WI State Senator Glenn Grothman Calls Protestors "A Bunch of Slobs"

[jaxdaugherty]

The protesters took over the capital. Mob mentality takes over. They trash the capital. Wanton distruction of property. And then they are suprised when nobody takes them seriously. Being able to out shout somebody is not winning a debate.

[salvadory]

@knowinginfaith if rich people give the middle class jobs where are the jobs? because according to data the rich ave increased their wealth 22% over the past 12 years yet the jobs have been bleeding since bushs tax cuts that obama was held ransom to extend- under clinton with higher tax rates job creation was up nd the middle class sw its first improvement since the 60s - you get jobs from am ix of things and us corporate tax may be 35% but in actuality the us collects far less closer to 17%

[crabcakes86]

they are a bunch of slobs

[gemathena]

First, Grothman needs to look in the mirror and repair his sloppy hair.

He is just another person who earned a law degree, ran for office and is paid by taxpayer money. Yes, Grothman, many of those "slobs" you mention pay your keep (e.g., salary).

[3star2nr]

wow hes got aloot of balls in front of a camera. why didnt he say that to the angry crowd that was chasing him. You see this america, this is what republicans think of regular people. if you arent a corporation ceo your a bunch of slobs.

KICK OUT THE FASCISTS

[TheNevin420]

lol this dude is a dumb fuck... he scared of us kids? check out my video of kill the bill part 2 thanks

[1214rsg69]

He is spot on. Whenever you have lefties protesting they leave a mess. They piss and crap on everything, leave garbage all over, and drugs. You dont see that with other protesters. Like he said most of them are young punks looking to have a good time and want to get on TV.

[chgosatrap]

@knowinginfaith BULL

The TP backers (Heritage Foundation) are even targeting my seminary, offering seminary students all-expenses paid week long trip to DC, for the sake of indoctrination. Since I am way old school, I saw through the crap. Sell your line to some 45 year old kid.

[booley]

@knowinginfaith BTW if you are trying to clumsily say communism and labor unions are the same, there are number of problems with this.

For one thing, Labor Unions in the US started before communism was even conceived by Karl Marx, much less the formation of the communist party.

You told me to look stuff up.

I suggest you do the same.

[booley]

@knowinginfaith And here you just go around throwing arounf the word Communist like it's a magic word or something.

Sorry but clearly YOU haven't been reading what obama wrote or what's he' s been doing.

And I do you no favors by entertaining into your delusions.

[booley]

@knowinginfaith Oh gawds, not this crap again. This is right up there with the Democrats are fascists becuase the dime has a fasci on it.

And no Obama isn't a communist . He's not even a social democrat or al that Liberal. His actions since becoming president shows thats' the case. The Unions themselves are no more "communist" then the GOP was in the fifties. That's a boon doggle and not worth discussion.

Go find your boogymen somewhere else.

[wiscokiddd]

@booley Obama does what the ZioNazis, war profiteers and Wall Street tell him.

[booley]

@knowinginfaith tea party protesters arent' being paid themselves. At least there is no evidence of that happening this time.

But their transportation and other expenses is being paid for.

The costs they would incur are being subsidized.

yes tea partiers are overwhelmingly conservative, despite their claims or being non-partisan and a representative of Americans over all.

As for union bosses being communists, well if michelle malkin's blog says so...

[booley]

@booley well this tiem they got bussed in.

And this isn't unprecedented.

A similar thing was done for the people who took part in the "riot" in Miami Dade during the 2000 election.

As for statistics, they are kind of funny. Far more agree with liberal positions then identify as liberals.

Indeed, when asked how the budget should be done, most people were far more progressive then either Republicans or Democrats.

[booley]

@knowinginfaith well according to the dept of labor & numerous studies, public teachers get paid less. There is no supporting evidence private teachers are better. Private schools are often mixed.

As for your other point, first grade is generally NOT when many kids start having problems. But even then schools can expel trouble makers & do. Public schools can expel but what that amounts too is shuffling the problem around.

Private schools can control for factors that public schools can't.

[booley]

@knowinginfaith "How do you figure public school teachers are paid more than their private counterparts?"

Sumple. I don't'. Since I was saying the exact opposite.

As for Catholic schools, besides other factors, private schools choose who they enroll.

Just like how others like cook ignore facts that don't fit with what they want to believe, private schools can exclude students that would drive down thier scores.

[eirip1]

I cannot stand this guy and I have only just been introduced to him!

[DarksparkNecrobat]

That senator needs to look in the mirror and see who's the real slob is.

