It is largely college students and hangers on having a party in the state capitol (Madison)

[cui bono]

That's right! That's what St. Sen. Glenn Grothman (R) said while on The Last Word on msnbc.

Unbelievable. And when pressed on it he made it worse!

The people who are inside the building are college students who are having a fun party. That's largely who's in the building overnight. And if you get up early, Corey, and talk to who's in the building at 7am you will find it is largely college students and hangers on having a party in the state capitol.

When pressed he responded with this:

I think if you would interview all the people who are creating a ruckus, the vast majority who are here today are not police officers or nurses, they are either college TAs, college students or hangers on. Or unemployed people just looking for somewhere to hang out.

Watch full video here (this part is at the end of clip):
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3096434/#41859613

[liberal N proud]

1. What are hangers?

[cui bono]

2. You probably have some in your house...

hang·er
   
/ˈhæŋər/ Show Spelled Show IPA

–noun

1. a shoulder-shaped frame with a hook at the top, usually of wire, wood, or plastic, for draping and hanging a garment when not in use.

2. a part of something by which it is hung, as a loop on a garment.

3. a contrivance on which things are hung, as a hook.


However, the term used by the soon to be recalled (hopefully) senator was "hangers on".

[liberal N proud]

3. So the protesters all left abortion kits behind?

[cui bono]

6. Sadly, I don't know whether to laugh or cry at that one.

Hard to believe this country keeps going backwards. All these worldwide protests are giving me hope again though.

[Bozita]

11. Love that graphic!

[AleksS]

4. What a jerk. And lying as usual.

It's the constant name calling (how many times did he call them slobs?) that gets me. Really.

Mr Grothman:

#1) Grow up.
#2) Stop lying. I've been in the building. It's pretty darn clean.
#3) "The people you've talked to?" I've seen you around the capitol. You've scurried like a rat (unsurprisingly) from place to place afraid the dirty protestors might infect you. You've talked to no one here Glen. You've scurried and hidden. Shame on you.

"Slobs." Is name-calling the best the GOP can do? Well, yeah it is. I'm always dissappointed when I hope for more from them.

[Poboy]

5. WI protesters sleep outside Capitol Building (despite temperatures in the low teens) - pics

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x540478

[cui bono]

8. Where's the keg and the beer bong???

I thought it was a party???

[Poboy]

9. I t5oo heard that fucker last night. Enraged, I was.

[KittyWampus]

7. and Tea Partiers are a bunch of old retired white people bitter about progress

[happyslug]

10. Every time I hear this, I remember the "Young Radicals" of the 1970 Pittsburgh Post Office Strike

The Pittsburgh Letters Carriers met at Soldiers and Sailors Hall to discuss what they should do given that New York City Carriers had just gone out. My Father stood up and demanded a Strike vote, the President of the Union was on the Podium and said the Carriers could NOT go on Strike, if the Carriers did he would go to Jail. My Father then stood up and said "And that is what we are paying you to do" and carried the vote for a Strike.

A few days later another Meeting took place at the Soldiers and Sailors Hall. This time the union leadership was ready, instead of having a vote to continue the Strike, the leadership wanted to send the ballots home so that the Carriers could vote at home (With their wives and children present AND their Co-workers NOT present) so that more Carriers will vote NOT to strike. On hearing that motion, my Father objected from the floor demanding a immediate vote to strike (He had the votes), but the leadership motion to send the ballots home carried and my Father and one other "Radical" walked out of the hall in protest. The next day the local paper wrote about the vote and how the two "Young Radicals" walked out when the vote was taken to send the ballots home. Of the two "Young Radicals" my father was the younger of the two, he was only 51.....

My point is "Collage students" and "Young Radicals" are terms of art as to anyone who opposes what people who are using those terms want. These terms of art is against anyone who oppose their plans, for, in their opinion, it is also the act of foolish youth NOT mature men. That mature men would also oppose their plans is something such elites do NOT want to hear so 51 year old men become "Young Radicals" and "Collage Students".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._postal_strike_of_1970

[cui bono]

13. I wonder why he threw in "unemployed people just looking for somewhere to hang out"?

Does he think people will think of them as just homeless people cluttering up the area, since we are a nation who shuns the homeless?

In these times it didn't seem like a good statement to add to what he already had said.

:shrug:

[provis99]

12. thank goodness college students care enough to protest.

I'm glad if there are college students showing their support for unions by showing up at the capitol. Grothman is a fascist pig.

[Hannah Bell]

14. the best parties are held in sub-freezing temps all night long.

[reggie the dog]

15. he got the harvest fest smokeout

when we all go smoke joints on the capitol lawn confused with the current protest....

[Iris]

16. yes. It's every college students dream to party in the capitol building of a midwestern state

in the middle of winter. Party on, dudes! B-)