While it's big news that Republican Scott Walker is staring at recall as governor of Wisconsin, let's not overlook the fact that his right hand, Rebecca Kleefisch, appears to be the first lieutenant governor anywhere to ever face recall.
Surprise! She's not happy about it. Just last week Lt. Gov. Kleefisch said former Dane County executive Kathleen Falk was "setting women back 50 years" for running against Gov. Walker in the recall election. And that Ms. Falk was using public employee unions as a "sugar daddy" to support her campaign.
More recently, Right Wing Watch caught Lt. Governor Kleefisch's appearance (see above video) on the American Family Association radio network with host Sandy Rios. Here are a few highlights, with our own annotations:
"If we lose this recall, any politician, Republican or Democrat, is going to think twice before making a politically bold, a courageous decision because they know that the threat of recall is just around the corner." (Nobody told me we'd have to answer to THE PEOPLE from Day One. It's like the source of our power is derived from the will of the electorate or something. If only there was SOME way to reverse this terrible thing that’s happened to me…)
"I think we're gonna win. I think we're gonna win because if you go to the ballot box, and you vote on the facts, then you vote for us every time. (Because if A and B are true, the only logical result is Z$R++CBX<E@NEIMSN@**wockawocka)
"Because the facts are, it worked. (See previous theorem.) The reforms are saving hundreds of millions of dollars (at last, a dollar figure on your constitutional rights! The magic of the free market, ftw!) and my little girls and Scott's teenage boys and all the children of Wisconsin are going to have a bright and prosperous future in our state (thank you, Mom and Dad, for saving us from the tyranny of self-governance) because we have seen the danger coming and we have stopped it from reaching our kids. (Avengers, assemble!)
"We have prevented a crisis for our healthcare and our pension system because we addressed the challenges when we saw them. (And we addressed those challenges in a hurry, when no one was looking, because…it's quieter that way…) Other states just aren't doing that. (They're waiting to see if we get recalled…can't blame them, really…)
"I feel good about the election results but I need help. (i.e. money. I always feel better with more money. How about you?) I've got a website. It's rebeccaforreal.com, and you know that money is just going to be flooding in from the unions (It's like thousands of people are working toward THE SAME GOALS! So unfair!) and the governor has been doing quite well fundraising, (Thank you again, Koch Brothers!!) but we can't replace me with a Democrat lieutenant governor (Can't? Can't?!?!) who would make it his mission to use his lieutenant governor position as a bully pulpit (Who could POSSIBLY do such a thing??) for the next two years straight and harass our good governor. (Leave Governor Walker alone!! All this noise is making it hard for him to update his resume…) You've got to continue making changes in Wisconsin." (Changes might be in the making in Wisconsin, Ms. Kleefisch, just not necessarily ones you were expecting.
P.S. Also? Lt. Gov. Kleefisch was one of Wisconsin's perkiest TV journalists -- as evidenced here, where she treats global warming as hi-larious) and here, where you can assess her video oeuvre at length.
Kleefisch-ionados may also remember she's also the one who said this about marriage equality:
"This is a slippery slope. In addition to that at what point are we going to be okay marrying inanimate objects? Can I marry this table or this, you know, clock? Can we marry dogs? This is ridiculous. And biblically, again, I'm going to go right back to my fundamental Christian beliefs marriage is between one man and one woman."
(She later apologized, so feel free to marry as many clocks or dogs as you like.)
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Hahahaha!!!
Sorry, Lt. Gov. Kleefisch, you would have to grow to become the wold's smallest violin.
Not sure what that means, but I recall a scene in MASH in which Maj. Winchester is complaining about something, and Hot Lips rubs the thumb and forefinger of one hand together and asks, "Do you know what this is? It's the world's smallest violin and it's playing just for you."
LOL MM! Thanks
I don't see any video on my Windows PC. Usually, I only see a blank space like that on my iPad/iPhone. Huh??
Edit: Well, there it is! Thanks!
Sometimes the OS needs to download a codec.
I'm still confused by this belief that "biblically... marriage is between one man and one woman." Apparently, after a few of the men took more than one wife earlier in the bible, Solomon took 700 wives and 300 concubines. Gay marriage isn't nearly the slippery slope that polygamy is, apparently.
It is if you spill KY on it.
Thanks, you made me laugh out loud!
Was she a TeaParty candidate? She sure seems to be.
I am getting so damn tired of this slippery slope into marrying your dog argument. Last I looked, marriage requires mutual consent. And if you have a dog (and especially a clock or rock) that can consent to marraige, then damn right you can marry them if that's what floats your boat.