[TheProvidenceReport]

I was under the impression it was the "tax payers" building. If that is the case then if they want to be slobs I would say it is their Constitutional right, although they aren't. It just amazes me these people (Republicans) create this mess and then start pointing fingers, calling names, and act like children towards their own people, I hope it is the end of Grothman's career.

Why are the Republicans being allowed to make the laws as they go along. Abusing their authority. It's disgusting!

[DungVids]

He's wrong...they aren't slobs......they're pieces of shit

[Char99]

@DungVids

This coming from someone who has "Dung" in their name.

[danyonly]

"These Slobs do not make as much money as I will this year, and I am working to cut their salary even more!" Slobs. What a piece. FN politicians. Get more money for you, and take more from the working class. We need more Ron Pauls.

[Trittydi]

The Slobs in the building are the republican's working to dismantle America.

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[Trittydi]

He's remarkably dismissive of the democratic process.

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[Trittydi]

What a Smelly Slob.

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[TheJeffery1984]

I guess this jerk has no idea these so called slobs pay his salary! I don't understand the republicans give the rich tax breaks and then complain they have no revenue and want to take it from yours truly the middle class! All I have to say is you liked the smell of that tea party now how does it tast! The tea party is nothing but a republican scam! The republicans want to do away with the middle class because we are a burden too the rich! To the republicans the middle class are slobs!

[jaxdaugherty]

@TheJeffery1984 Oh come on everyone know you don't pay any taxes. The smell is fromyour logic which resembles a dairy farm. you must be a lacky to the teacher union.

[parafleet]

This deluded Grothman uses crude Nazi-like rhetoric to dehumanize his political opponents. How could he be voted for? I guess people know his true nature now. I guess he won't be re-elected. His type of personality is bad for any government body. Grothman is NOT representative of the good people of Wisconsin. Grothman should be kicked out on his ass.

[bubblinbrownsugar616]

Pathetic piece of shit. That's alright because in the next election we'll see who has the last laugh......

[ScrantonTeaParty]

"a bunch of slobs" are an embarrassment" love it!

[almueller27]

ummm sooo... college students are automatically slobs... DAMN i am a fricking adult with responsibilities... oh and does he need reminding we vote...

[antisocialist87]

@almueller27

I hope that he remembers us very well when he's in the nursing home and remembers who is holding his pension in hand.

[jaxdaugherty]

@antisocialist87 Nice. So you threaten to hurt old people? You must love to hurt puppies and kittens on your days off.

[antisocialist87]

You can quite easily tell that a lot of people don't know what unions do or what they existed for. Why? Because they've never had to work a hard day in their lives and they have been able to live off of their parents and grandparents who were - SURPRISE -UNION WORKERS.

Only in this country are people such sheeple that they will gladly return to the days of being paid roughly $3 for an 80/hr workweek in subpar conditions. Only in America do we find it wrong to find solace in protection.

[leftunderground]

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[occamselectricrazor]

Democratic politicians fleece taxpayer to provide benefits to public sector unions who support democratic politicians. It's the circle of life.

[tubeinaredcircle]

The only SLOBS in the building are the GOP'S

[abysslooksthroughyou]

They are slobs. The only thing they are teaching the children is that if you dont like how things are going you throw a tantrum and run to IL.

[Char99]

@abysslooksthroughyou

I guess that's why they're protesting in the Wisconsin state capital.

[abysslooksthroughyou]

@Char99 All except the ones who ran to IL instead of doing their job. As Barack Obama said "Elections have consequences" (Unless you are a Dem, then you just abandon your duty and put tail between legs)

[Char99]

@abysslooksthroughyou

But the guy in the interview was talking about the union workers protesting in the WI state capitol. Now if you want to talk about the state senators who wan to IL, that's a different story.

[abysslooksthroughyou]

@Char99 I don't know about you but I was talking about the awful lesson this is teaching the kids overall. The commentator in the video tried to portray this as being a good lesson for them. These protesters are within their rights to act like a bunch of babies but running away so a vote cannot be taken is the exact opposite of democracy and I do not want my kids taught that this is okay.

[26095]

@abysslooksthroughyou You are pathetic.

[abysslooksthroughyou]

@26095 That is your rebuttal and I'm pathetic? Looks a little like the big pathetic pot insulting the kettle.

[The73mopar]

The republican party, the party of elites! What a condescending jerk!

[ShaytanBozorg]

Well said, Grothman!!

[dahlkaiser]

Is he a typical Republican or what? Slobs in the building! Bawhahaha - man has the depth of a Freeway

[chgosatrap]

Slobs? They help pay your salary, f6cktard. OK, be dismissive now, and you will be dismissed at the voting booth.

