Childish doesn't begin to describe these 'cats. This is not how statesmen behave. Hat tip Jim Geraghty
If it didn't involve elected state officials acting like spoiled toddlers and making a run for the border like Butch and Sundance, the Deranged Opera of the Runaway Democratic Lawmakers would be pretty funny. The guys who fled seem to think they're in a position to make demands.
CNN: "Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Monday dismissed as 'ridiculous' a letter from a Democratic state Senate leader who suggested a meeting 'near the Wisconsin-Illinois border' to discuss the state's budget impasse. Sen. Mark Miller sent the letter to Walker on Monday, offering a border summit as a way to resume stalled negotiations on the state's budget. . . . But Walker said top Republican lawmakers and even members of his own staff have already met repeatedly with some of [the] senators, including one meeting over hot chocolate at a McDonald's restaurant. Walker said the talks seemed to be making progress and the Democrats' return seemed imminent. 'Time and time again, the person standing in the way of making that possible is Sen. Mark Miller,' Walker said."
You and I know how we would react to this, right? Some variation of, "You're farshtunken kidding me, right?" It appears that state senate majority leader Scott Fitzgerald is on the same wavelength. He released a letter to the press addressed to "Sen. Mark Miller, Parts Unknown, Illinois." And then he gets rough:
CNN: "Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Monday dismissed as 'ridiculous' a letter from a Democratic state Senate leader who suggested a meeting 'near the Wisconsin-Illinois border' to discuss the state's budget impasse. Sen. Mark Miller sent the letter to Walker on Monday, offering a border summit as a way to resume stalled negotiations on the state's budget. . . . But Walker said top Republican lawmakers and even members of his own staff have already met repeatedly with some of [the] senators, including one meeting over hot chocolate at a McDonald's restaurant. Walker said the talks seemed to be making progress and the Democrats' return seemed imminent. 'Time and time again, the person standing in the way of making that possible is Sen. Mark Miller,' Walker said."
You and I know how we would react to this, right? Some variation of, "You're farshtunken kidding me, right?" It appears that state senate majority leader Scott Fitzgerald is on the same wavelength. He released a letter to the press addressed to "Sen. Mark Miller, Parts Unknown, Illinois." And then he gets rough:
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