Don't forget. You have to consummate a marriage as well. Talk about getting your rocks off.
Nobody told her that she would have to answer to "The People" from day one?!? Umm. That statement has me at a loss for words. It's a public office you nit wit!!!!!! Are we sure she isn't Canadian?
I also won't take her hate comments in reference to marriage equality with any ounce of worth, her earlier statements said enough.
What's with insulting Canadians? She's a nitwit so she might be Canadian?? WTF?
Hey - easy on the Canadians - you may need them for your prescription meds when they privatize Medicare.
This is why posts should not be annotated.
Why is it that Republican women are sooooo dumb that saying things about them that would be "sexist slurs" if said about a Democratic woman are nothing more than factually accurate comments.
What a duuuuummmmmmbbbb bimbo!!!! Finding out she was a local news "TeeVee journalist" tells us what an airhead she is.
Haven't you noticed something odd about all of these "new Republican Women"?? They all look like "Barbie" clones. They may have different color hair, skin, eyes, etc., but basically, they all look the same and talk the same. Get pictures of Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Nikki Haley, Rebecca Kleefisch, Christine O'Donnell, etc. Its like they aren't real.
Maybe the only women allowed positions of importance in the "new Republican Party" are those that are "created" for the jobs, like trophy wives. Brains and intelligence aren't necessary (and are probably a handicap), but looks and a nice body ARE!! It also helps if you can flirt cause then you can be Vice President!
Can you see these "new Republicans" ever choosing someone like Olympia Snowe, or even an arch-conservative like Kay Bailey Hutchinson to run for president or even vice president?
Right-wing Stepford Women maybe?
Stepford women. Perfect description of Callista Gingrich.
I think a lot of Republicans are still back in high school (literally and figuratively) where only pretty people are taken seriously. But, I'm not bitter . . .
She sounds like she has perfect Tea Party explanations and credentials to me. Comparable to... Sarah Palin? Sue Lowden? Michelle Bachman? The perfect Tea Party little woman. What's the fuss?
She sounds like a total idiot.
That's a requirement for joining the Grand Oil Party.
Intelligence is not a prerequisite for elective office. Most of these Tea Party idiots could not pass a citizenship test that we give to immigrants. We can only hope that Wisconsinites will correct their mistakes with the recalls.
OMG!!!! "Nobody told me we would have to answer to THE PEOPLE" has got to be the best quote of the year!!!! Thank you for this Rachel! Amazing as usual!
You mean Kent Jones. Does nobody ever look at the byline?
While I don't agree with the Republicans 99.99999999% of the time, she is right with one point.
Some times politicians do have to make decisions that are right for the country, or the area they represent, but might be contrary to the wishes of their electorate. Due to that, they could be susceptible to recall.
That's true.
At the same time, the voters in Wisconsin are not upset with simply one thing that has happened.
They are beginning to realize that they are now going to be suffering the decimation of an educational system for decades. They realize that this will drive any business that is looking for EDUCATED employees away from Wisconsin. Of course if you want someone who works for minimum wage, no benefits, etc., Wisconsin will give you everything you want.
yes I agree and that takes political COURAGE. What happened in Wisconsin was in the 'dark of the night'. They took away peoples RIGHTS not because of 'courage' but because they didn't AGREE with them (or their right wing donors). They did everything in SECRET not because of some grand ideal that they were 'saving the future' but because they knew they were changing the United States. Not courage...they were craven aholes that wanted make people toe the line.
Good God. The video with her in the snow is very convincing. Reminds me of old Glenn Beck when a storm hit the east coast. Sounds very Palin-esque. It must have to get to the point where it never snows again for them to concede. Honestly it makes me sad a bit. Is this just money, or pure stupidity?
Kent Jones - The annotations are just perfect!!
Pardon me, but anything Rebecca Kleefisch labels a 'bold' political maneuver is something any sane person could do without. It's Republispeak for screw the working class.
Playing music..dirty bastards!!! /s
"Os byddwn yn colli'r galw i gof, unrhyw wleidydd, Gweriniaethwyr neu Democratiaid, yn mynd i feddwl ddwywaith cyn gwneud yn wleidyddol beiddgar, dewr penderfyniad oherwydd eu bod yn gwybod bod y bygythiad o galw i gof yn unig yw o amgylch y gornel.
See - in Welsh it makes perfect sense.
uh...uh...what?
How is it "courageous" to cater to the Koch Brothers and the 1%? Far more courage is needed NOT to.
There must have been something in the water in Rebecca Kleefisch's hometown that prevented her from thinking logically.