Cheesehead Fail

Republican Gov. Scott Walker, like so many on the right, fancies himself as a hardcore Reaganite. For Wisconsin's top cheesehead, the Gipper is the source of all wisdom and eternal truth. But consider this: In late 1981, the Soviet-controlled Polish government outlawed Solidarity, the independent trade union. The move outraged then-President Reagan. During a December 1981 address, Reagan said, "[...] the Polish regime’s action yesterday reveals the hollowness of its promises. By outlawing Solidarity, a free trade organization to which an overwhelming majority of Polish workers and farmers belong, they have made it clear that they never had any intention of restoring one of the most elemental human rights — the right to belong to a free trade union." Somebody needs to remind Walker and his union-busting cohorts in today's GOP about the meaning of those words. I’m no Reagan fan, but he is towering ever higher above his cheap imitators.