[cooks95]

@chgosatrap Your comment provides a clear example of twisted thinking of the left. Forgive me if you're not in a union or on the left. But assuming you're in a union, you have no problem recognizing when you have to pay a public employee's salary - i.e., this politician - but you can't recognize that this is what the rest of us are saying about you. We pay your salaries and benefits and we don't like how you've been taking advantage of the rest of us.

[RisenPhoenix68]

@chgosatrap Wrong! The rest of the country pays for both Union Thugs and Politicians alike! The rest of US are YOUR bosses!

[HolyCity2012]

@RisenPhoenix68 /watch?v=r6JyIF3WwMo



[chgosatrap]

@RisenPhoenix68

Keep snorting Koch. You clowns are not my bosses. You don't know me.

[biggerturtle]

@chgosatrap Union slobs are not bosses to the txpayers who pay their salaries SO FUCK YOU LAZY UNION SCUM

[chgosatrap]

@biggerturtle

What the heck are you even talking about? Just keep sucking Koch, it makes you happy.

[yogeniusz]

@biggerturtle Kochsucker

[RisenPhoenix68]

@chgosatrap Boy, you lefties really like to say the name "Koch", don't you? KochKochKoch it's all you think about! LOL!

[chgosatrap]

@RisenPhoenix68

You certainly like to serve them, don't you?

[RisenPhoenix68]

@chgosatrap You have no problem serving George Soros or Bilderberg, do you?

[antisocialist87]

@chgosatrap

I hope when he needs that bypass surgery that he remembers his words and eats them.

I hope when someone breaks into his home that, when he dials 911, that the people coming out are those that he spoke so poorly of, remembers his words, and eats them.

I hope that he looks at his grandkids' educators that he remembers his words and eats them.

I hope that when he drives on those paved roads that he remembers his words and eats them.

[chgosatrap]

@antisocialist87

Oh, he is another Tea bagger, I don't expect much from those people. They are bought and paid for, they are terrorists, they are anti-American.

[enlightened1ish]

Seriously Wisconsin, don't keep electing dirt like this.

[n3711l]

This is precisely why , the working class are protesting, They are percieved by the ruling class as slobs. Tax Cuts only were given to the wealthy elite . This is the reason for the rising of the Middle Class demanding to be heard. Thank You for pointing this out . Every time you villify activists and whistleblowers it will be noticed and witnessed as such .

[cooks95]

@n3711l The term "working class" comes Karl Marx in the Communist Manifesto. Why do you use it? Your statement is not true on taxes: the top 1% of earners in the US paid 31% of all taxes before Bush's tax cuts and 37% after . The top 25% paid 63% before and 67% after. The tax burden- as a percentage of all taxes paid- for the bottom 50% fell from fell from 6.5% to 3.3%. That's from this little organization called the IRS.

[HolyCity2012]

@cooks95 Can you source any or all of your claims? Do you get your information from talk radio?

[cooks95]

@HolyCity2012 You make untrue claims about taxes, a subject you don't seem to understand, then you ask me for my sources? lol. The IRS (taxstats on their web site) and the Department of Treasury, though if you want a summary - it's heavy data- look at the tax foundation (I tried to add the links but it won't allow me). The bottom line is people shouldn't have to foot the bill for others, and many people feel we are doing it and excessively.

[Stephanjnj]

What an ass. So it's all partying college students camping out and (consequently) flunking out because they're skipping class for days on end? O.K. then, Let's get some respectable conservative folk in their to replace these slobs. How about Ted Nugent's bloodlust heavy metal headbangers, for starters?

[DENBEATH]

Sen Grothman has just publicly voiced his & his Republican colleagues true feelings for Public Workers. The working class whom they are diligently striving to shift more money from and towards to the wealthy corporations. I am sure the likes of The Koch Brothers have high paying Lobbying jobs ready for Scot Walker, Glenn Grothman and Co. once they retire from Office.

[abysslooksthroughyou]

@DENBEATH Or it could be that they are dirtying up the building. perhaps if they cleared out long enough to clean the place up they wouldn't be slobs. Which is more likely? A dirty smelly building or that huge conspiracy you have going on there. Perhaps it's the violent assaults on anyone who disagrees that is making the protesters look bad.

