Subject: Walker Pranked
From: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Rob Walker" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:04:08 -0500

Walker Pranked
"A New York-based alt-news editor says he got through to the embattled Wisconsin governor on the phone Tuesday by posing as right-wing financier David Koch...then had a far-ranging 20-minute conversation about the collective bargaining protests,"Mother Jones reports.

He discussed the GOP strategy to hold Democratic senators' pay until they returned to vote on the controversial union-busting bill and how they were looking to get Democrats on ethics violations if they took meals or lodging from union supporters.

Most interesting: Walker said he would take "Koch" up on this offer: "Once you crush these bastards I'll fly you out to Cali and really show you a good time."

Ben Smith: "The call is worth a listen though, for the candid glimpse it offers at the suddenly-prominent Walker. It's also typical in that it reflects politicians willingness to give large amounts of time to rich guys whose obvious weirdness and terrible ideas are to be tolerated for the cash they put up."

Eric D. Schwerin
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