Ed Schultz, John Nichols in Madison, WI: huge crowds protest 'puppet' Gov. Walker

Schultz and Nichols on location, where Gov. Scott Walker, trying to undermine collective bargaining and more locally, and setting a precedent for a national movement, is hearing from a very upset citizenery.

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[FriedDaisy]

Guys like Walker and Boehner our selling us out and auctioning our great country off to the highest bidder. The wealthiest 1% controls 80% of our collective wealth. The wealthiest 10% (including the top 1%) controls 85%. The workforce (those who actually break a sweat & die w/ broken bodies) makes up 40% of the population & controls a mere 14% of the wealth, taxed at 55% (all taxes combined). The poorest, 50%, controls only 1%. Proving exploitation is the name of the game & the Gov is complicit

[knowjusticeknowpeace]

@1skoehler: You are so far off base about who caused the bankruptcy of GM. Not the Unions, but rather the over priveleged executives who receive huge bonuses after shutting down my father's plant in Kansas City, Missouri (LEEDS). Their greed is offensive to every working man and woman in America. That year after the money they pocketed off of frozen salaries and cuts in benefits, which were promised as being needed to keep the plant open. Closed in two months, giving them the largest bonuses.

[padude64]

@whitelght9 Unions are not running the country you tea freak! What is wrong with you haters! You hate this president because he is black and I dislike you for your stances and it is sickening!

[padude64]

@sexycarln You republicans make my ass sick especially Newtered newt and asshole Romney! Nascar idiot!

[padude64]

I support you Wisconsin workers! We have Governor Corbett and he wants to bust unions! Recall Walker! Good luck Wisconsin! We love you! Pittsburgh here!

[lanilani06]

Top executives at M&I Bank have long been boosters of Walker. M&I Chief Executive Dennis Kuester and his wife gave $20,000 to Walker in recent years. When you package individual and PAC contributions by employers, M&I is number one -- at $57,000 dollars. The firm apparently uses a conduit to bundle much of its money to Walker. Flyers, webpages, and Facebook sites have popped up encouraging WI consumers to boycott Walker campaign contributors and "Pull the Plug on M&I Bank."

[lanilani06]

Here is how you can make an impact:

Bagpipes blaring, hundreds of firefighters walked across the street from the Wisconsin Capitol building, stood outside the Marshall and Ilsley Bank (M&I Bank) and played a few tunes -- loudly. Later, a group of firefighter and consumers stopped back in at the bank to make a few transactions. One by one they closed their accounts and withdrew their life savings, totaling approximately $190,000.

[sexycarln]

Special Ed has had this bias leftist loon John dickless on his show ever since this Wisconsin labor dispute started. I don't know what is more disturbing, watching the love fest going on between Ed and nicholas, or imaging the stinch from those unwashed liberals standing in the background.

[yaimavol]

Nobody is "destroying union labor" here. Walker is simply curbing the excesses that have cost taxpayers tens of millions every year. The public employees have proven they have nothing but contempt for the taxpayer. They cannot be trusted to rein themselves in. Now, they are reaping what they sowed.

[whitelght9]

Fuck all the Unions,You're all a bunch of crybaby little bitches. I hope every single union in this country falls and breaks into an oblivion. YOU ARE RUINING THIS COUNTRY!

[hellorodney]

oh come on folks,,,,,,,,ITS  ALL ABOUT THE KIDS,,, watch?v=-dGHFmKjIeI

[STUBBORNOTTER]

I'm proud of these Americans and the Wisconsin PRO DEMOCARACY MOVEMENT.

This movement should spread from cost to cost so we can bring back the middle class and restore the American Dream.