[cooks95]

Who is this guy- I love him! Grothman for president! We all know from observing the left- I live in NYC so I'm an expert- that there are two groups. Some of them are hardworking police, firefighters, and teachers, who are only on the left because of the unions they're in. The other group consists of absolute pigs, many of them aging hippies who don't bathe, with long hair and they stink, but also students who emulate these older slobs. Good for Grothman

[Stephanjnj]

@cooks95 Of course we also know that the 53% who voted for Obama are also left-leaning old hippie farts who haven't taken a bath since mid-1966. Sad to say, they are the dominant demographic in the U.S. electorate thanks to ACORN temporarily exiting the ghetto and registering them to vote en masse in places like San Francisco and Austin. Not a one of them was a sweet smelling Republican redneck.

[booley]

@cooks95 weird how the hardworking police and firefighters and teachers who are only to the left because of their unions are right there with the old hippies (who don't look so old or hippy) of their own free will.

In fact both you and grothman seem confused over who organized this.

[cooks95]

@booley You obviously don't know the proverb "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." The police would be arresting these people normally. Most of us have no problem with the police and and firefighters because we all benefit from them risking their lives to protect us. Few probably would qualify to be in those occupations. Many are qualified to be teachers, yet the union keeps them out giving current teachers a monopoly.Then you force us to pay you more than we make? Nice scam

[booley]

@cooks95 Sorry but your response is so rambling that it's hard to make sense of it. But let me try.

This isn't an enemy of my enemy situation except in the sense that this would effect all unions eventually.

But walker specifically exempted the police union from this.

So it's not "enemy of my enemy", it was "divide and conquer" on the part of Walker and "United We Stand" on the part of the of the unions.

& it's not the unions that drives teachers away. It's the low pay, hard work & no respect

[cooks95]

@booley My comments were actually quite clear. Walker made a clear distinction as well, opting to favor the cops and firefighters because they are overwhelmingly seen as necessary by the people of Wisconsin. Bureau of Labor Stats avg comp for teachers is 81k vs 66k for private sector workers.That teachers s/b paid more because of more education seems reasonable at first. But then factor in a 9 month work year and their salary is much much higher.And we haven't even discussed retirement benefits!

[booley]

@cooks95 "My comments were actually quite clear."

I am sure in your mind it was.

But Walker didnt' make a distinction for the reasons you say. It's kind of dumb anyway to act as if cops are important but somehow schools are not.

2 other reason this is dumb.

The cop & fire fighter pensions cost MORE.

Public teachers get paid less then their private counterparts. You are using the very top estimated earnings of public teachers but 90% dont' break 50k

[booley]

@cooks95 In short cherry picked the saleries, saying the top 10% was the average (median is 47 to 51k), which anyone can tell by simply going to the Dept of Labor and looking it up.

and lastly this is dumb because collective bargaining has nothing to do with balancing the budget. The teachers union has already said they would be willing to cut benefits (what few they have left)

Walker exempted the cops and firefighters because they supported him in the last election. It's divide and conquer.

[cooks95]

@booley Again you mislead. The average salary cited by the NEA for Wisconsin teachers is $51, 264- the Dept of Public Instruction says median benefits - which is what the debate's all about now- for teachers there is about 25k. Those are your allies' numbers that =$76k/year. The BLS says 2010 avg salary for private industry people is 41k+17k for benefits.That's $58K total. Almost $20K difference. 

[xensor]

@cooks95 Wasn't it recently determined that public workers earn 4.8 percent less in salaries and pensions than private sector employees with the same qualifications and traits doing similar jobs? Revoking the legal right people have of getting together to defend their rights as a group to balance the budget is overreach. If it's about campaign finance reform then corporations need to be included. You justify $117 million in recent tax breaks for business allies and contributors to the GOP in WI?

[booley]

@xensor Yes it was.  Just as states that have removed the teacher's right to collective bargaining have gotten worse in education.

meanwhile Finland which has the highest scores, does the opposite of what people like Walker want.

It's stupid how we beat up on teachers, oppose any support and then sit back aghast at how our educational system has problems.

It's like never doing an oil change and being shocked when your car breaks down. So to fix it you decide to cut the breaks.

[booley]

@cooks95 No that is NOT what the Dept of Labor says. I told you what the median is and how the over 8k figure was neither the average nor the median. (give you a clue, medians are typically lower then averages)

Unlike the he public sector, public teachers have also seen their salaries go down.

That's the problem with you citing "sources", people can look this stuff up to see for themselves.

Maybe you shouldnt' just parrot stuff you hear on Fee republic

[cooks95]

@booley I now realize you don't understand math and how to critically analyze facts and data. Averages can be higher or lower than medians-when reviewing statistics only the context of the data is relevant.These data I gave you are from the Dept Of Public instruction, "the state agency that advances public education and libraries in Wisconsin." It's not opinion, or speculation it is fact. I read it, I called them, and you only embarrass yourself more when you lie or show you can't read well.

