67% Disapprove of Wisconsin Legislator Fleebaggers Going AWOL to Avoid Vote

In a recent Rasmussen poll, 67% of registers voters disapprove of the Wisconsin legislator “Fleebaggers” who first bolted Madison and then the state of Wisconsin to avoid the vote. While Republicans and individuals not affiliated with any party are strongly opposed to the “fleebagger” shirking their responsibilities and acting as if they were in the witness protection program, even Democrats are evenly split with  a 44% to 48% disapprove of their actions. Obviously, the “fleebaggers” have failed in a most tremendous way.

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Half of America’s voters favor public sector unions for government workers, but they strongly oppose the tactic by Wisconsin state senators to flee their state to prevent a vote that would limit the rights of such unions.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that only 25% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of this tactic, while 67% disapprove. State legislators in Indiana have used the same approach to avoid a vote in their state. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

Protein Wisdom asks, where are the Reagan Democrats? The answer probably is, they have already switched parties and became either Republicans or Indies.

5 Responses to “67% Disapprove of Wisconsin Legislator Fleebaggers Going AWOL to Avoid Vote”

1. Steve on February 25th, 2011 12:31 am

   This is getting laughable. Does Rasmussen try and think of questions or topics as part of a political agenda? Or do they rely on a Ouija board for guidance?

   How do you begin to think of asking a national audience about the actions of individual state legislative members, and think that you’ve got a suitable topic? Even better, of what possible use are the results you get?

   I’ve got news for Rasmussen: local politics of the nature you are looking into only matter to their local constituents. We care about our representatives and their actions, and we judge and vote accordingly. Your efforts to turn this into something it’s not is amazingly stupid.

2. Scott on February 25th, 2011 9:27 am

   You are the one who is amazingly STUPID.

   You are the typical d**k liberal who lives in your own little world.

   This is front page news across the nation; the union dummies protesting to completely bankrupt the state even more. The same union dummies who are part of the violence in Egypt, Libya and the other psychotic nations in the middle east and europe.

   Rasmussen has pretty much been on the mark for the past couple of presidential and mid term elections and is a SOURCE of consistency.

   That’s right…you judged and voted Republican in that liberal state of Wisconsin….just like Obama said when he was elected and ramming Obamacare down our throats…”WE Won”…guess what…works in the opposite to, but wait…liberals are one way thinkers…..nevermind.

   You are too naive to think this stuff in Wisconsin has or will not have an effect nationally?

3. Steve on February 25th, 2011 2:36 pm

   2,

   OK, lets take these one-by-one.

   “You are the one who is amazingly STUPID.” — leading with a conclusion, having not stated the facts that would support it is a backward approach.

   “You are the typical d**k liberal who lives in your own little world.” — volatile ad hominem attacks can be useful if you have nothing else to offer. Sad, isn’t it?

   “This is front page news across the nation; the union dummies protesting to completely bankrupt the state even more. The same union dummies who are part of the violence in Egypt, Libya and the other psychotic nations in the middle east and europe.” — I have to say I really admire the “union dummies” parts of this. The total lack of reality in these comments is stark. It just reminds you that this blog and the internet consists of all types of people, free to hold what ever thoughts they wish, and say what’s on their mind. This is just unbelievable.

   Oh yeah, isn’t it great that these citizens, using their right to free speech and freedom of assembly, have come forth to ask their legislative and executive leaders to listen and not bust the unions as this bill calls for. And that the media (after a few days), discovered this very American activity was happening, and paid attention to it. What could be more front page than this?

   “Rasmussen has pretty much been on the mark for the past couple of presidential and mid term elections and is a SOURCE of consistency.” — this is moot. Their ability to conduct a national poll on national matters is not reflective of their ability to relate local politics to a national audience. Anyways, the ridiculous part is not the poll results, but the poll question, and thinking a national audience is able to respond in any material way.

   “That’s right…you judged and voted Republican in that liberal state of Wisconsin….just like Obama said when he was elected and ramming Obamacare down our throats…”WE Won”…guess what…works in the opposite to, but wait…liberals are one way thinkers…..nevermind.” — WI has been regarded as a swing state for several election cycles, hardly making it liberal (however, that may change soon!!). There has been no evidence presented that Gov Walker ever campaigned on union busting, so he is presenting a bill that citizens never saw during the campaign. Hardly giving the voters what they were voting for.

   “You are too naive to think this stuff in Wisconsin has or will not have an effect nationally?” — Well, I’ll have to answer this based on what I was commenting on, local politician’s actions to delay the bill, as part of their (appreciated) representation of their voters. I do think that the response to this question: “Do you approve or disapprove of this tactic?” is so disconnected with the nation that it will not have an effect nationally. I want to add that I don’t say this from any type of naïve thinking.

4. Hankelvis on February 25th, 2011 11:06 pm

   States should hold special elections to replace walk-out democrats. Those elected officials either have allegiance to the global union caliphate or to the constitution. They have violated their oath of office.

   The State Attorney General must launch a racketeering investigation. Emails, phone calls and other communiqués with the global union syndicate should be examined to determine if the walk-out democrats were coerced, bribed, or threatened by the union at the local level or from union affiliates overseas.

   All Unions have been organized into one global force with one head. The Global Union Caliphate is a threat to our national security because another country could own the entire racket and be pulling the strings.

   It should also be noted that this type of turmoil could have an affect on the stock market. While we are screaming about the sky falling, unscrupulous billionaires could be getting richer.

5. Steve on February 26th, 2011 10:03 am

   4,

   When don’t unscrupulous billionaires get richer?

   Did you hear what Gov Walker said during his punk’d phone call to a David Koch pretender?

   I’m sure you want Walker investigated as well, for violations of law or his oath of office. Right?

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