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Walker And Bush Clash Over When To Go After Iran -- Day One Or Two
WASHINGTON -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) said over the weekend that the next president of the United States needed to be prepared to take aggressive military action on their very first day in office, including against Iran.
The presidential contender, who had promised to "terminate" the nuclear agreement with Iran upon his inauguration, made the remark while speaking with reporters at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, on Saturday. Walker was asked about a criticism from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), who asserted during a town hall last week that unwinding the agreement on day one was an unrealistic promise.
One thing that I wont do is just say, as a candidate, Im going to tear up the agreement on the first day, Bush said in Nevada on Thursday. First, said Bush, he needs to have his team in place. "Thats great, that sounds great but maybe you ought to check in with your allies first, maybe you ought to appoint a secretary of state, maybe secretary of defense, you might want to have your team in place, before you take an act like that.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/scott-walker-iran-deal_55acfd69e4b0d2ded39f57c2
YoungDemCA
(5,714 posts)still_one
(92,526 posts)now, it isn't just the Supreme Court we need to be concerned about.
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randys1
(16,286 posts)anything to worry about..
Unless you are a Woman or a Black person or a
wait
or a
human being
Alive and breathing, yeah, that's it.
If you are alive and breathing, then it will make a BIG FUCKING DIFFERENCE, actually
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,831 posts)still_one
(92,526 posts)Though without Congress he probably would have a difficult time doing it legally, if he was president, the IWR was proof that congress could very easily rubber stamp things
freshwest
(53,661 posts)still_one
(92,526 posts)YoungDemCA
(5,714 posts)"How could such a smarmy, dumb, extreme right-wing actor and corporate mouthpiece ever be nominated....let alone elected?"
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)Yet he served two terms.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)0rganism
(23,994 posts)1. Walker will have full backing from the Koch bros reserves as their favorite anti-tax union-buster
2. Walker has won 3 elections in 4 years in what is now swing state Wisconsin - he knows how to win in mixed territory, and apparently how to push public opinion in his favor.
Really it doesn't matter too much who the GOP nominates; their eventual nominee willl get the benefit of glowing endorsements from Fox and AM hate radio, lots of dirty Koch money, and vocal support from cultural conservatives everywhere. Walker just makes it easy for them.
It will be close.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)as a representative of the Billionaire's Club set loose to take Jeb! out so that the Koch Brothers and their ilk can install Walker to the presidential throne.
Don't "misunderestimate" the power of money.
That's why I'm voting for Bernie. I'll vote for Clinton should she be the nominee, but I'd rather have a "people's" candidate over the corporation's choice. However, she's still better than anything on the other side. At least she's liberal on social issues.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)I don't know. I just think they prefer Walker. If you think about it, Walker is a helluva lot more dumb than Bush and, therefore, more easily controlled. That's just my guess.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)and he has proved adept at clicking his heels, saluting, and enacting the Koch agenda, hell or high water. He's a perfectly known quantity for them.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)randys1
(16,286 posts)the suppression and cheating
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)Schwartzennegger would do it by noon. Beat that!
still_one
(92,526 posts)lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)He needs to be a real man and promise to do it as soon as he's nominated.
Uncle Joe
(58,562 posts)there will be some backlash from the WAPT crowd on this, but I will risk the consequences.
Thanks for the thread, still_one.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)City Lights
(25,171 posts)Gothmog
(145,965 posts)CajunBlazer
(5,648 posts)Let's hypothetically say that the Republicans nominate Walker - and don't tell me it can't happen because the Republicans have done some strange things in the past - who would you vote for?
If your are a Hillary Clinton supporter Bernie Sanders or Scott Walker?
If your are a Bernie Sanders supporter: Hillary Clinton or Scott Walker?
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Just too disgusted at the hate. And I do believe it'll be Walker. He's closest to the Koches. But all of them, Perry, Cruz, Rand, Christie and the rest, have met with the Koch brothers and they have their marching orders. This is not a secret. They have carried out their demands in each state.
They want a permanent state of war to finish the transformation of this country into something people cannot begin to comprehend happening. It'll be past fascism, it'll be a feudal theocracy, with strong man rule in the regions.
We are galloping into the world they want us to live in. Many will not survive, which suits them. Poverty enriches them.
Death of the poor and of the scapegoats please them. Being at war continually will enshrine their rule. The war can be abroad orat home. It will be a dystopia worse than what most people have ever seen or imagine.
And time is not on our side.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)They should all be locked up and forcibly medicated with horse tranquilizer. On an hourly basis..
Initech
(100,149 posts)If you recall Bush and Cheney threw unchecked trillions at the MIC like a drunk college student at the strip club on his 21st birthday. And they bankrupted our country in the process. So where's the money going to come from?
Person 2713
(3,263 posts)would suit these folks fine. More desperadoes to fill the military just to keep their family afloat as a side benefit
Martin Eden
(12,887 posts)Sane people won't vote for this bozo.
Therefore, I'm worried.
Person 2713
(3,263 posts)Our democratic candidate needs to know voters do not want war !
still_one
(92,526 posts)Iran and Iraq would continue their war, and kill as many people as possible, but it was O.K. because North told us that "god was on our side".
A perfect example where the U.S. could have tried to negotiate a peaceful settlement, but decided that war profit was more important