[booley]

@cooks95 "Averages can be higher or lower than medians"

yes and now. You see, Bill gates walks into a homless shelter, the average income goes up by millions of dollars.

But the median is still pretty poor.

Now I am not saying you don't understand math. In fact I believe you understood it just well enough to know how to cherry pick the figures to make public school teachers seem like they are wealthy when they are anything but as numerous studies and the Dept of Labor shows.

[cooks95]

This is a common tactic of propagandists mostly on the left - report that an influential person we all know and like has changed his mind. This makes impressionable people say to themselves "I guess I should change my mind too." You don't seem ready to accept it yet, but keep it in mind for the future. You're hell bent on giving up your own power to the state, but one day you're going to regret the freedom you so easily throw away.Read Dietrich Bonhoeffer's biography and learn. 

[booley]

@cooks95 Ahh of course, I must be a propagandist,.

Can't be that I disagree with you and your arguments have been weak.

You know a tactic that actual propagandists use?

Straw man arguments.

I never said one way or the other if one should believe as Tracy Fuller does. That was part of the conversation.

So congrats. You refuted an argument I never made.

[booley]

@booley sorry mean to say that WASN'T part of the conversation.

[cooks95]

@booley You also don't know anything about the last election. From the St Petersburg Times: Walkers opponent Barrett was endorsed by the statewide police union the Wisconsin Professional Police Association (11000 members) vs Walker's backing from a small Police assoc. in Milwaukee with (1400 members). Collective bargaining has everything to do with the budget-I don't mean to be rude and but you don't know basic info that you need to debate intelligently

[booley]

@cooks95 "executive board president of the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Association, Tracy Fuller sure doesnt' seem to knwo that since he now says he regrets his endorsement.

And collective bargaining has NOTHING to do the the budget. It just lets people organize to negotiate.

& if it did, then why not get rid of it for all unions, including the police & firefighters.

This was just divide and conquer. Walker didnt' expect the cops and firefighters to care about the teachers.

[cooks95]

@booley Look, I feel sorry for you because you're out of your league, but you're also dangerous in your ignorance. I worry for our country's future if people like you can sway public opinion based on ignorance. Tracy Fuller IS the board pres. of the Wisc. Law Enforcement Association. BUT HE REGRETS THE ENDORSEMENT OTHERS GAVE WALKER, NOT HIS GROUP.From WISC-TV Fuller said, "I specifically regret the endorsement of the Wisconsin Trooper's Association for Gov. Scott Walker."

[booley]

@cooks95 Ahh and here we go witht he name calling.

Except that each and everyone of your "points" has been shot down and debunked by anyone bothering to look.

That includes your charge that the unions refused to negotiate among others. Which is probably why you no longer bother with those earlier talking points.

[cooks95]

But this can be a helpful experience for you and others if you accept the deception that you've bought into on the left for so long.It looks like WISC-TV is an affiliate of CNN. The headline reads "Leader Of Wis. Law Enforcement Association 'Regrets' Endorsing Walker." That is an outright lie and is done because media partisans know you and others will only read the headline.Imagine if the NYT printed "Clinton Regrets endorsing Tea Party"?

[LiquidTokyo]

This guy is a disgusting piece of shit. How does this shit-bag even have a job. i wish the citizens of WI would stomp this stupid fucker into the dirt.

[StormCat3513]

When are people going to wake up and realize that repukes to not give a shit about anyone but themselves and their corporate masters. Teabaggers are too stupid to realize they have been duped.

[getplaning]

A rare moment of honest candor from Glenn Grothman as he voices his utter contempt for Wisconsin's citizens.

[Cogency1]

Ah, yet again the Grand Oiled Pustule spews his prattle and you can bet Bill O'Reilly, who painted the protests as violent on his show a day or so ago, will use this clip to his advantage. What a shame this country has become 1. So uneducated and easily duped, 2. Founded on greed instead of freedom, 3. People have become sheeple, willing to listen to lies and ignore the truth that their real enemies are the banksters who in turn financed the GOPee, a.k.a. Givers Of Pain, Takers Of Your Rights.

[tyrannosaurusinf14]

this is what republican politicians believe of the middle class that disagrees with them and wants their voices heard and will protest them. like scott walker saying of his democrat colleague "he is not one of us." no room for discourse, the enemy is the opposition, they are slobs, they are socialist and insert any right wing insult you like. our hate is just. democracy in as inconvenience to them. can you imagine the outrage if the federal government had closed the national mall to teabaggers?

[Neoconhater]

This chump is just pathetic, what a putz!

This goofball is one arrogant pile of tripe.