All faithful Daily Kos readers already know that much of Wisconsin Governator Scott Walkers' electability comes from a carefully crafted and staged “I’m just a regular guy” strategy surrounded by mountains of BS. A major contributor to that effort that comes from the plain old love that our Wisconsin media has for this corrupt phony. They spend ink and electrons fluffing up Snotty Boy and failing to inform citizens of what’s really going on.
Yup. Here we go again.
One Wisconsin Now has produced a mind-blowing report on Walkers’ extensive use of the state airplane after his failed Presidential run. Some highlights:
The state plane was sent from Madison to pick him up after a haircut in Milwaukee and ferry him to Wausau to attend an NRA event. He used the state plane to attend a funeral which he could have driven to in Appleton because he wanted to attend a football game back in Madison and had to get back in time. He used the plane to attend a “Walk With Walker” event to boost his image. He used the plane for incredibly short distances (24 miles, 39 miles — you get the picture) that were easily and quickly drivable.The report concludes with an apt statement from Scot Ross:
“Eight years ago, Scott Walker campaigned for governor by bragging about how he drove an old Saturn wagon and packed his own ham sandwiches for lunch. Now he’s using a state plane, paid for with our tax dollars, for things like going for a walk or making sure he’s back in Madison in time to catch a football game.”
This “regular guy" is now using our state plane, to the tune of $818,000 taxpayer dollars like it’s his private transportation. And all of this information is in state records (small wonder that Walker and the GOP tried to amend state record laws so information could be hidden).