by John Boch
Presidential candidate and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker made an appearance smack in the heart of Guns Save Life territory Monday afternoon, stopping at Chuck’s Harley-Davidson in Bloomington, IL.
Walker was stumping for his presidential campaign, as well as in support of Illinois 18th Congressional District candidate Darin LaHood. Both men share very pro-gun positions.
LaHood pulled me aside when he saw me and I congratulated him on his primary win. He’s excited to be in the home stretch of the campaign and will likely appear at Guns Save Life’s August 6th meeting in Peoria, IL.
He was a special guest back in June at the Peoria GSL meeting as well.
Scott Walker’s advance man saw LaHood with me, and then came up to me a minute or two later. “You with the media?” he asked.
“Quasi. Not the mainstream media, though,” I chuckled. We had a very nice little chat. I sought him out later and pointed out a couple of people who stood out like sore thumbs.
“I think this is going to get disrupted. And those folks are going to do it,” I told him, identifying the suspected troublemakers.
He came back ten minutes later. “I think you’re exactly right,” he said. “Thanks for the heads up.”
Walker’s speech
I’ve heard plenty of politicians in my time, and Scott Walker was good in a 20-plus minute stump speech. No TelePrompTer. No notes. He did well. He pointed to his success turning Wisconsin around despite some very unhappy unions, and said he could bring that recipe for success to Washington where it was badly needed.
He called out ISIS and the threat of radical Islam. He called out Obama’s feckless foreign policy. The audience laughed when he mentioned Obama’s pronouncements that global warming is the nation’s #1 security threat.
The troublemakers were fidgety amateurs. You could tell they were just itching to try out for the role of fools.
They had a couple of chances but blew them. Finally, as Gov. Walker said his final words, thanking the audience, the troublemakers started hollering and moving forward.
It is far from the first time Gov. Walker has faced off against die-hard union activists. They got about three syllables out before the music started, completely drowning out their chants or whatever they were hollering.
The troublemakers’ plan to rush the stage was thwarted by a pair of campaign people who merely blocked the aisle. Illinois State Police escorted most of the troublemakers – about six – out of the building.
Two adults remained, pretending they weren’t part of the problem.
The ISP Master Sergeant wasn’t impressed.
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