You talk about things generally but don’t give specifics. Fox News has been nothing but a shill for “RINOS” over the last several months, meaning they basically support McConnell/Boehner in their agenda to side with Democrats on just about every major policy issue. The only “fooling” going one is the Republicans having people believe that they are against the Democrat agenda when, for the most part, they are supporting it every step of the way. You talk about the Republican party and brainwashing and it seems to me you just mean that they promote propaganda in favor of the right, as though they were one in the same with talk radio. I’m not sure what exactly you’re talking about. You didn’t cite anything specifically. All you’re doing is asserting the standard general stuff about how certain segments of the media are dumbing down the electorate and getting them to fall in lockstep with certain positions. You completely ignore how the more mainstream media has created and spawned narratives that are completely antithetical to conservatism, as well as the fact that the media age we live in today gives numerous venues/outlets to both sides.
Gov. Scott Walker’s leadership skills are needed in Washington, D.C. I hope that a U.S. Senate run is in his future, as Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is up for reelection in 2018.
With a Congressional representation of 5 out of 8, and 1 U.S. Senate are Republicans, there is an opportunity to pickup on more U.S. Senate seat.