February 28, 2011 05:54 PM UTC

Scott Walker...Class Warrior.

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• by: Duke Cox

Yesterday, I commented on another thread, calling Wisconsin governor, Scott Walker, “mealy-mouthed”…among other epithets. Lest some readers think this an unfair evaluation of Gov. Walker, I submit the definition of the word:

avoiding the use of direct and plain language

I will give him this. He is an automaton when it comes to staying on message. Here is the man who would be king, an ideological warrior with a raging fire in his belly. This is an ego out of control. Can you say “megalomaniac”? It is not uncommon that ambitious zealots will kick honesty and integrity under the rug with their toe without hesitation. Walker is such a zealot. He is focused.

“Here’s our problem” he confidently states. His unshakable certitude leading the way into a lecture about the inability of government to survive the “cost” of collective bargaining. He speaks with assurance and determination. He knows that, if he keeps repeating his misdirection, many will grow to believe him. But what he says doesn’t really address the problem. It isn’t designed to do so. It is a script designed to demonize unions and collective bargaining.

As is typical of a “Republican Robot Message Machine”, he repeats some of his well rehearsed talking points several times. The “real issue” he says, is the Democratic Senators that have fled the state. This, of course, is not the real issue, it is simply another red herring.

The real issue is whether or not he can fulfill his stated mission of breaking the public unions, while simultaneously changing the rules of government to allow him sole discretion to sell public property to anyone he chooses for any amount. Won’t the Koch brothers be grateful for a rock bottom deal on all those power plants?

But the give-away of Walkers’ core mission came out somewhere deep into the interview, tossed out casually by Walker…and completely missed by NBCs’ David Gregory.

While rattling through an indictment of the missing Democratic Senators, Walker let slip this intention (loosely quoted):

After the Democrats come back and do their duty, within three weeks we will pass an aggressive bill that will tell the world that Wisconsin is open for business.

“Open for business” is a catch phrase that means…”gut regulations, cut all corporate taxes, cut taxes for the wealthy, slash public spending on social programs, enrich the private sector with no-bid, “sweetheart” deals…everything you would expect from your garden variety corporate toad.

Here lies your “real” issue. The swashbuckling, free market pirate that now sits as governor of Wisconsin, is determined to be a leader in the extremist conservative movement that intends to hobble government and its’ ability to tax and regulate the corporate plutarchy. His delusions of being the next “Reagan” are almost scary. He is a dangerous man.

The relentless movement by the multinational corporations (as represented by political groups with billions to spend on elections) aims to move this nation to third world status. This is class warfare by the uber-rich, make no mistake about it. And Scott Walker wants to be their champion.