Well, now we know what a $43,000 donation to Republican Governor Scott Walker will buy you. For David Koch, one half of the billionaire Koch brothers, easy access and a 20-minute phone call to discuss Walker's current union-busting attempts. Unfortunately for Walker, it really wasn't Koch, it was Ian Murphy of the
Buffalo Beast, who wondered:
... who could get through to Gov. Walker? Well, what do we know about Walker and his proposed union-busting, no-bid budget? The obvious candidate was David Koch.
... and posing as Koch, Murphy easily got the embattled governor on the phone.
Walker's office has confirmed that the call did occur, but says that it only "shows that the Governor says the same thing in private as he does in public."
Except of course Walker has never publicly said that he was considering planting agitators into the crowds of protesters:
rest at http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/23/948752/-Scott-Walkers-conversation-with-David-Koch?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dailykos%2Findex+%28Daily+Kos%29
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